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Tukwila, Washington, US

• Provide strategic decisions and options for developing programs that support short and long term goals for this state-of-the-art commercial satellite company.
• After accepting the position, immediately responded to a need for improving the production schedule by overhauling the production process to reduce a six-week integration and test campaign into 12-days.
• Technical Program Manager for customer and commercial requirements including the budget for end-to-end cash in, and cash out programs supporting the Loft Orbital YAM35 and YAM67 constellation product line.
• Lead both supplier and customer contract negotiation efforts in excess of $40M.
• Deliver product management solutions as the go-to resource for design release, quality assurance, and continuous improvements of Spacecraft components including Payload, Reaction Wheels, Star Trackers, Receivers.

Tukwila, Washington, US

• Reacted to a product failure due to unstable quality issues by owning commercial product responsibilities and working with lead engineers to improve performance.
• Managed and delivered design quality improvements for electrical, mechanical, optical engineering products.
• Performed and managed root cause analysis including fault tree analysis conclusions that increased suppliers ability to fix product issues that could have cost tens of millions of dollars and many years, even after.
• Partnered with IBM, a Spacebelt partner, to create a Blockchain product that served as a system integration solution for enhanced data network security.

Seattle, WA, US

• Planned and delivered strategic operational projects that improved standardization and increased workflow by 7%.
• Managed production operations for 100+ union employees and achieved a 99.7% fulfillment rate.
• Implemented 5S process improvements to increase operating efficiencies.

• Planned and developed a successful eCommerce drop-ship retail platform.
• Functioned as Project Manager to develop the website, SEO, process automation, EDI integration, KPIs, shipping and logistics, and customer service.
• Designed and managed reporting tools that included data composition and marketing analytics.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Improved the company network capability while functioning as Inventory Project Manager and Technical Project Manager.
• Managed EDI integration from supplier to customer, which improved network product visibility.
• Prioritized cross functional projects, managed the end-to-end supply chain, and reduced carrying costs by $5M.
• Delivered capacity planning and inventory network optimization tools, with inventory analysis and reverse logistics forecasting included.

Portland, OR, US

• Hired as an intern and offered the contractor role as Project Manager of a global team for technical projects including EDI, 3PL, KPI, Reverse Logistics, and Network Optimization implementation.
• Provided strategic development for a distribution center and optimized $500M in inventory.

Improved warehouse management systems and the operating efficiencies by 25%.

Master Of Science - Ms, Global Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology