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Seattle, Washington, United States

We work with business and non-profit leaders to help their organizations master the art and science of transformation. With our help, they become more agile, resilient and connected: bringing great ideas to fruition with brilliant results. Our local network of experts allows us to offer clients the right skills for every job: strategic expertise, lean execution, and agile resourcing. We improve your business at any level, from the executive suite to team leadership.

Washington, United States

• Established Contract Manufacturer relationship for a medical device company including but not limited to materials sourcing, supply chain development, and vendor contract negotiation resulting in a 65% reduction in COGS at scale. • Developed pro forma to analyze capital requirements and identify milestones during manufacturing scale.

San Diego, California, United States

• Developed and executed go-to-market strategy including market analysis, customer segmentation, margin analysis, partnership strategy, regional prioritization, and capacity planning. • Built an operational infrastructure for growth from 1-10 employees generating $1.5M in year-1 revenue, including an integrated tech stack, incentive structures, and org chart design. • Created customer support and success infrastructure including ticketing, training model, knowledge base, and remote… Show more • Developed and executed go-to-market strategy including market analysis, customer segmentation, margin analysis, partnership strategy, regional prioritization, and capacity planning. • Built an operational infrastructure for growth from 1-10 employees generating $1.5M in year-1 revenue, including an integrated tech stack, incentive structures, and org chart design. • Created customer support and success infrastructure including ticketing, training model, knowledge base, and remote support capabilities to service 2x customer growth without additional headcount.• Responsible for end-to-end Supply Chain success; managed 200+ SKUs, developed dynamic production plans, and owned contract manufacturer and 3PL relationships. Show less

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Built infrastructure scalability roadmap, driving collaboration and translation across business leadership (CEO, VP of Product) and technical stakeholders (CTO, engineers) to scale internal tooling, successfully managing increased development velocity during a period of 20% growth across engineering teams.

Greater Seattle Area

• Designed and built enterprise KPI dashboard for weekly CEO reporting, identifying service goals, customer retention metrics, tech stack scaling cost, and critical P&L insights.• Implemented programs and processes to ensure regulatory compliance; completed SOC 1 audit, designed PCI guidelines, and aligned technical systems with financial services requirements.

Greater Seattle Area

• Provided full-service management and optimization of clients’ Amazon e-commerce platform, providing day to day reporting, key milestone communications, and customization of a suite of tools and services to match client needs. • Optimized Amazon performance for 1P vendors and 3P sellers through SEO, revenue-maximizing sales strategy, channel evaluation, profitability analysis within demand-driven forecast models, and data analysis to provide strategic insights.

Greater San Diego Area

• Led manufacturing expansion from 3 employees to 85 within 18 months, including implementation of process improvements using Six Sigma methodologies that achieved a 300% increase in production capacity with 200% increase in direct labor.• Designed dynamic company org chart and train-the-trainer practices to enable rapid hiring, increased distribution capacity, and development of an R&D department. • Managed Supply Chain including raw material purchasing (>$100k monthly material… Show more • Led manufacturing expansion from 3 employees to 85 within 18 months, including implementation of process improvements using Six Sigma methodologies that achieved a 300% increase in production capacity with 200% increase in direct labor.• Designed dynamic company org chart and train-the-trainer practices to enable rapid hiring, increased distribution capacity, and development of an R&D department. • Managed Supply Chain including raw material purchasing (>$100k monthly material consumption), warehouse resource planning, budgeting, integrating 3PL software for order processing optimization, and conducting international quality regulatory audits.• Scaled Operations during a 90-day period of 10X sales growth including sales forecasting and reporting, inventory management, development of a temp-to-hire employment program, training standards development, and Quality Assurance SOP creation. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Using SQL and Excel to mine and analyze data from large-scale databases, and reporting key results to company CEO.

Greater San Diego Area

• Stood up a sales division for e-commerce retailer, implementing Salesforce and NetSuite tools to enable sales and marketing growth.• Structured sales division compensation model including commission, bonus, incentive, and residual pay for a fast growing solar company.