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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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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