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Cincinnati, OH, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

• fraXtion connects small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with pre-vetted fractional subject matter experts across multiple functions and industries. We leverage our decades of experience in serving SMBs in.
• Providing General Management, Operational improvement, and Sell-side due diligence to improve valuation.

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

• The Accelerator funds faculty & staff to commercialize intellectual property created within the University via the creation of a Start-up or licensed technology.
• Invited to lead Start-up team as the CEO and position company for launch. Obtained legal resources, implemented JIRA, Slack, and BitBucket development tools, vetted CISO, CTOs, and contract software development.
• Currently guiding seed investment and aligning strategic partnerships to license AI in biotechnology to shorten diagnostic time and associated costs in detecting malignant genome sequences in blood and bone marrow..

Nicholasville, Kentucky, US

US-based Start-up providing microfluidic chips using Smart fluid technology for applications in biotechnology, drug development, diagnostics, chemical processes, and other markets. Circular cross-section channels can be achieved at roughly 1 nm RMS roughness with in-line connectors and without using molds or material deposition processes. Recruited to.

• US-based Start-up providing instruments with real-time notification of hazardous water contamination. Hired by CEO to lead North American Business Development.
• Created commercial partnerships in 2 new categories with Beta site installations within 1st 6 months ($1.5M projected 1st year revenues at 10% share).

Dayton, Ohio, US

Volunteer as a mentor to assist Start-ups with business development, organizational structure, and provide technical guidance

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Global water distribution/analytical instrument company with 5 interconnected divisions ($4B annual revenues). Recruited to lead multi-site team to develop/commercialize new technology
• Grew software Engineering staff by 50%, hired a contract developer, and vetted (3) additional contract developers within 9 months to meet surge demand
• Proposed strategy to create National R&D-Engineering Centers of Excellence to integrate the acquisition of (4) companies in 8 months
• Directed RDE resources to achieve a new market category ($20M 5 year revenue projection) with fractionated senior leadership support without disrupting business plan goals and no dedicated budget.
• Created BU's first Technology Roadmap to support 5 year strategic Marketing Product Roadmap

St. Louis, MO, US

• Recruited as transitional Site Director and lead company's largest global capital ($20M) cGMP construction and equipment installation.
• Maintained on-time delivery within budget despite 3 months of record rainfall as Principal contact responsible for safety, compliance, and Management of Change (MOC).

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Identified and implemented cost improvements with responsibility for New Product Manufacturability and Manufacturing Readiness Level, Design-to-Cost, Make-Buy, Costed BOM, DFMEA, PFMEA, sourcing negotiation and Supply.
• Interviewed and trained additional staff as the project matured. Being a highly scrutinized, Burning Platform project for the United States Air Force and Boeing, senior Boeing management was on-site for 2 years and.
• Created RFI/RFP proposals in support of Strategic Plan (STRAP) and Annual Operating Planning (AOP)
• Responsible for local site NPD CAPEX budget and management of spend profile

• Increased customer and prospect RFI's by approximately 200% within 2 months and maintained CRM (SalesForce)

North Mankato, MN, US

• Recruited by CEO to lead New Product Development and Stage-Gate commercialization for new BU
• Without Operations support, formed and led Revenue Loss Prevention team ($0.8M retention within 3 months) thru 26% yield improvement. Presented improvement plan to Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs to stage new sales.
• Created new Sales process and training to deliver 8 new products in 1 year ($9.1M projected annual revenues)

Eaton, Ohio, US

• Recruited to lead Engineering, Product Development, Manufacturing, Supplier Management, Quality, and Sales quotations.
• In addition to my responsibilities above, the CEO unexpectedly tasked me to enable 100% yield within 1 month due to risk in losing an existing customer (BAE). With an average annual yield of 83% and no previous product.
• Expanded revenue capacity by $0.5M within 1 year and generated $43K EBITDA in 3 months.

Troy, OH, US

• Identified process improvements for new and existing products to improve On-time delivery from 92% to 98% and increase annual capacity by 14% ($10.7M) within 9 months.
• Managing a labor union mentality with a goal of no staff reduction, I successfully led a Continuous Improvement culture change using Six Sigma and LSS to increase throughput by 67% with 10% less labor and in 37% less.

Newark, NJ, US

• Promoted to lead Revenue Loss Prevention, Quality, and Metrology departments (11 direct reports). Avoided loss of $1.4M and $1.7M revenues within 9 months, and $0.54M revenues within 7 months.
• Negotiated to manage 24 member Engineering and Operations team
• Implemented (2) global components ($0.56M and $0.3M annualized savings) that required significant negotiation with senior management.

M.S., Chemical Engineering

Completed Coursework + 90% Of Research For M.S., Biochemistry

B.S., Biology, Chemistry