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Windermere, FL, US

Partnered with NCA to raise a fund for the acquisition of a Food & Beverage manufacturer on the West Coast.

Fullerton, California, US

• Led the search, due diligence, and acquisition of food manufacturer in Southern California. Rolled assets into a new standalone startup to serve as King’s Hawaiian’s innovation and pilot production arm, while creating.
• Grew topline revenues by 99.4% in year one, while onboarding two new major strategic customers.
• Full oversite and P&L management for the new entity.
• Created mission, vision, and strategy for the company, while leading an organization of 180 employees.
• Implemented many initiatives including a PowerBI based data analysis system to understand KPIs and more effectively manage operations.
• Improved employee retention metrics, implemented training programs, and led the adoption of a performance-based compensation plan.

Torrance, California, US

• Built a new product development organization that utilized pioneering techniques to enable rapid innovation at a reduced cost with a 3x improvement on the industry success rate.
• Spearheaded development of a portfolio of over 40 new consumer products per year.
• Responsible for P&L and commercialization of over 16 new products on ecommerce, while reducing development costs by 85%.
• Collaboratively developed with Sales Team new real-world testing methodologies to replace inefficient industry wide practices resulting in increased speed and 84% cost reduction.
• Integrated multiple sources of data into a BI tool to create a new model for analyzing product testing.
• Granted first 4 patents in company’s 70-year history.

Torrance, California, US

• Led cross-functional project team to commercialize 7 new products, including expansion into entirely new categories.
• Rapidly introduced a new SKU to save relationship with largest customer in under 3 months from concept to shelf.
• Implemented Stage-Gate process to manage portfolio of large enterprise wide projects.
• Built tools and procedures to standardize the project management discipline within King’s Hawaiian.

Los Angeles, California, US

Culver City, California, US

Deerfield, Illinois, US

• Led a multi-million dollar upgrade of a cleaning system to align with cGMP practices in a manufacturing facility for the production of plasma protein therapies. Project was completed on an accelerated schedule and.
• Responsible for managing multiple projects concurrently including two of the top projects in the Los Angeles facility.

Irving, TX, US

• Responsible for managing a global project with a capital budget of $3.2M, and resources in 7 countries.
• Led a team of several engineers on design, procurement, installation, and commercialization of an innovative product improvement across four countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• Managed a project with responsibilities for engineering, budget coordination, and managing external contractors to create a new nonwovens pilot line capable of producing a developmental wet wipe.

Irving, TX, US

• Led process team within Kimberly-Clark’s international diaper expansion program responsible for commercializing seven new multi-million dollar diaper machines around the world, including two in entirely new.
• Successfully lead a team of engineers to develop and implement a first of a kind process capable of improving machine uptime and efficiency. Resulted in yearly cost savings of over $600k/machine/year.
• Teamed with staff and contractors to design and implement a system capable of producing a new product on an existing converting asset. Product reached market 6 months ahead of schedule and 24% under budget.
• Championed a new product feature from exploratory to commercialization stage, including the publication of a white paper in an industry journal.
• Collaborated with product developers while leading an engineering effort to grow sales volumes and production efficiency on converting assets through product improvements.

• Performed finite element analysis and CAD modeling for new product development.
• Compiled several failure mode error analysis reports for submission to the Department of Defense.
• Designed a hydraulic actuator for the F136 engine to be implemented on the Joint Strike Fighter.
• Managed a redesign program for a differential pressure indicator, by coordinating design, testing, manufacturing, and purchasing processes.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), General Engineering

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General