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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Transforming organizations through the use of human-centered design. - Organizational Design- Supply Chain / Logistics - Operations - Business Process Design - Change Management- Data Strategy- Service Design- Human Factor Engineering - Serving public, private, and nonprofit organizations with project focus areas including innovation, business strategy.

Florham Park, NJ

- Worked with a healthcare fortune 500 client, collaborated with a cross-functional team, and users to build an enterprise digital platform that spanned a broad range of employee touch-points and employee (customer) experiences. - Translated user insights into data-driven and visually inspiring product briefs and product strategy decks.- Planned.

Greater New York City Area

Helping organizations harness design as a tool for leadership, strategy, and transformation. I led projects from research to final testing through the use of a variety of design methodologies.Clients included: University at Buffalo, Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, KidKlass, Natakallam, Made In NYC, Cole Haan, and Tretorn- Worked with a client to.

Worked with the University at Buffalo and was awarded a grant from Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health to develop a care coordination model for children with medical complexities. My responsibilities included project management, research (qualitative and quantitative), analysis of insights, designing frameworks, and co-writing the white paper.

Greater New York City Area

BMI is a global business design agency specializing in strategy and innovation. I worked with organizations, helping to create significant impact for customers and direct results in the bottom line.- Worked with clients to co-innovate and manage their innovation portfolios, striking a healthy balance of core, adjacent, and transformational projects..

Strategy planning and innovation consulting for Non-Profits

Greater Boston Area

- Managed Tretorn’s Boston design team which represented 23% of the 34 million dollar business.- Led a cross-functional team in a merchandising transformation project, emphasizing data-driven decision-making. We reduced the SKU count for low-margin and low-performing shoes while expanding our core product offerings to fuel growth resulting in a 15%.

New Hampshire

- Led and designed for the men’s Classic design team throughout the seasonal process, a $500 million business.- Co-responsible for the vision, presentation, design and execution of the Abington Collection by Timberland. - Helped grow the European segment turning Timberland into the number one footwear vendor for JD Sports in 2008 & 2009.- Collaborated with.

North Port, New York

Lawrence, MA

- Designed and developed successful, market-driven performance and casual bags as a licensee for New Balance.- Integrated New Balance’s technologies and materials into the bags to create strong performance driven products and a cohesive line across footwear, apparel and accessories.

Greater New York City Area

Mps, Design Management

Activities and Societies: President - Net Impact graduate chapterGraduation with Distinction The innovation-focused Design Management.

Ba, Industrial Design

Activities and Societies: Student Chapter IDSA; Wentworth Ice Hockey Team