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Kerrville, Tx, United States

Kerrville, Tx

Northern Colorado

Professional consulting services for early stage startups requiring strategic planning, sales funnel design, operations optimization, funding strategy and leadership development.• Over 8-month engagement at Kiinja Corp (high volume, fully automated CO2 supercritical fluid extraction equipment manufacturer) created and drove go-to-market sales and marketing strategy, defined technology roadmap incorporating necessary strategic partnerships and recruited board of director team resulting… Show more Professional consulting services for early stage startups requiring strategic planning, sales funnel design, operations optimization, funding strategy and leadership development.• Over 8-month engagement at Kiinja Corp (high volume, fully automated CO2 supercritical fluid extraction equipment manufacturer) created and drove go-to-market sales and marketing strategy, defined technology roadmap incorporating necessary strategic partnerships and recruited board of director team resulting in a clear company strategy and acceleration of $250k series B investment funding.• During 4-month engagement at Hexmag LLC (firearms accessories), implemented financial planning and controls, sales and operations planning process, product roadmap/commercialization planning, employee engagement strategy and restructure of company to a more variable Opex structure. Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Successfully led a high performing engineering, quality, global strategic sourcing, global logistics, distribution and Americas/EMEA/APAC/WOFE regional operations team supporting multiple consumer product brands. Reported to President/CEO.• Championed engineering, quality and supply chain capability to scale revenue from $450M to $1.1B (2012-2016).• Achieved a 37% year over year improvement in product commercialization time-to-market, cost and quality performance by forming and… Show more Successfully led a high performing engineering, quality, global strategic sourcing, global logistics, distribution and Americas/EMEA/APAC/WOFE regional operations team supporting multiple consumer product brands. Reported to President/CEO.• Championed engineering, quality and supply chain capability to scale revenue from $450M to $1.1B (2012-2016).• Achieved a 37% year over year improvement in product commercialization time-to-market, cost and quality performance by forming and providing executive sponsorship of multiple project teams Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Utilized supply chain leadership skills in strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, logistics, compliance, data control, purchasing, S&OP planning, warehousing, distribution and transportation for Americas/EMEA/APAC regional fulfillment operations. Reported to President/Global General Manager(s). • As a result of reengineering of global fulfillment product configuration strategies, launch of vendor performance management system and optimization of logistical processes… Show more Utilized supply chain leadership skills in strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, logistics, compliance, data control, purchasing, S&OP planning, warehousing, distribution and transportation for Americas/EMEA/APAC regional fulfillment operations. Reported to President/Global General Manager(s). • As a result of reengineering of global fulfillment product configuration strategies, launch of vendor performance management system and optimization of logistical processes, delivered a 17% ($51M) MCOGs improvement in 2 years.• Championed implementation of “voice of customer” initiative for carrier, retail, e-tail and distribution customers. Customer satisfaction average score improved from 2.2 to 4.1 (scale of 1-5) and resulted in an estimated $50M annual incremental revenue increase• Sponsored a highly motivated department team to improve employee engagement feedback from 66 to 92 (scale 1-100) Show less

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Defined and implemented strategies to accelerate company technology development and rapid manufacturing scale-up to include direct material vendor-managed inventory, capital equipment acquisition, MRO/factory spare part replenishment, production planning, semiconductor tool fabrication, global distribution and order-to-cash fulfillment. Directed the development and implementation of all supply chain IT systems. Dual reporting to CEO and COO. • As the 3rd employee of 420 employees… Show more Defined and implemented strategies to accelerate company technology development and rapid manufacturing scale-up to include direct material vendor-managed inventory, capital equipment acquisition, MRO/factory spare part replenishment, production planning, semiconductor tool fabrication, global distribution and order-to-cash fulfillment. Directed the development and implementation of all supply chain IT systems. Dual reporting to CEO and COO. • As the 3rd employee of 420 employees, contributed leadership to scale and evolve organizational structure to achieve company objectives• Established processes for product order planning, fulfillment and product distribution in Southeast Asia, USA and Europe resulting in greater than 99% on-time delivery to customer requirements• Sponsored the deployment and process engineering of Microsoft Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning platform.• Drove vendor continuous improvement strategy and managed cross-functional implementation according to technology, quality, responsiveness and responsiveness objectives• Member of senior management Tiger Team responsible for the creation of Product Lifecycle Management process Show less

