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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Forged trust-based relationships with supply-side partners generating a 66.6% reduction in operating inputs per cycle including time, labor, and chemicals, improving cash flows
• Performed end-to-end analysis on different processing strategies including toll and split, as well as led effort to formulate and implement raw material intake and inventory management practices (~11 tons/yr.)
• Developed growth and new product strategies aimed to make lasting improvements to revenue and spearheaded improvement initiative reducing costs of inputs by as much as 38%
• Led sourcing and cost negotiations for two flagship product lines – consumables and electronic devices
• Designed business development initiatives and collaborated with senior leaders to develop strategy for entry to new geographies

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Played integral role in working with federal agencies and executives in early coordination, procurement, and manufacturing effort to produce over 1 billion articles of PPE at immediate onset of COVID-19 crisis
• Assumed key position in researching and developing NCTO’s state of the American textile industry report – and its supply chain circumstances – which encompassed $64.4B in value of shipments in 2020
• Assisted in deployment strategizing of the growing TextilePAC, as well as represented NCTO at industry roundtables, speaking to direct impact of key policy developments on textile supply ecosystems
• Worked daily alongside President & CEO Kim Glas – current Commissioner of U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission – on operational deliverables and consulting efforts

Salt Lake City, UT

• Led research on and authored report communicating Impact Hub SLC’s scope of influence in the preceding year, distributed at 2019 United Nations Civil Society Conference
• Facilitated Salt Lake City Mayoral Race town hall events deliberating economic and political developments in the greater area
• Conducted grant research and communicated with Utah businesses and non-governmental organizations to establish new partnerships

• Coordinated event planning, including securing of venues and assistance with logistics
• Reporting to campaign coordinator, recruited and directed team of interns tasked with responsibilities including demographic research and key issue outreach
• Trained incoming team members on campaign management software and organizational processes