Portfolio
During the course of her career, Vanessa has built, created, and shaped tech, travel, and finance projects with outstanding success.
Here are just a selection of her biggest wins.
- Complete ownership, design, and launch of net-new developer experience at Expedia.
- Released a net-new education and training experience for 100,000+ travel agents for a direct impact on increased revenue and optimization.
- Launched EG’s first B2B SDK (software development kit) with billions of API calls per day.
- Building a content empire from nothing to over 800,000 followers across social media.
- Educating and empowering hundreds of clients to make career jumps into tech and make their expat dreams a reality.
2019
Winner of Hotels.com President’s Award for outstanding Product Management
2021-24
Nominated as Top Expat Finance creator for the Plutus Awards.
2024
Judge for XENA Tech Summit Awards as a Product Leader from Expedia Group.
Featured in CNBC’s Make It Series
Vanessa’s Key Values to Success
With her background in documentation and platform technology, there are seven key values that underpin Vanessa’s work across her 10 successful income streams:
1. Knowledge sharing
Education and empowerment is key.
2. Consistency
Great results with clear messaging across the board, every single time.
3. User satisfaction
Whether it’s user or audience-based, ensuring the viewer is happy is paramount.
4. Risk reduction
Minimizing potential risks and thinking ahead to find a solution before a problem occurs.
5. Process improvement
Driving efficiency, finding new, better ways of working, and sharing information.
6. Cost savings
Finding ways to work that are financially viable for all – after all, financial freedom is one of Vanessa’s key messages!
7. Crisis management
If you can manage social media and a team of developers, you can manage a crisis anywhere across the world of work.
Leadership isn’t a title;
It’s a multifaceted skill set
After working in technology for the last 7 years, guiding the next generation of innovators is Vanessa’s greatest passion.