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Chicago, Illinois, US

Downers Grove, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Performed market research to help the company solicit strategic and funding partners.
• Developed and pitched the business concept for various competitions.
• Advised the company on issues related to licensing the technology from the University of Michigan.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Provided strategic direction to two software startups and made recommendations on firm decisions based on customer interviews, market evaluation including current IP landscape and potential IP strategy, as well as.
• Setup pilot demonstration sites through proactive marketing

Chicago, IL, US

• Lead the yearly budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and monthly variance analysis for regional operations.
• Performed administrative functions for company’s budgeting and planning software
• Designed and developed reports and templates in Clarity Template Builder for use in creating, modifying, and analyzing forecast and budget scenarios.
• Created various ad-hoc financial reports using MS Excel, VBA / macros, and SQL queries.

• Responsible for guiding the organization through the startup phase with an emphasis on preparing it to capture potential funding opportunities.
• Developed the company’s business plan for internal use and for sharing with potential fundersCreated the investor presentation for use in summarizing the business concept to the public
• Provided input to management regarding licensing negotiations and strategy with the intellectual property owners

• Worked closely with chief executive officers and chief technology officers/inventors to develop feasibility studies and commercialization plans that were then utilized to option technology from the University that.
• Successfully advised the teams on option agreements as well as negotiating licensing terms.
• Developed the winning proposal used to obtain a product development grant for one team.

• Developed a variety of financial and market related analyses for the purpose of evaluating potential property acquisitions and dispositions including; income statements, valuation models for internal and external.
• Lead the business case development of a property that was eventually purchased.
• Played an instrumental role in the development of a publicly available investor presentation where I performed a significant amount (~40%-50%) of the background research, compiled and sorted all background data, and.
• Created pitch books for upper management presentations and discussions.

Developing and seeking markets for an untapped alternative energy: vibrational energy harvesting. Managing start-up effort of proof of concept (product development), raising capital, market analysis and getting the word out. We are the next alternative energy!

• Developed cost analyses for customer requests-for-quote utilizing ERP cost data. Monitored the financial performance of two Strategic Business units representing $80MM in revenue.
• Updated and improved costing models utilizing Excel VBA to increase efficiency and eliminate redundancies allowing faster turnaround of customers’ proposals
• Compiled, organized, and presented monthly budget and quarterly revenue analysis to representative department heads.
• Developed and packaged various cost estimates for government and commercial customers.
• Tracked inventory costs and analyzed inventory stock for items that could be discarded or better utilized elsewhere.

• Developed a streamlined, user-friendly data gathering application using MS Excel VBA that cut the time needed to prepare monthly plant metrics reports by about 90%.
• Developed monthly labor and burden reports used for site level analysis.
• Performed various Make-Buy and Plant Closure decision analyses.
• Helped develop analytical tools for analyzing various manufacturing plants’ performance metrics and provided value-added recommendations.

Detroit, MI, US

Created technology and market assessments for new invention disclosures with startup potential. Acted as the liaison between faculty members pursuing startups and the Technology Commercialization Office, keeping track of project milestones related to grant funded research. Kept track of active technologies utilizing an MS Access database.

Burnaby, B.C., CA

• Led redesign of the low-voltage power electronics of a 100kW inverter resulting in a 50% reduction in electrical noise, which resulted in the traction inverter system meeting customer specification
• Managed 3 to 4 concurrent development projects, each at different stages of the product development cycle.
• Developed and updated documentation including; engineering specifications, Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis reports, bills of materials, 8D reports, quality reports, engineering change orders, etc.

Masters Of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Mba, Business

Bs, Aerospace Engineering