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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Area

Vancouver, Washington

• Led cross-functional project teams in planning and executing the development process ensuring new products met scope, cost, and schedule targets• Developed product business cases, go-to-market plans, project work plans and conducted product research across 4 brand portfolios• Managed performance metrics on existing product lines and new product development efforts: SKU analysis, forecasts, pricing• Coordinated product prototyping and beta test criteria with manufacturing and engineering throughout Asia and North America• Created organization-wide project management training plans; gained alignment on product development processes and procedures

Quito, Ecuador

• Identified consumer insights to create product line concept for the design and development of 2017 Men’s Cycling Apparel line • Researched, negotiated with, and sourced external factories to diversify private-label products for 11 stores in Ecuador, Columbia, Chile, and Peru• Developed new apparel and accessory products ensuring patterning, graphic design, material, and fit complement product story• Managed 3 social media marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness, identify potential distributors in foreign markets, and maximize participation in brand-sponsored event

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Provided high quality customer assistance in selection of outdoor-focused apparel and footwear product. • Prepared and remerchandised 2 departments for 4 store inspections; 100% awarded “exceptional” rating.

Tucson, Arizona

Led a 6-person team that provided training programs for 120 employees; managed 1,100 government requirements that ensured safety compliance and quality assurance for organizational readiness.• Coordinated 1,500+ requests for service support; organized, prioritized, and vetted important objectives through written and oral communication.• Managed complex development training program for 80 employees in 9 different career fields; provided career guidance and tracked completion of 1,080 tasks.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Led and trained a diverse team of 5 employees that managed all aircraft deployment operations and a multi-million dollar large-scale-training budget for a $2.2B fleet of Air Force aircraft. • Planned, coordinated and led 15 global logistics projects; liaised with 50 foreign agencies; managed an annual operating budget of $5M. • Project Managed mission-critical initiatives with 60 Department of Defense agencies and foreign military services with planning life-cycles ranging from 30 days to 18 months. • Developed and coordinated ground-breaking training strategy; worked with multiple government agencies to obtain legal airspace and communications requirements; increased critical training events by 68%.• Coordinated $1.8M in procurement; administered logistics, equipment, transportation, lodging, and security enabling combat training for 50K U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force employees.• Researched, recommended to senior leadership and managed 6 new strategic alliance projects that introduced and opened company to 4 new markets.• Managed $317K IT equipment account; identified and corrected 213 errors on inventory; recovered $59K in lost equipment.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Led 9-person team that administered logistics and all readiness requirements to deploy 240 personnel yearly.• Innovated operations training process, resulting in a 15% increase in fully trained and qualified employees; benchmarked across 5 separate departments• Led emergency mobilization of 93 personnel, $324M in aircraft, $340K in equipment; condensed 45-day process to less than 48 hours.• Supervised and trained 6 new employees on logistical processes culminating in a perfect, 100% compliant, inspection grade and being lauded as the best team in an organization of 5K employees.

Monterey California

Attended demanding foreign language and communications course. Earned Top Graduate award (#1/650) Air Force Basic TrainingDistinguished Graduate Enlisted Aircrew Undergraduate courseDistinguished Graduate Cryptologic Training Course

Master Of Science (M.S.), Sports Product Management, Dave And Nancy Petrone Entrepreneurship Award Winner

Projects • Portland Accessories—Researched and Identified top material and trim innovations to integrate into Fall ’19 backpack line •.

Tillman Scholar

B. S., Project Management, Summa Cum Laude

Awards of Achievement: Strategic Project Management Project Management Fundamentals

Associate Of Applied Science, Instructor Of Technology And Military Science

Associate Of Applied Science, Communications Applications Technology

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Arabic

Kinesiology And Exercise Science