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Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Supported all technical program management for Design, Engineering, and Construction (DEC), helping shape structures and strategies across all Infrastructure teams. Key achievements include: - Built a framework and drove a cross-functional program that designed the next generation data center supporting liquid cooling, while reducing costs by 39%.- Supported 20+ novel data center technologies, enabling future data center needs and rapidly evolving internal hardware requirements.- Implemented condition-based maintenance, saving 100k+ hours of maintenance globally.- Supported a FOK pre-fabrication strategy, moving >100k hours of labor offsite in 3 years.- Contributed to a reduction in embodied carbon emissions of the data center building by >50%.- Acting Executive sponsor for PMx3, an internal group supporting the growth of ~1000 Project, Program, and Product Managers.- Mentored and coached over 20 non-recursive FTEs across Meta, investing in future leaders.- Interviewed over 250 candidates over 7 years.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Supported technical program management of novel data center concepts, R&D, and change management, as well as communications and purpose-built software automation in the SE&D team. Key achievements include:- Developed and deployed Metronome, a standardized cadence and defined deliverable that minimized errors and stabilized data center construction during a 4x ramp-up in deployment over 2 years.- Built alignment across the Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) Pillar and deployed a first-of-kind inclusive change management methodology, decision-making framework, and supporting tooling that processed >1000 programmatic changes across ~100 buildings.- Built an automated and adjustable prioritization model that resulted in only ~5 escalated changes over 3 years, managing >2000 change requests.- Supported the rapid development and deployment of Covid-19 protocols requiring ramp-downs of data center builds affecting 20,000+ laborers across 24 active sites.- Built out an infrastructure risk modeling system that showed reliability across the fleet of data centers and identified weak points in equipment supporting the data center facility.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Served as the first TPM supporting engineering for the team responsible for design decisions and agreements of the data center built-environment - Developed and deployed a decision-making process that drove millions of dollars in decisions across thousands of stakeholders, aligning cross-functional VPs.- Built a business case and achieved XFN alignment across teams, standardizing submittals across 260 pieces of equipment, resulting in savings of 10-40% in duration across the group.

San Francisco, California, Us

Executive leader responsible to the board for all sales, marketing, and platform management for the data center and lighting sectors - managing top-tier clients growth, coordinating the team in on-boarding new clients, directing the product development from design to supply chain, aligning with the market’s demands, building large-scale strategic partnerships, managing budgets, legal review, and IP strategy. - Significantly increased profitable, market alignment through the re-development of our platforms in depth and scalability of the product mix.- Sealed in-depth partnerships with top-tier AEC/GC firms greatly increasing all parties’ values to the sector (see http://www.aecom.com/press/aecom-project-frog-announce-new-partnership/)- Added structure and depth to key account relationships bringing in consistent large contracts chased by a pipeline growth in excess of $500 million- Tripled Project Frog’s lighting business sales and increased the overall profitability per device sold- Developed integrated partnerships with multiple billion-dollar vendors, collaboratively building out shared IP, and creating global flexibility

San Francisco, California, Us

Role: To capture market influencers by developing general contractors and installers to use our product to deliver higher value to their customers and separate themselves as visionaries in a very stale industry. Responsibilities: Direct the program from conception to implementation; manage multiple teams to develop marketing, tools, target lists, video training, and internal team training; develop historical benchmarking tools; influence best practices of project managers. - Helped decrease install costs by 14% in 8 months with historical data and training tools- Currently decreasing wasted labor on the jobsite by utilizing productivity rates and scheduling tools with results to be tested in Q2 of 2015 (Estimated at 10-15% change) - Influenced the internal priority of design modification based off of team-analyzed productivity inefficiencies with 30% labor savings on a single task- Greatly minimizing the costs of estimation for Project Frog buildings with simplified estimation worksheets- Decreasing daily job ramp-up time through simple video how-to guides to lower the overall cost of install

San Francisco, California, Us

Role: To develope the channel (including strategic General Contractors and Architects) into a group of advocates and partners. Responsibilities: Directed the program from conception to implementation; managed the regional efforts of my team; achieved the goals of the channel’s development; obtained and managed the large and long-term channel partners.- Developed and focused on top-tier relationships throughout 5 firms, among which the average yearly revenue was $3.4 billion- Co-created a strategy with the education sector leader that has greatly influenced the sales and job success of over $20 million in work- Utilized data built with general contractor relationships to organize the target sectors and regions of Project Frog based on our capabilities to fulfil our promise- Presented in front of groups of up to 400 people to help inspire aspiration and innovation from inside the construction industry

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Truly international MBA environment (over 90% non-US from over 70 countries),-Graduation Commencement Speaker-Graduation with Honors-Director of Networking and Sales for the Hult Venture Group (membership base of over 170 students) -Public Speaking professional, providing training on Presentation skills both in groups and one-on-one.-ONe Executive Director- Networking training and development program for all 480 students.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Role: Developed new business opportunities throughout Northern California. Responsibilities: Business development/sales; team leader; ride-along training with younger reps; developed design specifications for architects; negotiated product pricing; managed sales promotion execution; built valuable customer relationships. - Increased product revenue by 38% on a large siding job by implementing one of the first bundled package programs in the nation- Increased market share by 14% in a previously diminishing product line by planning and executing a retail placement and long-term partnership strategy- Adjusted the local product mix to yield 10% revenue growth at a time when the overall housing market was shrinking- Boosted yearly revenue by $750,000 in the Home Depot account alone by leveraging corporate relationships to eliminate competitive products- Increased overall fiber-cement siding category share by 6% by persuading 3 of the competitor’s top 5 dealers to primarily sell our products

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Role: Nationwide business development and maintenance of second largest account (Lowes) Responsibilities: Business strategy development for installed sales; distribution alignment; internal leadership alignment; price/cost negotiation; program management; nationwide training development; indirect management of 180 sales reps' interaction with the 1,500+ Lowes stores.- Added $700K to Lowes’ revenue mix within the first six month with an estimated $2MM return in the following year, by designing and implementing the Installed Sales Program for fiber-cement siding- Realized a 2% increase in profit for James Hardie Building Products and a 3% increase in profit for Lowes (a $90 million account), by restructuring Lowes’ nationwide fiber-cement distribution strategy- Managed the recreation of the "Hardie siding" marketing within all stores across the nation, allowing maximum exposure to the Lowes customers

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Role: Expanded the James Hardie business in all Home Depot and Lowes locations in Northern California.Responsibilities: Negotiated for product placement; obtained regional and store purchases; achieved competitive positioning; maintained and grew the distribution network; promotional support. - Managed accounts at 90 Home Depot and Lowes locations resulting in share growth from 59% to 71% (more than $1 million growth) in 10 months.- Generated more than $5 million in sales against competitive products, earning the Competitive Strategies Leader role in the West Region of the USA.- Led the West Region to earn Home Depot's coveted "Vendor of the Year" designation.

$6 million, premier sod supplier for many yards and professional sports fields and yards across throughout the western United States. Establish and grow the retail market through new sales channel development, marketing, and customer interaction.- Directed the company's extension into installation. By negotiating contractor rates, pricing, and customer involvement, $150,000 was added to residential add-on sales in the first year and over $500,000 in the next year.- Developed the strategic roadmap for residential growth products, using competitive analyses and Graff’s reputation for quality; resulting in 11% sales growth within the first year.- Revamped the trade show strategy resulting in greater customer interaction and lead retention at key trade shows throughout the year.

Mba, General Management-Certificate In Management Consulting

B.A, Philosophy