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Chicago, Il, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Promoted to a more strategic role and entrusted with helping lead Cisco’s agile transformation for multiple organizations including Product Lifecycle IT, Service and Logistics IT, and Supply Chain ITSpearheaded agile maturity roadmap to drive forward ways of working transformation across 150+ teams and multiple organizationsTook over program management of Engineering Excellence initiative to align program leaders with stakeholders, organize and improve messaging, and execute data capture and analysisDeveloped, piloted, and scaled qualitative agile maturity feedback platform resulting in 1500+ quarterly data points that are paired with quantitative metrics to provide context as well as drive quicker trend identification and course correctionDrove backlog cleanup that saw over 90% reduction in data quality issuesDefined and drove backlog improvement initiative that improved our sprint planning by over 100% across the organizationRecognized for achievements driving agile transformation at IT level (x1) and organization level (x2)

San Jose, Ca, Us

Joined Cisco in an execution oriented role. Managed early implementation of SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (BRIM) platform at Cisco. Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to establish and manage BRIM capabilities list; translate those capabilities into epics, features, and user stories

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

MBA internship during COVID, unique circumstances led to unprecedented opportunities to execute and make an impact in a short period of time. Launched new nationwide aftermarket sales channel forecast to return $7M annuallyIdentified gap in messaging between brand teams and the services teams on solicitation materials costing Whirlpool more than $5M annuallyInitiated pilot program with Maytag to address messaging alignment using A/B testing brand curated materials versus incumbent materials impacting up to 24M solicitations annuallyAudited overseas subscription and loyalty initiative, making strategic recommendations to executive committee on how to best design and implement loyalty as a service program in North America

Northfield, Illinois, Us

Built a start-up that executed North American go-to-market plans for electronics manufacturers in China and TaiwanExperience building and managing sales and distribution networks for clientsEstablished global distribution channel via Mouser Electronics focused on capturing prototyping and small batch manufacturing runs, resulting new customers in 35+ countriesManaged relationships with 6 regional manufacturers representatives firms totaling 50+ salespeople covering the U.S.A, Canada, and MexicoGrew qualified pipeline over $100M for each clientExtensive global travel, significant time spent in China

Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Us

Outside sales. Represented 20+ overseas electronics manufacturers in Illinois and Wisconsin. Grew book of business from $1.5M to over $3M annually. Implemented Salesforce to consolidate and track sales efforts and improve pipeline reporting. Led customer’s manufacturing audits at factories located in China and Taiwan.

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Inside sales. Managed IT needs of over 200 small business accounts exceeding $1M of annual business in the Pacific Northwest with companies totaling less than 100 employees. Generated account growth and repeat business leading to over 100% growth on targeted focus accounts.

I founded Tempest Investments with the intent to provide financial news in a simple, approachable manner in an effort to make the financial markets friendly enough for people to understand the market movements at very high level daily without substantial time investment or background knowledge.Managed website content, small advertising budget, weekly newsletter publishing, and social media presence. Wrote and edited other's articles for daily publication online and for the weekly newsletter distributed electronically.Managed licensing and registration required as well as accounting duties necessary.Dissolved 2012.

Analyzed policy cancellations of agencies involved in “Book Consolidation”.Analyzed and reported on inconsistencies and outliers related to book consolidation practices.Performed cost benefit analysis relating to existing client correspondence business practices and worked closely with management across multiple sites to review processes and provide recommendations.Built a small database used during book consolidation deals utilizing Microsoft Access and Excel to assist with tracking, reporting, and analyzing new business and customer interactions.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing, Strategy

Bachelors, Accounting

High School Diploma, General Education