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Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Westfield Center, Ohio, Us

1848 Ventures was founded as a corporate venture builder backed by Westfield Insurance, one of the nation’s leading Property & Casualty insurers. Our Venture Builder focuses on building SaaS-based B2B ventures by leveraging our internal Business Development, Data Science, and Consumer Insights team. In addition to our internal Venture Builder, we’ve launched our Startups Ventures vertical. Through this vertical, we identify external startups to invest in strategically.

The Konnected Minds Group (KMG) was an innovation consultancy made up of industry leaders and subject-matter experts, specializing in strategic management consulting services. We provided comprehensive guidance to multinational corporations and emerging startups alike, focusing on strategic vision, market entry, corporate restructuring, and innovation management.At KMG, I led a wide array of strategic consulting projects, delivering impactful solutions to multinational corporations and startups. My role involved direct collaboration with senior executives, including CEOs and board chairmen, to refine corporate strategies, market entry plans, and product development processes.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Served as the inaugural Department Head of the Innovation Office, with a mission to catalyze innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship, transforming Boca Raton into a recognized Smart City and vibrant innovation ecosystem.Areas of focus included:• Office and Vision Establishment:• Strategic Planning: Smart City + Innovation Ecosystem• Ecosystem Development: • Partnership Building: • Startup Support Programs:

Fort Lauderdale, Us

PetMio was a pet food technology company that leveraged the latest in machine learning technology (AI) and wearable tech to create personalized pet food solutions, delivered directly to customers' doors.•Venture Leadership: Co-founded the company and drove the development and execution of PetMio’s strategic vision and business model, garnering attention from major players in the Pet Industry for its innovative approach.•Product Innovation and Launch: Spearheaded the launch of PetMio Bites, a line of consumables that epitomized our commitment to personalized pet nutrition, enhancing our product portfolio and customer value proposition.•Strategic Partnerships and Investor Relations: Directed partnership development and investor relations, successfully forging alliances with international technology suppliers, local food producers, and retail partners to support our growth and expansion.•Brand and IP Strategy: Oversaw the creation of PetMio's intellectual property, brand strategy, and market positioning, establishing a strong foundation for brand recognition and competitive advantage.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Created this course from scratch. Creativity is at the core of human ingenuity. Yet many times it's value in business is downplayed. This course explores the roots of human creativity and how can we as professionals and citizens can enhance and better utilize our own creative ability. This course involves the application of creativity tools to real-world scenarios. Each semester students engage with Startups and Fortune 500 companies to help them solve creative business challenges.

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Newell Brands/Jarden Consumer Solution is Global Fortune 500 consumer products company recognized brands like FoodSaver, Crock-Pot, Mr. Coffee, Oster, Rival, Sunbeam, Margaritaville Cargo, Villaware and many more.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Founding member of the Transformational Innovation Group, a corporate new ventures group focused on identifying, developing and commercializing new product and business opportunities outside of the organizations core business. My focus at Jarden is around ground-up product innovation. We begin by identifying new market trends and opportunities. I then lead cross-functions teams to developed and launch these new products and ideas into the market. I work on a variety of projects across in industries like; water purification, consumer appliances, durable/consumable beverage systems, health & beauty, wearable technology and more.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Key Contributions:► Developed and commercialized a new durable/consumable joint venture with Anheuser-Busch InBev (Draftmark Home Tap System). Result: $7M first year sales with limited test market distribution with projected annual sales of $120M by 2017► Led the retail growth of joint venture business from a 15 store test to over 800 stores in one year.► Developed new single-serve frozen beverage system. A pod based system that creates multiples purchase points with consumers, generating high growth and high margins.► Developed and implemented company-wide Innovation process used for vetting and new ideas to determine feasibility, opportunity size, capital/resource investment and ROI.► Led cross-functional teams (Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales) in development of new products, processes and procedures to support white space initiatives.► Led the development execution of multiple national and international primary research/consumer insights projects. Insights were used for opportunity assessment product development and business model development

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Developed pitch pages used by sales team to present to top customers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Kohl’s and K-Mart. Strategized brand development for Margaritaville and Skybar; led cross-functional team in the redesign of select brand websites. Worked with product managers, developers and engineers to develop and position new appliances. Organized market data collection methods, i.e. focus groups and online surveys; conducted market research on opportunity sizing for new initiatives and size of the competitive landscape. Also led cross-functional inventory reduction project.

Vito's Italian Restaurant is a high-end Italian restaurant located in Woodfield shopping plaza.At Vito's I was responsible for all marketing and customer research activities. This included:- Developed and managed annual marketing budget.- Developing local PR and marketing campaigns- Developing and fielding customer surveys. Synthesizing results and providing recommendations to restaurant management on how to improve customer experience.

Master'S Degree, International Business Administration

Chinese Culture And Economics Field Study

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing With Finance Minor