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Portland, Me, Us

Biddeford, Me, Us

Portland, Maine, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Stepped down from my CEO position in September 2022 after our exit to PE. Assisting with the transition until March 2023 by selecting my successor who I trained up over the past few years.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Bootstrapped ($0 raised) from idea to a profitable business with $5m+ in ARR, 100% YoY Growth every year, lots of fun building and working with clients in an impactful way, and a successful exit to PE. Upright Labs had two divisions; Software & Service. Our software was the OS for secondhand retailers (like Goodwill) to sell $100M’s/yr across millions of unique products. The OS powered everything related to the e-commerce operation; item tracking, photography, listing, inventory management, real-time shipping comparison, financial reporting, employee productivity, and more. Service arm consulted with 50+ clients across North America to streamline operations, reduce waste, and increase profit. We had many success stories including; average client revenue growth of 40% YoY, designing 3+ million square feet of warehouse space, turning millions of pounds of clients waste into re-usable product, turned around retail operation losing ~$5m per year to making $5m per year in less than 24 months, and so much more!

Building technology for selling clothing multichannel.

Startup Village was created in partnership with the University of Maryland to offer affordable housing to students and alumni whom were pursuing their startup endeavors full time.

Exploration of the secondhand clothing sector.

Owned and operated a quesadilla food truck in Prince George's County Maryland. Managed, oversaw, and sub-leased two high foot trafficked properties to fellow food truck operators.

Fashion technology company utilizing computer vision to enable algorithmic suggestions to build outfits for users based on items in their closet(s).

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Oversaw, trained and recruited twenty-five directors and 100 volunteers. Direct reports were in charge of budget and grant preparation, financial planning, fundraising, event planning, logistics, security planning, day to day operations, and advocacy work.The event had 1900+ people in attendance and over $143,000 raised.

At age fourteen, I started the not-for-profit program, Carnivals For Children On Wheels which brought dozens of free carnivals to over 4000 youth who were underprivileged, mentally and physically disabled youth, and/or those with life threatening illnesses. Oversaw 100+ volunteers, expansion strategy, product sourcing, location scouting, fundraising events, corporate sponsorship, marketing strategy, and creating partnerships with non-profit organizations.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Double Major In Supply Chain Management And Operations Management

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