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Chicago, IL, US

Leading transformation of $70M revenue hardwood manufacturing company post-acquisition for real estate development group. Creating leadership structure, revamping sales approach, defining KPIs, improving operations and rolling out systems to double revenue and triple profitability for first of numerous targeted portfolio acquisitions.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Defined growth strategy and operational improvement opportunities for a $500M private equity-backed auto parts distributor.
• Created a detailed playbook, including a site launch workplan and KPI dashboards, to successfully scale a new national business.
• Defined levers, processes and the go-to-market strategy to expand company both organically and inorganically over the next three years.

Cicero, Illinois, US

• Launched turnaround of company’s residential service business and was pivotal to growth of their commercial service business.
• Developed detailed strategic plan outlining path towards stabilization and expansion; designed and drove hiring plan.
• Planned rollout of company-wide ERP system; co-led disaster clean-up project across 14 sites in Florida after Hurricane Ian.
• Created "25 Initial Ideas to Grow Deck Tech Revenue and/or Profitability" in first month, leveraged it to make immediate impact.

• Led operation of $1B investment by Morgan Stanley, third largest U.S. metered parking system and largest privately operated.
• Headed 125-person operations team responsible for enforcement, maintenance, closures, inventory and call center functions.
• Re-orchestrated workflows to allow operation to thrive during the pandemic while keeping employees safe and healthy.
• Implemented people initiatives, technology projects, KPI dashboards and process improvements to increase operational effectiveness, elevate the organization and help optimize this private equity-backed asset.

Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US

Played executive leadership role at industry-leading private equity-backed water infrastructure company to help the company double in size. Reported directly to the company President and worked across the company's facilities nationally, before both company ownership and leadership changed hands.Led suite of operational process improvement and growth.

Lindon, UT, US

Led end-to-end operations turnaround of private equity-backed candy manufacturer to meet significant growth in sales. Doubled output on key production lines at no additional cost and executed portfolio of process improvements to stabilize and scale operation, before change in leadership.Spearheaded implementation of ERP solution, production load leveling.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Managed $500M budget and 2,500-person media operations business spanning company-wide manufacturing, distribution and direct marketing. Led process improvement, revenue, cost and optimization initiatives across 10.
• Responsible for $200M in commercial revenue, $200M in procurement spend and 10% in total annual cost reductions.
• Directed end-to-end centralization of media operations business, representing most expansive internal centralization effort to date. Defined vision, goals and roadmap, obtained CEO and CFO buy-in, hired leadership.
• Created and executed expansive $5 million contingency plan to mitigate revenue risk for direct marketing organization.
• Led compressed CRM system rollout to 1,000 users, which bolstered revenue. Guided design, development and training.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Led transformative process improvement and integration initiatives for Los Angeles Times CEO.
• Identified 15 different optimization and cost savings opportunities between the Los Angeles and San Diego markets.
• Led cross-market leadership team and vetted opportunities, spanning changes to newsroom design and copy desk roles, deadlines, weekend editions, temporary help/freelancers, page templating, vertical opportunities and.
• Responsible for results that included $2 million in annual profit from streamlined editorial operations across properties.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Spearheaded initiatives to achieve strategic and financial goals for company’s publishing group with $2 billion in revenue. Managed 150 people with responsibilities in operations, finance, process improvement, real.
• Led finance organization, transformation and restructuring. Cut $5 million, one-third of annual compensation.
• Managed company’s financial reporting and analysis function, budget process, day-to-day real estate responsibilities and continued effort to offshore work.
• Served as integral leader in planning and executing spin-off of Tribune Publishing and initial public offering in 2014.
• Oversaw procurement team and $200 million in annual strategic sourcing. Achieved $20 million in cost savings.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Managed over 100 people in advertising operations and supply chain functions. Oversaw company’s strategic planning.
• Led initial sales process of Tribune Publishing. Developed strategy and approach, led internal team, worked closely with investors and advisors, and managed due diligence and 12 workstreams.
• Directed redesign of $25 million print ad operations function across the company to cut 10%.
• Headed corporate cost transformation strategy with six functional, cross-market teams.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Oversaw strategic planning for $2 billion Publishing Group and portfolio of business optimization initiatives.
• Led rollout of co-op advertising across publishing, growing revenue from $5 million to $50 million over five years despite opposition. Onboarded 22 co-op FTEs and created robust co-op infrastructure; acclaimed as a.
• Headed opportunity and management review of Tribune Media Services, a $100 million revenue business, resulting in $10 million financial impact; retained to help lead executive team with international growth strategy.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Orchestrated strategic revenue and cost initiatives to transform publishing division during corporate bankruptcy.
• Directed editorial process re-engineering projects to achieve $30 million in total newsroom cost savings.
• Spearheaded number of advertising efforts including a sales organization review and new CRM system rollout.
• Initiated SMB (small to medium-sized business) opportunity analysis, now delivers $20 million annual revenue.

