• Graduated Cum Laude from Boston College in 1988; double major B.S. in English & Communications
  
  
• Production assistant for WBZ-TV working for Tom Bergeron at "People Are Talking" in Boston, MA (before he became famous)
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• 20+ years in technology marketing: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), LogicWorks, Network Computing Devices (NCD), Beanik, Inc. and Tribal Brands​
  • Youngest marketing director in NCD's history; managed the partnership with Microsoft
  • Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Beatnik, Inc. working with MTV and the music industry
  • Co-Founder and COO of Tribal Brands

• 10 years in entertainment marketing while Co-Founder & COO of Tribal Brands. "Risked it all" to start, run, build and maintain a company funded only through revenue (no bank loans, no investors):
  • ​Grew company to a staff of 100 and approximately $40M/year in revenues
  • Created marketing programs between the entertainment industry and leading carriers & handset manufacturers (Verizon Wireless and Motorola most notably).
  • Developed cell-phone based marketing programs with top music artists like Maroon 5, The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Green Day, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban & Justin Timberlake
  • ​Developed mobile app promotions with blockbuster movies like Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Inception
    
    
• 7 years in the Aging in Place industry
  • ​Published by The Atlantic  in 2013; followed by regular publications in Forbes & PBS Next Avenue
  • eBook, "Careless Caregivers", achieved a number 2 rank in Amazon's Eldercare category.
  • Speaker at the 2015 national conference, Aging in America 
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• ​Today:
  
  • ​Rosanna works like crazy with a cadre of small business owners that represent women entrepreneurs under the age of 30 or dear friends like her who are in their 50's and continuing to dive in and switch gears.
    
  • She is still trying to become a competent dressage equestrian.
  • And, drumroll....in June 2020 she launched a company of her own - www.interest-candles.com