My Word for the Year: Challenge

Each year, I choose a word to guide my focus, a compass for where I want to grow. For 2025, that word is challenge.

First and foremost, I’m looking for a professional challenge — one that stretches my skills, sparks my curiosity, and allows me to make a meaningful impact. I spent much of 2024 doing work that was both important and deeply fulfilling. I helped build systems, strategies, and programs that strengthened the connection between customers, partners, and the business. Unfortunately, when the company underwent its latest round of layoffs, my role was included.

Now, I find myself in a new chapter, one that’s equal parts reflection and reinvention. I’m searching for my next opportunity, one that will challenge me in all the right ways.

What I enjoy most is building relationships for growth-oriented, customer-centric organizations. I artfully balance the needs and voice of the customer with business objectives to ensure the journey is optimized for loyalty and lifetime value. I also excel in developing and expanding partner relationships and ecosystem programs that create win-win-win outcomes for everyone involved.

Some of the roles where I thrive include Customer Experience, Partner Relations, and Community Engagement.

Beyond relationship-building, I’m energized by operational excellence – developing systems, processes, and feedback loops that generate ongoing insights to inform and validate business strategies. I don’t just enjoy this part of the work; I’m really good at it.

I’ve been quietly having conversations with friends about potential opportunities, but I’ve realized it’s time to cast a wider net — and ask for help.

If you know of a company looking for someone passionate about creating exceptional customer, partner, or community experiences, I’d love to hear about it (and especially appreciate introductions to hiring managers).

You can find my LinkedIn profile here, and I’m happy to share my resume upon request.

While I’m based in North Lake Tahoe, I’m open to remote roles and hybrid opportunities in the Bay Area, Sacramento, or Reno. My passport is current, so if your offices happen to be overseas, I’m ready to pack my bags.

Here’s to a year of new challenges, new connections, and new possibilities.

The Beauty and Serenity of Lake Tahoe

I have spent most of my Winters in the North Lake Tahoe area – shredding the various hills, carving paths untouched by man and getting into snow ball fights with friends and family. Ok, who’s kidding, in recent years I have been sitting by the fire in the ski lodge with a pint of Newcastle and a good book (or my laptop) close by while I wait for my beloved to finish his carving of the hill (thanks to a set of knees that hate me).

But anyway, I think we should start spending a bit more time during the Spring and Summer months too. The AdHocnium team stole away for a few days to work on our business plan for the new company (TBA), and I had forgot how spectacular North Lake Tahoe is time of year.

Jump!

The water is a bit chilly, but beautiful nonetheless, especially when staring at it with a lovely glass of Chardonnay in your hand.

Day on the lake with @chrisheuer and @chloealexmayer #instacollage #tahoe #laketahoe #westshore

We had a house in Squaw Valley, which was in the process of switching from a ski resort to a golf resort…

Taking an afternoon stroll to stretch the legs and catch our second wind after day of brainstorming and planning. #squaw #squawvalley #laketahoe

And maybe next year, I will be in better shape so we can actually hike, bike and swim instead of drink wine, read books and eat until our bellies were going to pop. Or, we can live a little and try to do it all…

All I care about is that we spend more time here when there is more green on the ground than white.

Oh, and about that company we are working on … we will have news on that soon. 🙂