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St. Louis, MO, US

Analyzed and evaluated strategic plans for for Emerson's $2.6B Systems and Software segment based on company performance against industry and market opportunities.

• Managed a team of 4 to develop the business case of incentive travel and motivational experiences in the workforce on behalf of the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence
• Conducted research and analyzed results of 825 global incentive travel participants, identifying trends and insights, crafted to the unique need of different regions and industries
• Produced 100 slide report for the largest incentive travel conference in the US, IMEX, with specific proposals on designing the most impactful rewards program

Dallas, Texas, US

• Identified supply chain and operational capacity issues for customers to develop revenue impacting digital transformation projects across 8 industry verticals, collaborating between product development and marketing.
• Increased top-of-funnel customer acquisition, composing web content for 18 new company landing pages
• Collected data from oil & gas client’s maintenance coordinator to develop a $1.2M client success story impacting o9’s logistics planning solution
• Performed in-depth competitive analysis and market research for management to identify unmet customer needs; supplied sustainable product positioning for superior competitor differentiation

Denver, CO, US

• Acting technical authority for troubleshooting system processes and operational issues for all levels of personnel. By building and maintaining simulations, I analyzed process performance to design, bid, and manage.
• Increased 4 MMcf of gas production/month by dehydration system modifications without capital investment
• Designed and implemented refrigeration performance project leading to a 2-hour reduction in start-up time within a $10,000 budget for piping modifications
• Teamed digital transformation initiative, allowing 13 operating facilities to be controlled remotely
• Initiated hybrid safety/engineering roles, expediting project approval process by optimizing workflow responsibilities

Denver, CO, US

• Functioned as the process safety technical expert over all 14 PSM elements for 2 process facilities and 13 booster stations, specializing in the incident investigation program to pinpoint underlying root causes. By.
• Maintained PSM compliance of PSI in the MOC process through weekly coordination meetings.
• Removed 15 hours of reporting work per week for a team of 5 by automating weekly meeting reports and employee notifications through database queries as the acting super user for the company’s safety software
• Incident investigation program manager – Reduced project requirements by 60% by implementing results-driven metrics and trend analysis; identifying management-level root causes
• Sculpted the company’s safety management software by aligning update rollouts with user requirements

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Operated as subject matter expert for incident investigations with root cause analysis focus and pressure relief device programs. By utilizing data management within the reliability department,
• Process relief device program manager – Maintained safety compliance for 1,000+ devices by identifying, designing, and executing corrective projects within a 5-year cycle
• Increased incident investigation efficiency, reducing management meeting requirements by 33%.
• Prioritized high risk issues to eliminate 40 safety compliance concerns within a $50K budget
• Developed safe discharge procedure to create consistency within PSM and reducing PHA time
• Analyzed and presented monthly and annual safety data to site management team

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Stood as process chemistry and equipment expert to troubleshoot process upsets and implement longer term process improvement efforts for higher yield and better production rates through process control strategies..
• Reduced utility air costs by $20k/year, via system analysis, designing and implementing improvement projects based on identified waste
• Improved cooler integrity to prevent up to $1.6M of maintenance and production loss over 10 years
• Increased carbonate process stability eliminating 42 process shutdowns a year and $140k of fines
• Performed front-end design and cost analysis for $1M nitric oxide reduction system
• Collected and analyzed safety incident data from an 800-employee facility, generating data visualizations and predictive forecasting on safety trends to implement management -level initiatives

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Accelerated career familiarity through a rotation program consisting of supporting plant operations by meeting daily KPIs through troubleshooting, rapid problem solving, and process improvements. By monitoring.
• Increased production by $250k/day through value stream mapping and process trend analysis, removing 2 hours or wasted drying time during catalyst coating process
• Led operational stand-up meetings, creating an accountability culture to own process improvement tasks
• 7-month hands-on experience operating highest purity uranium facility globally
• Applied relationship management to enhance plant performance within an accountability-focused uranium facility

Denver, CO, US

Project Manager to oversee the construction and operation of a natural gas processing plant. The Project Manager responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of process improvement projects from construction to PSI updates while ensuring that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations & Supply Chain | Business Analytics | Strategy

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering