Michele Marquitz, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Loveland, Colorado, Us

• Ensured team compliance with the implementation of USDA child nutrition programs, Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) while focusing on minimizing food waste.• Utilized design thinking in developing innovative pilots to meet the needs of our clients; such as, fresh, holiday meals at school sites during breaks, additional summer food sites, fresh meals offered at our Fresh food pantry sites during the school year, etc. While many opportunities were adopted and ongoing, several ideas needed to be modified or eliminated for various reasons. • Facilitated knowledge sharing and capacity-building, including contractual negotiation and funding tracking for partnership to feed seniors with VOA.• Reviewed strategic efforts with team to manage approximately 100 Nourishing Network partners (all 501(c)(3) organizations), including agency empowerment and agency grants program.• Developed team in creating partnerships with agencies and other community organizations serving parents/caregivers of children 5 and under to meet nutrition education program goals.• Established the Programs team annual budget of ~$400,000 to include the hiring of ~12 summer, temporary staff annually.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Developed and led a weekly cross-functional meeting to track KPI’s and problem solve areas not in line with business goals.• Facilitated discussions for proactive capacity analysis at US plants with data mined to maximize efficiency and targeted budget goals.• Drove communication across the leadership and plant teams to keep all parties informed on issues and issue resolution.• Participated in numerous corporate wide projects to improve supply chain costs, implement innovation and renovation projects, and repatriate/relocate key brand production items.• Engaged supply planning team, demand planning team, and IT individuals in weekly team meetings, change management meetings for Oracle/SAP implementation, and team building activities. Utilized 1:1 meeting with the supply planning team to manage, train, and review performance, challenges, and areas needing assistance for improvement.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

• Finance-Personal and Family online instructor; FACS320• Implemented course re-design to elevate the course and student learnings based on my personal and professional experiences• Implemented high impact practices from face-to-face learnings and science of learning principles to maximize online curriculum for students to gain and apply lifelong skills in managing their personal finances• Maintained the CSU principles of community in my course and coursework• Utilized Canvas learning system to engage traditional and non-traditional students

Fort Collins, Co, Us

• Implemented and disseminated regular, on-going communication to senior students in Family and Consumer Sciences

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Graduate Research Assistant, Human Dimensions in Natural Resources – Fort Collins, CO; • Research topic: Change in the professoriate in higher education• Principal Investigator: Dr. Carole Makela and Dr. Jerry Vaske• Utilized college database of 39,000 records collected over 4 years to study student course survey data• Developed 4 assessments (1 qualitative and 3 quantitative) to ensure departmental acceptance of new guidelines• Ensured interdisciplinary input was considered in developing the best practices for teaching in a Research I institution

San Jose, Ca, Us

Senior Supply Chain Planning Manager, 2002 – 2014Represented the supply chain organization in the due diligence processes, integrating Symbios Logic and LSI Corporation (2004) and LSI Corporation and Agere Systems (2009); ensured both technical (IT, systems) and non-technical (supply chain, procurement, and logistics) teams’ interests were acknowledged and represented.• Developed training as a lead Demand Analyst for two SAP module implementations; integrated new business processes and Power User training to ensure smooth transition of employees and systems, while driving financial results after the system implementations in October 2004 and May 2009.• Led the activities of eight planners internationally to ship 90% on time delivery for $500M worth of revenue to 18 top tier, strategic customers and eight international locations while managing various business challenges.• Worked internationally with interdisciplinary constituent’s face to face, over the phone, via teleconference, and through e-mail to analyze and solve complex issues to ensure KPI’s were achieved.• Coached team members to drive best practices for multiple-disciplinary departmental satisfaction; such as, customer, quality, and catastrophic issues.• Administered and negotiated multiple vendor managed inventory contracts representing the business interests of LSI/Symbios Logic and our customers.Senior Test Planning Manager, Fort Collins, CO, 2000 – 2002* Guided the development, retention, and transition from 10 to three employees through three reductions in force.

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organizational Learning, Performance, And Change

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Organizational Leadership And Supervision