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Washington, Dc, Us

Düsseldorf, De

At Future Sight, we are investing in entrepreneurs by giving them a small grant to start their business, providing basic business courses and on-going mentoring to ensure they have every opportunity to be successful.

Building partnerships with small to medium enterprises to develop robust, data driven growth strategies for international expansion, through market research, business analysis, and market insights. Created over $300 billion in new revenue for our clients, by facilitating relationships with key business leaders to ensure profitability and market share. Ensuring success through collaboration with colleagues, consultants, and foreign governments to ensure compliant import/export of goods.

Rosemont, Il, Us

Key member of the executive team at a medical society dedicated to providing advanced education to surgeons ensuring patients receive the highest quality of musculoskeletal care. Led all stages of the business development, including: market analysis, prospecting, innovation, sales & marketing plans, deal structure, contract negotiation, and relationship management. Developed and launched an internal innovation program, encouraging staff to spend up to 10% of their time developing new programs and products that increase value leading to a 5% increase in revenue the first year. Expanded corporate partnerships beyond traditional industries to all the economic drivers of healthcare.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ie

Led a global cross-functional sales and commercial operations team in Asia, Latin America, and the US.Grew sales 25% in two years by increasing sales within current markets and expanding geographically into adjacent markets. Overcame trade barriers by expertly navigating international political environments and government agencies. Traveled extensively around the world to strengthen relations and engage in face-to-face negotiations. Increased gross margin; and pivoted net income from –5.6% to +1.3%, by sparking initiatives which included trimming sales costs, improving operational efficiencies, and exiting three underperforming markets.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ie

Promoted to lead a global cross-functional team to exceed Asian sales targets. Maintained access in China without significant business changes, in a turbulent environment that threatened private brand/generic business model. Drove 20% sales growth in Asia, achieving annual revenue target by developing and executing a strategic plan. Eliminated $5M in cannibalization by completing marketing analysis, and formulated strategies that enabled brand owners to capture 15% market share in each retail site. Reduced products rejected from entering China port to zero by initiating a process that included labeling, content testing, and registration.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ie

Recruited to develop and implement a robust project management system including milestones, metrics, and financial analysis tools. Established a framework for strategic planning and defined goals and capacity plans for existing/potential programs to improve revenue, margins, and workplace productivity. Built a culture of accountability and provided a unified direction for new product launches, which led to proper prioritization of opportunities and prevention of potential revenue loss. Realigned management expectations on product development timelines and provided key metrics to resource-constrained departments to allow for growth. Prioritized high-potential projects and developed key milestones to make “go/no go” decisions.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Advanced to spearhead multiple pharmaceutical development projects, for Drug Delivery Division. Directed global cross-functional team to drive new combination pharmaceutical products from the lab through scale-up and commercialization. Led team to develop, ramp-up, and submit ANDAs for 4 products with projected sales of $9M to $90M annually. Led Lean Six Sigma Project to streamline material handling process, which slashed lead time to receive raw materials by 30% and elevated efficiency in raw material life cycle management by 25%. Reduced costs 25% and sped up delivery time by negotiating with vendors to batch orders between multiple locations. Delivered 3M’s fastest ever developed ANDA on a transdermal Alzheimer’s product, thus increasing customer satisfaction and securing 3 more projects.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Led team to develop 2 customer-owned transdermal pharmaceutical products. Spearheaded implementation team to launch 3 new software applications. Managed the transfer of critical documentation to new Product Lifecycle Management system, while ensuring data integrity (21 CFR part 11). Managed Six Sigma project to identify and prevent yield loss of active pharmaceutical ingredients, resulting in a 10% annual savings for the remaining life of the product.

Master Of Science - Ms, Artificial Intelligence

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba

Certificate, International Business

Bs, Bio-Chemistry