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Golden, Colorado, Us

Managed the transition from completely outsourced software development to an in-house product development group. Owned many key technology decisions in the absence of a CTO while leading the effort to establish a product-centric culture with deep attention toward user experience. Improved communication and transparency with stakeholders and increased clarity and understanding of the software development process company-wide. Developed product roadmaps and represented the product team and users during company-level strategic decision-making, addressing the reality of significant limitations due to technical debt.- Coordinated the completion and release of a fully rewritten critical web application.- Managed the creation and launch of a new mobile app.- Supervised the development of technology that expanded business operations into a new country.- Raised the quality of software deliverables after moving product development in-house and establishing effective processes and standards.- Supported SOC 2 compliance requirements related to products and technology.- Implemented numerous process improvements, increased standards, and expanded documentation and knowledge sharing across the company.- Evangelized for a product culture and mindset organization-wide.

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Transformed product group through hands-on leadership.• Worked with CEO to establish desired company culture and to align the product group with that vision. • Oversaw transformation from local team to fully-remote asynchronous international team. • Established a UX research group. • Implemented Agile, OKRs, and Outcome Driven Innovation. • Implemented standardized UI design system. • Established product roadmaps based on user needs and tech debt. • Improved designer/developer handoff.

• Increased gross sales by an average of 23% each year from 2009-2013. Maintained an average profit margin of 9%. All years were profitable.• Oversaw geographic expansion from a local niche product to a nationally distributed brand name with retail presence in all 50 states.• Supervised 20 employees and several key departments (Finance, Human Resources, Production, and Sales). Redesigned the performance evaluation process to increase employee productivity, growth and development, and job satisfaction. Analyzed evaluations of top performers to improve the hiring process.• Monitored Human Resources practices to identify and eliminate potential legal liabilities.• Developed and maintained working relationships with financial institutions, distributors, and suppliers.

• Implemented zero-based budgeting to fully evaluate all expenses, operating procedures, and practices, resulting in a 12% decrease in manufacturing costs and a 36% increase in net profit, year over year.• Eliminated production bottlenecks and increased productivity by acquiring several key pieces of processing equipment with short ROI time frames.• Created custom growth projections and determined optimal strategies for expansion into new geographic and demographic areas. Consulted with CEO regularly on strategy in multiple areas of business.• Upgraded primitive accounting practices to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).• Established a CRM for the sales department to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Us

Trading Assistant, Strategic Options Trading Group• Worked with traders to analyze and manage stock and option risk throughout the trading day.• Co-developed processes to perform daily reconciliation of stock and option positions and profit/loss for the entire trading desk.• Participated in after-hours mock trading classes to develop options trading skills and to apply concepts from options theory to produce profitable options trading strategies.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Graduate Research Assistant, John F. Brady Research Group• Designed and conducted computational experiments to study the effects of particle inertia on the sedimentation of solid particles through a viscous fluid. Research involved writing/modifying computer programs to perform the simulations, validating and optimizing programs, formulating and testing computational algorithms, designing experiments to test hypotheses and to explore interesting and previously unreported physical phenomena, and presenting results. • Trained several visiting faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate students to use the computer programs for their own research. • Served as a teaching assistant for undergraduate fluid mechanics and kinetics courses. Held office hours and individual meetings with students to address their difficulties with the material.

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Engineering Intern, Gas and Facilities Division, Liquefied Natural Gas Group• Performed computer simulations using natural gas well modeling software to forecast the potential future deliverability of several wells located at the La Barge, WY well field. Delivered a recommendation based on the developed models that upsizing the well-bore tubing in several existing wells would reliably supply the additional gas required for a processing facility upgrade. Recommendations were followed and deliverability met or exceeded expectations resulting in a total cost savings exceeding $100 million over the alternative plan of drilling several new wells.• Learned industry standards and practices for natural gas exploration, production, transport and sales.

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Engineering Intern, Baton Rouge Polyolefins, Polypropylene Division• Designed and implemented changes to a powder transport step in the production process resulting in increased plant cleanliness, improved air quality, and decreased employee health and safety concerns.• Designed improved methods for presenting plant operators with graphical information based on functionality and human-machine interaction considerations. Assisted in creation and documentation of the custom user graphics for the Honeywell TDC 3000 plant operating system with the purpose of creating a standard for distribution to other ExxonMobil sites. • Gained experience in polymer manufacturing through analysis and presentation of daily process operating data and maintenance of operational databases and website.

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Engineering Intern, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Division, Mechanical and Fluids Engineering Department, Flow Measurement Group • Worked with industry experts in natural gas metering and sampling techniques on various consulting and research projects at the Gas Research Institute’s Metering Research Facility (operated by SwRI). • Conducted a design review of a crude-oil metering skid and prover for pipeline custody-transfer metering in Mexico.• Developed fluid-mechanical models to predict liquid droplet ingestion into gas sampling probes under two-phase flow conditions.

Rahway, New Jersey, Us

Engineering Intern, Merck Manufacturing Division • Applied models and theory of industrial crystallization to determine what was causing the high rate of failure of reworked batches of product. Batches of product commonly failed final purity tests, but by FDA mandate they were only allowed to be reworked once. Recommended modified operating procedures for rework batches based on model predictions that resulted in improved second-pass approval rate and increased plant productivity.• Developed and taught training courses for plant operators to acquaint them with new operating procedures following an extended factory shutdown for maintenance and system upgrades.• Gained experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing through projects focusing on process improvement and analysis of daily operations, trending and analyzing process data, and assisting engineers in large factory-wide projects.

Boise, Idaho, Us

Engineering Intern, Wet Process R&D• Performed research in the field of semiconductor manufacturing leading to the development of novel chemistries for etch processes involving experimental manufacturing materials.• Presented research results to project engineers and department heads and gave my recommendations for the optimum composition of the etch chemistries to be implemented into production.

Boise, Idaho, Us

Engineering Intern, CMP R&D• Performed research in the field of semiconductor manufacturing leading to the development of novel chemistries for the post-CMP cleaning process of wafers containing aluminum, then an experimental material. Research was conducted in a clean-room environment and contributed toward the granting of U.S. Patent 6,265,781 eventually written by the supervising engineer.• Presented research results to project engineers and department heads and gave my recommendations for the optimum composition of the novel cleaning solution.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Master’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Master'S Of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering