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San Francisco Bay Area, Africa, India, China

• Delivered technology-focused operations results, working with clients to introduce key process enhancements to streamline business activities and drive heightened profitability. Conducted client needs assessments and.
• Workshop Facilitator, “Data-Driven Decision Making Culture”: Created 20 hour course focused on best-practices in data utilization and decision science application. Trained director-level groups from multinational.
• Interim VP of Operations, Building-scale micro-grid management start-up: Rationalized and streamlined existing operations and supply chain management for a hardware/software start-up in Nigeria. Developed options and.
• Operations & Product Development, Solar Device Start-Up: Restructured supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing, attaining significant improvements in efficiency and cost. Spanned partner auditing, selection, and.
• Operations & Leadership Development, Microfinance: Deployed inventory handling and asset tracking systems to drive savings, transparency, and scalability for NGO. Instituted leadership development program for personnel.

Oakland, CA

• Founding product lead, guiding software product and customer engagement process including:
• Pre-launch product concept discussions
• Prospective user interviews and market investigation
• Prototype/POC builds, technology decision investigation, development team prioritization via PRD and hands-on, hybrid-agile guidance, centered around iterative, user persona-driven design
• Designed and led customer design thinking workshop format, need/pain point extraction, data and usability discovery, and workflow mapping. Translated this process into requirements, with a tight Product/Tech.

San Francisco Bay Area

• As part of the founding executive team, led operations, finance, recruiting, HR, and organization structure. We built an energy-sector data analytics product platform linking data throughout the electricity sector.
• Built a cross-functional, collaborative, results-focused team from founding, delivering $3.6M of income by providing key insights for customers from a variety of energy industry sectors.
• Championed product and process simplicity to empower product and growth.
• Drove project management of mathematical modeling and analysis efforts as well as scope-through-launch.
• Managed fundraising, budgeting, team communication, and strategic roadmap development, growing the capabilities and structure of the Kevala team to position for accelerated growth.

• Built a new program focused on improving service levels, supply chain management, and service contracts with global AppleCare certified partners. Identified key improvement opportunities and executed streamlined.
• Reduced inventory by 40% and generated $2M cost savings by developing multi-echelon planning tools for parts management to reduce planning cycle from quarterly to weekly and eliminating obsolete inventory costs.
• Achieved 20% increase in customer satisfaction and improved repair service levels at third party service providers.

• Oversaw operations team charged with managing supply and demand for desktop products on an international level. Collaborated cross-functionally with marketing, procurement, finance, and operations to ensure supply.
• Mitigated risks for $1.2B portfolio throughout entire product lifecycle, advising C-Level executives to realize organizational standards for service and inventory.
• Created and implemented comprehensive supply chain and management system that produced notable improvements in visibility, inventory control, and organizational decision-making.

• Planned global supply and inventory strategies through the launch of first two iPhones. Outlined and implemented supply chain planning tools throughout entire logistics process to ensure optimized inventory levels from.
• Attained industry-best performance of 50 inventory turns per year, same-day order fulfillment, and 95%+ customer in-stock average, working with regional operations and sales teams to guide global supply activities.
• Developed first-ever allocation, production, and inventory tracking system for global supply and demand operations at the telecom carrier and country level.

• Analyzed new B2B partner relationship management system for a Fortune 100 software corporation. Offered insight on the future of wireless service industry and vitality of embedded software quality testing.
• Recommended revised strategic direction for Accenture Global Business Development Counsel based on analysis.
• Developed benchmarking template and financial model to quantify value of embedded software quality testing.

• Operations and supply chain focused role delivering key improvements in logistics, semiconductor processing, and process analytics. Guaranteed success of products targeting emerging renewable energy and semiconductor.
• Realized $5M in annual new product revenue through development and manufacturing scale-up for several new semiconductor CVD and thin film spin-coat molecules.

Hemlock, MI

• Increased product line annual revenue by $16M and productivity by 12% through new reactor design and subsequent implementation.
• Headed project teams for requirements spanning scoping of technology development for solar and semiconductor grade silicon and final implementation for $120M manufacturing facility start-up.
• Saved $1M annually by improving production capacity and efficiency of silicon substrate reactors.

Mba, Strategy, Operations, And Technology Management

Activities and Societies: Kellogg Corp, Ecuador: Developed jungle-to-market strategy for an agricultural cooperative of indigenous.

Masters Of Engineering Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Halloween Charity Ball creative chair

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dean’s list, fencing team, math tutor, youth mentor, Appalachian Trail volunteer Semester abroad at Technical.