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Austin, Tx, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Delivering business insights and KPI’s across Logistics team to ensure end-to-end accountability through machine learning and statistical models. Leading machine-learning development and projects within Logistics as functional ML developerInitiated and led a project to utilize weather disaster data to predict impact to customer shipment delays using both machine learning and AI / LLMs. Developed pallet consolidation and prediction models to save $1.6M, reduce pallet usage by 16.5%, and green carbon savings of 10.5M kg CO2e.Identified $3M in supply chain optimization models using Gurobi to assist Inbound Logistics in understanding the truck utilization, ship costs, and environmental impacts of carrier consolidation.Automated Logistics processes that were previously manual to hands-free automation and reduce over 500 work hours per week spent by teams.Leading and mentoring Logistics team members in new skills development of python, machine learning, and statistical forecasting.

Founder & CEO of a blockchain-enabled supply chain analytics solution. Aimed at bringing stronger data security and insightful analytics across industries, Yutopy's main goal is to unite end-to-end partners with a trusted source of data.Utilizing the benefits of blockchain to drive data transparency and accuracy.Established a blockchain network that connected a NoSQL database to store supply chain information for data science and data analytics.Developed machine learning and optimization models to utilize supply chain data to recommend actions and insights to clients.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Working with Quick Service Restaurant industry leaders like McDonalds, Chick-Fil-A, and Starbucks to develop cutting-edge supply chain technology solutions to drive better insights and faster innovation than the competitors. ● Partnered with client to identify & recommend risk mitigation solutions, driving an incremental 15% decrease in client’s supply chain risk index scores through strategic capacity, contingency, inventory management, geography, financial, & labor factors to reduce supply & product transition risks in a 5-year outlook.● Developed holistic process to stratify U.S. commodity market & tariff impacts on clients supply chain financials, creating an automated real-time market tracker via Python to assess changes and drive financial cost positions.● Managed end-to-end project strategy, identifying and coordinating clear goals in ambiguous project scopes for supporting consultant team resources through to successful client deliverable.● Enabled clients to easily action on supply network optimizations through strategic identification of new supply lines and U.S. labor market shifts.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

As part of the Inventory Policy Calibration team, this newly created team’s goal is to deliver and maintain a harmonized, end-to-end inventory and supply chain policy across system and offline capabilities. As the first analyst in this new position, I had the exciting opportunity to carve my own path within the team and work with business partners in various supply chain departments. Acting as an internal process consultant, I work on project teams to review and optimize how various supply chain and inventory teams capture demand, make stocking and destocking decisions, forecast future demand, assign planning values, and place purchase orders. Within Grainger Supply Chain, the primary focus when pioneering this new dept is program classification, national company policy establishment and monitoring, investment prioritization, advising on network simulations, and department education.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Managed branch inventory movements across the East Coast in collaboration with field leaders while utilizing CI mindset to implement new Tableau reports to modernize outdated process steps and prevent gaps in forgotten actionables in requests process.Lead inventory manager for large customers Target, ACBL, Entergy, City Facilities, etc. on inventory order movements throughout network to fulfill priority peak season demand and supervision of large project-based purchase orders.Automated Demand Sensing process to proactively track recent large demand spikes on products to preemptively identify opportunities for inventory infusions to prevent availability risks from a process that needed 3 software tools and 8 hours a week to 1 tool taking 10 minutes.Automated Large Purchase Requisition Review process to evaluate new daily requisitions without a network need before becoming Purchase Orders for a $2 million/month cost savings.Project leader on managing, forecasting, planning inventory investments, and product distribution for annual Ohio AC program across a diverse 10-person cross-functional team.Created forecast on new Ansell glove SKU future demand for 6+ months using Tableau exponential seasonal trend modeling based on like category item demand history for supplier inventory planning for global Grainger customer future usage.Taskforce team member to understand Zoro subsidiary’s influence on internal US business and present suggestions to Inventory leadership team on improving impact on availability metric dragOnly non-senior role personnel on KeepStock investigation project team leading group to understand programs’ negative effect on Order Performance Management Metric and provide insight and suggestions to Global Supply Chain leadership on root cause analysis and process improvements.

Director and partner in small start-up businessOversee day-to-day activities for events across the Midwest regionKey point of contact for customer relations and managementSupervisor for transportation logistics and implementation of products and services from B2C

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Marketing, Sales and ServiceParts Supply & LogisticsNew Model & Special ProgramsI developed an Alteryx tool and database after self-teaching this new software, to track production rack fleets associated with sheet metal service parts. It links service parts to both final assembly and WIP racks and serve as a living data repository for critical rack information. The database is being used to perform analyses of forecasted sales and generate reports that would tell which rack fleets are at risk of not being able to contain future peak demand needs before the constraint occurs. Using Alteryx, a new visual mapping query tool, my program reduces Ford expenditures associated with backorder logistics expedites, reduced production rack constraints and purchase costs of new racks allocated for service related to demand fluctuations in addition to balance-out/all-time-buy options, and decreases operations time-cost of backorder and rack constraint efforts. Measureable Completed Objectives & GoalsCompleted Alteryx database that tracks and analyzes sheet metal rack fleet capacity/constraintsDocumented process for obtaining updated rack fleet information that needs to be included in the databaseOutput reports that notify the appropriate personnel to take action to procure additional racks, when neededImplemented new sustainable tool for annual and peak monthly demand forecasting Future parts supply fill loss avoidance due to rack constraint prevention, avoidance of expediting costs to and through department and backordered dealers.Increased constraint management efficiency and reduced process timeImproved customer satisfaction through backorder prevention and operations work reduction

Farmington, Ct, Us

Global Corporate non-product supply chain Operations & LogisticsProvided data analysis in support of $200M in Logistics IHWA RFQ that resulted in about 10% savingsCreated commodity-wide spend report and data management systems for supplier relationsInstrumental in creation of strategic presentations for senior executive managementACE tools management and leadership on SharePoint organizationManaging leader in SAP and contract management database creationKey team member in obsolescence management VSM and new supplier process Kaizens

East Lansing, Michigan, Us

I managed daily operational activities, supervising inventory management practices (ex. FIFO), leading team members in sharing best practices in providing exceptional customer service and satisfaction.

Lead manager in all the social media and online promotions for product sales.Supported data organization of historical spend, products, and future potential markets for expansion.Key team member in producing and editing music for future sales.

Leading team member in operational activities including inventory management and procurement.Provided excellence in customer service with patrons from all different backgrounds, cultures, and personalities.Saved distressed and drowning victims

Taught English to kids in grade school for my school district.Helped adjust kids to living and interacting socially with classmates of different cultures.Helped me improve my people skills with people of all ages.

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Specialized in Esophageal Cancer treatment and detection.Honed attentativeness to detail and precision.Researched the use of the OPN protein-marker as an early detection tool for multiple types of cancer.

Master Of Computer Applications - Mca, Applied Data Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

High School