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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

We make innovation communities THRIVE!

• Startup Weekend (2017-today) Organize weekend-long Hackathons to accelerate the startup community• Startup Week (2019-today) Lead organizer of Kentucky’s largest event for innovation, creation, and entrepreneurship. A week-long event full of education, connection, and inspriation.• Open Coffee (2017-2019) Organizing of weekly meetup of entrepreneurial minded people with hosted content• Techstars influencer group (2019) Working to develop the Louisville entrepreneurial ecosystem• 1 Million Cups organizer (Louisville chapter) (2020)

Columbus, Ohio, Us

We sold pallets of liquidated merchandise from big-name retailers at deep discounts. Most importantly, we were providing the ability for anyone/everyone to become their own boss, create a new revenue stream, and HUSTLE!As a side hustle, doing less that 15 hours per week, we accomplished - 40K+ followers on TikTok and other social media platforms, hitting over 1million views in a single video- $400k+ revenue in our first year

Constructing innovative micro-distillery and building the brand of America's new favorite spirits.• Launched product state-wide including introduction into big box retailers including Costco, Kroger, Total Wine, Liquor Barn, and Party Mart• Expanded sales internationally

Louisville, Ky, Us

Amplify (formerly LEAP) is cultivating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by galvanizing our active network to provide diverse programming and direct access to talent, customers, and capital.In this role, I work directly with the Kentucky state's cabinet of economic development. - Developed Salesforce infrastructure plan in order to host an environment of data driven decisions. - launched statewide job board specific to the tech focused startup ecosystem- initiated a website to host direct access to Louisville mentorship pool.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

• Conducted due diligence and standardized the data collection process with creation of template.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Supervised team of 27-30 union employees as they provide all materials for multiple assembly line operation.• Supported culture change of demolition/construction of 2 lines, installation of the building’s part supermarket with new Kanban system, and implementation of a new union contract.• Initiated ‘Zero landfill’ (100% plant recycling program). 600k+ lbs. recycled, 35% of previous year’s waste, $60k+ savings.• Designed safety pad for forklifts to reduce injuries. Pad to be shared as “best practice” to entire forklift fleet of Appliance Park.

Purchase, New York, Us

• Directed and monitored the performance of ~60 employees. Ensured the timely movement of product to various distribution centers and club stores through company fleet and outside carriers/brokers.• Performed Lean 6 Sigma investigation on picking/loading software utilization. Increased the number of users by 30% and overall program usage by over 50% through process changes and enhanced training.• Improved pick processes for more efficient movement and breakage reduction resulting in $25k annual savings.

Purchase, New York, Us

• Lead Lean 6 Sigma (Kaizen Belt) project focused on inventory awareness. Estimated $70k saved in labor time.• Completed training in sales, production, quality control, maintenance, warehouse, and supervising.• Shadowed and collaborated with shift supervisors, created manning schedules, calculated line efficiencies, conducted quality tests on product holds and hourly checks, managed work orders, performed safety health and environment audits, etc.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

- Lead focused improvement team to reduce principle logistics loss. Goal of 50% improvement through enhanced training and following of constructed 12 step QC story. Estimated $140k reduction.- Developed template form for plant safety Lock-Out-Tag-Out procedures and coordinated construction of document library to comply with OSHA standards, increase safety and efficiency - Worked cross-functionally to design a system that will improve overall transparency and communication between the various plant departments, enhancing efficiency and reduce downtime - Processed plant utilities to form strategy of more efficient electricity use. Over $11k of inefficiency identified

Hanover, De

- Created an alignment of customer and Continental roadmaps by collection of technology introductions on various products vs. customer feature implementation on vehicle platforms - Coordinated PACT workshop for Chrysler low-speed collision mitigation project synchronizing project information - Organized the transparency and coordination of customer activities by gathering information from various teams and overlaying to identify gaps and/or conflicts for activities (ie. vehicle demonstrations, plant visits, management meetings, milestone deliverables) - Regulated documentation of processes and findings for legal downloads from electronic control units for court cases-Updated software/Flashed parts for product testing-Conducted a weatherproof/water test to evaluate the ability of the housing design to keep water off the component connection and circuitry

Buffalo, New York, Us

· Designed and customized beam-to-beam connection solutions in 3D CAD drawings that catered towards specific client needs regarding structural requirement and loading· Processed sales/purchase orders· Developed new design concepts and 3D CAD files for new a product line· Co-managed warehouse and improved the inventory system that increased orders processing and shipping time efficiency

Bse, Industrial & Operations Engineering

Venture Capital University Certificate, Venture Capital

Frontier Market Scouts Certificate, Impact Investing And Social Enterprise Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

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