Research & Development

Help guide clients to improve their processes, products, and services through business and data analysis in order to improve efficiency and add value to their business.Liaise between the technology and business groups and the executive team and customers of our client. Provide status reports and recommendations to all groups as needed.Provide a combination of business analysis, project management, product management and sales support as required.

Manager to business operations and marketing departments to strategize around business development within the fastest growing industry in the market - premium CBD hemp products.• Develop branding and marketing strategies of all Bliss Wellness products.• Design and implement business development programs in the areas of e-commerce, private labelingand wholesale, including market pricing strategies.• Design product line to be competitive within the market.• Subject Matter Expert on new legal compliance requirements as defined by the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill.• Develop relationships with industry experts, including state-certified laboratories, to form partnershipsand to increase credibility in the hemp CBD industry.

Marketing / branding strategist and designer in the CBD industry.

• Operative liaison between business leadership, product owners, project managers and software developers. Analyzed business’s technological toolsets, examining their framework, content and impact on operations.• Interpreted or composed technical business requirements. Offered technological solutions to business obstacles, including cross-system functionality gaps. Tested the effectiveness of IT solutions through formal QA processes. • Proactively developed process documentation and templates used for training and as reference material. Proposed workflow improvements to management to streamline operational activities.• Transferred critical, active financial data from acquired companies’ financial systems to parent company’s native Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Resolved complex financial inconsistencies within national and international markets. • Subject-matter-expert on primary IT tools and internal applications, including: SalesForce, SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, ServiceNow and several native ERP systems.

• Conceptualized and authored a proposal to obtain funds, thereby establishing a formal labor-employer cooperative. The objective advanced building and market-share opportunities through strategic marketing, government and public affairs activities.• Encouraged expansion in non-traditional markets, focusing heavily on sustainable energy, including: wind, solar, tidal and thermal infrastructure.

• Registered lobbyist and Government Affairs liaison tasked with advancing legislative priorities at each level of government. Met with lawmakers and fellow lobbyists to expand building and infrastructure opportunities statewide. Routinely attended or testified at committee hearings at the State Capitol.• Represented the Trust at fundraisers, State and National political conventions, and other government functions. Researched relevant Political Action Committees (PACs) for financial capacity, which may support political objectives of various special interests.• Persuaded stakeholders to increase lobbying efforts around sustainable construction, including renewable energies like wind and solar. Researched, composed and delivered public testimony to the NJ Board of Public Utilities on the New Jersey State Energy Master Plan.

Accredited internship to educate students on fundamental grassroots organizing methodologies around social issues of their choosing. Course curricula included lessons in coalition building, participant recruitment, public speaking techniques, visibility generation and news conference coordination.

• Lead campaign organizer on presidential and gubernatorial elections in New Jersey or North Carolina campuses. Focused on youth-vote mobilization efforts, including: Get Out the Vote tactics and Yes We Can 2.0.• NJPIRG Student Board Chair to the U.S. Board: Lobbied congress on social issues; i.e. - Assembled student leaders to testify before the Secretary of the Interior on public investments in renewable energy.• At Rutgers, assembled a public panel around global sustainability. Notable attendees included district congressman, University trustees and environmental experts.