I get to help suppliers better serve their Walmart customers and experience sustainable growth.

Passionate about helping new MTB riders enjoy nature, I get to help founder Mark Marsiglio scale his innovative outdoor recreation startup.

I started a YouTube Channel to share God's creation through recreation.Initially focused on Mountain Biking, I've enjoyed learning something completely unfamiliar in capturing, editing and posting videos.

I led the ideation and creation of Walmart Data Ventures. A journey of corporate entrepreneurship tasked with commercializing Walmart's data in a way that maximized shared value creation. I then founded our first venture, Walmart Luminate - A suite of data products that shine a light on the customer and empower suppliers with access to new, growth driving insights. I then launched Walmart Luminate's first product, Shopper Behavior. We diligently stewarded customer trust, the core business and our vast data assets while creating meaningful value for our clients.

The Digital Merchant Product Management organization within Walmart Merchandising is setting off to revolutionize how Walmart merchants understand and leverage the data available to them. My team leads product management for analytics, financial planning and budgeting.

I am the category steward for the Vitamins and Pediatric OTC categories for Walmart US.

I have responsibility for the Vitamins and OTC Pediatric categories for Walmart.

I had buying responsibility for the Diabetes, Adult Nutrition, Incontinence, and Durable Medical Equipment categories at Walmart. For the first 18 months instead of Diabetes and Adult Nutrition I bought First Aid and Braces. In this role I gained a tremendous amount of experience and insight from a diverse supplier base.

I supported category growth for the Hair Care categories through the financial planning role. Not one to waste an opportunity to learn, I actively supported supplier negotiations, feature planning, modular strategy development, supply chain and inventory management, new item launching plans and trade spend allocation.While my merchant was on leave of absence I stepped in, with the support of my DMM, to lead the category from the merchant seat as well.

Responsible for the financial stewardship for 2 senior buyers and 1 associate buyer, totaling over $2.5B in annual sales. Serving 3 very different buying styles and businesses, I quickly learned how to best influence each buyer toward financial discipline. At this point, I was very interested in becoming a buyer and started documenting the key differences between successful decisions and plans that failed to deliver.This experience was incredibly formative as the VP DMM was an excellent merchant and inspired me to follow in her footsteps.

Hired back into the Pet Department of Merchandising at Walmart. This 10 month rotational program prepared me to understand the foundations of retail, merchandising leadership, customer centric culture and operational discipline.

Managing team of 6 "work-study" students including program budget, schedule, goals and incentives Managing JBU's largest web-based recruiting tool that accounts 34% of all fall 2009 student inquiriesNegotiated contract for web service at unheard-of 25% discount, saving the university $ 2,500.00

I am leading the John Brown University SIFE team. We placed 4th in the nation in 2009. If you have time to watch our video here it is: http://www.sife.org/usaexpo/presentations2009.asp Serving the team as President has been a learning experience to say the least. I am honored to be surrounded by such passionate people.

Go to guy for campus technology problemsSetup and operated technological communications equipmentSIFE (Students in Free Enterprise

Supporting (rather learning from) the Pet Department Merchandising team, I was tasked with exploring product improvement opportunities for our Raw Hide dog treats. I learned more than I ever thought possible in such a short time and discovered how my values directly fit into Walmart's core beliefs.

Managing community service project for 2009Gave foundation officers new insight in quantifying effective use of fundsLeading restructuring effort designed to maximize community impact

Designed and implemented campus-wide energy savings initiative that saved over 210,000 KWH'sLead several projects ranging from financial literacy to middle school leadershipWorked as a part of leadership team in developing code or ethics and leadership principles

I owned and operated a small seal coating company in St. Louis, MO. It was a great experience and paid for the majority of my higher education. I learned a lot about how to exceed customer expectations, how to manage my P&L and the value of hard work.