Founded, capitalized, and own a consumer products company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Invented and patented numerous products targeted at several multi-billion-dollar industries. Designed products from infancy – through prototyping – for mass market production. Raised capital to launch business operations and manufacture product for mass market distribution. Led brand ideation, strategy, design and development for overall company and various product lines. Formulated and saw through all aspects of product ideation, product strategy, product design, raw materials sourcing, vendor selection, manufacturing, product packing, merchandising, and product pricing. Handled all aspects of product licensing, including licensee selection, contract negotiation, final agreement, and ongoing tracking and management. Oversee all aspects of intellectual property portfolio.

Highly visible senior staff member that provided guidance, direction and support for executives as well as all personnel in globally situated IT and Business side organizations. Created and continually executed operational cadence. Ensured operations were streamlined, senior management was organized and well informed, programs and projects were delivered on time, and they aligned with quality and delivery standards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For over 10 years, functioned as Chief of Staff / PMO lead for a globally-distributed IT shop comprised of 500+ development professionals. Functions included annual budgeting, financial analysis, process creation, process implementation and ongoing execution, process improvement, large organization communications, resource management and optimization, executive guidance and support, scheduling, calendaring, program and project performance tracking and reporting, all hands meeting planning and execution, special project engagement and completion, annual goal setting and monitoring, and website planning / development / oversight. Created, launched, and executed innovative executive-level monthly reporting process for 12 wide-ranging business missions where annual budget exceeded $100M. Obtained Smartsheet certification in 2023. Designed and released five robust smartsheet-based applications. Defined, implemented, and executed operational cadence for a QlikView-based project prioritization and resource load-balancing system for a $45M program area. Planned, developed materials for, and quarterbacked over 50 organization-wide “All Hands” meetings involving hundreds of globally situated staff. Created and executed process for a long-term, secret, customer-sensitive project with company board-level visibility and C-level input / involvement.

Created and managed several program management offices, including large-scale initiatives housed therein. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wrote business case for and then managed ‘One Touch’ program which aimed to reduce orders that fell out of automated process flows. Program delivered $22M of quantified business benefits from $8M investment. Implemented a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system that consolidated and streamlined project intake, project management, project tracking, finance, time capture, and project status and reporting functions for the Qwest Communications IT department of 6,000+ end users. PPM system consolidated 16 applications into one, and won implementation of the year award and vendor-based trade show. Provided support to executive level management of IT organization as PMO lead.

Planned, guided, and oversaw all activities for a suite of supply-chain visibility software applications. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Managed end-to-end product life cycle for supply-chain visibility software solutions. Responsibilities included market research, product innovation, product development, product quality assurance, product deployment, global training, sales support, and ongoing improvement of product end user-experience. Designed and implemented a system that captured, tracked, and prioritized product enhancement ideas. Led activities for European market expansion, which culminated in successful product launch.

Partnered with company leadership and sales representatives to design, create, and make available automated shipping solution products targeted at multiple customer market segments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Managed end-to-end product life cycle for supply-chain visibility software solutions. Responsibilities included market research, product innovation, product development, product quality assurance, product deployment, global training, sales support, and ongoing improvement of product end user-experience. Designed and implemented a system that captured, tracked, and prioritized product enhancement ideas. Led activities for European market expansion, which culminated in a successful product launch.