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Mid-Atlanlic Region, Usa

Torsted provides strategic and financial advice for companies in high change situations, especially in technology-based industries. The company partners with Senior Management, Board of Directors and Owners to improve company performance globally. The firm's Partners solve client problems by joining boards of directors, advising boards and senior management on strategic and technical issues, providing interim management, advisory services and managing special projects under the direction of the Board. The clients are diverse and include private companies, small public companies, private equity firms, venture capital firms, start-ups, family offices and private investors

Mid-Atlantic Region, Usa

Newport Board Group is a partnership of board directors and senior executive leaders with deep knowledge of business strategy, operations, and capital markets. We have created a specialized category of national professional service firm to help emerging growth, middle market and private equity clients navigate transitions and improve their performance. Newport partners are proven CEOs and senior executives who have succeeded in a broad range of industries

Greater New York City Area

U.S. Government | Federal Reserve NY Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic business acumen toward directing forward-thinking project team operations tasked with developing Business Requirements Documents for Securities Transfer Service.Coordinate legacy applications characterization and cataloguing of diverse specific system components (e.g. Application Overview Maps, Data Dictionaries, Business Process Flows, Data Models, Business Rules, and Use Cases)Create a comprehensive repository with knowledge mining results to facilitate review and analysis as input in the creation of business requirements documentation, including key business logic flow, business rules, and use cases.

Washington, Dc

U.S. Government | Military | Navy Led development and implementation of Entitled Modernization Process for Surface Fleet, Carriers, Submarines, and NetWarCom, including working with Commands across four Navy Enterprises to drive culture change via PVM tools.• Generated $400+ million in savings and key metrics improvements as a Senior Team Manager.

Stuttgart, Germany

Tier 1 – European Automotive Parts | Systems Manufacturer Capitalized on the opportunity to work with 200+ engineers within a two-division New Product Development group, including installing a New Product Development (NPD) process while concentrating on improving Project Management and Project Review Processes and implementing a market-driven NPD process to boost operations.• Reduced scrap by 40% ($10 million annual savings) and increased FPYs 40% and TTM metrics 50%.

Galway, Ireland

Medical Device ManufacturerCoordinated efforts with a global development organization of 300 engineers and scientists to achieve significant improvements in the quality of products manufactured by strategically implementing effective NPD processes, establishing competence goals, and installing DFM standards which were instrumental in driving overall success.• Generated $400+ million in savings and key metrics improvements as a Senior Team Manager.• Reduced scrap by 40% ($10 million annual savings) and increased FPYs 40% and TTM metrics 50%.• Improved TTM metrics (OTD 40% to 90%; FPY 30% to 90%) and reduced project costs as Senior Manager.

Houston, Tx

Spearheaded operations for this start-up biotech company, including maintaining accountability for Director of Human Resources and Vice President staff in operations and planning, clinical / basic research, and manufacturing.Led targeted decision-making in the strategic development of business plans while liaising among business partners, members of the scientific community, and market analysts to drive growth within a competitive industry.• Developed profitable formal business plans to become the most dominant gene-therapy company.• Instituted highly effective product planning processes (e.g. product potential evaluation, launch goals).• Achieved first-to-market product development objectives via creation of a key organizational structure.

New Jersey | Puerto Rico | Hong Kong

Latin America | Canada | Puerto Rico | Caribbean | Hong Kong | Southeast Asia Played a vital role in directing initiatives and large-scale territories critical to corporate positioning within a global marketplace, including directing planning, strategic alliances and partnerships, integration of newly acquired companies, profit / loss, logistics, human resources, compliance, quality assurance, marketing, and product launch.Maximized bottom-line performance by coordinating development of business expansion programs for all key portfolios and international markets, including initiatives in Europe, Japan, Far East, Middle East, and Latin America.• Led strategy development to integrate a newly acquired company into BMS – Argentina.• Increased sales 12% within Far Eastern territory via strengthened sales / marketing efficiencies.• Reduced G&A and overhead expenses by $2.3 million, and by $2.1 million within Andean Pact markets.• Grew sales and profits by 84% and 95% respectively across a three-year period in PR and the Caribbean.• Generated $3.5-million incremental sales within PR / Caribbean via innovative managed care partnerships.• Directed marketing and franchise development efforts for a newly consolidated $800-million pharma business resulting from integration of intercontinental Bristol-Myers and Squibb organizations, and launched three new products and revitalized an aging portfolio of products via key brands rationalization.Prior positions at BMS: Vice President-Marketing, Intercontinental Division; Vice President-Operations, Asia/Australia Division; Director, Commercial Development, International.

New Jersey

Progressed professionally through the scientific organization and transitioned into a business position responsible for the development and commercialization of Interferon and other bio-engineered products. Developed positioning and message strategies, and prepared product launch plans.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Management & Marketing

Master'S Degree, Chemistry

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological Sciences / Chemistry, Cum Laude

Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Chemistry

University exchange partner with Rowan University.