Produce
The Whiskey Classic, Santa Fe Foodie Festival, Running of the Chihuahuas, StartupABQ, and Christmas at Hogwarts—produced with permission from J.K. Rowling.
About Micaela
I do not approach a business as a collection of departments. I see the experience customers are trying to have—and the system people need in order to deliver it.
That perspective began in event production, where the audience, creative promise, vendors, timing, logistics, and contingency all had to move as one. It deepened through marketing and ecommerce, where every decision eventually met a real customer.
Blush & Whimsy was the defining operator chapter. From 2016 to 2025, I built and led the award-winning cosmetics company across product, brand, digital growth, partnerships, customer experience, and operations. It became a multimillion-dollar business and earned national visibility.
Today, I bring that experience to business systems and practical AI. I help leaders decide what must change, what should stay human, and what has to be true for a new way of working to hold.
The practitioner behind the strategy
The story so far
The Whiskey Classic, Santa Fe Foodie Festival, Running of the Chihuahuas, StartupABQ, and Christmas at Hogwarts—produced with permission from J.K. Rowling.
Founded and operated an award-winning, multimillion-dollar cosmetics company featured on QVC and connected to the Oscars, Grammys, Cannes Film Festival, and Real Housewives of New York City.
More than a decade of work across digital marketing, ecommerce, customer acquisition, brand development, conversion, and the operating systems behind growth.
Enterprise platforms made workflow, data, adoption, governance, and ownership visible—and showed what happens when a process is designed without the people using it.
Founder of AI Discovery Group and Chatworthy, with Planidex and Phrasekin extending the portfolio into event intelligence and naming systems.
Recognition & affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Digital Marketing — New Mexico State University
Fellow — Royal Society of Arts
Fellow — Windsor Castle Society of Leadership Fellows
Fellow — British American Project
UT Dallas Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
NMSU Arrowhead Center
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
The DEC
Founder — StartupABQ
U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Department of State
USAID contractor
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