Blockchain Investment Fund: Supported Founding Partners in new Blockchain investment fund including creation of Investment summaries, marketing collateral, research, financial modeling, consulting services, and due diligence.Private Investment Bank: Managed due diligence, client interface, and financial modeling for small private Investment Bank specializing in middle market opportunities.Complex Financial Modeling:Consumer Packaged Goods Startup: Prepared financial model… Show more Blockchain Investment Fund: Supported Founding Partners in new Blockchain investment fund including creation of Investment summaries, marketing collateral, research, financial modeling, consulting services, and due diligence.Private Investment Bank: Managed due diligence, client interface, and financial modeling for small private Investment Bank specializing in middle market opportunities.Complex Financial Modeling:Consumer Packaged Goods Startup: Prepared financial model, and go to market approach for a growing women’s health company.Food and Beverage Company: Revamped business plan to prepare for investor presentation. Included redirection on the financials, approach, go to market strategy, and customer segmentation.Small U.S. Farm: Prepared financial model and proformas for 14-acre hemp farm, and 200 light cannabis grower.Business Plan Writing for Small companies and startups.Strategic Planning and Business Requirements DefinitionIndustrial Products Startup: Wrote business plan to support request for $1.1 million of financing. Included researching eight industry markets, facilitating working sessions, and structuring strategy and market entry approach.Wholesale Apparel Startup: Wrote business plan for pending business in the wholesale fur industry. Small Non-profit: Designed, wrote, and delivered strategic plan for small non-profit. That was the first comprehensive plan the organization had in ten-years. The organization had approached bankruptcy, and that was one step toward reaching solvency. Reverse LogisticsWireless Telecommunications: Defined segmentation strategy for Service and Repair Strategic Plan with estimated annual benefits ranging from $19MM - $24MM. Assessed Self Service approach for three channels. Defined Location analysis methodology.Business Development for Small Software Company. Show less

PodPonics is a hydroponic farming technology company.While there she grew operational revenue from $50K to $100K monthly over a four month period. Dana designed and led day-to-day operations of a 25+ person team, process definition, plant R&D and protocol design, business requirements definition for software technology direction, business case development, Food Safety Primus GFSI certification (obtaining a Superior rating, adding a Farm Crew Audit, and GAP audit, and additional… Show more PodPonics is a hydroponic farming technology company.While there she grew operational revenue from $50K to $100K monthly over a four month period. Dana designed and led day-to-day operations of a 25+ person team, process definition, plant R&D and protocol design, business requirements definition for software technology direction, business case development, Food Safety Primus GFSI certification (obtaining a Superior rating, adding a Farm Crew Audit, and GAP audit, and additional products). She was responsible for International Supply Chain Management, Process Facility business design, Farm Operations business design, business case preparation, and strategic procurement. She initiated preliminary HR policies while formal policies were under development. She also prepared the strategic plan for a pending partnership with a Global 2000 Company. Finally, she began preparations for an Integrated Disease Management Plan. Show less

Jacabee produces award winning safe online communities for kids that combine interactive books and apps to enhance social media connections and game play. An educational based trans-media property with an immersive adventure series for children ages 6-12. Promoting literacy and problem solving Jacabee is the first children’s property to interactively integrate social media, a 12-book literary series, and the ability to for children to write and publish their stories based on the games they… Show more Jacabee produces award winning safe online communities for kids that combine interactive books and apps to enhance social media connections and game play. An educational based trans-media property with an immersive adventure series for children ages 6-12. Promoting literacy and problem solving Jacabee is the first children’s property to interactively integrate social media, a 12-book literary series, and the ability to for children to write and publish their stories based on the games they play. The Jacabee Code is the result of collaboration with the developers of Mattel’s BarbieGirls.com, Disney’s Little Einstein’s, and the leading authorities on children’s educational content. Components: The Jacabee Code platform combines a virtual currency and social media with gaming, books, and custom content produced online. The components include: A Book Series: The Jacabee Code Interactive e-books are slated for release in Summer of 2012 on all e-readers. Each book has codes and clues that link to the online adventure. The e-books and apps link to the online components including: A Social Media Platform: Children will create their own safe, personal profile page, where they can connect to other users, chat, trade and buy virtual items, email, invite friends, post and message on line. Interactive Online Game: The interactive online games launch concurrently with the release of new e-books. The web-based games listed on the players profile page are a derivative of the iBook stories. When the child plays the game they become a character and they write, publish and print their own customized book based on how they play the game. Personalized Adventure Journals: The stories the kids create when playing the game are called Personalized Adventure Journals and are a patent pending technology owned by the company. Virtual Goods: Children can purchase personal avatar items and abilities, clothing, currency and codes. Show less

