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Strategist returning to work, trained in lean corporate strategy

I bring established strategy experience and recent externship training with Eric Ries to help teams test and scale business models.

Work samples

Portfolio includes corporate strategy work and the Eric Ries-mentored externship at The Lean Startup Co, showing experimental planning, hypothesis-driven research, and roadmap definition.

About me

I bring established strategy experience and recent externship training with Eric Ries to help teams test and scale business models.

I am an experienced strategist returning to the workforce after a career break. Recently I completed a Corporate Strategy externship mentored by Eric Ries at The Lean Startup Co, and I focus on practical, outcome-oriented strategy work informed by lean methods.

Externships

Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries

The Lean Startup Co

Skills

Corporate strategyLean startup methodologyExperiment designHypothesis-driven researchRoadmap and planning

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Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries

StrategyBusiness Development

Overview

The work examined how leading brands exhibit an "Ick Factor" using the Incorruptible 4 diagnostic framework developed by Eric Ries. The project involved applying that framework to multiple brand examples and practicing diagnostic techniques. Deliverables recorded practice diagnoses using the Incorruptible 4 lens.

Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries

What I've accomplished

I reconstructed Blackboard/Anthology's ownership timeline, applied the Incorruptible four lenses, and produced a visual scorecard plus a one-minute presentation documenting governance weaknesses and financial extraction.

Project breakdown

I picked Blackboard/Anthology, reconstructed its timeline of ownership and leverage, applied the Incorruptible four lenses, and produced a visual scorecard and one-minute presentation summarizing governance weaknesses and financial extraction.

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I chose SAP, gathered qualitative signals across the four lenses, analyzed mission, financial position, governance, and transmission, and produced a four-lenses analysis document that summarized evidence, uncertainties, and comparative judgments.

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