• Co-chair of the Armed Forces Group (Booth's veteran group) and active member of the Admissions Ambassadors• Directed a product management team using Design Thinking to identify customer needs and devise an innovative solution for an international retailer, building a business case to decrease $100M in shipping costs• Awarded the Carleton fellowship, a merit-based full tuition award of 220K$ for veterans with outstanding leadership skills• Financial analysis modeling (driving strategic decision-making), operation management (enhancing customer responsiveness and cost efficiency, quality, and product variety), and marketing & competitive strategy

• Achieved an 80% reduction in quality issues and 20% reduction in labor hours as part of a team by implementing process improvement and optimizing operations for an electric vehicle OEM, resulting in millions of dollars in cost savings• Analyzed and balanced production lines, updated work standards, and enhanced material execution to streamline operations, ensuring long-term efficiency of strategic management and quality control• Collaborated with client’s industrial engineers to provide training on accomplished changes, ensuring sustainability of process improvements and long-term business development• Performed market research and analysis on global emissions trading mechanisms to assess exposure for capital goods industry; Contributed to a teaser presentation, highlighting regulatory risks and multi-million dollar exposure

• Used my free time before relocating to Chicago - traveled through Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Spain. Met with incoming Boothies in each country, learned about other cultures, and had a lot of fun!

• Initiated and implemented data analytics initiatives, tools, and methodologies to improve marketing performance and create a data-driven marketing strategy, driving a 20% increase in profitability• Built, controlled, and managed a digital mortgage marketing campaign in the US and generated over $100K in revenue p/m• Selected to take part in an across-company team; Automated report writing and sales insights processes in excel for mortgage industry analysis, cutting weekly analysis work by over 10 hours

Held a variety of positions over my ~8 years of service.• Led a 30-member cross-functional professional team, developing administrative and operational strategies resulting in a 150% increase in team proficiency year-over-year (# of successfully qualified soldiers)• Conducted a deep operational analysis to improve resource utilization, doubling fleet size to boost operational capacity by 50%• Controlled a multi-million dollar maintenance program, using business analysis to forecast costs and revamping logistics, resulting in zero operational downtime and significant cost management improvements• Optimized processes & inventory and gave recommendations to reduce 80% of cost for a vessel's long-term dockyard treatment• Oversaw and supervised cross-functional teams in charge of reading a 500T ship for departure in less than 24 hours• Initiated and executed a 3-month improvement and restructure plan and guided crew to rank 1/11 on Navy operational tests• Developed and executed a new emergency training plan, reducing weekly man-hours by 20 through revised administrative management of over 70 subordinates• One of 27 cadets to graduate (out of ~1,500 starters), specializing in mechanical engineering and operations management