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San Jose, Ca, Us

International Supply Chain | Usa Distribution

Creator of the Vitamix Recipe Cup.Scaled this innovative branding concept from idea to over $150,000 sold annually by designing, sourcing, and importing turn-key solutions to market the Vitamix blender and related products across the US.Applied product management methodology to develop solutions for customer problems.

San Jose, California, United States

Unified development efforts across feature functionality and platform scalability as a solo product manager.Product Culture• Introduced a practice of product-led customer research sessions• Transitioned from waterfall-style to iterative agile development using empowered product teams• Recognized for my unique ability to energize and lead with cross-functional collaboration• Aligned the efforts of product, design, & engineering with the objectives and constraints of the CEO, CTO, CRO, VP of marketing, director of customer success, and head of sales engineering Product Analytics• Introduced a practice of data-driven decision making informed by analytics instead of opinions• Lead the vetting and comparison of several vendors to select the first analytics platform for our company• Uncovered development waste in building unadopted features via instrumentation of frontend & backendProduct Operations• Optimized Jira projects, initiatives, epics, and screens for product & design vs. engineering tasks• Solved company-wide information silos by transitioning G-docs + Wrike + Confluence → Notion

San Mateo, California, United States

Fortified our international supply chain in preparation for 10x growth while navigating massive uncertainty in availability of electronic components and lead times due to an unprecedented global shock to supply networks around the world.• Secured ample coverage of device procurement to meet 10x growth expectations in under 1 year• Mitigated risks of source disruption in response to heightened geopolitical tension• Scouted contingency suppliers for each critical physical component of care delivery• Protected and improved profit margin by auditing logistics and procurement processes• Spearheaded long-term development planning of our own Meru-branded HRV-B+ device

San Jose, California, United States

Clip and remix conversations. Twitter for voice.Quorm is building a social audio network with the vision to unlock the dark data trapped in every audio file. Our mission is to become the Home for Conversations.Imagine: You can easily clip audio segments on your phone, add your own voice, even mix multiple segments together from different sources, and then share.Demo: https://www.quorm.comWe applied for YC S2021 and were not accepted. I'm still interested in this idea!

San Francisco Bay Area

Delivered a solution to the short-term housing problem for over 2,000 engineers, entrepreneurs, and bootcamp students by way of 4 property locations across Silicon Valley and San Francisco with a maximum operating capacity for 44 guests. • Travelers Hosted: 2,000+ • Nights Booked: 45,000+

San Francisco Bay Area

Studied how to solve problems by implementing technical solutions using Agile software development methodology. My pitch for a web-based app called [codefusion](https://github.com/pocket-gophers-2014/codefusion-app) received the most votes of any in our cohort. Was chosen to lead a team of 5 developers in a 2-week sprint to develop and deploy our application and present on demo day.Details • Project Manager for Team of 5 • 1,000+ hours coding challenges, group projects, and self-guided learning • 500+ hours pair-programming • Emphases on engineering empathy, behavior-driven development, object-relational databases, testing in parallel with developmentProficiencies• Object Oriented Design | Model View Controller | RESTful patterns• Web - Ruby on Rails | Sinatra | ActiveRecord | Ember.js• Client - Javascript | HTML5 | CSS3 | jQuery | AJAX• Database - Object-relational databases | PostgreSQL | SQLite3 | Firebase• Testing - Test-driven development | Behavior-driven development | RSpec | Jasmine• Git & Heroku proficientDev Bootcamp is an intense, fully-immersive learning experience with the goal of turning students into world-class beginning developers. Emphasis on Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.

Reno, Nevada Area

• Principal financing partner• Advisor to Board of Directors• Guided the implementation of business operations• Helped establish business model, organizational structure, and curriculumI co-founded The Ballroom of Reno in 2012. Our vision is to extend the love of dance to youth.

Generated nearly $1,700,000 in revenue over 3 years selling Vitamix, the best-in-class award-winning kitchen blender at a price point 400-500% higher than the average purchase in this product category. • Commissions Earned: Top 2% annually • 3-Year Ranking: Top 10 of 432 Demonstrators • Awards Earned: • 2011 Northwest - Top Sales • Ironman • 2012 Northwest - Sales Champion • Top Sales • Ironman (x2) • Top Money List • Northwest 10 Years of Service

Northern California | Northern Nevada

• Led a team of 39 to generate $54,393 revenue over 8 holiday eventsOwned growth marketing and sales expansion in the high-performance Northern California and Northern Nevada regions by scaling a team of 39 representatives across 51 cities to test product-market fit and establish a sales lead against rival brands.

Northern California | Northern Nevada

• Led a team of 30 in product-market fit testing across 3 business lines resulting in nationwide expansion of Nature's Bakery Fig BarsOwned growth marketing and sales expansion in the high-performance Northern California and Northern Nevada regions by scaling a team of 30 representatives across 51 cities to test product-market fit and establish a sales lead against rival brands. Nature's Bakery Fig Bars are still among the most popular items in category 11 years later due to strong consumer bonds.

Northern California | Northern Nevada

• Led a team of 30 to semi-annual sales of $1,398,788 at a 34.3% operating profitOwned growth marketing and sales expansion in the high-performance Northern California and Northern Nevada regions by scaling a team of 30 representatives across 51 cities to test product-market fit and establish a sales lead against rival brands. Zipfizz Healthy Energy Sport Mix is still among the most popular items in category 14 years later due to strong consumer bonds.

Northern Nevada

• Led a team of 4 to annual sales of $240,000Owned growth marketing and sales expansion in the Northern Nevada region.

B.S., Economics

Activities and Societies: UNR Ballroom Dance Club, Entrepreneurship Club

Rank: Mountaineer, Crm, App Lifecycle, Reporting, Partner, App Logic, Database

Activities and Societies: 20,325 points across 53 badges https://trailblazer.me/id/drewfwest