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Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Leading a “buy local” movement in Connecticut on a mission to reimagine retail by creating connection and community between consumers and the makers, growers, and artisans behind the goods they use.—Responsible for designing, selecting, and sourcing made-to-order products, creating vendor-centric content, and fulfilling orders through vendor partnerships with a focus on sustainability.—Established relationships with 30+ local, small businesses throughout Connecticut to bundle locally sourced goods, create new products, and drive awareness.—Launched inbound marketing campaigns, website redesigns, podcast audio, PR, and direct sales effort at times coordinating with third-party agencies—to build an active mailing list of 650+ members.—Accepted into and completed UConn Summer Fellowship and reSET Impact accelerators in 2021 to aid in customer discovery, business model refinement, and business planning.This journey to create local moments has only just begun. #LocalMoments

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

An incredible opportunity to teach Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis for Full-Time MBA students at UConn this spring. I am excited to bring this content alive through a variety of business cases and connecting topics from operations research and decision-science as we understand to analyze situations and ultimately recommend decisions.

Greater Hartford

Hartford, Connecticut Area

An incredible rotational experience with Slalom Hartford and our Business Advisory Services (BAS) group.Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In over 35 markets across the US and around the world, Slalom's teams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right. They're backed by regional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world's top technology providers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 8,000 employees. Slalom was named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2019 and is regularly recognized by employees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.​

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Supporting the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, including recommending new opportunities to connect the startup community with the graduate school of business students.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Recommended and implemented new automated reports using SQL, PowerBI, and Epicor (ERP system) to support supply-chain management as part of a cross-functional team; included possible avenues for process improvement.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Founded boutique consulting firm to advise small organizations launching new initiatives by providing expertise in areas of marketing and sales.Devised a $350k capital campaign which led to the opening of a new spay/neuter client for a volunteer-driven non-profit — guided their efforts to communicate their story, increase conversations with prospective donors, and manage data.Collaborated with a start-up non-profit to conduct customer discovery and identify funding sources to bring new tutoring services for underrepresented minority students in northern California high schools.Designed a minimally-viable product (MVP) for a business growth consulting subscription service targeting local small businesses needing help with strategies and implementation with limited funding.

Hartford, Ct

Charged to consult and implement improvements to business and facilities operationsAutomated business operations by creating new workflows using user-friendly web formsInvestigated existing business practices, meeting with all university constituencies and third-party partners, to streamline operationsGarnered buy-in and trained staff to maintain new processes

Farmington, Ct

Recognized for attention to customer experience, persistent positive contributor in fast-paced retail environment.

Middletown, Ct

Member of an integrated team of professionals charged with stewarding the success and viability of Wesleyan University by garnering support from alumni, parents and friends of the University. In addition to managing fundraising activities and working with alumni volunteers, focused on using data and refining metrics to be more effective, efficient, and make data actionable.—Cultivated and solicited a portfolio of 100 prospects ($50k+ gifts), traveled nationally to conduct visits and to represent university at regional events; strategized with Directors of major giving.—Responsibilities included Class Management & Reunion Planning, Establishing and overseeing a recurring gift initiative, Leading data projects for process improvement, segmentation, Web enhancements to online giving.

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

Oversaw alumni fundraising in a traditional class-based annual giving program. Heavily collaborated with major gift team and alumni volunteers. Proposed and implemented a novel stewardship pilot project targeting donors to increase donor retention rates.

Hartford, Ct

Lead recruitment manager for graduate programs with a responsibility to generate leads and enroll qualified individuals for multiple programs ranging from $30,000-$88,000 (per student) across entire EWP academic portfolio. Managed projects and marketing campaigns, working closely with inter-departmental colleagues to achieve and exceed goals.Conceptualized and created a unique international graduate programBuilt and grew relationships with faculty, staff, and student-based organizations at peer institutions and partner corporations to generate sales pipelines and potential new opportunities, traveling frequentlyDrove initiatives in supporting customer relationship management (CRM) system development, data management and reporting, pipeline enhancements, and processes standardizationOversaw and followed up with inquiries, applicants, and influencers; assisting and advising in decision-making

Hartford, Ct

Developed a small business loyalty app to create local business networks and encourage customer engagement; focused on marketing, mobile user-experience and user-interface (UX/UI), and testing live beta with partner businesses. Applied to TechStars Boston for their fall 2012 cohort.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: CCEI, CABAConcentration in Business Analytics Research in Organizational Theory & Design Founded ‘Dignity x.

B.S., Industrial & Management Engineering

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha, Professional Leadership Program (PLP), Rensselaer Union Executive Board, Student Senate.

Education record

Public High School of Brunswick, Maine.