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed portfolio of Six Sigma and Lean projects and cross-functional teams to achieve hospital priorities.
• Led end-to-end design and successful launch of a new short-stay medicine unit; results included a 45% decrease in patient length of stay, 50% higher volume and improved patient/staff satisfaction.
• Led 25-person team with physicians to help deliver the best patient experience for the observation population.
• Directed Care Coordination project which defined and optimized the role of 16 RN Case Managers; results included a 60% decrease in avoidable patient days and a 35% increase in external placements.
• Launched Osteoporosis assessments and treatment to Medicine fracture patients to improve care; led a physician team in the design of a new order set and trained over 100 physicians.
• Facilitated Rapid Design Workshops to redefine nurse staffing processes; improvements led to 75% decrease in agency nurse usage.

Paris, France, FR

• Operations Manager for Telecom, Media & Entertainment practice & Technology Strategy Group.
• Program managed a team of 25 resources in an IT Rationalization initiative, saving client $10 million annually; delivered on-time and within budget.
• Supervised five individual projects responsible for application and infrastructure consolidation, integrated outsourcing, process improvement and change management.
• Handpicked by COO to become internal Operations Manager; oversaw a $2 million budget, managed training, reskilling and certification for 500 employees; led rollout of five new telecom solutions.
• Launched an internal Certification Drive & Reskilling Initiative that surpassed leadership goals, achieved a 60% increase in targeted certification numbers and improved project staffing model.

Paris, France, FR

• Sought after client-serving Project Manager in the Telecom, Media & Entertainment practice.
• Launched company’s first international telecom solutions center in Belgium, directing team in strategy, training and rollout.
• Managed both an offshore and onshore team in requirements development, testing, system implementation, and the assembly of training for an AT&T sales pricing tool used nationally.
• Designed and implemented training program, help desk operations and change management process for rolling out Oracle CRM at Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Managed the scheduling and operation of Customer Care product training for 2,000 Sprint employees across the U.S.; served as liaison for management, trainers, students and staff.

London, GB

• Promoted early as a Consultant with diversified experience on over 25 projects with 10+ clients.
• Oversaw the definition of a client business unit to help AT&T prepare for a national market launch; involved managing the scoping effort, requirements gathering, process design and data modeling for a business unit.
• Acted as the strategic advisor on a client’s application portfolio in their overall systems architecture.
• Led regulatory project with the California Public Utilities Commission to validate a client’s technical compliance in their application to provide Long Distance

London, GB

• Traveling Business Consultant with numerous Telecom, Media & Entertainment clients.
• Played team lead roles encompassing end-to-end technical system implementation, including requirements definition, design, development, configuration, testing, training and product launch.
• Developed a client’s product development user guide and processes for issue, change and risk management, version control and testing support.
• Became a proficient process and technical instructor through teaching Sprint employees a Customer Care & Billing system over a nine-month period.
• Designed and implemented a prioritization model for a client’s new product development process.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management & Strategy, Finance, Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering