01 · Category development
Legitmark
Provider work
Experience
Grounded examples of the work, without the embellishment.
No invented percentages, no borrowed logos. Here is what I have built, led, and advised on, described plainly.
Selected work
Projects, leadership, and advisory work across the changing luxury resale landscape.
02 · Per-item review
Real Authentication
Provider work
Senior review across luxury brands and categories.
03 · Authentication leadership
The RealReal
Past role
Senior authentication leadership through a period of rapid scale.
04 · Program launch
eBay
Client project
Helping launch a trust program at marketplace scale.
05 · Global market advisory
Japan, China, and the US market
International perspective
Connecting global pre-owned luxury supply with the US opportunity.
06 · Channel development
Social commerce and live selling
Emerging channel advisory
Making live selling a serious resale channel.
07 · International consulting
Independent engagements
Ongoing practice
Authentication operations, pricing, and valuations for resale businesses abroad.
Training legacy
Team development
Professionals I have trained or managed have gone on to roles and leadership positions at Entrupy, What Goes Around Comes Around, Vestiaire Collective, Farfetch, eBay, and LegitGrails.
This reflects the people I have developed, not client relationships with the organizations named. I share it because developing authenticators and operators is the part of the work I am proudest of.
Clients & industry
The businesses I have supported, by name, alongside active industry involvement. The fuller stories live in the selected work above.
Businesses I have supported in authentication, pricing, consulting, or advisory capacities.
Supporting marketplaces, sellers, and businesses around the world in all things luxury resale is some of the work I am proudest of. Whether the need is training, authentication support, pricing, consulting, or advisory, I love helping people sell luxury with confidence, and the relationships built along the way keep shaping how I see this industry.
- myGemma
- Tradesy
- Vivrelle
- Sotheby's
- So Over It Luxury Consignment
- ESG Luxury
- Idaho Pawn and Gold
- Acadian Luxury
- Realove Consignment
- Luxury Authentication Australia
- Luxe Du Jour
- Carson Jewelry & Loan
- Fieldstone Jewelry & Pawn
- Abby's Pawn & Coin
- Sandy's Savvy Chic Resale Boutique
- Dejavu Luxury Vintage
- Article Consignment Boutique
- Pawtucket Pawn Brokers Too
- Smyrna Pawn
Industry involvement
- National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops (NARTS)
- Active member
- I attend the annual conference and have led learning sessions on luxury authentication.
- Luxury Resale Association
- Advisory Board Member
- I support members with ongoing guidance on authentication best practices, connections to solution providers suited to their business, and a private community with on the fly support.
- Authentication Institute of America
- Partner
- I provide white labeled corporate training resources and guides through AIA and help uphold rigorous training standards for individuals and organizations seeking advisory. Corporate training and custom guide programs can be developed with AIA as part of an engagement.
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