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Amherst, MA, US

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Instructor for OIM 240: Business Data Analysis.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Co-instructor of Stochastic Processes (MIE684), facilitating in-person portion of lectures with additional instructor on video conferencing. Explained and expanded lecture concepts using whiteboard, answered student questions, prepared and conducted review sessions, graded course material.

Guided and organized goals for start-up company with a product and service for reducing food waste and increasing transparency throughout the supply chain. Collaborated to iteratively scope work, develop adaptive timelines, success metrics and customer development process.

Focused and pushed the rapid product prototyping and customer discovery processes for a start-up company that provides a contactless dispensing system for high traffic coffee shops.

Brooklyn, New York

Fabricated, finished, patinated, wired and shipped high end brass chandeliers for a prominent AD100 New York designer. Built custom furniture and lighting pieces for clients like Chelsea Market, Soho House, Billy Cotton Design, Patagonia, Dallas Airport and interior design clients.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed manufacturing processes, planning, and quality assurance for iPhone and iMac accessories start-up company. Assisted CEO in successful development and launch of new products.
• Quality Control: Collaborated with vendors to establish a high standard of quality for machining, laser cutting, glass beadblasting, oil seasoning, anodizing and laser engraving processes. Evaluated standards regularly.
• Supply Chain Management: Evaluated and improved the flow of product to reduce lead times by changing delivery scheduleprotocols, creating documentation to travel with items, modifying packaging, and constantly.
• Purchasing/receiving: used QuickBooks to place POs with vendors, monitor open orders, and receive against orders uponproduct delivery.
• Inventory Tracking: Maintained accurate inventory of finished goods, WIP, and product final assembly parts. Monthlyhardcounts, clear organization and labeling in warehouse pull system.
• Bill of Materials: created and updated BOMs for current and in-development products.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed a crew of 8 to ensure Polo matches and events ran smoothly.
• Worked with owners and other staff to optimize efficiency of general operations of the Saratoga Polo association.
• Other responsibilities - ran the street promotion team, was responsible for displaying the fleet of luxury cars provided by our sponsors; Range Rover, Jaguar, Fiat/Chrystler, Volvo.

Saratoga Springs

• Completed a wide variety of tasks including, logo concept developement from sketch to final product, photo editing, brochure creation, and final layout revisions.
• Set up and utilized Saleforce CRM, conducted market research about sustainable trends and business leads in New York state.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Management Science

Activities and Societies: INFORMS UMass Student Chapter - Treasurer

Ms Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Graduate Certificate, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bs, Communication Design

Management and Business Minor