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Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

- Direct global team of 38 to oversee a global supplier ecosystem for Rapid Diagnostics Division, with ~$4B spend and 13K suppliers.- Launched flagship Covid tests BinaxNOW, IDNOW and Panbio in 5 months, via team mobilization to secure global supply / material readiness, enabling speed to market and revenue of $10B, during a global pandemic.- Negotiated ~100MM in liabilities at COVID downturn and secured $10MM in inflation offset.- Delivered gross margin improvement achieving $35MM annual savings, drove supply resiliency and sustainability (ESG 2030) initiatives, enabled SAP / Coupa systems. - Identified by the executive team, based on exceptional performance, to attend the elite Operations Leadership Program.

Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

- Directed global team of 85 to establish Abbott’s Americas Indirect organization, to steer global supply chain and strategic sourcing operations, and spearhead organizational transformation initiatives.- Enhanced organizational design that empowered the team with a customer-centric solutions-based approach vital for managing cost and operational challenges within North America, Latin American, and Canada.

Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

- Established capital governance and led long-range plan development and execution to generate more efficient allocation and deployment of capital and resources across global manufacturing and commercial facilities for Abbott's Diagnostic Division; chaired global Diagnostics Capital Council- Improved return-on-assets for operations, engineering, commercial, quality and R&D functions by restructuring capital funds authorizations for global facilities, utilities and equipment, resulting in ~5% free cash flow improvements.- Oversaw global facilities planning, business continuity and disaster recovery, and project portfolio execution, including a $20MM Experience Center development in China showcasing Medical Diagnostics instruments.

Elmhurst, Illinois, Us

Strategic Planning for IoT based startup. Member of the Advisory Board.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

$18B Energy Company, distributing natural gas & electricity, electric generation, Compressed Natural Gas station builds.Consolidated over $2B annual spend across 7 subsidiaries. Led spend integration efforts for new combined company, including valuation activities and sourcing strategies. Achieved over $13M in annual synergy savings in Corporate Services through consolidation of spend and strategic supplier negotiations. Led team of 10.

- Leadership for ~$1B annual spend across seven U.S. subsidiaries overseeing 2K+ suppliers and 25 staff.- Drove post-acquisition budget integration initiatives to direct cost valuation activities and implement sourcing strategies to optimize processes, achieving $200MM synergy savings and 6% YoY reduction.- Implemented center-led operations model driving supply chain transformation through process, tool and data standardization, customer-oriented performance monitoring metrics, improving operational efficiency by ~20%.- Oversaw ERP implementation with ownership of Inventory and Procure to Pay workstreams.- Steering committee responsibility for services/material supply for $4B Illinois multi-year regulatory infrastructure rebuild program. - Presented supplier diversity spend growth strategies at two Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) depositions in collaboration with top energy / utility firms on Supplier Diversity Program; instituted the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC).

- Formulated customer-first strategies, centralizing seven subsidiaries into a center-led supply chain shared services organization, enabling significant improvement in customer satisfaction score through LEAN processes and consolidation.- Established a Center of Excellence to facilitate cross-subsidiary harmonization of standards, policies and procedures.- Implemented Lean concepts to drive operational excellence and lead a supply performance gaps assessment in Procure-To-Pay processes, projecting a 5-7% inventory reduction and a 30% increase in process efficiency.- Achieved annual savings of $14MM by consolidating spend and leading strategic negotiations. Implemented performance monitoring mechanisms to analyze supply chain metrics, ensuring efficiency and informed decisions.

Managed the infrastructure reliability for designated district of 6,500 miles of natural gas transmission and distribution pipeline network with capital expenditures of $200M. Responsible for a team of 45 union and management with 4 direct reports.

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Spearheaded formation and leadership to start up a new Plant Engineering group, previously outsourced, servicing utility Gas Supply and pursue new revenue generation opportunities. Responsible for a team of 10 engineers.

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Led Supply performance gaps assessment for Procure-to-Pay project, evaluating gaps between policies, service level agreements, and actual delivery metrics that contributed to delay in customer material deliveries to customer and increased costs. Proposed process enhancements to tighten accountability between warehouse and end user while building a higher level of communication and trust. Established metrics to measure performance.

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Tasked with long range business plan modeling to determine financial impact of multiple subsidiaries' business plans, market peer analysis and development of Peoples Energy's 5-year strategic plan. Prepared due-diligence on potential M&A's and evaluated corporate investments, including new partnerships and joint ventures, analyzing acceptable corporate risks.

Waukegan, Illinois, Us

Designed and oversaw construction of natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines and provided project management in conjunction with the city of Chicago as well as 54 communities in Lake County outside Chicago, for natural gas supply to residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science - Ms

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa