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Allen, Tx, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Product Management: • Successfully managed the Food category for converted solutions, which represented 14% of the business and generated approximately $2.1 billion in revenue • Led the management of the Foodservice category for converted solutions, contributing to 7% of the business and generating approximately $1.05 billion in revenue • Developed and executed a strategic 5-year growth plan for major brands in the foodservice category • Built out a comprehensive product growth plan for the Food category in EMEA for FY23 • Conducted thorough market analysis, financial portfolio review, and customer insight studies to identify opportunities for present and future product improvementsProject Management: • Successfully managed over 40 active projects worth over $250M annually • Launched an innovative temperature-controlled solution with a market opportunity worth $650M • Regularly led cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on prioritization, progress, challenges, and opportunitiesProduct Marketing: • Successfully led significant product launches with full ownership of GTM strategy, marketing plan, positioning, and content development, generating annual revenue of over $50M • Conducted thorough market research to understand the value proposition and competitive differentiation to generate weighted, risk-assessed specifications and opportunities • Prepared comprehensive briefings and presentations to communicate strategy and analysis for internal management and stakeholders • Developed an integrated marketing stage gate process with a critical focus on new product development, scoping, and feedback loops • Successfully established effective sales enablement tools and training, including battlecards, PPTs, sales sheets, and sales accelerator, through rebuilding and designing • Conducted detailed business case analyses that included addressable market, competitive review, operational implications, financial modeling, and growth projections

• Participate in a planned career and technical education/academic continuum of courses• Execute monthly trainings, career development modules and career coaching sessions • Participate in discussions and learning that center around creativity, innovation, and impact in tech• Develop career trajectory plans, network with industry leaders and take actionable steps towards leadership in tech

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Strategy: · Monitored competitors, understood customer needs, and analyzed technical designs of products to serve them, which informed the company's strategy and helped in the successful launch of products that met customer needs and improved the company's position in the market. · Defined success metrics, analyzed data for insights, prioritized what to build, and coordinated with partner teams to align efforts with business strategies. · Balanced strategic priorities, business goals, user needs, technical feasibility, and time to market to define impactful product solutions, resulting in successful product launches and improved customer satisfaction.Collaboration : · Initiated customer insight data collection tool development in collaboration with customer experience and marketing teams, which contributed to the customer experiences evolving from conceptualizing to launch. · Improved customer satisfaction and increased sales by collaborating with cross-functional teams and leveraging customer feedback loops to identify and pursue market opportunities leading to the enhancement of two product lines · Effectively communicated and collaborated with team members by articulating the “why” and "what" customer problem to solve, while balancing their point of view with solicited input of others, resulting in well-designed products and better team collaboration.Analysis: · Identified market opportunities to improve product position by using customer feedback loops for product line enhancement for 2 product line · Uses data, forecasting, and competitor market behavior to develop product tend that lead to the development of 3 product proposals · Conducted in-depth market research to understand markets, competition, and user requirements, resulting in a strong value proposition and competitive differentiation creating weighted, risk-assessed specifications and opportunities

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

· Spearheads the design and development of intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for product stewardship tools, prioritizing site documentation visibility, accuracy, and management to ensure compliance with regulatory and product stewardship requirements. Results in improved product safety and risk characterization, increased user adoption, and a better overall user experience. · Coordinated cross-functionally with design, regulatory, legal, UX, and other team to ensure appropriate strategies and tools are put in place to guarantee product regulatory compliance, product risk management, and project support · Provide technical guidance on tool development and software integration to improve product stewardship and safety management. · Lead the technical team in design, wireframing, and prototyping with an iterative approach to feature implementation for efficient and effective tool development. · Utilize software integration to enable remote monitoring and mentoring for sites, including virtual auditing and training adaptation for improved product safety and stewardship. · Defines technical requirements and specifications for the development of product stewardship tools, ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements. · Identifies and evaluates software integration options to support effective product stewardship, resulting in seamless integration with existing systems and processes. · Establishes best practices for technical architecture and development standards to ensure high-quality code and scalable systems. · Conducts regular technical reviews and assessments of existing tools and systems, identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for optimization.

