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Los Angeles, California, United States

● Constructed a standalone costing model for the sales function of a $2 billion SAAS company.● Documented current state and drafted future state operating models for a divestiture at a $100 billion company.● Customized two presentations on the typical road map, risks, and lessons learned from acquisitions and divestitures for semiconductor companies.

Tempe, Arizona

I have worn a lot of hats while building We Don't Lift from the ground up. From selling our first few products out of the back of a truck in a gym parking lot to mudding drywall at our growing retail location, I've often bitten off more than I can chew and then chewed it.I've had to learn how to file business taxes, submit payroll, and negotiate better margins for my company. I've learned how to manage employees, from delegating tasks to building solutions to issues together as a team… Show more I have worn a lot of hats while building We Don't Lift from the ground up. From selling our first few products out of the back of a truck in a gym parking lot to mudding drywall at our growing retail location, I've often bitten off more than I can chew and then chewed it.I've had to learn how to file business taxes, submit payroll, and negotiate better margins for my company. I've learned how to manage employees, from delegating tasks to building solutions to issues together as a team. I've taught myself the ins and outs of packaging design, experimented with manufacturing our own products lines as well as branding white label parts, and put out countless fires.When my co-founder initially told me about his idea he just wanted me, a freelance graphic designer, to create a logo for his company. Fast forward to today and I've developed all of the branding identity for the company- from the color scheme on our business cards, to our voice on social media, the credibility of the website, and all of our merchandise.My main focus is on the wdlracing.com website- ensuring it creates trust with our potential customers, optimizing it for search and site speed, and consistently adding new products our grassroots motorsports audience will find useful. When the website is broken, I fix it. When it isn't broken, I improve it.I am very excited to see the kind of impact I can make with another company with these skills under my belt, as well as the confidence that I can adapt to any situation and find solutions. Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Worked with multiple dealerships in my local area. I built relationships with them to maintain consistent image quality for their fresh inventory. I helped preparing vehicles for photos, photographed them, and helped move the cars out on the lot in an efficient and timely manner. The process I used even noted missing cars that they were then able to investigate.

Mesa, Arizona

When I first founded my company We Don't Lift I recognized I lacked knowledge in the automotive field so I took on a part time job while in college in order to learn as much as I could while growing my fledgling new company. While working at Autozone- I provided assistance to customers on the sales floor, answered their questions, and completed simple repairs on their cars such as changing bulbs and installing batteries.- I also maintained inventory by insuring overstock and quantity on… Show more When I first founded my company We Don't Lift I recognized I lacked knowledge in the automotive field so I took on a part time job while in college in order to learn as much as I could while growing my fledgling new company. While working at Autozone- I provided assistance to customers on the sales floor, answered their questions, and completed simple repairs on their cars such as changing bulbs and installing batteries.- I also maintained inventory by insuring overstock and quantity on hand was accurate.- My managers also preferred when I handled counting the drawers at the end of the night, and let me handle price changes. Show less

After starting as an intern at Counter Logic Gaming I was promoted to Editor in Chief within two months. This allowed me to manage a team of writers as well as prioritize which articles needed to be written and in what order as eSports events occurred.I had to cooperate remotely with the company's graphic designers, web developers, PR director, and C- level employees to achieve our goal of increasing page views and subsequently ad revenue.

Lakewood, California, United States

This was my first freelance client- I phased myself out as the congregation migrated to utilizing Facebook more regularly(and I moved away).- Redesigned the webpage for a local church and maintained it in order to increase activity in the congregation.- Captured and edited photos for use in banners and flyers as well as repaired the logo that had jpeg artifacts obscuring it.- Integrated usability and accessibility standards for the primarily elderlyaudience the website had.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: MBAA 1st Year Student Representative Net Investor Award MBAA VP of Finance & Clubs

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Graphic Information Technology

Summa Cum Laude

Computer Science