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Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Mn

The Village Company, LLC (sister company to Apex International) is dedicated to making high quality personal care products for mass market, beauty, food and drug channels. Products include; Mr. Bubble, Soft&Dri, DEP, Village Naturals and La Bella.Responsibilities:-Management of supplier strategy and relationships-Domestic and China manufacturing qualification-M&A Due Diligence and post-acquisition product on-boarding-Facilitate Lean improvement events-Design for manufacturability-Bringing new products to market-COGs improvement

Apex International is a 3rd Party manufacturer of personal care products.Managed the New Product Launch Team responsible for bringing new cosmetic and OTC products to market in a GMP facililty. The team consisted of project managers and engineers and worked alongside R&D, operations and customer resources to source materials and equipment, design for manufacture, assure quality of launch and provide successful hand-off to day-to-day operations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Safe Reflections Inc. is a technology leader in providing reflective and trim solutions to the occupational safety, consumer activewear and military training apparel markets.Responsibilities:-Drive culture change focused on improving productivity, quality and plant safety-Evaluation of the competitive landscape including Five Forces analysis and market sizing-Project management - new product development-Subcontractor management

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gap International is a global management consulting company that partners with executives to produce exceptional growth through extraordinary performance.Responsibilities:-Coaching for growth at the top-level of client organizations-Program delivery at client sites in the USA, Europe and Middle East-Interpreting customer data into actionable insights-Data analytics and visulization-Business development

United States

Deployed the DuPont Production System (DPS) at plant sites across the US and Puerto Rico, implementing an integrated management system to help clients work smarter; eliminate waste; and optimize time, resources, assets, and productivity. Facilitated employee empowerment activities in the areas of teamwork, 5S, visual management, focused improvement, asset care, autonomous maintenance, set-up time reduction, and quality. Led improvement events including kaizens, focus groups, and value stream mapping.

Richmond, Virginia

Led process control and process safety efforts for the Richmond Engineering Polymers business. Ensured that robust process controls were in place to prevent nonconformities and continuously monitored key manufacturing processes and quality management systems to resolve quality and safety issues.

Wilmington, Delaware

Progressive Partners, Inc is a company that I started to provide process control and process improvement solutions to DuPont following my experience with the company as an intern.Responsibilities:-Honeywell Digital Control System (DCS) programming-User Interface design-Safety instrumentation functionality verification-Logic development for computer controls

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Residencies in Shanghai, London, Dubai, New Delhi and St. Petersburg

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: President, Omega Chi Epsilon