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California, United States

San Francisco, California, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Chief of Staff supporting the COO

Mooresville, NC, US

• Led VC and startup relationship management, outreach, and operations for Lowe's Innovation in the SF Bay Area
• Spearheaded research at the industry and startup level
• Defined strategy and objectives for the SF portfolio
• Developed intake process to identify internal sponsorship and pilots
• Represented Lowe's Innovation at forums, expos, and pitches
• Provided guidance on startup strategy to company founders

Mooresville, NC, US

• Worked as Lead Business Analyst in the Allied and New Business Development domain to identifyresource allocation needs for upcoming projects, provide deliverable sign-off, and report statuses for 13 projects
• Identified business needs, outlined project scope and charter, assessed system and process change impacts, and elicited/documented requirements to ensure solutions met business goals and objectives
• Worked as merchandising resource on behalf of the Merchandising Director to utilize internal resources and vendors to source and track high-resolution product images and content for 250 appliances in order to meet.
• Conducted user acceptance testing to ensure design and solution requirements were met

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Contracted to customer as a Project Coordinator for three Project Managers
• Created a dynamic, real-time spreadsheet that provided gap analysis between business and IT’s prioritization of requirements for remaining Agile project sprints
• Assigned and managed allocation for 350 resources in Clarity by comparing actual hours billed toforecasted hours to improve budget forecasting

• Evaluated and instructed students on presentations
• Managed student and instructor communications
• Evaluated student performance for grade recommendations

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Followed company protocol in opening and closing the store and assigned specific duties to coworkers to facilitate a smooth operation of the store each day
• Increased repeat sales through personal relationships by assisting customers with sales and questions about the merchandise while building a rapport to better assist them in future visits
• Represented running specific store by competing in community races for increased brand recognition

• Managed multiple teams of undergraduates, relationships with clients, and communicated with third-party vendors across different continents and lines of business
• Designed individual professional development plans focused on developing both strengths and weaknesses to prepare team members to generate value on the project and in the workforce

• Managed a 6 person team of undergraduates to develop a web-based application that presents dynamic infographics by integrating grocery shopping data with social media
• Mentored undergraduate team members to enhance professional, academic, and technical development
• Allocated resources and set priorities for organizational planning of a full life-cycle project

• Evaluated process control system and identified data quality issues to provide single source for dynamic recommendations
• Determined and recommended solution to reduce noise by approximately seventy percent
• Utilized SAS to analyze data for trends, resulting in improved alerting thresholds
• Collaborated with international team based in India to gather requirements, manage client expectations, and assess system’s current capabilities

• Designed a software application to support the Control Store Testing process
• Analyzed competitors to identify key success characteristics for a Control Store Test application
• Automated data analysis and visualization to reduce needed analytical resources

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Researched, implemented, and customized a newly deployed virtual ticket system by gatheringrequirements from service desk end-users
• Authored installation process documentation

Master Of Science In Enterprise Integration

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Management Information Systems