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Naperville, Il, Us

Lisle, Il, Us

•Manage the strategic planning for a $1.7B dollar business supporting over 30 plants globally. •Responsible for planning strategy, product LT’s, inventory excess, safety stock, service levels and supply escalations on 570K material-plant combinations. •Led the pilot, development and implementation of Kinaxis Rapid Response for Supply Planning on behalf of the Division. •Played a lead role in defining and developing the S&OP process for the division, garnering support from key stakeholders and rolling the framework out globally. My team helped to release the initial deployment of S&OP in the organization.

San Jose, Ca, Us

•Led a team that oversees the forecast, strategic inventory, E&O and operations strategy for a $800M business unit at Cisco.•Converted $4.2M in scrap to $2M in revenue by developing a process to support third party sales on excess supply.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Drove the recovery on multiple supplier LT extensions and component shortages, enabling recovery of $165M in revenue.• Garnered executive support for a $4.5M inventory buffer that saved the business $35M in revenue.• Managed critical supplier escalations across key commodities impacting $6B in annual revenue.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Implemented multiple landed cost models with Supply Chain Guru generating $5M in annual savings.• Led a multi-phase global shift in production. One product move drove an annual savings of $600K. I owned the quoting process, communications w/ the contract manufacturer and modeling that propelled the solution forward.• Managed and hired a team of three who supported data warehouse development and analytics for supply chain network planning. I oversaw a $500K budget, saved my department $200K in development costs and accelerated my go-live date by three months.

San Jose, Ca, Us

•Worked with a cross-functional team to coordinate and implement a company-wide playbook for Cisco International Brazil that was presented to VP’s. The playbook outlined an operational model to speed Cisco’s expansion in emerging markets.•Developed a balanced scorecard for the Globalization Enablement Board helping reduce costs and track progress towards quarterly goals.Case Competition: My team presented a solution that took 1st place. The solution transformed supply chain risk management at Cisco from a cost center to a profit center.

Lansing, Mi, Us

Led a team that developed web interfaces to internal and external systems. Developed and designed software for specific lines of insurance, generating in excess of $190 million in new business annually.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

Researched and developed an inventory software package for a medical center lab that tracked animal genetics and genealogy. I also assisted in the research of cell-cell recognition aimed at inhibiting tumor growth.

Mba, Supply Chain Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science And Engineering

B.S., Biology