Perform pre-acquisition due diligence and post-acquisition performance improvement for Private Equity target and portfolio companies

Manufacturing Operational Excellence• Led Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss initiatives for various food, bottling and industrial products manufacturing clients. Drove financial savings by reducing yield loss (5-10% average) and increasing capacity by (10-15% average). • Coached operators, supervisors and senior leadership on means to maximize throughput and minimize waste by identifying constraints and other inefficiencies.Procurement Assessment• Performed a procurement assessment analysis for a division of a leading M&E firm and provided cost cutting recommendations. Delivered a solution to cut their annual procurement spend by 10% or $80M.Manufacturing Analytics• Developed a manufacturing analytics program for a food manufacturer• Identified opportunities to improve data quality, increase analytical competencies and addressed analytics related change management challenges• Identified opportunities for client to reduce annual manufacturing costs by ~8% equating to $43M.Procure-to-Pay Optimization• Developed a solution for a major P&U company to improve their methods used to procure contracted labor and process payments.• Made recommendations and implemented changes that reduced the time needed to procure labor by approximately 50% and the time to process payment by approximately 30%.Technology Change Management • Provided guidance pertaining to business readiness and business adoption to a major tech company rolling out new supply chain capabilities. • Developed adoption roadmaps, built communication plans, developed and scheduled trainings, maintained list of action items and closely worked with responsible parties to close actions.• Delivered change management framework to aid reduction of $20M annual BPO spend by 90%Supplier Risk• Supported an IT supplier risk assessment for a major healthcare provider. Identified 25 key supplier risk attributes, gauged risk level across the business and developed approach to monitor and minimize risk.

Supported the Supply Chain & Operations group for EY's Advisory Services.Production Planning Analysis• Analyzed the home video arm of a major media & entertainment company in order to optimize how its products are distributed. Conducted interviews with key stakeholders across various functions including marketing, merchandising, manufacturing, forecasting and planning in order to determine the current state of how information and products move throughout the company. • Developed a list of 5 options as to how the business unit could be reorganized including alliances and joint ventures with other M&E firms with similar service lines.

Delivered structural analysis services to clients in the aerospace industry using finite element analysis.Modeled, analyzed and post-processed composite structural components of The James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element using an array of state-of-the-art computer-aided engineering software tools.Led client meetings to ensure clear, accurate and effective communication of flight hardware results, highlight critical safety details and made recommendations for future courses of action.

Executed structural analysis on mechanical components using direct mathematical procedures, finite element analysis, classical hand analysis and testing. Ensured the material strength and the operational integrity of both metallic and composite structures used on The James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield.Facilitated efficient approach to stress analysis and documentation, which led to the team’s successful completion of the Sunshield Critical Design Review and the release of over 400 parts and assembly drawings in less than a year.Developed and presented documents and reports detailing analysis accomplishments and areas of concern to members of NASA at several Internal Design Reviews.