Alex Lowe Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

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San Diego, California

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led two teams responsible for sourcing and managing 500+ restaurant partners nationwide at a y-combinator food-tech startup providing catered meals to offices. Drove new initiatives through Program and Project.
• Leadership and Management: Led and managed three coordinators and three specialists tasked with maintaining vendor performance KPIs and recruiting new vendors across six regions. Drove key vendor KPIs of timeliness and.
• Program Management: Ideated and launched six interrelated company-wide high-impact projects in first six months. Trained direct reports in project management fundamentals and supervised individual projects.
• Project Management: Initiated, planned and executed projects to upgrade the meal experience and integrate data into decision-making. Launched photo project to capture and analyze photos of over 84K client meals.
• Organizational Restructuring: Restructured team roles and created an entirely new menu-focused department, resulting in 50% higher operational team capacity, reduced ordering errors and higher quality meals.

San Francisco, CA

• Conceptualized and launched Artís Coffee concurrently with MBA, expanding from business plan to three retail locations, wholesale distribution, ecommerce and 38 employees in less than three years. First location in.
• Raised $4 million in investor capital across two funding rounds through persuasive presentations and strategic alliance building.
• Generated 3X the revenue of the average SF Bay Area coffee shop in the company’s first year of operations, with 25% same-store sales growth in the second year.
• Designed, planned and constructed two additional retail locations in San Francisco in the company’s second year. Launched ecommerce and wholesale revenue streams and opened a distribution center/corporate office.
• Conceptualized and created the Artís brand from scratch, developing brand standards, look and feel, training program and marketing plan to achieve consistent and differentiated experience across all customer touch.
• Identified, negotiated and executed four competitive 15-year commercial leases in four top San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods including 4th Street Berkeley, Hayes Valley, Castro and Fillmore Street.

Wellesley, MA

Earned two-year Masters of Business degree from the top entrepreneurial school in the world.

• Naval Officer tasked with leadership of personnel and Program and Project Management in the planning and execution of complex operations.
• Poise Under Pressure: Demonstrated dynamic leadership while responsible for the management of a six-person navigation team for a $1B, 300+ crewmember warship while conducting wartime operations.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Led PMO and stakeholder management for a cross-functional 112-person team to safely and expeditiously transport 2,200 U.S. Marines and their equipment from three warships to the beach.
• Project Management: Initiated, planned, and executed 50+ operations and maintenance projects for $50M in shipboard gun weapon systems while operating off the coasts of China and North Korea. Responsible for the.
• Global Experience: Developed and strengthened Brazil-U.S. diplomatic relations by serving as the Assistant Weapons Officer aboard a Brazilian warship for two years during six major at-sea operations. Achieved.

San Diego California

• Planned and executed ship-to-shore operations and coordinated training for amphibious warfare detachment.
• Lead and managed 112 personnel and $200m in equipment, including three $40m hover-craft, threeconventional landing craft and six amphibious tactical vehicles.
• Balancing leadership, maintenance, and the demands of multiple entities, conducted 10 ship-to-shore operations for 2200 Marines and their vehicles and support equipment, including landings in Jordan and Kuwait during a.
• Awarded Navy Meritorious Service Medal for exceptional leadership and operational readiness of detachment.

• Led and managed a team of 14 sailors in the maintenance and repair of $50m in shipboard gun weapon systems.Managed two major shipyard upgrade and repair periods. Planned and executed two safe and efficient onloadsand.
• Demonstrated combat-ready leadership as Officer of the Deck. Stood 2000+ hours of watch during over twoyears of deployment to the Western Pacific region, including multi-national operations. Responsible for.
• Led an eight-person Vessel Boarding Search team through an eight-week combat training course, resulting insuccessful qualification and deployment in support of anti-terrorism operations.
• Planned and executed all anti-terrorism security plans for over 20 ship port visits throughout Asia. Coordinatedtraining of 300+ ship’s crew in security measures and quick reaction scenarios.

Master Of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Activities and Societies: Environmental ClubStudied business while simultaneously launching a coffee company.

Accredited Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Associates Of Arts, Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Portuguese Language And Literature

Became professionally fluent in Portuguese in preparation for a two-year position at the Brazilian Consulate.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: The Alpine Club Navy ROTCStudied environmental science while completing Navy ROTC.