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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Develop and execute channel strategy to accelerate growth in the food and beverage channel. Foster new relationships and set the organization up for success in delivering new products to the market.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Operated as the project manager and consultant for large field quality and operations improvement program. Key objectives included benchmarking consumer beverage quality consumer experience in customer outlets and using the information to drive system improvements.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Led the global business in support of two large CPG customers representing $20M global revenue. Identify growth corridors, build strategy, create value proposition, and overseeing the global resources to execute plan. Focused against large projects, global agreements, and aligning system resources in support of each customer.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Led the global account management for one of the largest global beverage manufacturers representing $14M of global revenue. Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders to increase revenue and enhance value. Ensure resources and priorities are in place to deliver on new product introductions. Manage negotiations with central procurement functions.

Atlanta, Georgia

Led the development and commercialization of new cold drink equipment representing $200M annual spend. Managed budget and staff of nineteen engineers, lab technicians, and business analysts. Key areas of focus included: continuous improvement (CI), regulatory compliance, technical specifications, supplier quality management, and new product launch.

Atlanta, Georgia

Managed a staff of six engineers with responsibility for dispensed platforms including: equipment authorization, regulatory compliance, reliability growth, field issue resolution, supplier quality, and new product launch.

Atlanta, Georgia

Applications engineer and technical lead for the McDonald’s business. Provided technical expertise supporting a variety of initiatives including: smoothies, frozen beverage, juice, and sweeteners.

Atlanta, Georgia

Program manager for a cassette based cooler initiative designed to streamline the commercial cooler supply chain, enabling procurement savings against a $1B annual global spend.

Atlanta, Georgia

Equipment product manager for Fountain division responsible for overall system authorization, equipment development and application support for $100M frozen beverage business.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Led project team in design, testing, and placement of frozen beverage equipment into 2,000 Burger King outlets and over 1,000 7-11 stores.• Participated in various continuous improvement activities which lead to either improved product performance or life cost reductions.

New Berlin, Wi

• Directed the conversion of rectifier and control systems to lean manufacturing methods that resulted in a 22% improvement in labor efficiency.• Installed automated wire processing equipment with offline programming capability for the manufacture of wire kits and harnesses which reduced labor expenditures by 10% annually.• Conducted IS09001 audits.

Waukesha, Wi

• Developed assembly procedures, routings, and time standards for industrial generator product lines.• Adapted existing generator resin application processes to accommodate lower VOC resins while maintaining performance and quality.

Ocala, Florida Area

• Developed business plan and purchased equipment to manufacture plastic cab interiors and co-poly water tanks. Program resulted in $2.5M acquisition savings while improving speed to market, reducing vehicle weight, and improving aesthetics.• Converted ambulance final assembly to cellular workflow that resulted in inventory reductions of $2M.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Manufacturing Engineering