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Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

We're Fast Growing Trees, and we're America's #1 online nursery. We started selling trees in our backyard in 2005, and we still do (only now, our backyard is nearly 100 acres). And now out of our 2nd fulfillment center (FC2) in Dundee, OR! We pioneered the concept of farm-to-backyard plants, and made it possible to grow happier, healthier and easier than the garden center or big box store.*Launched, designed, and built out fulfillment center operations (FC2) and nursery operations (10 acres) in 3 months, 2 weeks early and under budget by 4.4% (Plan $2.9 million/Actual $2.78 million)*On track to ship over 100k units resulting in $4 million in year one revenue *Designed and hand built automated sprinkler systems for 5 greenhouses (200'x40') and one large pad site (100'x150') saving the company approximately $45k *Managing plant health and inventory value of $5 million.*Strategically designed and managed capacity for most efficient put away and pick process resulting in 11% increase in put and pick process

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

*Successfully launched and started Planted Portland, a rare tropical plant e-commerce shop in January 2021*Achieved 20,000 sold orders resulting in over $500k in revenue year ending 2022*Negotiated wholesale contracts with sliding scale volume discounts and year end credits based on total unit purchases reducing COGS by 7%*Launched and opened brick and mortar retail and commercial fulfillment shop in November 2022*Doubled 2023 First Quarter YoY total sales

Pacific Northwest

We purchase successful small businesses that fit our guidelines and work with employee owners to place a new President who will lead company strategy, operations, culture, and growth. Teamshares network companies generally range in size from $2M-$15M in revenue and have 7-150+ employee owners.My Role as President:*Transitioned 2 companies for Teamshares to Employee Owned*Owned all business strategy, operations, and P&L management*Develop relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to reduce costs of insurance and employee benefits by $90,000 annually *Collaborated with the business development and estimating team to drive growth through marketing, outreach, and new product developments increasing revenue by 29%*Analyzed business methods and practices and improved operating efficiencies by 11% through development of cloud based tracking tools

Portland, Oregon Area

*Responsible for overseeing all operations and transportation activities in two Regional Distribution Centers with a budget of $12.5 million*Led the RDC to #1 from #11 in yearly average throughput, with a 25% increase YOY*Reduced total budget costs by implementing operational excellence strategies and saved $1.61 million *Achieved zero recordable injuries after four consecutive years of multiple injuries annually *Led the team through cultural transformation and reduced complaints to corporate by 91% *Increased Engagement Survey by 37% through servant and empathetic leadership Safety:•Promote a culture of safety and ensure that all warehouse transportation functions operate in compliance with all company and Government regulations.•Ensure compliance to all DOT, Haz-Mat, and other federal, state, and local regulations.Freight Expenses:•Manage the transportation process to ensure that the appropriate transportation providers are availableand under contract and that on time delivery is happening.•Collaborate with the corporate transportation group to achieve shared goals.•Manage the transportation process to ensure that we are executing the business plan in both service and cost.Customer Service:•Ensure products are delivered to customers within the prescribed limits of company policy throughdirection of key managers.•Visit customers periodically to support sales efforts and initiate and facilitate execution of action plans to resolve issues identified during the visit.Expense Control:•Generate and maintain a favorable trend in D.C. expenses by management of people and equipmentresources.•Develop and execute budget for site.

Portland, Oregon Area

*Member of the 5 person Operational Readiness Team that helped launch, test and ensure operational readiness for PDX9 a $350 million, 1 million square foot automated robotics fulfillment center*Ranked in top 10% of all Amazon employees for Manager Engagement scores *Implemented quality strategies and processes which resulted in a 67% reduction in missed shipments for OAK3 fulfillment center and resulted in roughly 4,000 more shipments fulfilled on promised delivery date per week *Implemented quality strategies and processes which resulted in eliminating 26,000 weekly missed shipments at PDX9 fulfillment center

Albany, Oregon, United States

As the Quality Manager implemented building I wide quality improvement plans for the $250 million distribution center resulting in a 40% reduction in total defects and a 12% increase of in stock product for the regional market of 228 stores.Recruited to help retrain and re-establish best practices lost in turnover and attrition to new team of operations managers. Lead the DC to improve quality metrics in network of 28 DC's from #22 to #4.

Albany, Oregon

• Promoted to Production Controller team to lead a building with 4 senior operations managers, 12 operations managers and up to 500 team members• Planned and optimized production operations and managed flow of 350,000 million cases weekly.• Identified opportunities to streamline quality operations, including achievement of a 60% and 43% reduction in shipments and inventory defects in 6 months through data mining, process mapping and root cause analysis.• Assigned as Capacity Captain for the 1.5 million square foot distribution center and collaborated with a 4-person project team to logically design and optimize storage capacity, building flow and operations.

Texas, United States

This is a strategic position that should become a bench player for an executive position. The Director/Continuous Improvement Manger functions as an integral business partner to the Division President. The Director/CI Manager will steer the division to meet business plan requirements through continuous changes in sales volumes, and fluctuating internal and external resources. The Director/CI manager must be able to facilitate dialogue between trade partners, construction and purchasing managers as it pertains to cycle time adherence and cost management while have the skills to make changes and adjust resources when needed. This position should report directly to the VP of Op’s.*Assisted in the management of business plan deliverables and reduced turns on assets for the Dallas and Houston divisions, overseeing 500 units per year - $36 million budget and 1,200 units - $87 million budget respectively*Managed the deliverables of the business plan for the permitting, construction, and operations departments while working directly with the V.P. of Operations and the Division President to streamline field construction operations, sales and closing processes, and warranty processes*Reduced cycle time from contract to close process by 22 days reducing direct and indirect cost by $1.1 million for the Dallas division on an annualized basis*Leveraged data analysis to increase accuracy of city permits from 38% to 84%, leading to decrease in vertical construction start and production lifecycle by 14 days*Reduced variance in budget by $120,000 annually through waste elimination and takeoff accuracyImproved process for options management, change orders, and late configuration changes resulting in net reduction of $80,000 of waste annually and increase of 9% on time delivery

San Antonio, Texas Area

Facilitated training and teaching sessions for Meritage employees and sub-contractors. Collaborated with cross-functional business units to meet project objectives and timelines within 3 subdivisions while leading all construction, warranty and sales activities.Utilized project management software to plan, schedule and organize construction projects.Work in conjunction with engineers, the EPA, OSHA, TRCC, SAWS, and the City of San Antonio daily to ensure proper city, state and municipal ordinances and procedures were kept in compliance.

San Antonio, Texas Area

San Antonio, Texas

Supervised the two largest development projects in San Antonio and oversaw construction activities of 8 model homes built within 3 months for city wide grand opening including San Antonio Board of Realtors and Texas division executives.Directed all construction aspects of up to 40 homes within aforementioned projects including and not limited to, providing technical advice to all contractors involved, read, reviewed and suggested structural and architectural changes to blueprints.Inspire and motivate team members utilizing problem solving skills, energy, and ability to work with diverse a populace.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Completed 24 of 36 course credits.

B.A, Business Administration; Management