• Conducting extensive research and development projects in the food industry for an international client base helping construct, manage, and grow CPG and foodservice businesses• Managing an experienced team of product development professionals to create retail food products in the beverage, salty snack, frozen, refrigerated, baked good, and confectionery categories• Commercializing and launching food and beverage products for clients ranging from Fortune 500 CPGs to locally based start-ups• Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships among food and agriculture industry professionals, experts in consumer marketing and insights, and leaders of the food-based start-up economy

Co-founder and Advisor for this emerging brand of natural sports beverages. At Smootch we believe in a better, healthier future, and are on a mission to scale regenerative agriculture and promote well-being.

Gladius is a brand new Saas platform focused on the digitization of food safety traceability and production KPIs built specifically for SME food manufacturers. Gladius fills the gap for food businesses who need a practical solution to inventory control and lot code tracking, without the headache, high-costs, and poor adaptation of an off-the-shelf ERP system.

• Leader and project manager of a 6-person team creating innovative food products for some of the world’s largest CPG companies • Working directly with the executive team as a lead account manager and technical liaison charged with maintaining strong client relationships• Managing client portfolio consisting of multiple Fortune 500 food companies• Scientific team lead responsible for all analytical testing and quality control on developed products• Co-Director of company-wide food safety initiatives and employee training• Demonstration and presentation of developed products to executive leadership teams

Selected as a participant in the UVA Darden iLab summer business accelerator program. This is a unique program offered by a partnership between UVA's Darden School of Business and the Batten Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The iLab Accelerator is a 10-week intensive program built for early stage companies who show promising opportunity for growth, helping them build and scale their businesses to prepare them for future operations.

• Facilitated the expansion of small food businesses by educating them on how to build, maintain, and aggregate their operations• Elected chair of multiple leadership and oversight committees creating programmatic evaluation tools, implementing strategic plans, and developing company policies• Managed 20+ volunteers across multiple programming initiatives • Built and maintained successful professional relationships among local business owners, universities, school systems, government agencies, and health care organizations • Generated educational programming targeting underserved communities on financial management, health and human development, and food safety and nutrition• Taught bi-lingual educational classes to Spanish speaking families and collaborated with local non-profits to integrate foreign refugees into the U.S. food and healthcare systems

• Supervised dietary departments in multiple skilled nursing facilities throughout eastern Virginia• Conducted full meal services for 125+ clients 3 times per day, 365 days a year• Managed full food service inventory while consistently implementing cost saving strategies and waste reduction practices• Oversaw 15+ member staff of which I was in charge of all hiring, scheduling, job flow creation, training, and day-to-day operations• Conducted comprehensive health assessment charting for each resident in my 112 bed facility, inputting patient data into our Momentum Healthware electronic health records system• Maintained exemplary food safety standards in the facility and among staff members• Facilitated patient and family member oriented healthcare planning sessions• Met daily with other senior administrative staff to discuss care planning procedures that provided optimal care to our clients

• Collaborated with medical students to create presentations and meals that I would provide at local assisted living facilities, discussing health risks associated with aging• Pioneered youth Health and Wellness programs in multiple elementary school districts and local YMCA's • Conducted informative presentations discussing healthy eating on a budget, food safety, infection control, and other health and nutrition related topics for mainly underserved and low-income populations• Conducted voluntary tobacco cessation counseling for the public

• Selected as one of 8 college interns from across the nation for this highly competitive internship • Conducted counseling sessions and clinical diabetes screenings at the diabetes prevention clinic affiliated with the Norton Sound Health Corporation Hospital• Maintained clinical record keeping related to long-term patient care for patients at NSHC• Provided pre-maternal health counseling to soon-to-be Native Alaskan mothers flown into Nome, AK from remote neighboring villages• “Summercize” Program Instructor – Independently created and implemented 8 weeks of nutrition education and physical activity programming for Native Alaskan youth, ranging from ages 5-16