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San Diego County, California, United States

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Technical Roadmap Strategy: Pioneered complete descriptive mapping of existing data, identified gaps, and collaborated with product, engineering, and architecture teams to develop an optimized cloud migration data roadmap.Client-Centered Discovery: Utilized client interviews, usage analytics, surveys, and concept testing, in addition to internal.

B2B Product Roadmap: Defined the product roadmap for all B2B crowdsourcing applications, including the launch of task-based work and talent-as-a-service.Machine Learning: Developed machine learning algorithms for cost and timeline estimation of requested work.Artificial Intelligence (AI): Created AI protocols for providing clients with solution.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Product Owner - CargillProduct Ownership: Implemented stability and feature enhancements to a financial application that processes over $400B grain transactions, annually.Roadmap Strategy: Developed a strategy to sunset the legacy financial application, transition it to SAP, and migrate the underlying data from on-premise servers to the cloud to improve.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Product Development: Led product ownership of globally-distributed product development initiatives, driving the prioritization and execution of raw materials management and analytics applications through seven product releases.Product Launch: Accelerated time-to-market by releasing a minimum viable product application to over 800 global users within four.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Executive Buy-In: Conceptualized and presented a strategic vendor supply chain management and analytics application concept to Target's Chief Marketing Officer, securing funding for software development.Project Management: Orchestrated the end-to-end execution of the solution, overseeing budget, timeline, and communication of progress and risks to.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Software Development Stakeholder: Collaborated closely with software development teams to design and enhance application workflows, fostering seamless stores to online inventory transfer processes for comprehensive company adoption.Business Strategy: Devised and implemented an innovative product supply purchasing cadence with strategically positioned.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Data Analytics: Executed comprehensive business, market, and product data analytics for Target's largest apparel department, yielding data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions.Strategy: Pioneered a new product purchasing cadence, tapping into vendor contractual and market opportunities, and delivering $20M in product raw material expense.

Sutton, United Kingdom

• Nationally recognized throughout the United Kingdom, Crimestoppers operates an anonymous tip line for citizens to report crime, regularly launches targeted campaigns, and hosts widely-televised broadcasts of manhunts.
• Analyzed crime trends and demographic data to inform marketing campaign strategies.
• Executed the marketing operations for three national and two internationally televised campaigns, which resulted in a 120% increase in inbound calls to the Crimestoppers' tip line and ultimately five criminal arrests.
• Received funding from two prominent infrastructure companies to fund a metal theft campaign.
• Responded with agility to the 2011 London riots by negotiating the discounted purchase and donation of advertisement space in public transit areas with National Rail and government representations, so that the.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance's goal is to work towards a world where all avoidable brain injuries are prevented, all non-preventable brain injuries are minimized, and all individuals who have experienced brain.
• Partnered with the Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities to plan the February 8th, 2011, “Disability Day at the Capitol” rally, which was attended by more than 600 citizens.
• Lobbied Minnesota State Senators and Representatives to pass the “Concussion Prevention and Management Bill” (Chapter 90 – S.F.No. 612) into law.
• Advocated for improved mental health care regulations in Minnesota congressional health care committee meetings.
• Collected, analyzed, and reported data on the voting trends of politicians.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• The Neighborhood Involvement Program (N.I.P.) is a non-profit organization providing medical & dental health services, mental health services, and counseling, on a sliding fee scale to the underserved portion of the.
• Served as an on-call crisis services counselor at the N.I.P. phone center
• Designed the 2010 N.I.P. MN PRIDE campaign
• Represented N.I.P. at community events

Master Of Science - Ms, Technology & Business Management

Bachelor Of Arts, B.A. Psychology, B.A. Sociology, B.A. Business/Economics

Activities and Societies: Women's Choir, President (2010); UST Dance Club, Captain (2010-2012); St. Jude's Cancer Research - UST.