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Richmond, Virginia

• Program Manager for Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Financial spreading transformation program
• Delivered current state assessments and options analysis to influence future state process
• Managing business requirement development and implementation with technology and product
• Leveraging Agile practices to deliver technology changes, API and UI development
• Establishing financial spreading automation to reduce manual data entry in improve data quality

Richmond, Virginia Area

• GE Integration Lead E2E Process Engineer
• Led $9 billion Healthcare Financial Services portfolio operating model design and implementation
• Completed business readiness activities including associate training design, development and delivery
• Designed and implemented multiple new products and processes
• Partnered with IT and Digital designers to provide requirements in developing new system capabilities and UI’sSupported Lean COE to drive E2E process improvements
• Led redesign efforts to streamline account opening and onboarding for existing customers

• Trained more than 750 employees at 6 different global companies, installing a productivity improvement program resulting in an average 12:1 ROI, utilizing LEAN / KAIZEN principles
• Self-managed an international consulting project that consisted of three sites and 25 teams
• Facilitated a project that improved process throughput by 2-3X at an annual cost savings of 750,000 dollars
• Simultaneously manage consulting projects: planning, deployment, executive summaries and ROI, with annual budgets ranging from 100,000 to over 1 million dollars
• Facilitate, design and implement operational dashboards and visual control systems that establish employee empowerment, executive alignment and business intelligence
• Helped clients realize productivity improvements in the range of 0.5 – 5 million dollars annually

Edmond, OK

• Provided market analysis and business plan development
• Created marketing materials and presentations

Austin, TX

• Facilitated the growth and expansion of a manufacturing department 2 fold, including an increase in portfolio products, headcount and expertise
• Managed a 45 million dollar reagent manufacturing department with an on-time delivery rate of 99 percent, previous OTD was 65 percent
• Provided product expertise and support for sales, customer service and R&D
• Represented manufacturing in designing and implementing new product developments, ensuring all ERP system requirements were in place prior to launch
• Facilitated, designed and implemented a visual scheduling tool integrated with SAP
• Reviewed operational processes and facilitated improvements to standardized documentation and work instructions

Charlottesville, VA

• Academic research, hypothesis testing, procedure documentation and data publication
• Provided training for student interns

Masters, Virology, Immunology And Gene Therapy

Bs, Biology