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Waco, Tx, Us

Waco, Texas, Us

Lead consulting engagements directly with 19+ different companies, varying from informal one-off meetings to recurring services, helping to further iterate existing workflows and automate routine tasks to improve overall business systems and efficiency. Specific Accomplishments Include:• Stakeholder Communications: Liaise with businesses ranging from single-member LLCs to publicly traded industrial companies with 90K employees to Wall Street non-profits• Strategic Planning: Developed business architecture strategies based on situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations• Architecture Methodologies: Apply structured business processes and frameworks for capturing key views of the enterprise• Enterprise Solutions: Capture tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governanceRole Includes the Following:• Work with small and medium-sized companies to help bring order to chaos• Create scalable processes and systems needed to gain insight and efficiency• Help to further iterate existing workflows and automate routine tasks• Find ways to make things happen in environments with limited resources• Turn businesses into ‘machines’ using frameworks and architecture• Align operating models with strategy

Valley Mills, Texas, Us

Oversee shipping/receiving and logistics department; also provide checks and balances for Quality Assurance, Production, and AP departments. Regularly liaise with vendors, suppliers, and customers. Specific Accomplishments Include:• Process Improvement: Implemented streamlined process resulting in decrease of between 24% to 35% in picking times for stock jobs as well as reducing processing time of regular shipment batches by 16% • Quality Control: Developed new processes, tools, and strategies to increase efficiency and quality which resulted in a reduction in shipment rejections by 87.5% • Growth Methodologies: Refined operational procedures to increase efficiency, quality, and profitability while managing labor and expenses• Warehouse Logistics: Manage inventory levels, warehousing, and shipment releases while increasing total square feet of stock space by 113% for inventory while increasing floor space • Cross-Functional Leadership: Developed more responsive customer relationships through better integration and communication with inside sales• Supply Chain Management: Implemented automation to improve the consistency of shipments and stakeholder communicationsDay-to-Day Responsibilities:• Communicate and partner with vendors, suppliers, and customers• Develop new processes, tools, and strategies to increase efficiency and quality• Manage inventory levels, warehousing, transportation, and shipment releases• Ensure that customers are satisfied and that quantity and quality expectations are met• Work with internal stakeholders to plan and implement cost and efficiency improvement projects• Monitor expenditures and supply levels, coordinate inbound shipments• Select carriers, negotiate rates and schedule outbound shipments• Supervise warehouse organization, material movement, routing, and labeling• Understand client-specific needs and requirements and incorporate processes to exceed them• Drive a forklift when nobody is watching ;)

This could also be considered professional development, travel, and even relocation. Going from 60-70 hours weeks to 10-20 hour weeks enabled me to pursue many things that had been on the back burner for too long.• Saw 11 national parks, a few weddings, multiple concerts, and a multitude of friends and family• Moved houses twice and spent several months remodeling our entire home (so much for light hours)• Started and finished TOGAF training and certification• Built my personal brand kit and website• Created novel business frameworks and models • Started white papers on business analysis and architecture

Responsibilities:• A 'hands-off' role as a member of the Board of Directors• Included involvement in decisions that affect the legal structure or status of the company• Involvement in electing officers, attending board meetings, and management decisions

Oversaw day-to-day execution of company vision, leading 7 different teams with 8 direct reports, playing a crucial role in building the company from the ground up, with roughly $4,000 in revenue/month initially, to $100,000 total revenue mark in first 6 months.Specific Accomplishments Include:• Strategic Planning: Collaborate in cross-departmental teams to analyze projects and bid opportunities as well as develop financial models and resource allocation in Excel• Staff Development: Hired 3 new staff as well as a complement of independent contractors• Project Management: Put together client proposals, quotes, and managed projects valued at over $1.06MM with 2,400 man-hours and 100s of moving parts for government and large industrial companies • Change Management: Led planning and strategy to develop company’s core value proposition in addition to developing proprietary assessment frameworks resulting in a new key profit center with greater than 50% gross margin • Cross Functional Collaboration: Align project objectives and goals with key business stakeholders and provide recommendations for design, build, and testing phase to support deployment• Revenue Growth: Developed ways to create recurring revenue streams in an industry that revolved around capital improvement projects, resulting in company developing proprietary solutions that added value for customers and doubled project profitsDay-to-Day Responsibilities:• Doing whatever the company needed from me at the time (I moved fast and wore a lot of hats)• Supervised client project estimation and scheduling, including budgeting and sourcing• Put together client proposals, quotes, and reports; negotiated contracts and built client relationships• Managed teams working on internal functions (communications, accounting, HR, etc.)• Implementing and iterating on systems to improve company-wide output• Solved conflicts and overcame obstacles with our teams to get the job done• Worked outrageous hours

Responsibilities:• Conducted customer discoveries and evaluated customer needs• Ensured all requirements of customers were met• Contacted and followed up with both potential and present clients• Established and maintain(ed) long-term relationships• Completed dealership finance training• Learned how dealerships are managed and run

College Station, Texas, Us

Responsibilities:• Coordinated with full-time employees to keep production running smoothly• Filled in for full-time employees as necessary• Oversaw the production of informational materials for the Texas A&M System and other state agencies• Supervised and trained other student workers• Worked on the design and production of marketing and promotional materials for various entities

Master Of Science - Ms, Business

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical Sciences