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San Francisco Bay Area

Chosen as part of a 10-person Accelerated Leadership Program. This program consists of several rotations across functions such as Strategy, Supply Chain, M&A, Data Analytics, and Finance, including an international rotation in India. I’ve had the opportunity to work with leadership in manufacturing, healthcare and technology across a spectrum of strategic and operational areas. Select engagements: > Strategic Assessment and Business Development - $40B Global Health Services Org: Conducted Strategic Assessment of cross-vertical functional areas. Benchmarked current processes against industry best practices to address the gaps between the desired business processes and the current state. Identified improvement levers including Machine Learning projected to reduce operating costs by 20%. > Project Management – Cloud Security Transformation - $140B Manufacturing Conglomerate: Collaborated directly with the CSO of a $140B conglomerate to develop a post-M&A strategic roadmap for IT Security, led POCs/Pilots resulting in 12% cost reduction in annual technology spend. > Business Transformation/ India Rotation - $64B Pharmaceuticals/Retailer: Developed operational KPIs and leveraged analytics to identify $59M cost reduction across entire supply chain. Trained and managed team of 10 analysts on site at Mumbai Office.

San Francisco Bay Area

I moved to Digitate team to develop product strategy, business growth strategy in new markets. My experience in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Product Launch was pivotal to my success in this role. In this role, I design compelling product vision and strategy using business/category acumen, consumer research and working cross-functionally across marketing, customer success, product, payment ops, risk, and beyond. I plan and prioritize projects, and ultimately deliver on product vision. Some of my work: > Pivotal in the creation of the growth strategy for an estimated multi-billion-dollar addressable market and triple digit sales in the subsequent year. > Designed quantitative study to identify/size market opportunity and refine product vision growth to include growth segments such as SAP integration and DevOps. > Conducted research and analytics to recommend optimal product portfolio, GTM strategy and pricing. > Led interviews and pilots to gain insights on user behavior, pain points and preferences. Created user personas and journey maps to capture user experiences.

Lakeshore is an early stage angel capital group. They invest in early-stage companies and consider businesses in many industries. > Responsible for the initial screening and due diligence of start-up ventures applying for funding. > Advised entrepreneurs with the development of business plans during the screening and investment process. > Crafted investor growth strategy and streamlined deal flow process. > Gave strategic recommendations to prospective portfolio companies. > Presented topics on investment fundamentals to potential angels.

Greater Chicago Area

Led a global team of 12 analysts/ developers through full lifecycle implementation of benefits automation projects. > Rescued failing project and saved $.5M in client penalty fees by redesigning year-end actuarial valuation process. > Select projects included: UBS, Georgia Pacific and Koch Industries.

Springfield, Illinois Area

Designed and implemented centralized technology systems for public pension funds.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Strategy

Activities and Societies: Chair: Philanthropy Club & Booth Social Impact Consulting Club, Leadership Group, Marketing Club, Corporate.

Master’S Degree, Applied & Fundamental Computing - Concentrations In Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning

Thesis work on high frequency stock trading expertise using Data Mining & Machine Learning Full scholarship from French Government (one.