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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, California, United States

• Led formula development for portfolio of pourable laundry, laundry monodose, kitchen soap, and allpurpose cleaner powder formulas for Ecover brand relaunch designed against ‘green certifications’ (e.g.Green Seal, Leaping Bunny, USDA biopreferred, Whole Foods compliance, etc).• Represented R&D function in the innovation ecosystem project. Identified opportunities within R&D organization/ways of working and generated a proposal on how to restructure R&D/ways of working by leveraging best-practices from external & internal organizations to unlock better quality innovation (holistically designed, faster speed-to-market, with increased probability of market success).

Pleasanton, California, United States

• Led formulation and high throughput formulation screening (cleaning, microbial, human & surface safety) of citric acid-based EPA Safer Choice disinfecting multipurpose non-aerosol sprays.• Developed formulas for new Waterless LaundryPlatform (laundry wipes, fabric sanitizer, & wrinkle releaser/odor eliminator) and presented concepts, prototypes, and timelines to business team and senior R&D leadership.• Partner with Marketing, Brand Engagement, and Sales in creating disruptive ways to communicate consumer value via claims, demos and product placement for new and existing products.Represented R&D in business team. ProvidedR&D point-of-view in project setting.

Cincinnati, Oh

• Managed formula/package/process development of in-shower aerosol foam products from ideation to launch. Leveraged lean innovation principles.• Oversaw global expansion of in-shower foam conditioners on aggressive timings. Delivered $66Mincremental sales & launched 9 months ahead of schedule. Recognized with CEO award.Oversaw Design & Delivery group on launching all global Styling projects across all P&G styling brands on-time & with excellence. The team delivered $19M incremental sales.• Led start-up of all North American StylingAerosols (Pantene, Aussie, Vidal Sassoon, & Herbal Essences) at external manufacturer (5400 MSU). The project was delivered on-time with no safety or quality incidents. The project had a $12M NPV.• Partnered with Fragrance, Regulatory, Human Safety, & Legal to ensure compliance of new products. Led changes to non-compliant formulas & tragrances.• Responsible for coaching, succession planning, & rating evaluations of team members. Balanced staffing needs to meet business goals.• Executed technical qualification & project commercial launch of a new water-based hair spray chassis (Sebastian Professional Stylbrid 9 & PanteneAirSpray) across 3 making systems and 2 packaging lines. Delivered $7.4M incremental sales to the business.• Led global formulation, technical qualification, & managed teams to launch a new aerosol dry shampoo technology chassis (all P&G styling brands) with over 78 new SKU's. This launch delivered a consumer preferred low residue dry shampoo chassis & 311 MSU additional volume.• Created the Beauty Care Multi-Category AerosolPilot Plant (Shave Care, Antiperspirants/Body Sprays, & Styling). Responsible for aerosol equipment selection, integration with existing categories work processes & creation of new work processes, new raw materials stockroom, & training of new and existing aerosol package, process, & product developers (over 40 individuals) on usage of new aerosol making & packaging equipment.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Implemented Lean Manufacturing practices across Body Wash making and packaging departments including value stream mapping, kaizen implementation, and pull manufacturing (reduced batch cycle times, rapid change-overs enabling 7 days between next run operations strategy). Team received Corporate Cost Savings Innovation awards nomination.• Directed multi-functional project teams from project plant feasibility trial testing through commercial launch. The projects replaced four existing body wash technology chassis with two improved, lower cost chassis across 2 making system and 4 packing lines. The projects delivered $4.1Mvannual cost savings. The projects launched on-time, below budget, with no safety/quality incidents, zero scrap batches, and meeting Vertical Start Up success criteria. All six systems achieved higher process reliability and batch cycle team vs. target.• Established the bodywash start-up team. The team successfully launched over 21 initiatives accounting for 109 MSU incremental volume and $6M annual cost savings.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Barceloneta, Puerto Rico

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

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