Position: Manager, Social Innovation

Services: leading multidisciplinary teams, manage client relationships, service design, program management and iteration, facilitation and training.

Collaborations:
Internal: Tanzu Labs, Office of the CTO, ESG Office, VMware Foundation, IT Academy
External: 30+ nonprofits around the globe

I lead VMware Tanzu Act, a program that partners with nonprofit organizations to leverage the resources of developers, designers, and product managers from VMware Tanzu Labs. Tanzu Act identifies, designs, and delivers practical solutions and products to address critical social challenges at a discounted rate. Tanzu Act collaborations help hone the skills of nonprofit personnel so they can maintain the technology well into the future.

As part of the VMware Foundation team, I lead Good Gigs Projects, a leadership development program that enables VMware people to partner with a nonprofit of their choice to identify the organization’s need and co-create a solution that will help accelerate the nonprofit’s impact. Good Gigs was developed based on findings from Transforming Technology Pro Bono and is rooted in taking a customer-centric approach.

Tanzu Act and MCIEA: Measuring school quality beyond standardized test results

Standardized testing is often biased by narrow-minded questions and an overemphasis on scores. Tanzu Act worked with The Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) to help close pernicious opportunity gaps. Through the engagement, MCIEA built a dashboard that offers school district leaders, instructional leaders and stakeholders a fair, actionable view of school performance.

VMware Foundation and Citizen Philanthropy

Citizen Philanthropy is about empowering everyone to be active, engaged citizens in their communities. The VMware Foundation does this by providing a platform for VMware people to contribute time, talent, and financial resources to their nonprofit of choice. In 2021, more than 30,000 VMware people supported more than 14,000 nonprofits in 102 countries. Citizen Philanthropy contributes to the Equity outcomes of VMware’s ESG strategy, our 2030 Agenda.

Tanzu Act and HTS: Promoting mental health and physical well-being in Australia

Drivers with depression are seven times more likely to have been in an accident; the three leading causes of death are heart attack, heart disease, and suicide; and 38.2% of all workers with reported conditions say their workplace has caused or worsened their mental health condition(s). Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (HHTS) engaged with VMware Tanzu Act to build and design a mobile application to support the mental health and well-being of these workers.