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• Collaborate with founders to define company values and execute mission, prepare succession plans, and ensure operational efficiency while serving taprooms, 300+ local accounts, and distributors in 4 states
• Achieved 10% increase in EBITDA and 12% increase in gross profit margin in initial year
• Manage 6 directors across marketing, production, front of house, sales, distribution, and admin departments
• Direct comprehensive financial strategy and projections, operating budget, COGS reduction, departmental KPIs, rigorous GAAP bookkeeping, and cost optimization while maintaining product quality
• Earned “Green Brewery” BetterBev Recognition, awarded for environmental impact, including diversion of 700K lbs spent grain from landfill to cattle feed, 31% below benchmark water consumption, local.
• Supervise >$100K community engagement program focused on uplifting local non-profits

• Improved staff retention (+10%) and productivity (+11% in revenue per employee)
• Onboarded 150+ employees over 3.5 years, managing professional development trainings, payroll, benefits and compliance
• Developed scalable staff infrastructure, including employee policies, DEI hiring strategy & fair compensation practices

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Directed supply chain, forecasting and inventory across 3 locations. Led waste reduction effort that increased batch yields by 50%. Developed performance metrics to gauge efficiency, negotiated and administered $1.4M+.
• Established compliance with FDA, TTB, OSHA, DOR, and various state / local regulatory bodies, completing reporting requirements, license renewals, and coordinating external audits
• Executed company-wide pivot to retail operations and e-commerce during COVID-19 shutdowns, introducing DTC shipping, and adapting distribution, resulting in +20% wholesale revenue and +150% site retail revenue
• Supervised retail operations team of 70 across two taprooms and a coffee shop that accommodated ~500 patrons

Cambridge, MA

• Founding employee, facilitating organization design, buildout and service model with owners
• Proposed, researched, and implemented capital investments from CBA to installation, including enterprise resource / inventory management software, cloud computing / productivity software and in-house canning line

Boston, MA

• Casework for global pharmaceutical and medical device clients included commercial opportunity assessment, competitive threat analysis, and broad portfolio development strategyPrimary disease areas covered: cancers and.
• Conducted primary and secondary research, interviewed key medical and pharmaceutical stakeholders to obtain perspectives on existing and upcoming therapies and clinical trial objectives
• Advised a global pharmaceutical manufacturer on strategic initiatives for their meningococcal vaccine franchise, driving a 10% market share increase from 2016 to 2025 through targeted recommendations
• Developed engaging exercises to facilitate productive brainstorming among international advisory board members and client participants

Middlebury, Vermont

• Crossroads Cafe is a student-run business at Middlebury College
• Developed new café model / menu, streamlining front of house operations, and inventory records, augmenting revenue (4x), profitability (1.5x) and unique customer count (3x)
• Recruited, hired, and supervised 35 student employees, ensuring the highest degree of customer service, directing all employee trainings and performance reviews
• Consulted with buildings committee to improve aesthetics of student center and café space
• Cultivated relationships with local coffee roasters and 15+ food manufacturers to offer organic products at affordable student pricing
• Promoted to manager within five months of hire

Middlebury, VT

• TA for Physics 0110 - Electricity and Magnetism
• Coached undergraduate students on difficult concepts and equations in weekly review sessions, informed professors of any trends in misunderstanding of course material
• Offered comments and tips on problem solving techniques while grading homework

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Evaluated financial industry journals for innovative and practical trading strategies
• Edited strategies and results into compact, informative reviews highlighting excess returns, data universes, portfolio constructions, and main ideas
• Presented analysis weekly to the global head of equity and a senior portfolio trader, clarifying strategy pros/cons, and consolidating discussion notes on ease of implementation and areas for further research

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Center for Quantum Devices, NBI, University of Copenhagen Research Advisers: Professor Susan Watson, Middlebury CollegeProfessor Charles Marcus, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
• Trained to operate cleanroom equipment at Harvard’s Center for Nanoscale Systems in Cambridge, MA
• Built radio-frequency dispersive readout circuits to record resonator quality factors for further analysis, consolidated and maintained a detailed lab notebook of procedures and results
• Soldered and wired samples for cryogen-free dilution refrigerators at temperatures of ~ 17mK, investigating charge sensing of carbon nanotube double quantum dots

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Branded products for international donation campaigns (e.g. Coca Cola’s Arctic Home cans, WWF plush animals/branded board games, etc.) with WWF’s Licensing Team
• Organized mailings to CEOs of environmentally impactful companies
• Opened communication with global companies for future financial and nonfinancial partnerships
• Researched facts for “fun facts” product inserts; edited English-language packaging

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physics, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Rho, Intramural Squash and TennisCollege Scholar (highest academic honor) all.

Summa Cum Laude