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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Louisville, Kentucky Area

-Managed Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for a software development team contracted with a Fortune 500 company, focusing on smart appliance mobile application development.-Practiced Agile methodology and conducted scrum ceremonies as Project Manager including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives and Demos.

-Drove adoption of proprietary technology and business initiatives through education and collaboration with business leaders at 22 sites across North America.-Developed and implemented plans for adoption of IT products as they were developed and released. These tools included automated load tracking functionality, automated rate generation, and carrier rep.

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

-Created and delivered a business transformation plan focusing on the international utilization of Freight Optimizer, XPO’s proprietary brokerage tool.-Consulted with agencies in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania to discuss strategy, promote agent and leadership buy in, with a specific focus on addressing concerns about the process.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

-Act internally as a subject matter expert representing the second largest brokerage in North America in IT product development; these duties included assisting in writing user stories, defining business needs for product and testing.-Provide analytics to business leaders, typically pertaining to Cost of Purchased Transportation, carrier usage reports.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

-Same duties as below but with an increased emphasis on leveraging strategic carrier relationships to drive gross margin.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

-Book available freight in a cost effective manner-Source and negotiate with carrier base to move available loads (Truckload, Flatbed, and Intermodal)-Schedule pick-up and delivery appointment times-Communicate effectively with carriers and build carrier relationships-Build strong liaison relationships with XPO’s customer base.-Maintain reliable.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

-Manage capabilities within store, including stock replenishment, freight processing and proper paperwork completion. -Recruit, hire and train associates in all facets of the business.

-Served as an expansion consultant at Vanderbilt University. Grew chapter to seventy men, which is larger than campus average. Educated chapter on leadership skills and personal development.

Operated scoreboards and automatic timing systems for the University of Louisville Swim Team.

Trained and supervised a staff of ninety to one-hundred and ten lifeguards.