Loveland, Colorado

Accountable for manufacturing cost of sales, manufacturing quality, new product introductions and revenue delivery for the California Semiconductor Test Division. Accountable for $90M annual operating budget, direct staff of 5 managers and extended staff of 55. Reported to General Manager.• Reduced North America operations manufacturing overhead by greater than 10% via 3rd party, co-located manufacturing partnership• As a result of global manufacturing consolidation, managed the… Show more Accountable for manufacturing cost of sales, manufacturing quality, new product introductions and revenue delivery for the California Semiconductor Test Division. Accountable for $90M annual operating budget, direct staff of 5 managers and extended staff of 55. Reported to General Manager.• Reduced North America operations manufacturing overhead by greater than 10% via 3rd party, co-located manufacturing partnership• As a result of global manufacturing consolidation, managed the closure of the Loveland site operations and ensured a successful product line transfer to contract manufacturing partner in China Show less

Loveland, Colorado

Accountable for cross-functional direct management of Strategic Procurement, Materials Engineering, Order Administration, Planning, Technical Information Services, Coordination and Logistics (4 managers / 40 total extended staff). Reported to Director of Manufacturing.• Reduced days of inventory by 30% within 9 months through Lean and Six Sigma methods• Reduced bill of materials cost for two capital equipment product platforms by 34% through supply base consolidation, value… Show more Accountable for cross-functional direct management of Strategic Procurement, Materials Engineering, Order Administration, Planning, Technical Information Services, Coordination and Logistics (4 managers / 40 total extended staff). Reported to Director of Manufacturing.• Reduced days of inventory by 30% within 9 months through Lean and Six Sigma methods• Reduced bill of materials cost for two capital equipment product platforms by 34% through supply base consolidation, value engineering, e-bidding and direct vendor negotiations. Total 3 year savings of >$24 million• Led deployment of Kinaxis RapidResponse supply chain planning software to reduce production scenario planning capabilities from 4 days to 3 hours.• Championed the successful business unit implementation of Oracle’s enterprise resource planning platform Show less

Loveland, Colorado

Drove Automated Test Group contract manufacturing (CM) strategy, eventually leading outsourcing of Agilent’s 3070 in-circuit tester to Singapore.• Ensured compliance and realization of Singapore Pioneer tax benefits• Cut project timeline by 50%, ensuring realization of outsourcing benefits 2 quarters ahead of most aggressive projections.• Created/implemented strategic alliance management model between Product Generation, Order Fulfillment and contract manufacturer.

Sao Paulo, Brazil / Boise Idaho

Established HP LaserJet’s first completely outsourced manufacturing operation. Hands on experience in every phase of the operation set-up, from supply chain development to delivery and support. Major focus: global tax alignment, organizational design, strategic alliance development.

Boise, Idaho

Responsible for aligning HP’s outsourcing strategy with supply chain objectives. Ensured $500M+ annual supply chain transitioned smoothly during a divesture to a tier 1 CM (Jabil Circuit, Inc.). • Led cross functional team to modify contractual, financial, logistical and planning processes to support divestiture of two PCA manufacturing sites (Bergamo, Italy and Boise, Idaho) to Jabil Circuit, Inc.. • Recommended, negotiated and established flexibility boundaries for 5 HP… Show more Responsible for aligning HP’s outsourcing strategy with supply chain objectives. Ensured $500M+ annual supply chain transitioned smoothly during a divesture to a tier 1 CM (Jabil Circuit, Inc.). • Led cross functional team to modify contractual, financial, logistical and planning processes to support divestiture of two PCA manufacturing sites (Bergamo, Italy and Boise, Idaho) to Jabil Circuit, Inc.. • Recommended, negotiated and established flexibility boundaries for 5 HP LaserJet Divisions (required development of statistical models to right size flexibility parameters for current and future products). • Assisted product line teams in the evaluation of contract manufacturer proposals to shift PCA production to lower cost regions of the world. • Developed supply chain metrics and tools to define “excellence” to present and future contract manufacturers. • Coordinated worldwide supply chain initiative to consolidate and communicate Hewlett-Packard PCA requirements to strategic suppliers via a Web-based Planning tool. Results of 4 month initiative included (but were not limited to): increased inventory turns throughout PCA supply chain (67% increase in WW turns; $3.48M annual savings in inventory driven costs); and improved contract manufacturer responsiveness to upside and downside demand. Show less

Boise, Idaho

Mim, Operations

Mba, Business Admin

Ba, International Economics

Activities and Societies: 2 term ASBSU Senator (College of Business and Economics) 1 Term ASBSU Vice President