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Minneapolis, MN, US

Eagan, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Founded Stanford & Griggs to utilize in-depth experience with innovation processes to support broad array of clients in developing strategy, creating new business initiatives and building competencies required to build.
• Led client cross-functional innovation teams of merchants, designers, technologists, and marketers to launch new store-within-a-store concepts. Utilized Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas methodologies to vet.
• Built a business opportunity assessment fact base and strategic blueprint for a large national retail client to enter an emerging product category. With limited data available synthesized information from multiple.
• Constructed competitive go-to-market assessments utilizing benchmark techniques, industry research, and consumer insights data
• Performed strategic investment due diligence on behalf of private equity client
• Created structured marketing, customer engagement, and social media strategies for clients to launch and sustain new growth initiatives

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Sprosty Network is a global business strategy and innovation firm with unmatched experience in bringing technology products to scale with major consumer retailers. We are a group of best-in-class operators and disruptive innovators, who help clients build consumer technology businesses. We use lean start-up approaches, a maniacal focus on consumer.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Provide leadership for strategy development, business decision making and employee development for a $10B Home Theater business team with over 100 employees
• Drove Home Theater customer solutions strategy – identifying customer wants and needs to make the most out of their purchase with Accessories, Content, Connections, and Services (ACCS)
• Managed financial performance of Home Theater Accessories, Content, Connections, and Services solutions portfolio resulting in an 18 bps YOY improvement in Solutions % for all channels and a 45 bps improvement for.
• Provided strategic direction in the launch strategy for new technologies (i.e. Google TV) including: customer experience design, customer messaging direction, and retail training & sales strategy
• Initiated the strategic planning for the 2010 Home Theater department remodel that focused on customer insights and needs identification, retail selling strategy and tools, and merchant product and profit requirements
• Co-led the launch for the Home Theater 1-to-1 post purchase marketing campaign. The CRM campaign contributed an incremental revenue of $167M in first six months, up 12% YOY

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Managed a team to support the launch of new formats, concepts, and categories within the company, examples include Best Buy Mobile (1.0, 2.0 & Pentagon stores), Inspired Experience, Project Altitude, DJ Culture.
• Lead development of an Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy for the Emerging Business team. Researched the industry and meet all of the major players: vehicle manufacturers, charging equipment manufacturers, installation.
• In 2008, led a Growth Accelerator team to develop a digital movie strategy. Partnered with retail employees and entertainment strategy teams to construct a roadmap for Best Buy to build and acquire the necessary.
• In 2008, led developing the strategy, training, and communication plans for the “Loop Marketplace,” an internal web 2.0 tool that was designed to support the collection of new employee ideas, enable employee.
• In 2007, co-founded the Growth and Innovation Network (GAIN) designed to share the stories of past new business initiatives, detailing the journey and resulting success or failure (Failure Forums)
• In 2007, transitioned team from operational responsibility for two Chicago based concept stores into a organizational capability that can support the enterprise in creating and sustaining new formats

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Drove strategy development and managed the execution plan for the $1.1m Escape concept store
• Owned the P&L and budgets for both the retail store and the corporate support resources
• Managed the concept development team responsible for creating and implementing a retail strategy, marketing program, merchandising plan, and operational SOP for a new retail concept
• Created internal partnerships to leverage cross functional support teams from finance, legal, properties, retail operations, merchandising, and marketing

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Created partnerships with internal merchant teams and customer segments to improve both the customer experience and the Best Buy brand through customer focused retail solutions
• Developed, organized, and implemented a portfolio of high-value solutions that can address customer needs, support Best Buy retail sales and can be leveraged with our online retail channel
• Developed retail lab testing environment with Microsoft for Home Theater media center experience. Used knowledge to develop the Home Theater strategy for Media Center technology
• Managed development and implementation of a Sony Experience Store-within-a-store test. Drove financial model and budget requirements. Coordinated merchandising, solutions development, and sales development requirements.
• Supported the merchant organization transformation to migrate from merchandising silos into customer experience domains that are focused on customer experience solutions

New York, NY, US

• Built an $80 million (annual spend) business within Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities to outsource / co-source 30% of the firm’s IT application development and support efforts
• Created a diversified vendor portfolio by establishing alliances with global outsourcing companies
• Performed financial and security due diligence on sourcing partners to mitigate outsourcing risk
• Negotiated vendor contracts, task orders, and rate agreements with internal and external counsel
• Managed a team of two engineers to architect an offsite infrastructure model that supports both internal security requirements and changing technologies used in our development environment
• Directed a team of four co-sourced consultants in the development of financial, operational, and reporting tools used to manage our outsourcing business, including: Resource management, Consultant task order reporting.

As an entrepreneur, crafted strategies for small companies to get their business onto the Internet, including: opportunity identification, web presence design and creation, content revision methods, Internet email integration, and staff training

• Developed vertical applications and client customizations to several vendor accounting packages
• Managed a product development team responsible for the company's outdoor advertising accounting and operations package
• Provided technical support for internal and client hardware and networking systems
• Created and supported the company's internal time tracking and customer billing system

Mba, Strategic Management

Bsb, Management Information Systems

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