Wireless Telecommunications: Managed internal team of eight, and extended team of 20+ to define, prioritize, pilot, and implement supply chain initiatives including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), JDA (formerly Manugistics) Demand Planning, Fulfillment, Collaboration, Change Management, and Training. Grew account from $100K to $1.8 million in less than two years.Wireless Telecommunications: Defined segmentation strategy for Service and Repair Strategic Plan with estimated annual… Show more Wireless Telecommunications: Managed internal team of eight, and extended team of 20+ to define, prioritize, pilot, and implement supply chain initiatives including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), JDA (formerly Manugistics) Demand Planning, Fulfillment, Collaboration, Change Management, and Training. Grew account from $100K to $1.8 million in less than two years.Wireless Telecommunications: Defined segmentation strategy for Service and Repair Strategic Plan with estimated annual benefits ranging from $19MM - $24MM. Assessed self service approach for three channels. Defined location analysis methodology. Wireless Telecommunications: Managed inventory allocation for $25 MM of refurbished inventory.Wireless Telecommunications: Defined requirements and operationalized monthly OEM reverse logistics contract compliance for a $24MM liability. Supported negotiations for liability recovery.Wireless Telecommunications: Designed, and wrote over 2,500 pages of Manugistics (now JDA) planning system installation training materials for forward and reverse logistics installations. Managed and coordinated all logistics for training rollout. Prepared workplans and regular executive updates. Trained trainers and delivered ten days of content. Managed, wrote, and co-delivered all communications. Wireless Telecommunications: Structured all executive communications and conducted all research to present an Oracle conversion project to business executives. This incorporated all research, strategic issues identification and communications preparation to support an executive. The project was highly visible and contentious. The result was a $3 MM kick-off of a project that was completed over a two year period.Wireless Telecommunications: Designed, managed, and led training and communications efforts for the rollout of a new distribution center. Managed part-time team of four. Co-delivered four full days of training content to six user groups. Show less

Commercial Construction: Co-managed operational and preliminary strategic planning for venture for a Greenfield marketplace. Prepared preliminary European market entry analysis, defined and prioritized and designed core processes, prepared high level operating model, and structured value proposition messages. $200 MM estimated five year net present value in U.S. market. Responsible for communicating business model to extended team in London.Fortune 100 Chemical Company: Led and… Show more Commercial Construction: Co-managed operational and preliminary strategic planning for venture for a Greenfield marketplace. Prepared preliminary European market entry analysis, defined and prioritized and designed core processes, prepared high level operating model, and structured value proposition messages. $200 MM estimated five year net present value in U.S. market. Responsible for communicating business model to extended team in London.Fortune 100 Chemical Company: Led and conducted quick hit assessment of market size, competitive landscape and core capabilities for a new business venture idea. My recommendation to reject the idea was accepted by client participants who were initially biased toward pursuing the venture. Fortune 100 Pulp & Paper Company: Managed conceptual design and business cases for the implementation of an eBusiness strategy across four business units (15 full-time team members). Fast track development effort tested the organization’s readiness. Projected results include increased customer switching costs, decreased client costs, and leveragability of methodology across all business units of $24 billion organization. $100 MM estimated five year net present value.Fortune 100 Chemical Company: Managed and led functional definition and planning for eBusiness strategy. Methodology included workshop brainstorming, synthesizing key concepts, and distributing business case and functional requirements to respective functional leads. Functional areas included Environmental Health & Safety, Controller, Order-to-Cash, and, Intellectual PropertyCommercial Construction: Worked with team to define the market entry strategy for a large new business venture. Led analysis that included initial market offering and roll-out by product line, competitive assessment with scenario based evaluation, and alliance partner selection and sales messages. Conducted industry structure analysis. Show less