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San Diego, Ca, Us

California, United States

Board resource for ensuring corporate governance is maintained. Including financial, tax, IP, Meeting Minutes & administrative records are kept and practiced with legal oversight

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide domain expertise to Payments FinTech start-ups, empowering them to build their core technologies & deliver to customers for investors.•Provide FinTech startups with financial modeling tools to effectively manage expenses while driving revenue •Enable startups to create value in IP & core technologies•Empower start-up teams with a monthly process to review user adoption metrics to drive lifecycle management of product & improved capacity planning capability resulting in a decrease of overhead expense by 16%

California, United States

Head of Operations for a privately held pioneering oral health care provider, developing proprietary blue & red-light technology in conjunction with unique serums. Created cross-department processes and procedures to ensure on-time& in-budget deliverables. • Develop Intellectual Property and new product initiatives working in unison with CEO and engineering • Manage Third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse operations for Wholesale & Ecommerce partners• Reduce dropship orders turn time by 33% and reduce EDI order chargebacks by 61%• Manage Contract Manufacturer (CM) vendors by creating monthly and quarterly report cards & projections to drive executional efficiencies in meeting customer purchasing needs • Model and report daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual inventory needs, product turnover, and lead time to fulfill customer needs maintain 90 days of inventory• Analyze assembled inventory, raw material, & components to maintain in stock status 95% • Source, qualify, and onboard new Contract Manufacturers (CMs) domestic and international, labs, mix houses, and 3PL to continually improve quality and on-time delivery

San Francisco Bay Area

Led venture-funded company’s secure operations & finance by collaborating cross-functionally with five department heads to ensure software, hardware, and facility reached goals on-time & on-budget. • Structured & executed a security policy compliant with International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Payment Networks, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) & Regulation E for internal management and contract manufactures• Facilitated due diligence for board for the acquisition of a payment card manufacturing company• Developed scalable payment card personalization solution for interactive powered payment card for chip, dynamic display, dynamic magnetic stripe, and surface personalization• Led the security & operational policy & processes in connection with Mastercard certification of an electronic payment card wallet • Controlled cash flow & P&L for $15M annual expense budget. Generated & Analyzed monthly, quarterly & annual reports for Board & C-Suite• Accountable for use of proceeds & reporting of $50 million in investments from VCs, JVs, & government grants• Managed G&A support services including security, HR, IT, grants, vendor management & legal document management

Davis, Ca

Managed specialty cycling retail store operations, Wheelworks was selected as the #1Elite Cycling store in the US by Community Pulse• Directed staff of 10 to grow sales to $12 million• Reduced year-end inventory by 12% through direct marketing & aggressive online sales campaign• Analyzed 5-year historical market trends to create, forecast & execute objectives resulting in a 17% increase in market share for high-end road & triathlon cycling products• Decreased vendor warranty & returns by 21% as volume increased 50% by utilizing multiple vendor management systems• Established mutually beneficial relationships with world-class Olympic and Pan American games athletes/teams, elite cycling brands & organizations to promote the Davis Wheelworks brand

San Francisco Bay Area, Newbury Park, Ca And Camarillo, Ca

Provided operation, finance, HR, & administrative support to venture-backed innovative payment solutions provider. • Accountable for monthly & annual financial reports for C-Suite & board• Managed HR, expenses, document control, filing, & due diligence documents• Created & executed logical & physical security policies & procedures; QA work instructions compliant with ISO & payment card network certification. • Ran internal audits of systems and processes

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Summa Cum Laude

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business