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Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Round Rock, Texas

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

•Supervised five undergraduate interns conducting acquisitions research in support of this new private equity fund, resulting in 400 privately held lower middle market companies being vetted for initial contact per week•Provided monthly performance feedback to undergraduate interns•Created initial files for collecting company data and supervised their improvements resulting in more efficient data collection•Wrote press releases and organized public relations campaign •Organized mail campaigns of over 2000 letters resulting in a 3% response rate from companies whom the fund wished to vet

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

•Created built-in quality control plans for two production areas of the plant through leading meetings with the process engineers and technicians over the course of six months, enabling operators and engineers to troubleshoot production problems causing product non-conformity more easily and quickly•Lead process improvement team which advised IT department on how to improve flow of rejected product on the plant floor by closing gaps in ERP programming•Lead process improvement team which analyzed production data allowing the project team to recommend fiber coloring process improvement that would reduce material break rate by 25%•Responsible for daily maintenance of business such as conducting quality (ISO and TL) audits, disposition of raw material and rejected product, and evaluating returned product in order to make recommendations to engineering, production, and supply chain personnel that would improve products

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

•Aided in the completion of fiber optic cable termination projects through physical installation and connectorization of Corning products, resulting in effective facility wide communication at the Richmond International Raceway, Twitter’s data center in Sacramento, and at the Army Ammunition Plant in Radford, Virginia.•Aided in the completion of five Fiber to the Home projects resulting in newly constructed neighborhoods in rural North Carolina and suburban Las Vegas gaining access to television, internet, and telephone service, affecting over 500 households. Worked with other technicians, engineers, contractors, in order to execute the project manager’s time line. •Advised installation contractors for fiber installation at a Bank of America facility in Levittown, Pennsylvania, at two Microsoft facilities Washington State and one in West Des Moines, Iowa, and at Time Warner Cable’s Red Square in Denver, Colorado.•Educated 91 contractors on how to use Corning’s cables, connectors, splicers, and test equipment through classroom instruction.

Twentynine Palms, California, United States

•Executed work-up as a platoon commander of a rifle platoon for deployment to Afghanistan. Responsible for leading and training 35 Marines and Sailors in individual level skills up to employment as a rifle platoon in battalion sized combat operations.•Supervised rifle platoon during seven-month deployment in Afghanistan, conducting combat operations in Gulistan Valley, Farah Province, and Sangin District, Helmand Province, effectively removing enemy influence. •Advised 33rd Georgian Light Infantry Battalion while training for role as maneuver force in a Marine Regimental Combat Team in Afghanistan. Worked across cultural and language barriers during training activities.•Oversaw the planning and execution of two combat marksmanship ranges and one medium and heavy machine gun range, while executive officer of Headquarters and Service Company, resulting in Marines being trained in static weapons employment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations And Technology Management, 3.61

Activities and Societies: Graduate Marketing Network club (Case Competition Co-Chair), MBA Veterans Club•Certificate in Strategic.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering, 3.03

Activities and Societies: NROTC Program•Minor: Leadership Studies •Senior Design Project: Investigated production process for a solid.

Arabic Language Summer Program

General Studies, 3.31