• A private, registered investment group of 5 professionals supporting entrepreneurial ventures as a team.

• Serve the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro in all industry verticals. Contract and permanent placement. • Past experience driving process improvement with a global network of vendor partners gives me understanding of operational issues most recruiting salespeople do not offer. Am able to impact decisions in any industry or service sector. • Show clients how to upgrade the quality and retention of hires, save money by re-allocating total spending, and attract the needed employees in a competitive marketplace. Have increased business with every client I have worked with.• After only two to three weeks working with a client, caused him to drop 7 other vendors. Turned an account billing 5 hours per week into an account billing 200 hours per week after only three weeks of working with them.

Promote three times in 5 years to increasingly sensitive liaison roles between global vendors and Target Corp. Target is a F50 company. Product Safety Investigator• Developed risk assessment models and led negotiations surrounding product recalls, liability, and brand reputation impact between government agencies, overseas vendors, and Target. Resolved recalls valued at $54 million. • Built relationships with governmental agencies ensuring Target’s compliance with changing regulatory standards at state and federal level.Senior Business Consultant• Developed efficiency analyses and executed business plans that rationalized and transitioned US positions across the organization to Target India.• Identified and eliminated process gaps and improved relations across vendor matrices.• Managed cross-functional teams and product categories during manager absences. • Liaison with vendor executives for sensitive real-time changes to product assortments in order to maximize sales.Business Analyst• Managed $140 million in sales in 10 product categories.• Audited and approved sales forecasting, sourcing, and inventory processes for vendor partners in 15 countries. Liaison between individual vendors and Target headquarters. Architect of crisis contingency plans.