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Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Partnered with business leaders to assess and refine strategic choices to identify and frameM&A opportunities for executive consideration• Supported M&A execution, including outreach, due diligence, and drafting of key contractsand agreements• Coordinated corporate development operations, collaborating with cross-functional teamsto develop M&A recommendations and presentations for executive leadership team

• Integrated design thinking methodology to create a new product development process withleaders across organizations, creating new customer milestones and optimizing developmenttimeline• Pioneered implementation of new design thinking process for product line strategy, craftingreplicable method that was implemented across Ford portfolio• Led collaborative team of designers, marketers, and product strategists through research,ideation, prototyping, and customer testing to deliver new product line vision• Communicated regularly to cross-functional stakeholders and executives, actively solicitingfeedback and co-creation to identify and overcome potential issues

• Prioritized features with marketing and planning partners to reduce over $500 in material costand accommodate new customer facing features• Coached teams on design thinking to innovate, prototype, and deliver new customerexperiences while promoting multi-disciplinary collaboration, breaking down organizationalsilos• Organized vendors, venues, physical prototypes, work plans, and research plans for customer research

Dearborn, Michigan

Project Control Engineer: Oct. 2017 – June 2018• Coordinated development of new powertrain control system mid-cycle, recovering programtiming and achieving over 40% cost savings• Led launch and supplier issue resolution by developing recovery plans to successfully supportprototype builds and product launchSoftware Planner: Feb. 2017 – Sep. 2017• Planned program specific software applications, managing cross-functional teams to delivertimely releases in support of vehicle builds and calibration testing• Spearheaded powerpack software complexity reduction, decreasing buildable combinationsby 60%Feature Engineer: Jul. 2016- Feb. 2017• Developed SIL testing methods and models to validate feature software development,improving quality, development time, and reducing physical prototype testing by 50%• Performed root cause analysis utilizing vehicle data to identify feature misbehavior andvalidate fixes

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Texas 4000 for Cancer, Lambda Chi Alpha