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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Leads large, cross-functional business transformation and strategic initiatives across sales, go-to-market, supply, services, customer care, finance, IT, and web development teams.
• Regularly presents to executive level leadership on project goals, progress, and approval.
• Recommends solutions, changes, and trade-off decisions based on facts and subject matter expert input.
• Structures ambiguous, complex problems into actionable problem statements and project plans.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Concentrations: Marketing, Business AnalyticsActivities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma, MBA Veterans Club, Technology Club, Business Analytics Club

San Diego, CA

• Supervised 13 logistics experts in the management of a $4.5 million budget and over 3,000 requisition fulfillments; Managed an inventory of over 5,000 line items valued at over $10 million; Successfully met all metrics.
• Helped design and implement a new collaboration tool that facilitated the move of logistics support from aboard afloat vessels to our team ashore. Moving logistics support ashore is a paradigm shift in the Supply Corps.
• Established a quality assurance program that greatly refined metrics collection strategy and better supported the Navy's newest class of ships.
• Managed a 6-month long renovation project that increased training room capacity by 50% and added 50 workstations to facilitate a growing workforce.

Mechanicsburg, PA

• Led 10 civilian SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) subject matter experts in three projects that redesigned functionality in Navy ERP; Contract for all three projects totaled $5million; Delivered all three projects.
• Managed installation project of an upgrade to shipboard retail management software; Oversaw successful installation on 52 afloat vessels located around the world; Provided excellent customer support to over 70 afloat.
• Selected for highly competitive logistics information technology internship and completed all requirements four months early; Attained ERP certificate with SAP from Penn State; Achieved level two Defense Acquisition.

Pearl Harbor, HI

• Led 14 Sailors in day-to-day management of USS O'KANE retail, postal, and disbursing operations aboard ship while executing domestic operations and during 9-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. Managed ship’s Navy.
• Managed retail operations on ship, including ship’s store, barber shop and vending machines; generated over $500,000 in sales; enabled funding for morale building events for 300-person crew.
• Managed Navy Cash system as onboard subject matter expert; successfully kept database system online and functioning without local support while deployed; enabled crew to access banking while underway.
• Served as supply department's coordinator for critical outside certification inspection; Corrected over 100 discrepancies; Successfully demonstrated habitability and supply functional areas.
• Managed postal operations aboard ship; ensured timely delivery of highly sensitive material critical to support command success while deployed; directed safe delivery of personal mail for 300 crew members, crucial to.

Bs - Economics, Economics

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha

Navy Understanding Industry Course (Nuic)

Economics Major

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha Army ROTC

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Concentrations: Marketing, Business Analytics

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma, MBA Veterans Club, Technology Club, Business Analytics Club