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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Boston, Ma Usa, , Us

New Castle, Delaware, Us

With my solid science and engineering background, and organizational leadership experience, I tackle complex business challenges across functions. As an adaptable, versatile, I bring value to companies across multiple industries. In addition to delivering both top and bottom line financial results, I have built robust managing processes, continuous improvement, and automated analytics tools. I approach every challenge with an entrepreneurial and innovative owner's mindset. Known for developing talent, building collaborative teams, bringing the best out of people, I deliver optimized value to all stakeholders. Customers and business partners are at the center of every business and I champion relationship building and value creation with them.

Wilmington, De, Us

Directed corporate-wide programs to address key strategic questions and enable growth through organic and inorganic pathways. Led corporate-wide business intelligence and analytics, spearheading data-driven decision-making at the C-suite level. Collaborated in crafting IR messages and anticipated external questions. Benchmarked on CapEx, SG&A, EVA, and other financial metrics to optimize capital allocation and cost structure. Orchestrated business process improvement programs. Staff to CEO / COO and reported to VP. • Launched M&A playbook, Investment proposal manual (IPM), CapEx governance and prioritization process, commercial playbook, and SG&A improvement workstream. Optimized capital portfolio to reduce CapEx >$150M. • Collaborated on M&A pipeline, screening, diligence and ventures to enhance portfolio. Synergies valued at >$50M.

Wilmington, De, Us

Spearheaded BU strategic planning and GLT decision-making process. Directed teams in strategic pricing, profitability analytics / tools, macroeconomics leading indicators, competitive / market intelligence, CRM / sales enablement, demand management, product stewardship and regulatory (PS&R), and product management. Drove commercial transformation and execution. Crafted external messages for marketing communications and investor relations. Staff to BU president. • Cut supply chain cost >$200M through multi-functional team charter, asset optimization, and project management. • Orchestrated commercial strategy and transformation for >$500M earnings impact in ~$3B revenue business. • Designed / led 5 commercial leadership summits (CLS), aligning sales, marketing, and supply chain to execute pricing. • Created / deployed commercial playbook and business processes. Launched analytics tools to simplify complex issues.

Wilmington, De, Us

Orchestrated BU 10-year plan. Integrated managing processes for GLT located in Singapore and USA. Collaborated in spin-off readiness. Leveraged organization capability and talent to build integrated ore’s business and procurement team. Led ore sourcing and business strategy to launch dynamic end-to-end (E2E) supply chain optimization model for just-in-time decision. Integrated sourcing to pay systems, launched contract templates, and streamlined processes, policies and governance. • Spearheaded >$800M procurement spent and led sourcing strategy. Led integrated ores team through contract negotiation and asset optimization by combining E2E model output with industry insight, saving >$300M in cost. • Orchestrated mining expansion strategy (make versus buy analysis) and supervised >$100M ore products sales with P&L on 2 production sites. Enhanced profitability >$20M with value-in-use pricing and operational improvement and optimization.

Wilmington, De, Us

Directed commercial team (sales, marketing, customer services) for plastics, paper, and laminates segments. Enhanced organization capability to streamline SG&A cost. Optimized CRM, demand fulfillment and OTC processes. • Increased revenue to >$500M by enhancing market position and strengthening customer relationships. • Executed commercial strategy to improve pricing, reduce terms and consignment, and enrich customer and application portfolio for >$200M earnings enhancement.

Wilmington, De, Us

Guided marketing teams to create and deploy total value sales (TVS) process, cost-to-own (CTO) tools, and global pricing improvement process. Set growth strategy and directed multi-functional teams to launch new offerings in plastics segment. Invested in lab capabilities and talent acquisition to move function to Asia Pacific (AP). • Implemented TVS and CTO processes in 2 regions, training sales, marketing, and technical teams. • Spearheaded pricing management processes and price increase in all regions for >$100M earnings impact. • Launched 2 new products through robust Stage-Gate process, growing plastics segment revenue to >$500M. Guided marketing teams on exhibitions, conferences, seminars to increase brand recognition support commercialization. • Gained 5% market share and enhanced customer portfolio value through AP-augmented capability.

Wilmington, De, Us

Wilmington, De, Us

Ph.D., M.S., Chemical Engineering And Biochemistry

B.S., Chemical Engineering