Building the next generation procurement experience at Unity, and leading an excellent team of sourcing and procurement professionals.

Company was experiencing 20-30% annual growth rate without a third-party vendor strategy. As a result, expenses started outpacing growth. Brought on to build and lead a global procurement organization, including centralized purchasing, employee travel, and corporate credit card programs.Developed and implemented both long- and short-term strategies for domestic and internationalpurchasing and vendor management designed to lower costs, reduce ambiguity, improve operational workflows, and increase internal efficiencies. Average annual negotiated savings on $100M spend under management was $4.7M.Improved speed to onboard new vendors by streamlining the vendor contract review process, bypassing legal department reviews. Instead, procurement team members would review, approve, and sign vendor contracts in a timely manner. In the first year of implementation, cycle time compliance increased from 78% to 94%.Led the negotiation of complex, multi-year agreements with public cloud service providers that, in 2017, improved subscription margins by 17%.

Became interested in supply chain while attending a managerial accounting course in business school. Reached out to and joined HP to oversee supply chain development for new product introductions (NPIs). Within two months, transferred to the global supply chain strategy team to oversee supply chain lifecycle management, including NPI, for the mainstream enterprise server product lines, a $9B annual business portfolio.Led the integration of materials, information, and financial cash flows in a network consisting of suppliers, internal & external manufacturers, distributors, logistics service providers, and customers. Worked closely with demand planning, marketing, procurement, inventory management, regional supply chain business units, and product managers to evaluate new opportunities for cost savings across the portfolio’s lifecycle, including NPI, steady state, and end of life (EOL).Partnered with the Americas supply chain team to re-evaluated the manufacturing floor plan in the Houston campus. By relocating two stations at the manufacturing site, HP saved an annual $15M.Rebuilt the supply chain strategy for the next generation large volume microserver product to take advantage of tax savings by routing partially-built goods through Singapore, resulting in an 8% savings in total landed cost for the product.

Served as the Onboard Computer and Network Operations Flight Controller Officer for the International Space Station at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center. Directed operational functionality of all computer and network devices onboard the International Space Station. Resolved real-time computer and network issues on the International Space Station and Space Shuttle, often working directly with astronauts to complete mission objectives.Led the operational deployment of internet services for astronaut’s onboard the ISS, allowing them to use popular social media websites to communicate directly with others. Awarded the Johnson Space Center Group Achievement award for excellence in operational deployment of the internet service capability.Oversaw the integration of the US and Russian computer networks, from the Integrated Station LAN to the Joint Station LAN. Travelled to Russia and worked closely with officials from the Russian Space Agency to build, test, and roll out network integration technologies, procedures, and training for astronauts and cosmonauts.