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Madison, WI, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Portfolio Management: Managed a portfolio of 18 data governance and privacy projects, spanning 5 business units, 6 countries, 50 employees, and 10 vendors, delivering projects on time and on budget, protecting millions.
• Leadership: Led a team of eight experts to define, analyze, and improve 25 business processes and implement three IT tools, transforming client’s information security, achieving compliance with government regulations.
• Project Management: Led a 5-person team across four organizations to build a client’s cybersecurity program, transforming IT capabilities and increasing compliance score by 110% within 6 months.
• Strategic Business Transformation: Established a multinational project management information system by translating executive requirements into actionable configurations, processes, and training materials, successfully.
• Requirements Gathering:
• Engineered audit tracking tool to guide compliance program implementation. Compiled data from several sources enabling the client to track 250+ action items, relating to 110 requirements. Designed/configured.

Madison, Wisconsin

• Pricing Strategy: Analyzed competitive pricing to develop market-based insights and developed a value-based pricing model, improving project estimates by 45%.
• Change Management/Strategic Alignment: Established Program Management Office and implemented a comprehensive framework of processes and tools, driving improvements in stakeholder engagement, risk mitigation, resource.
• Process Optimization: Implemented resource management tools and processes to streamline therapeutics manufacturing pipeline, aligning R&D, Operations and Quality, increasing facility utilization by 40%, and decreasing.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Managed 2 therapeutic pipeline projects (GMP) with combined annual budgets totaling over $8M. Integrated the efforts of R&D, Process Engineering, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and a myriad.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

- Facilitate learning and safety for 38 students in a laboratory environment- Reinforce instruction on the principles of colorimetric, titrimetric, chromatographic, and spectrometric analyses applied to food products- Guide application of basic sensory analysis techniques- Mentor and evaluate students ability to properly record and and anlyze real-word.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Published research findings of 5 studies in peer-reviewed journals, including an invited literature review
• Managed technical consulting project for nutrition-based startup; coordinated with founder and lead scientist translating assay results into process improvements
• Awarded membership in Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp; dedicated 50 hours to case analysis, market assessment, and business principles based at the intersection of business and emerging technologies
• Constructed unit’s 1st microbiome analysis pipeline; self-taught 2 programming languages. Facilitated data analysis of 220 samples, spanning 5 separate studies. Results published in peer-reviewed journal

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Developed investor-facing multimedia products for medical technology startup; interfaced directly with CEO to craft messaging and analyze market opportunity for emerging medical technology
• Generated material to support multi-million-dollar partnership negotiations; combined client inputs with research and analysis to provide market valuation and ease of entry matrix for emerging healthcare technologies

Vilseck, Germany

• Repurposed $4.2M in equipment, leading team to engineer a no-cost solution to industry-wide shortfall and resulting in Air Force-wide implementation
• Hand-selected above peers to direct 12 professionals and 10 programs; implemented data-driven solutions to streamline administration of 5 functions
• Redistributed $6M in equipment to Air Force Supply by organizing the inventory of over 1000 items, consolidating assets from 4 locations in 2 countries
• Engineered $300K budget surplus by optimizing tracking of purchases, identifying efficiencies and eliminating redundancies in over 5,000 transactions

Shreveport, Louisiana Area

• Managed weapons and navigation systems of $84M strategic aircraft, enabling over 900 flight hours requiring daily high pressure critical decision-making
• Discovered flaw in national personnel database; coordinated with HQ to prevent decertification of 4 aircrew, preventing $40K in lost productivity
• Directed movement of 124 personnel and $300M in assets, identified 200 procedural errors, saved $2.9M. Rated #1 of 550 managers Q3 2013

Pensacola, Florida

• Led daily briefs and oversaw the administration and mentorship of 25 officers resulting in 100% delivery of trainees to USAF’s only navigator pipeline.

Princeton, NJ

• Selected as sole intern to apprentice as engineer in a pharmaceutical pilot plant. Recognized by VP, who personally requested 4-month extension.
• Increased target yield of pharmaceutical by 30% by providing technical guidance and leading process initiatives for international team.

New Brunswick, NJ

• Established the organization’s inaugural national hours tracking initiative. Received the organization’s top honor, ranked #1/11 regional commanders.
• Chaired two committees at national convention. Coordinated inputs from 8 regions to identify and prioritize projects. Insights secured funding and spurred the formation of a new national award.
• Elected by peers to lead and represent region consisting of 14 universities in 7 states at a national level. Led regional effort to market team of eight cadets, secured over 75% of the voting members endorsements.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master'S Certificate, Project Management

Master'S Degree, Food Science: Nutritional Chemistry, 3.9

Activities and Societies: SciMed Graduate Research Scholar Fellow | Institute of Food Technologists | American Chemical Society | American.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: US Air Force ROTC Arnold Air Society

M.S., Complementary Alternative Medicines, 4.0

• Master's Certificate in Nutrition • Master's Certificate in Anatomy & Physiology