• Turned a longtime idea of simplifying the date planning process into an online business where users can find, plan, customize, and book their entire date in one search to promote healthier relationships• Wear many hats that include strategy, operations, finance, product management, marketing, sales, and legal to launch, operate, and grow the business• Work with two part-time co-founders and multiple contractors around the world • Used the lean startup approach while working with customer feedback and data to improve the user experience and build new features• Used prior experiences building databases and data tools to create, expand, and optimize our date-a-base and search logic

•Built out Supply Planning for Air, Ocean, Trucking, Warehouse, and Reserve Site teams in North America, Europe, and Asia, which included proactively planning for demand, making data-driven procurement decisions, maximizing capacity utilization, and highlighting risks and opportunities to improve performance.•Developed and maintained weekly demand plans for 3 business units, including the e-commerce business, used by Ops and 3PL teams to mitigate delays and decrease customer churn•Led the redesign of the Air network in North America and Europe that resulted in transit time reductions that improved on-time performance and cost reductions•Identified and led strategic initiatives resulting in deadfreight penalty reductions, cost savings, on-time performance improvements, and priority lists of key customers to grow sales in struggling areas of the business.•Enabled Sales leaders by developing opportunity and AE performance reporting.

• Analyzed current and long term opportunities and risks of a potentially competitive technology, as part of the Emerging Innovations Group that identifies and develops new technologies

• Managed a supply and demand team of 8 in 3 remote locations (Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland) • Responsible for 80K SKU’s, 11 Franchises, $30 mil inventory holdings in 3 DC’s• Accountable for Inventory and Inbound Freight on P&L, plus Customer Service Levels• Worked with suppliers, Marketing, Sales, Commercial, Finance, Logistics, and Distribution teams to support more than half a billion dollars in revenue • Used a data driven approach to exceed all KPI targets (i.e. customer satisfaction levels, inbound freight, inventory reductions)• Built Planning team strategy and structure• Upskilled the team through both hard and soft skill trainings• Drove process standardization, tool creation, and continuous improvements to increase efficiency• Developed metrics and reporting to measure performance• Integrated multiple acquisitions into the business working with acquisition teams and analyzing usage volumes to develop demand plans and supply chain strategies to ensure a successful launch and continued operations

(Jan-Mar 2017) Promoted to overlook all franchises and entire planning team (8 Planners)• Restructured the Planning team to more efficiently support the business• Hit KPI targets (i.e. customer service levels, inbound freight, inventory reductions)• Led the transition plan to forecast all products • Supported hundreds of product launches and multiple acquisitions(Jan-Dec 2016) Managed the Planning Team of 4 in 2 locations (Sydney and Auckland)• Supported $390 mil in revenue, 50K SKU’s, 9 Franchises, $20 mil inventory holdings in 2 DC’s• Collaborated with Finance, Marketing, Sales, Commercial, suppliers, & Ops teamsPersonal Tasks and Achievements• Increased data driven approaches to increase efficiency and reduce costs • Focused on upskilling team and other departments: Led many technical and soft skilled trainings for the team, peers, sales, and leadership team• Self-taught Microsoft Power BI and brought to SSP• Led formal half-year and full-year performance reviews with each member of the team• Set the team's KPI’s• 2 President Award nominations • Introduced Hawaiian shirt Fridays and active participant in Movember

• Nominated for Stryker's Ironman Award (Employee of the Quarter) for work done in Q1-2015• Co-led monthly Executive Demand Review meetings with Marketing, Sales, and Finance directors and managers to agree on unit and financial projections• Transitioned financial projections, including budget, from Finance to Demand Planning using the bottoms-up approach• Successfully launched Demand Planning software, Demantra II, for Endoscopy on time• Certified as a Stryker Demantra Instructor and Endoscopy Super User• Travelled to Regional HQ in Amsterdam to assist other global Super Users during their Demantra II training• Led Demantra II trainings to other divisions• Helped other divisions, selling subsidiaries, and manufacturing sites around the world by assisting with demand plans, models, and assumptions• Team Lead for team metrics, tools, and forecast and financial assistance• Forecasted 24 months of demand for the Sports Medicine Business Unit - worth $200 million in revenue (1,200 SKU's)• Analyzed market, customer, sales rep, and pricing for GTM strategies, opportunities, and risks • Worked with Marketing, Sales, & R&D to reconcile variances, examine business insights, and finalize projections• Member of Toastmasters International

• Integral member of the IBP/S&OP team that won Stryker Corporation’s 2014 GQO Collaboration Award • Created financial projection and data alignment within the business • Team Lead for creating tools, forecast assistance, and financial projections• Forecasted 12 months of demand for the Sports Medicine Business Unit - worth $200 million in revenue and includes 1,200 finished goods• Worked with Marketing and Finance teams for market insights, GTM strategy, and financial and unit projections • Revamped the new product launch process that took into account launch strategies, EOL, cannibalization, and other business insights for more accurate projections • Improved entire Sports Medicine Business Unit’s dollar and product forecast accuracy• Integrated a new sector of the business and a business acquisition for Demand Planning and Finance while assisting Operations and Regulatory with responsibilities• Assisted with aligning Finance and Demand Planning departments’ financial projections • Stryker Endoscopy’s Super User for the pre- and post- launch of Oracle’s new forecast tool, Demantra II• Created tools that measure dollar and unit forecast accuracy by region, track orders, and formulate forecasts• Developed a new product model that was shared with all Stryker Divisions and subsidiaries around the world – Received award for model• Developed metrics for the team • Received the highest possible rating for Demand Planning for exceeding metrics by 20% of the goal while integrating a new part of the business and working as Endoscopy’s Demantra Super User• Completed a two day Oliver Wight demand management course• Member of Toastmasters International

• Earned Materials MVP for the work done in Q3 2012• 3 time winner of the Customer Service Award• Passed APICS Examination: Basics of Supply Chain Management• Completed Lean Training Course• Analyzed data to create capacity, inventory, and material plans for the manufacturing lines• Helped start the supply plan for the IBP/S&OP process by creating the first forecasting models and producing the first supply plans for the division• Assisted with the forecasts, build plans, capacity plans, inventory analysis for 10 products launches• Designed a Micro-forecast tool for comparative forecast analysis, build plans, and capacity• Forecasted monthly using historical data, trends, and product mixes• Designed an Excel tool that shows build plans and the exact date parts will run out• Created Excel tools that resolved pre- and post- launch issues and put in place standard works so processes were done correctly in the future• Analyzed inventory levels, created the strategic plan to reduce current levels, and executed the plan which led to a large reduction in inventory• Trained 2 full time buyers and managed a summer intern• Led vendor and internal meetings• Contributed guidance, plans, and tools for one of Stryker's largest shipment months in its history• Product Availability: 99% first 6 months and 96% over year• Other responsibilities included training personnel, filling daily orders, trouble shooting inventories, acting as a customer liaison, helping with internal operations, and digging into the current Oracle infrastructure

• Polished sales skills with the Blitz Experience and Selling through Curiosity courses• Researched, cold called, and set up meetings with prospects in K-12, higher education, community colleges, technology, and green companies

• Worked the summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008• Gained skills in accounting, including month-end and quarterly reports