As a child, I floated on obsidian lakes and climbed steep trails that led to views of the blue vault of sky and sawtooth mountains lining the horizon. I got lost in the imaginary worlds of books and walked around reading and trying not to bump into things. I sang in a chorus and found joy and energy in the blending of voices.

Fast forward to the present: I am able to combine my nature awe, imagination, and penchant for ensemble performance in product development, delivering for my clients sophisticated web-based solutions that enable users to answer questions and make decisions about the sustainable management of environmental, social and governance resources.

Building on my creativity and zest for assembling information and explaining complex topics, I started my career as an acquisitions editor in cognitive science at MIT Press, where I published leading researchers in artificial intelligence, linguistics, psychology and and philosophy. At Columbia Business School, I discovered an aptitude for strategy — detecting trends and seeing the patterns in the data. As a consultant at Mitchell Madison Group, I reduced production costs for TV Guide by $8 million and restructured national procurement processes for contract labor for the United States at Xerox Corp.

I missed making things, so I returned to industry. My ability to define opportunities, mobilize stakeholders, appreciate technology, and lead high-performance teams brought me to a career in digital product development. I led the global design, implementation and launch of Ovid@Hand, one of the biomedical industry’s first mobile solutions, at Ovid Technologies. As a consultant, I guided talented, harmonious teams for companies such as Advanstar Communications (now part of Informa), the Economist Intelligence Unit, the World Economic Forum, Columbia Business School, and New York Green Bank.