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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Warehouse storage and distribution/fulfillment operations designer• Designed two new fulfillment operations (embedded in existing Regional Distribution Centers)• Consulted for the Ship-From-Store team (analyzed storage requirements, designed backroom fulfillment layouts, and prototyped new concepts)• Designed, prototyped, and procured new Ship-From-Store pick carts and pack stations (modeled processes, designed equipment for ergonomics and reduced cycle times - U.S. Pat. 10,239,547/D0923377)• Designed and activated a manual pick/pack/ship solution for a replenishment-by-eaches concept (calculated capacity and throughput estimates, created operational layout, designed and procured shelving)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Asset Owner for conveyor systems at 30+ distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and import warehouses. Responsible for field support, equipment lifecycle management, and capital planning ($1B+ est. total replacement cost)• Validated six new conveyor installations• Created new maintenance plans and data structures for the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)• Researched and cataloged obsolete parts to prioritize future CapEx projects

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Created and updated the conveyor long-range business plan (developed equipment replacement forecast, estimated project costs, and planned projects for 5+ years)• Prioritized and gained management approval for $20MM+ of capital projects (created SOW/RFQ, reviewed proposals, and negotiated pricing)• Analyzed spend and updated the allocation model for an $8MM+ spare parts budget• Maintained equipment data and developed reporting for CMMS (Maximo)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Project management for conveyor recontrol initiative ($7MM+ annual budget)• Supervised the execution of control system replacements at four distribution centers (including onsite user acceptance testing and coordination between the integrator and operations teams) • Drove project scoping for future initiatives (conducted site surveys, cataloged system enhancements, and reviewed scope) and reduced planned costs by $150K through scope challenges and pricing negotiations

Scheller College Of Business

• Global Social Venture Competition Student Ambassador: Coordinated with partner schools, promoted the competition, recruited teams/judges/mentors, developed community partnerships, and hosted business plan workshops• Updated a Microsoft Access-based shipment management system for MedShare, a local non-profit

Greater St. Louis Area

• Developed eLearning curriculums for technical and sales training (competitor benchmarking, customer outreach, and stakeholder segmentation)• Compiled sales resources for vertical markets (market overviews, applicable products, and literature)

Duluth, Ga

• Designed and commissioned automated conveyor systems that consolidated palletizing operations of six production lines for a winery and distributor (evaluated customer requirements, coordinated the development of electrical schematics, programmed the conveyor and safety systems, and used simulation/emulation tools to test and optimize the controls)• Led controls design for a new high-speed bottling line, increasing production capabilities for a multinational juice company (developed design requirements with client team, coordinated control panel design and testing, managed a $400,000 controls budget, supervised development of the user interface, and programmed and tested the line control system)

Duluth, Ga

• Designed and commissioned two building product packaging lines in a greenfield plant (developed electrical installation drawings, ordered equipment, programmed user interfaces, and used simulation/emulation tools to optimize the system)• Renovated two cleaning product bottling lines to improve operational reliability and efficiency (developed electrical installation drawings, programmed the user interfaces, upgraded equipment safety circuits, and provided construction and equipment technician management)• Generated controller programs and user interfaces for new case conveyor servicing four cleaning product packaging lines• Tested and started up a pumping station for a water utility in the Cayman Islands

• Fabricated and tested optical waveguides using photolithography, deposition, and chemical/plasma etching

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations/Strategy, Gpa: 3.94

Activities and Societies: Net Impact (Graduate Chapter President 2012 - 2013), Operations Management Society

Bs, Electrical Engineering (Cooperative Plan), Gpa: 3.72 (Highest Honor)

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Georgia Tech Ultimate, Georgia Tech Taido