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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.