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San Mateo, California, US

Wilton, CT, US

Baltimore, Maryland, US

• Responsible for Digital Advertising efforts to create Paid, Owned and Earned assets for Social Media
• Developed and integrated the current MarTech stack for both the Medifast and OPTAVIA channels
• Deliver strategic initiatives to position Medifast as one of the top eCommerce sites in the weight-loss and healthy living space
• Provide vision, guidance and goals for all eCommerce operations
• Drive sales and operational efficiencies by working closely with our executive team as well as external partners
• Continuously drive revenue growth by working with affiliate partners, reviewing site analytics and improving our purchase flow.

Baltimore, Maryland, US

• Led the eCommerce team that implemented a new auto delivery and loyalty program while working closely with business stakeholders to define requirements, scope, schedule and testing.
• Created a second agile eCommerce team that provided support to all business channels for any technology or eCommerce related work.
• Partnered with the digital marketing team to coordinate marketing campaign efforts for web, social, print and email.
• Created and managed agile E-Commerce team that addressed department and company-wide objectives such as the implementation of weekly promotions, testing and analyzing customer behavior, and improving the overall user.
• Organized and led daily meetings and working sessions with team members to ensure tasks, issues and risks are being addressed promptly.Achievements:
• Helped create and lead the organization's first agile project management team, allowing us to reduce our implementation cycles from an average of 4 months to 3 weeks.

• Managed multifaceted project teams delivering customized software and infrastructure solutions
• Consulted with clients to understand and document their business processes while providing guidance and leadership in the creation and implementation of more efficient processes/workflows.
• Developed meaningful and authentic relationships with client employees and utilized excellent communication skills to manage expectations and present new opportunities for additional services or products.Achievements:
• Delivered 95% of projects before the scheduled deadline and below budget.
• Worked on the infrastructure sales team that doubled its client base over a one year period.

San Mateo, California, US

• Worked with project leads and project team members from several different application development teams to create project proposals, gain management approval, and assign global resources for each project.
• Communicated effectively during an international project involving three countries by scheduling and running weekly meetings between three time zones. Provided leadership with updates concerning weekly progress and.
• Responsible for building and maintaining large scale MS Project plan for a hardware implementation at a new building location.

San Mateo, California, US

• Member of the Transition Services team responsible for the swap of the Citigroup asset management division and Legg Mason brokerage firm, one of the largest asset transactions in US financial history. Achievements:
• Coordinated an international project that successfully implemented a $1.2M dollar custom application allowing financial transactions to be processes with great efficiency.

• Responsible for full on-site construction management and land development efforts; effectively scheduled, monitored, and inspected all work from initiation to completion of custom homes.
• Communicated and collaborated effectively with architects, engineers, developers, banks, contractors, inspectors, and homebuyers to ensure the delivery of a quality home.