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As the benefit director on the board my role is to ensure the company maintains focus on its benefit mission - supporting beekeepers and safeguarding food security.

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Support entrepreneurs participating in Purdue Westgate's Firestarter program.

LRAP Association helps colleges and universities increase enrollment, retention, and revenue. Our Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) reduces anxiety over debt-repayment, empowering students to enroll, retain, and graduate from their first-choice educational institution. LRAP is a financial “safety net” for students and their families. If a student’s post-graduate income is low, LRAP helps students repay their educational loans.

Lead teams in helping clients solve their most important strategic challenges. Primary responsibilities include managing the team, developing senior client relationships, and ensuring delivery of client impact. Received "Inspirational Leadership Award" in 2016 (1 of 6 given to non-partners each year). • Developed strategy for increasing start-up driven innovation for a major US city• Led team of four associates in identifying and co-creating plans to capture $250M through both revenue growth and cost savings for a $6B metals and mining company• Led efforts to improve team lifestyle and performance across all Midwest teams

Community Elf (www.communityelf.com) is a social media marketing firm. We create, customize, manage and promote business social media profiles. We have developed a proprietary technology to lower the cost associated with social marketing activities. Responsible for all sales, business development, marketing, and operations.•Grew revenue to above break-even with only a small angel capital investment •Hired and managed a team of 25 employees•Developed and managed over 200 customer relationships

Sourced investment opportunities for a $200M Boston-based evergreen venture fund • Introduced Cue Ball to 20 startup firms over 6 weeks with 5 moving forward to active diligence• Created liquidity waterfall and term sheet for $25M Series C investment • Managed all interns and associates to create annual investor presentation to LPs with two-week turnaround

Developed strategy for revenue growth for an online apartment search engine. Utilized lean start-up techniques to quickly iterate business model. Hired, trained, and mentored initial employees. Developed initial client relationships.• Sold company after 4 years of operations to The Rainmaker Group• Grew company website traffic to 1,000,000 unique users per month with no marketing or advertising expenditure• Created valuation and financial models used to raise $600k in angel-round funding • Led all non-technical employees in operations, HR, finance, PR, sales, business development, and marketing

Worked with project teams to understand client problems through structured data-driven analysis. Presented recommendations to senior clients and helped implement solutions through coaching. Sample cases:• Client capability building: Led client team at pilot mine site with 20 team members & 100 mechanics. Realized 200% increase in maintenance effectiveness, leading to estimated savings of $2.3M at pilot mine. Created self-sustaining culture of continuous improvement through training (e.g., SMED). Created playbook for roll-out of work flow improvements across five mines. Mentored maintenance manager to be roll-out leader.• Company restructuring: Developed revenue forecasting model for US publisher used to establish overall project cost cutting targets taking into account macroeconomic changes, anticipated shifts in marketing spend across mediums, and clients’ position within the industry (still in use by COO). Identified $56 - $64M in savings and managed five magazine titles in executing identified savings opportunities.• Firm leadership: Served as junior engagement manager for summer intern. Led Mid-West office efforts to create unified new hire training guide consistent across all North American office complexes.

Summer internship for two summers with lubricants division in supply chain. First summer with US supply chain and the second summer with global supply chain.