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Founder of a firm providing leadership, investment, and consulting services, specifically focused on operational excellence and growth• Providing strong operational and strategic leadership support to high-growth companies, building infrastructure for sustained growth and continuous performance improvement.• Providing interim leadership, including acting CEO and COO and Board roles for companies at critical stages of growth. • Making and managing strategic investments in high-potential companies while providing them with executive and operational support to ensure profitable growth.• Managing a specialized investment portfolio achieving above-market rates of return• Providing senior-level strategic management consulting and hand-on leadership support for client business initiatives, including M&A activities.

CEO of mission-driven technology startup focused on improving the quality of life for individuals with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia. Joygage helps people improve and preserve their memory and mental capabilities. Joygage uses AI technology to provide customized, brain-focused activities and engagement options that are accessible and enjoyable for each person at their specific level of cognitive capability. Joygage focuses on activities scientifically proven to improve and preserve brain function.• Created a technology platform team from scratch that matches people living with dementia to highly special activities and entertainment customized to their level of cognitive impairment.• Linking individuals with early-stage memory loss / mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to care planning while delivering services to improve brain health.• Managing core relationships with top nonprofits; member of the executive board of the Dementia Action Alliance and National Ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Prenovo is redefining the delivery of complex care with Prepare, a health IT platform that engages patients in traditional “rehabilitation” activities such as exercise, breathing, and nutrition prior to surgery (“prehabilitation”) by leveraging validated research, proprietary risk algorithms, personalized medicine, and human behavior to revolutionize care management, improve outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Head of operations for a fast growth technology startup focusing on data analytics for the insurance industry. • Built and led an operations and analytics team that drove and supported rapid revenue, product, output, and productivity expansion in a hypergrowth environment. • Built and created scalable physical and organizational infrastructure to support the current rapid growth and future growth while significantly reducing unit costs. • Drove process and technology changes that improved quality, accuracy, and speed of output.

Dundalk, County Louth, Ie

Responsibility for designing and developing the strategy and the physical footprint for the global manufacturing and supply chain organization in a period of strong M&A. ● Defined the size and location, and product focus of facilities globally to maximize value, optimizing delivery and service to customers while reducing network and product costs. ● Supported successful execution of Mergers & Acquisition activity, including due diligence and of the operations of target companies for over $500 million in acquisitions.● Drove post-acquisition synergy capture through integration and alignment of core materials, technologies, and processes while maintaining acquisitions’ unique capabilities to serve specific markets, and personally led the integration of a $175 million acquisition.● Created and refined the strategic focus of an independent global Supply Chain organization.Output has resulted in active projects driving numerous improvements, including significant savings from reduced shipping, labor, and overhead costs.

Dundalk, County Louth, Ie

Responsibility for creating, launching, and leading global Analytics and Operational Excellence organizations in a growing technology company with over $1.5 billion in revenue.● Led a multi-year strategy initiative that coordinated operations to capture large performance gains, including >8% annual productivity improvements and millions in annual savings while building significant internal capabilities. ● Operated as the Strategy Head for function with 1200 employees. Responsible establishing and administering annual performance goals and objectives that achieved $20 million in recurring annual cost reductions.● Launched the global Vistaprint Production System and organization, focused on building deep lean manufacturing and operational excellence capability globally while capturing aggressive annual performance gains. Drove 30% reduction in product lead time and $3 million in annual cost savings over a 12-month period.● Developed and deployed a global analytics organization for operations, significantly improving the application of data and analytics to drive actionable insights and value while establishing a globally consistent system for goal setting and performance management.● Acted as management member for a team that launched a global quality organization and system which reduced complaint rates by 20% in 1.5 years while notably improving customer satisfaction survey scores.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Responsibility for driving and capturing cost, quality, and service improvement while company grew from $100 million to $700 million in revenue. Specifically focused on implementing Lean Manufacturing systems and driving global standardization across facilities.● Drove internal quality error reduction of 60%, and external complaint reduction of 35%. ● Created a productivity program that generated 10% annual labor productivity improvement over 5 years.● Launched Overall Equipment Effectiveness programs that improved major bottleneck equipment production levels by over 20%.● Led and drove shipping/supply chain improvement for intricate distribution system shipping 300,000 orders per week to individual customers worldwide. Reduced late delivery rate by over 60%.● Drove operations and software improvement that reduced internal throughput time by 50%.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Operational/budget responsibility for manufacturing, distribution, and purchasing/supplier management as company grew from $20 million to $100 million in revenue. Successfully moved from 100% outsourcing to 100% in-house production.● Had full operational budget responsibility for all manufacturing and distribution facilities.● Achieved significant cost reductions through operational improvement, sourcing improvement, and vertical integration, leading to gross margin improvement of 9% of revenue.● Led a software development team who created and maintained a suite of innovative, proprietary operations and distribution software systems that drove growth while capturing significant cost reductions and service improvements.● Launched European and North American operations, including the construction, initial staffing, and start-up of a 50,000 sq. ft. facility in the Netherlands and a 60,000 sq. foot facility in Canada. This included managing equipment purchasing and facility design/construction with a $26 million budget.

Us

Responsibility for managing consulting engagements. Member of Operational Effectiveness and Manufacturing practices, specializing in Lean Manufacturing transformation. ● Facilitated a production improvement project for major electronics company; project drove lead time reduction of 70% and productivity improvement of 25%.● Facilitated an efficiency improvement project for major metal products company; project drove 50% reduction in scrap and 12% improvement in output of capital equipment.● Led a global network restructuring project for a large medical products company; drove over $50 million in annual cost reduction.● Led a quality/lead time improvement program for steel company. Reduced processing time by 60% and reduced rework by 50%.● Facilitated a system-wide Lean Manufacturing improvement and transformation program for a large American consumer products company.

Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, Jp

Responsibility for developing capabilities of key suppliers and improving their product cost and operational performance.● Led joint Nissan-Supplier cost-savings activities reducing component prices 3 - 5% annually. Activities included Value Analysis, design change programs, and productivity improvement programs.● Led Lean Manufacturing initiatives at US suppliers, focused on implementing long-range programs to decrease cost, improve quality, and decrease lead time and changeover time.● Coordinated supplier networking teams and taught in-house supplier training programs.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bs, Mechanical Engineering