• Provided leadership on strategic direction related to the real estate portfolio and capital improvements.• Renegotiated service contracts to improve efficiency and reduce costs.• Developed, implemented, and monitored the performance objectives for service contracts.

• Served as the quality subject matter expert (SME) for lawsuits and lead interrogatories, mediations, and depositions related to claims.• Partnered with procurement on pricing, sourcing, negotiations, and delivery of products between Medline and third-party suppliers.• Conducted supplier audits for third-party manufacturing facilities, both domestic and in foreign markets.• Provided direction for product improvements that reduced manufacturing costs, increased quantities shipped, and improved sourcing lead times.

• Provided facility maintenance, construction, and security guidance for distribution centers, labs, and manufacturing facilities.• Installed new 2,400-ton chiller system into a fully occupied corporate campus.• Performed financial analyses and managed applicable construction and build-out projects.• Developed, negotiated, and monitored facility service contracts. Achieved significant cost savings from consolidating, re-structuring, and re-negotiating routine service contracts.

• Developed short and long-term budget forecasts to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and create perpetual value. Benchmarked and compared metrics to respective industry benchmarks and standards.• Restructured and regionalized service contracts that achieved cost efficiencies and reduction.• Awarded 2013 Federal Employee of the Year for superior effort and leadership resulting in time and cost savings for the government.

• Trained, led, and developed Infantryman during a combat tour to Afghanistan. Awarded a Purple Heart for injuries incurred during hostile fire.• Co-Captained a 12-man marksmanship team that placed 5th nationally at the Joint Special Operations Command Championship. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Illinois Army National Guard Adjutant General