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Rochester-Austin, Minnesota Area

Lead economic and industry analysis to identify opportunities and shape strategy in the alternative protein sector.• Evaluate the business and economic landscape to prioritize innovation opportunities and inform GFI’s strategy.• Develop industry outlooks and scenario models to guide decision-making and track sector progress.• Collaborate on cross-functional research projects and industry-level analyses.• Create business tools, case studies, and presentations to engage stakeholders and advance alternative protein initiatives.

Rochester-Austin, Minnesota Area

Analyze opportunities within the alternative protein industry through market insights, business intelligence, and strategy development.• Evaluate the alternative protein landscape to identify market gaps and prioritize innovation opportunities across the supply chain.• Develop and contribute to industry reports and presentations. • Track competitive landscape data and industry trends to support organization workstreams.• Collaborate across departments to execute research projects and deliver analytical support for strategic initiatives.

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Provided market intelligence to industry participants through economic and data analyses, price forecasts, written publications, and individualized consulting projects. • Automated and streamlined market data collection by writing R scripts that utilized APIs, web scraping, and organizational tools. • Developed a data visualization repository on the company’s internal website.• Led the publication of market data “flash” reports, including Cold Storage, Dairy Products, GlobalDairyTrade, and Milk Production. Led the data collection, analysis, and writing of the market intelligence report on trends in US and international trade, and took the leading role in the preparation for and writing of Blimling’s monthly flagship publications, the Research Report and Forecast Update. • Assisted on external consulting projects for businesses and policy organizations.

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Worked with Dr. Elliott Dennis to independently plan, organize, and conduct economic analyses in livestock health economics, distillers’ grains markets, and production topics related to COVID-19.• Conducted systematic review of the distillers' grains economic literature. Reviewed, compiled, and organized 110 articles from over 15 academic journals and extension sources. • Developed four articles intended for publication in various academic journals.• Published two articles for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Extension Program.• Published three extension publications in industry periodicals. • Published six farm production budget tools and related resources for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Extension program.

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Worked with Dr. Elliott Dennis to independently plan, organize, and conduct research in livestock health economics and other topics in production economics. • Conducted systematic review of the animal health economics academic literature. Reviewed, compiled, and organized 368 academic articles from over 100 journals. • Published two articles for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Extension program.

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Acted as part of a cross-functional team by preparing and maintaining computerized charts and graphs for use by statisticians or analysts in analyzing data or for inclusion in reports. Prepared estimates and forecasts for publication by clearly structuring and communicating analyses.• Completed preparation, edits, and estimates for 14 weekly South Dakota Current Crop Progress and Condition reports. Prepared and set monthly estimates for two publications of acres of planted, harvested, and left-to-be harvested corn in South Dakota. Reports provided public information to the state’s nearly 30,000 farm operations.• Helped to clean, edit, and maintain the Northern Plains Regions’ producer list frame of over 160,000 farm operations to increase the representativeness of survey samples. • Organized and prepared the Objective Yield survey materials for distribution to the Northern Plains Region’s over 100 survey enumerators.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Supported the POET Nutrition team by performing domestic and international market research, analyzing key metrics that drive business health, and working alongside department heads to help shape the company’s strategic initiatives. Drafted and prepared management-ready charts, reports, and tables to present detailed research results. Conducted analysis to identify, develop, and implement revenue and market share optimization strategies. • Built a comprehensive distillers grains market optimization tool for all 26 ethanol plants in POET’s system, which helped to identify emerging markets with feed deficits. As a result, POET Nutrition implemented local wet distillers grains marketing campaigns near selected ethanol plants and increased average profit margins at said plants over the course of 2019. • Designed and created an automated 10-year retrospective daily agricultural markets tool for use by POET Nutrition’s merchandisers, which included inventories, prices, margins, and production for all relevant commodities in the United States. Increased efficiency and market knowledge of the merchandising team.

Master Of Science - Ms, Agricultural Economics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Agricultural Economics