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I partner with business leads to ignite growth and unleash progress. I help organizations navigate change when there is no playbook. I have found that the key to step-change opportunities and the answer to daunting and complex challenges often lie within your organization. But they get locked up behind functional silos, inside of leaders’ brains, or buried deep within hard drives. I help extract this wisdom, connect critical dots, and use a programmatic approach to pave a path to progress that delivers results. My promise: - Results, not reports - Progress, not PowerPoints - Your right answer, not my right answer - Empathy, not ego

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Built Pacific Life’s first corporate strategy function and established a cross-enterprise strategy operating modelHeld responsibility for strategy setting, strategic intelligence, competitive intelligence, and enterprise-wide prioritizationCo-led innovation and venturing initiativesConducted two comprehensive strategy reviews, resulting in first-ever enterprise-wide strategies and setting the foundation for transformational organizational redesignAchieved efficiency gains and 2%+ ROE enhancementsLed market research efforts and created a unique go-to-market strategy, resulting in successful entry into a growing market in the US life insurance industry. Engaged the Board and executive leadership to obtain over $250M in seed funding, setting the business on a course to hit $1B in revenue within 10 yearsRan annual C-suite strategy retreats and engaged the Board on all key strategic developments

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Led business-unit strategy setting efforts, orienting the business around a customer-first mindset and leading to a radical transformation of the company’s product footprintRan a project in response to a disruptive regulatory change. Provided cross-functional leadership to a team of 150. Avoided several million dollars of unnecessary investments in partner requests. Delivered project ahead of schedule at 75% of budget.Drove product and operating model design for product innovations. De-risked projects by identifying hidden barriers and driving leadership alignment leading to viable product-market fit. Developed frameworks to systematically find and navigate roadblocks on future innovations. Established prioritization and project management framework to help the business build clear and aligned operating plans.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Sat at the heart of Prudential's efforts to reinvent its relationship with the customer, launch innovative products and services, and thrive in the midst of regulatory disruptionRan cross-business, cross-functional growth initiatives that broke down organizational silos, enabling, for example, the products of one business unit to be sold through the distribution platform of another business unitProjects included the launch of a digitally-enabled employee benefits innovation, a product and distribution strategy overhaul, and a product-line expansion into new markets

Worldwide, Oo

Ran strategy, innovation, and new market entry projects, primarily in the health and life insurance sectorsFor example, helped a major US healthcare brand launch an innovative community health initiative to increase access to proprietary, governmental, non-profit, and corporate partner wellness resources for low-income families. Led the team to set the strategy and lead community outreach initiatives to test the concept and gain initial market traction. This effort has scaled from one test market to multiple cities across the United States

Worldwide, Oo

Helped global insurance, financial service, and health care companies drive growth and profitability by aiding innovation, strategy development, and process redesign. Areas of expertise include digital venture formation and customer experience, sales, and distribution strategy. I also gained deep experience in compliance and regulatory affairs.My projects have involved new venture stand-up and launch, charter customer program development, market / customer segmentation, departmental redesign, and process documentation and redesign.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Park FellowJohnson Leadership FellowCareer Workgroup LeaderMajored in business strategy with a secondary focus on corporate finance

Worldwide, Oo

Springfield, Massachusetts, Us

Provided financial planning, case design, marketing, and training support for approximately 100 financial advisors, focusing on wealth accumulation and risk management strategies.Following a period of leadership change, rapid growth, and market downturn, played the lead role on a talent development and teaming model transformation. This effort drove engagement between veteran and rookie advisors and deepened local community connections, resulting in accelerated sales growth (despite overall industry slowdown) and highly productive long-term center of influence relationships.

Elmsford, New York, Us

Taught environmental education in western Mass schools for five months, and did five months of intensive conservation and trail work, including building bridges and other structures out of timber we harvested on site.

Washington, Dc, Us

Was an electronics technician and nuclear reactor operator for the US Navy. Trained for two years, received an ROTC scholarship after the two years to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Had to end military career due to sholder injury after freshman year of college.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy And Finance

Marshall School Of Business Executive Leadership Development Program, Strategy And Innovation Leadership

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Ba, Economics

Education record