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• Spearheaded analysis of TxDOT bid data to uncover systematic underbidding by infrastructure commodity manufacturer• Collaborated with multifunctional team to shape U.S. Army ERP strategy, recommending changes affecting $1bn budget

Lake Zurich, Illinois

• Founded new greeting card company to target millennial greeting card buyers with simple and personal greeting cards, provided a stark contrast to store bought cards with glitter, plastic packaging, and glossy graphics• Launched a web store and crafted advertisements using Facebook and Google ad services, achieved engagement rate greater than 10% versus industry average of 1%

Long Grove, Il

• Managed new client onboarding by automating quality assurance for 250 Nebraska school districts, eliminating two redundant roles, preventing embarrassing claim errors, and saving Fairbanks approximately $120,000 annually• Collaborated with internal and external software developers regarding Fairbanks’ proprietary claims software to strengthen IP integrity and enhance user claiming experience, reducing errors and costly one on one training sessions• Spearheaded effort to implement Office 365 tools across organization to replace shoehorned productivity suite, outlined project steps and milestones, created use mock-ups and presented to Partners - received positive leadership feedback• Overhauled quarterly financial quality assurance measures to ensure more than 300 financial submissions were accurate and submitted on-time, worked with client team to implement new processes thereby reducing role redundancy and saving time

Deerfield, Illinois

• Coordinated teams of 5-10 people from production, distribution, and sales to ensure 1.2 million tons of explosive and corrosive product was delivered on time with considerations for safety, logistic, and legal constraints• Built profitability models and found shifting sales strategy to focus on volume of sales versus attempting to time the market was a more effective approach, production efficiency increased 10% over prior year• Leveraged linear programming models to optimize production levels of seven products, deployed rolling sales scheme, and maintained production efficiency at 97% in a challenging market• Created monthly price forecast algorithm that achieved greater accuracy than expert panel even six months in advance• Managed a long-term contract with a top five customer, centralized communication, and improved previously strained relations by being open about expectations and analyzing trends to identify conflicts ahead of time

Deerfield

• Guided a 1.2 million dollar investment portfolio, accelerated a shift away from bonds to loans as a source of revenue• Compiled annual budget, tax filings, and quarterly reporting to NCUA

• Forecasted potential market size and sales volumes ahead of four actualized and attempted acquisitions• Shaped company’s three-year strategic plan to bring five new production facilities online and modeled impact of a 25% increase in production on regional sales and distribution capabilities; drafted marketing plan for Board of Directors• Introduced new, publicly available datasets into existing data to identify previously unknown customers representing greater profit margins than existing client set

• Produced domestic and international agricultural outlooks for 21 major crops and other agricultural commodities, presented outlooks in weekly and monthly meetings and produced outlook memos distributed to senior leadership• Overhauled price and supply and demand forecasting by using multi-variate regression analysis and incorporating new and higher quality data inputs, forecast margin of error declined by 50 percent

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, Operations, Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Natural Resources/Conservation, General

Graduate with High Honors