Accountable for a spend worth ~$1.7bn for the North America region. With a focus on Aluminum Can sheet and ODM (Other Direct Materials) space, with significant direct impact on the financial performance of the business unit through the delivery of end-to-end supply chain TCO projects and cash generation.

Responsible for overseeing and reporting the success and return on capital investment projects within the Ardagh Metal Packaging - North American business unit. Managing teams of specialists including engineering, project management, plant operations, quality, sustainability, and logistics/distribution to ensure projects are tracking on time and remain in scope of proposed budgets to the business. Manage shared service logistics department on all supply chain activities relating to business growth investment projects.

Responsible for overseeing and reporting the success and return on capital investment projects within the Ardagh Metal Packaging business unit. Coordinating teams of specialists including engineering, project management, plant operations, quality, sustainability, and logistics/distribution to ensure projects are tracking on time and remain in scope of proposed budgets to the business. Manage shared service logistics department on all supply chain activities relating to business growth investment projects. • Created and implemented an elaborate simulation model focusing on safety, logistics optimization and operational needs, model has since been adopted globally by our EHS team with deployment in Germany, UK, and Brazil. Initial project on the sim model focused on internal and external pallet movements at a North American plant, results achieved in an optimized fleet construction, adjusted yard management layout, and improved traffic flow at distribution warehouse. • Led and presented an extensive distribution assessment to executive team. Results of the assessment identified we did not need additional square footage, these findings revealed a cost avoidance of $16M over a 10-year lease. • Designed and generated an optimized traffic flow and layout for new brownfield plant in North America. Results led to a fully utilized traffic pattern, yard design and drop trailer area. Traffic pattern will produce efficiency to the operation, safety for transportation providers/plant employees, and visitors alike.

Responsible for all commercial efforts in regard to a $300M+ logistics spend, including development and execution of the Transportation strategy, including setting pricing, approving spend and leading carrier sourcing and development.• Created and implemented a transportation strategy that resulted in a $24M savings over a 2 year time frame. The results delivered were recognized as ‘World Class’ by top consulting firm in North America. • Established and led a cross functional team that included Production Planning, Commercial, and Operations to better align our supply chain network with our customers to drive resiliency and sustainability. Conducted quarterly business reviews with our vendors and customers to drive logistics ideation and strategy, resulted in a 10% reduction in our spot quote activity and provided our commercial team with a value-add proposition when approaching customer contracts.• Designed and launched an online logistics inquiry form to drive efficiencies in sourcing vendors and simplified the carrier vetting process . The results saved 20-man hours a week for our North American business and has since been adopted by our European business.• Championed the sustainability effort for logistics by partnering with the EPA and utilizing Smartway carriers, which has led to capturing Source 3 CO2 emissions, incrementally reducing our carbon footprint, and moving us toward our 2025 SDGs.

Managed logistic operations for the Western 11 states. Negotiated with carriers on price and service, developing optimal carrier capacity for each lane working in alignment with customer service, production planning and plants/warehouses to maximize efficiencies and cost effectiveness.• Led the transition of the Seattle plant operations from a 3PL to coming back in house, including rebuilding all route guides, resulting in a $7MM savings and the plant meeting their transportation budget - the only plant in North America to earn this achievement. • Developed and delivered a transportation strategy for one of our highest volume lanes that had become subject to a lack of capacity and increasing cost. This strategy resulted in $750K in savings, in 2018 and is still providing a prominent level of service and year over year cost stability.

At Forte we believe every company is a logistics company. If you make things or move things we should talk. We come along side business of all shapes and sizes to maximize opportunity in the marketplace. In my capacity as Co-Founder of Forte, I focus primarily on our Business Strategy, Sales/Marketing Strategy, Long Range Planning and Market Research.

Managed the brokerage arm of the business, as well as a backhaul revenue sharing program with Staples and Amazon in the East Coast and Midwest region. • Led and developed backhaul opportunities for Staples and Amazon, by identifying customers and lanes to pair up with existing dedicated fleets. Led a team of coordinators that successfully booked freight and ensured the fleets arrived back in a timely manner. • Created and developed a brokerage arm of the business to increase revenue, I brought on new customers and managed a book of business, resulting in an substantial revenue growth for the business.

Acquired new business and developed a passion for logistics after coordinating logistics on a multimillion-dollar accounts.

Acquired new business and worked with the agency’s media and strategy team. Cultivated a love for strategic thinking and problem solving.

Planned, organized, and lead the setup, in game operations, and tear down for sporting events at the university. This included proper planning to ensure inventory was adequately stocked for upcoming seasons, as well as ensuring events were properly staffed for each season. Events would include leading a team between 10-15 employees to execute the event and maximize the experience for students and fans. Under our management event attendance increased substantially.