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Lexington, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Leads the design, development and launch of technical sustainable procurement and supply chain programs which drive organizational progress towards responsible sourcing. Includes category-specific sustainable procurement guidance, measurement programs to evaluate system-level, supplier-level, and product-level sustainable purchasing best practices, and the.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for providing strategic sustainable purchasing coaching and guidance to government, higher education, and private sector members in alignment with organizational-level initiatives, goals and impacts. Co-managed the ongoing advancement of member programs such as guidance, measurement systems and events to further support ongoing.

Greater Boston Area

Partnered with cross-functional executive management to establish and execute a process for new hardware and software product releases in a global telecommunications start-up. Established and managed a hardware "demo depot" to support sales development, field trials and global trade shows.

Greater Boston Area

• Responsible for the strategy and execution of greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts achieved through global supply chain environmental waste and energy reduction initiatives; led assurance and improvements in.
• Partnered with key stakeholders and subject-matter experts to develop a supply chain emissions reduction roadmap addressing key reduction opportunities
• Led the development of a methodology to track and forecast emissions reductions in an outsourced supply chain
• Leading a team of sustainability coordinators responsible for identifying and implementing environmental waste-reduction opportunities. Past year’s results achieved over $7.4M and a total reduction of 562 tons of waste.
• Utilized six sigma green belt techniques to identify root cause and provide solutions for IT systems-architecture challenges involved in “greener” order fulfillment processes.
• Responsible for environmental compliance data reporting process & tools development to support global packaging regulations

• Senior PM responsible for a supply chain operations management development program, and functional-specific, role-based learning.
• Led engagement with senior executives to establish, monitor and adjust as necessary to meet program objectives.
• Designed and developed learning solutions to balance needs and budgetary allocations by leveraging existing training, external vendors and partnerships with local universities.
• Developed and deployed promotions for courses and events, including website creation to manage both communications and learning.

• Responsible for new product development, supply chain readiness, release and global ramp of new products in the Edge Routing Business Unit (ERBU). Product lifecycle support of sustaining products.
• Primary point of contact to R&D engineers and executives on all issues related to releasing new products on time to the supply chain and customers.
• Led the Supply Chain organization through all facets of multiple global product launches including project timelines, supplier selection, prototype build management, risk analysis, orderability readiness, production.
• Co-led an effort with Engineering to justify and win a $7.2M investment award to redesign a custom ASIC expected to yield $15.3M in annual savings.
• Worked with a local acquisition to develop a supply chain integration project plan, including timelines, risks and mitigation plans to ensure success.

• Demand Planning Manager – Supply Chain Operations Responsible for $500M revenue build per year for the Content Networking and Edge Routing Business Units.
• Developed and drove supply and delivery strategies with the suppliers in order to achieve revenue build, inventory and lead time goals.
• Maximized revenue potential by partnering with Marketing, Sales and Finance to analyze forecast trends and accuracy, in order to improve forecast quality and execute build upside capability.

• Responsible for new product development, release and ramp of the next generation Content Services Switch. Product lifecycle support of sustaining products.
• Introduced the next generation Content Services Switch (CSS) for revenue shipments by leading and aligning the manufacturing team to meet critical milestones (>$100M/year)
• First point of contact to the cross-functional team and the contract manufacturer for all major build-related issues on both new and sustaining products.
• Partnered with Software Engineering and Marketing to develop and implement a software licensing e-fulfillment system to maximize revenue and protect intellectual property.

• Worked in a content networking start-up which went public in March 2000 and was purchased by Cisco Systems in May 2000.
• Project manager for the implementation of virtual manufacturing, which both enabled volume production and reduced customer lead time by 30%.
• Designed and implemented business processes to handle field failures including 4-hour replacement of hardware, root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Led the Manufacturing acquisition integration team

Neenah, WI

• Led engagement with cross-industry customers for all manufacturing engineering-related issues.
• Designed and implemented factory layouts, procured capital equipment, tooling, created work instructions and performed operator training.
• On-site supervisor for the first Vendor-Managed Inventory fulfillment depot.

Menasha, WI

• Managed office renovation projects including layout, equipment procurement, resource management and project supervision
• Participated in Leadership Management Trainee Program

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Created and managed an MSDS database for hazardous materials
• Developed and implemented GMP-related process documentation