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Houston, Texas, United States

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Lead team of 2200 employees across Australia as part of our new Fuels & Lubricants company post acquisition of Puma Energy Australia on July 1, 2020• Lead our business comprised of Retail, Commercial & Industrial and Lubricants sales channels, 14 Fuel & Lubricant depots, 3 fuel import terminals, and fleet team to operate safely, reliably and profitably• Lead change management efforts to integrate our new Chevron colleagues post acquisition.

Singapore

• Lead team of 50+ responsible for over 400 MBD of refined product trading activity across Asia Pacific.• Lead change management efforts on numerous corporate initiatives. • Leader of the Chevron Executive Women's Group for those outside the United States.

Houston, Texas Area

• Lead team of 8 responsible for over $3 billion in retail gasoline and jet fuels sales. • Retail marketing business spans Alabama, Georgia and Florida and encompasses over 2,000 Chevron and Texaco branded gasoline stations. • Aviation business spans the Southeastern region of the US and includes jet fuel and avgas sales.

Houston, Texas Area

• Project Manager to increase profitable outlets for our USWC refinery barrels in Latin America. • In conjunction with Trading organization lead engagement with key customer regarding various cross-company regional opportunities which could be win-win for both companies and strengthen our relationship with this company in order to maintain our current position as their supplier• Member of the Canadian Crude to West Coast project team to determine most efficient method of transportation to get Canadian crudes to our West Coast refineries in order to take advantage of lower cost crudes

Houston, Texas Area

• Lead 6 person team to ensure reliable, efficient, and low cost supply of products to Colombia & Central America. Responsible for annual strategy sessions and to drive cross-functional team to achieve results which improve overall enterprise returns• Owner of key customer relationships in strategic Central American country. Work closely with Terminal & Operations organization to drive improved operation and customer communication.• Successfully lead various projects to improve earnings in region.

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for leading the 3 month Area Operating Plan for the US East Coast as well as weekly optimization reviews in order drive optimization across functions to maximize profit capture opportunities and lower cost of goods sold • Lead efforts to fully implement various LYNX tools as they pertain to the Area Operating Plan process and COGNOS reports to improve data quality and efficiency across teams.

San Ramon, California

• Lead the Management Operating System (MOS) Workstream of the US Supply Chain Customer Profitability (SCCP) project under Accelerate Downstream. Created and implemented phase 1 of a business performance management framework, tools and processes that enable improved financial performance of the US Marketing business.

Managua, Nicaragua

• Successfully managed a 4 MBD operation across two countries which consisted of 56 stations and 7 Commercial & Industrial (C&I) customers with staff of 7• Met Class of Trade conversion targets and exceeded C&I Stranded Assets project targets which resulted in lowering our capital employed in Nicaragua and decreased potential future environmental liability• Drove the creation of the Nicaragua Petroleum Industry association among Chevron, Shell, Exxon and DNP and hiring of an Executive Director and PR firm• Created, negotiated and executed a program to successfully recuperate the 20% volume loss which resulted from the initial roll out of a $1.30 per gallon government discount program in Nicaragua• Effectively managed through particular incidents such as fuel theft, credit fraud, and political turmoil• Achieved a greater than 15% decrease in safety incidents in the Costa Rica operation by leading efforts to train all employees and contractors on LPS system and drive adherence to operational procedures• Participated in numerous media events including radio, TV and print interviews, promotional events, and live talk shows.

San Ramon, California

• Led the development of the Sales organizational design workshop involving all 4 Regional Marketing Directors and 2 General Managers. Workshop led to the consolidation of the General Manager position for Retail and C&I in all markets outside of North America• Led the Communications team interaction with all Marketing Coordinators and the Logistics Advisor to update them on our communication plan as well as integrate their feedback into future communications

Coral Gables, Florida

• Member of team which analyzed Marketing's Caribbean operations and recommended an operational strategy for each of the 22 markets. Final recommendation was delivered ahead of schedule• Led the development of a Marketer Matrix to determine in which markets the Marketer Class of Trade could be successful• Led the development and execution of the Latin America Women’s Network expansion project. Resulted in the creation of 5 new Women’s Network sites in Barbados, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Puerto Rico which exceeded the year-end goal by 66%.

San Ramon, Calfornia & Coral Gables, Florida

Supply Optimization Group, Global Supply & Trading • Project Manager for the Pacific Northwest Supply Optimization study which incorporated Refining, Supply & Trading, Shipping, and Marketing. Researched various short-term options to alleviate supply pinch points in the area and researched shipping economics around potential long-term optionsIntegrated Marketing Manager, Latin America • Responsible for launching Super Estrikas in Colombia – debut of Supa Strikas (popular comic sponsored by Chevron brands) program in Latin America. Convinced Area GM, DMs and local Brand Specialist to support the project and invest nearly all of Colombia’s annual brand budget on this project• Worked with the Agency, Texaco Brand Manager, and Latin America Brand Coordinator to create the World Cup for Life promotion which ran simultaneously in multiple countries. Company operated stores, Chevron Products Company • Business Consultant for five company owned stations in the Bay Area. Improved safety situation at every station and trained Station Managers on how to conduct comprehensive monthly safety meetings. Zero safety incidents in zone during tenure as COCO BC• Successfully managed COCO station #1550 in San Mateo, CA. Results include, hired a new manager, improved merchandise of store, improved cleanliness and organization of store, decreased overtime labor by reorganizing schedule to meet times of high demand with zero safety incidents. North America Merchandise, Chevron Products Company • Managed the bill pay kiosk project to address the viability of conducting a pilot of 3rd party bill pay kiosks• Conducted analysis of the Master Blaster project to determine if there was any effect on water, energy or overall packaged beverages sales as a result of participating in the Master Blaster project

San Ramon, California

• Managed internal employee diversity event that was attended by 500 employees. Worked with Brand Management team, Hispanic advertising agency, outside vendors and other internal teams • Created Hispanic market research study to be composed of 600 interviews in 3 cities and bid out the project to 4 suppliers• Completed peer Hispanic Marketing study to determine trends and benchmark where Chevron’s Hispanic Marketing program stands. Presented executive summary to Chevron’s Hispanic Marketing team.

San Francisco, California

• Managed 10 client service employees. Entire team achieved between 110% and 125% of quarterly production and client retention goals during Q2 2002. 7 Account Managers were responsible for 26% of corporate client base, about $6.9 million in annual revenue.• Held other positions of increasing responsibility at same company during tenure from October 1999 until July 2002.

San Jose, Costa Rica

• Processed registration for over 600 clients. Collected all client payments ranging from $600 to $10,000 per client• Arranged additional services for clients. Coordinated 4 cultural activities per week for clients.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor’S Degree, Business & Economics