Greater Chicago Area

Management: • Demonstrated leadership by managing cross-functional teams through influence and an entrepreneurial mindset.Customer Insight/Support/Collaboration: • Collected market data and customer feedback to develop user stories that helped drive product roadmap decisions. • Provided market intelligence by becoming an expert on customers and competitors, gaining a competitive advantage.Teamwork - Cross-functional Team: • Built strong business relationships that led to sustainable partnerships and collaboration with internal and external teams. • Collaborated with Lab Technicians, development, and design teams to develop product enhancements and improved performance that mitigated customer pain points.Collaboration with Sales and Marketing: • Worked with marketing to develop innovative campaigns, blogs, and go-to-market strategies to build a pipeline for new product launches. • Assisted the Sales team with presentations, technical support meetings, troubleshooting, and customer visits.Product Process and Strategy: • Translated customer value propositions by understanding VOC research and technical product capabilities. • Mapped company strategy for product execution and managed product lifecycles for 5 products through create, 4 products through deploy, and discontinued 8 products. • Conducted market research on technology, regulatory, industry, customer, and competitive dynamics to inform product and business strategies.Team Development and Training: • Developed an effective presentation for the Sales team that recaptured an $800MM loss in revenue from a top 10 customer. • Implemented a training program for the customer service team that helped develop product proficiency, empowering them to provide technical support for customer questions.

Led new team initiative which supports operational continuous improvement that will drive a cost saving of over $10.0MM across the Cost Engineering platform. Developed best practices for identifying and executing yield and throughput projects; initiative led to the scoping of over $4.0MM in cost savings at the Dover Plant.

Greater Chicago Area

Project lead for a $1B Tier 1 brand, Oscar Mayer. Collaborated closely with procurement to evaluate the pricing of raw materials, identified over $200M savings potential, conducted product evaluations to ensure and maintain superior product quality.Ran commercialization effort for large-scale projects, platform innovation project, cost-saving initiatives, and significant capital related initiatives to meet challenging timeline. Collaborated with and led multiple cross-functional groups (e.g. Marketing, Manufacturing, Finance, R&D, Procurement, Packaging Engineering) to achieve project deliverable within established deadlines. Managed the creation of mitigation/contingency plans and managed communication for successful project execution

Greater Chicago Area

Managed the development of a company-wide tool and strategy that increased productivity for technical documentation by 98.3%.Restructured a management system which led to the elimination of previously accumulated technical requests.Coordinated and executed thousands of solutions to technical inquiries for multiple fortune 500 companies while maintaining the confidentiality of proprietary information.Trained new hire on Technical Services procedures, software proficiency, and KFI product history.

Kampala, Uganda

Researched and contributed to the development of a thermalization and refrigeration process of evening milk leading to the economic advancement of rural farmers in a developing nation.Published as a co-author “Assessing Energy Sources for Powering EvaKuula”Identified the most economically favorable fuel source option within the thermalization process of the evening milkDelivered technical research reports and presentations to government officials and government organizations such as USAID and TetraTech

Greater Atlanta Area

Worked on a system called CAPA, which addressed quality issues within production.Created visual aids for quality checks on products with high viscosityDeveloped ideas on reducing material and metal waste by conducting baseline studies and cost analysisCreated tracking tools that will keep recorded of quality issues with in production

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Performed data analysis on granola bar weight by using statistical modeling to determine bar weight fluctuations which resulted in identifying potential causesEvaluated current sanitation procedure to determine inefficiencies and economic impact which led to the implementation of a new sanitation process

Baxley, Ga

Initiated and trained engineers on a new data system called System IQ resulting in an increased turnover efficiency Provided hands-on technical support, advice, and mentoring for system entry and information transaction to all levels of personnel Maintained responsibility for routine analysis of safety hazards in plant facilities and provided practical solutions

Greater Atlanta Area

Conducted a research project to achieve adherence of mesenchymal stem cells to gelatin scaffoldsResearched and performed new techniques to construct gelatin scaffolds under sterile conditionsCreated various lab protocols to conduct cell testing and incubation for stem cells and micro-particle kineticsManaged lab equipment for testing as well as maintaining and handling hoods under serial conditions

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Woman Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Exxon Mobil Success Program

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