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Defiance, Ohio, US

• Redstone specializes in helping US-based companies produce metal castings and metal parts directly with factories in Mexico and Asia. Our team leverages a global supply chain with diverse production capabilities.
• World's first mass-market electric jet skis and electric snowmobiles, Redstone produces the aluminum die castings and stamped parts in Asia.
• One of the largest brake caliper manufacturers in the United States, Redstone is delivering a $10 Million sourcing plan to bring iron sand casting production in Mexico.
• New innovative truss stand designs for industrial solar power, Redstone produces steel ground screws and sand castings in Vietnam.

Kigali, RW

BioMassters' mission is to replace charcoal production and charcoal cooking by providing modern, affordable and low-carbon pellet fuel production and cooking solutions, based on locally produced fuel from waste materials. Our target market is urban and peri-urban households in Rwanda and beyond.

US

• Supply chain management for a company in the agricultural machinery industry. Identified quality suppliers in US and China, negotiated best pricing, built strong relationships with suppliers, determined weekly quotas.
• Reduced COGS by 12% in first 9 months
• Achieved 0 days of product stockouts in 2016 (company had 10 stockouts in 2015).
• Moved part of the supply chain overseas to Shanghai and Guangzhou, China.Planned inventory and purchasing for more than 700 custom and stock parts to assemble agricultural machinery.

Englewood, Colorado, US

Long-term financial and capital expenditure planning for water and wastewater, transportation, and sanitation departments in major cities around the United States. Investigated complex problems of public utility providers and created novel solutions using predictive algorithms, VBA code, ROI analysis, cost-benefit analysis, debt coverage ratio.

The Founder and former CEO of Marmot hired me to launch a clean-cook stove social enterprise in Rwanda. Immediately after graduating college, I packed my bags and moved to Rwanda for the adventure and real-world education of a lifetime. He and I launched a pilot operation to manufacture cookstoves and biomass fuel pellets, while I wrote the business plan.

Coordinated a team of 20 undergraduate and graduate students and two professional engineers in the design and construction of a small-scale water distribution system for a remote location in Rwanda. Designed and installed a 300W PV system at a high-school in Rwanda.

Bs, Environmental Engineering, Emphasis In Water

Study Abroad

High School