The Graduate Research team focuses on building a channel for future leaders in talent groups that are fundamental to the company in areas such as machine learning, computer vision, optimization, design and speech.

Sr. Business Development for Amazon's Collectible Marketplace. I provide direct opportunities for 3P Sellers to showcase their Sports, Entertainment, Coins, and Fine Art Collectibles on the Amazon storefront. I provide acquisition and on-boarding services for Sellers coming into the Amazon ecosystem.

Author Acquisitions Manager for Kindle Worlds, a new and unique publishing platform that allows any author to immerse themselves in and publish works inspired by a canon of known brands that are licensed by Amazon Publishing--known as fan fiction in the publishing industry. Responsible for talent acquisition of both Universal Rights Holders to create new Worlds and individual authors to create original fiction on the Amazon Publishing platform. Program level manager responsible for every level of the publishing process.

Industry Sourcing Leader, providing functional area search services for our North American Fulfillment Centers (huge, complex sites across North America - VA, DE, NH, PA, KY, IN, KS, TN, AZ, NV, WA, SC, and Toronto, Canada).We are growing, and adding multiple sites in 2014. I am pipe-lining talent right now for our expanding network...Senior Operations Leaders (Director+: Manufacturing, Distribution, and Logistics / SC)Operations Leaders (Area Mgr and Operations Mgr)Facilities Engineers and Technicians (Controls, Automation, PLC, and MHS)Industrial, Mechanical, & Electrical Engineers (Large Complex MHE & AMHE Conveyor System design and implementation, Project & Process Engineering, Senior Engineering Managers, Control Systems, EAM implementation) Operations Research Scientist (Math Modeling, Optimization, Statistics, Simulation, AMPL, CPLEX, Mosel, R, XPRESS, COIN-OR)PM's that have built huge automated centersSupply Chain leaders (Demand Planning, Business Analysts, Capacity Planning, S&OP, Logistics)Transportation leaders (Inbound, Outbound, Import/Export, Freight LTL/TL, Ocean/Air)Procurement (Purchasing, Materials ManagementSoftware Development Engineers (SDE)Recruiters (Sourcers, Closers, and FLC) for our own team!These words and phrases should resonate, "Customer Obsession, Frugality, Bias for Action, Light your hair on fire, ambiguity, strong work ethic, build it, own it, right most of the time, analytic, data driven, concise, detailed, roll up your sleeves, flat organization, anti bureaucracy, anti-power point, get 'er done, process, cost savings, waste removal, root cause, lean, kaizen, standard work, and what's your plan?"

Established and actively support growth for small recruiting agency in the Greater Seattle Area. Deliver recruiting/search process expertise and guidance with guaranteed return on investments to clients that include some of the area’s largest firms. Developed and continue to maintain specialized focus in locating and matching talent within Finance & Accounting, Operations, Sales, and Technology sectors.

Cultivated growth within territory and established strong network of sourced candidates and client companies. Established diversified clientele that spanned manufacturing, telecom, public accounting, construction, and high tech industries. Grew revenue by conducting placements of all position levels within accounting and finance divisions.

Led and supported record-breaking sales/profit growth within 5 state Northwest region with direct responsibility for a diversified group of 5 sales professionals. Served as Account Manager for top-tier accounts, including ConAgra Foods and JR Simplot. Achieved a 48% increase in sales for the Seattle Branch and personally closed the largest single machine sale in the company’s history.