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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

United States

Joined midway through project as a customer-facing Program Manager for a growing multi-million dollar engineering, manufacturing, and construction program in the industrial-scale (megawatt) crypto mining industry.Budgeting and Financial ForecastingRestructured $3M project budget and recategorized expenditures to increase alignment with work breakdown structure (WBS), correct invoicing schedule, enable cost controls, and drive visibility of financial forecasts and profitability analysis. Given a customer requested scope change and accelerated timeline, re-baselined project to reflect new $4.5M budget and schedule.Earned Value Management and Progress TrackingCreated and implemented an earned value progress tool for use by the manufacturing floor to ensure schedule adherence, boost shop-floor morale, and understand and communicate progress to senior leadership and customer partner for $2M worth of product on an accelerated project timeline.Project CoordinationAssisted with engineering, sub-contractor, and co-manufacturer communication and coordination including information flow, meeting scheduling, and documentation. Scheduled supplier deliveries, co-manufacturer component exchanges, product testing, and outbound final product deliveries. Managed R&D activities in customer-leased space on shop floor including resource allocation, equipment and material purchases, and change order invoicing.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for motivating and leading workstream and engagement teams through to successful delivery and client satisfaction.Focuses included manufacturing, supply chain, digital manufacturing, EBITDA assessment/improvement, manufacturing 4.0, industrial IoT, S&OP, production capacity analysis, OEE, shop-floor operations, change management, continuous improvement, maintenance, MRO, etc.Profitability DiagnosticApplied business analytics methodology and performed initial EBITDA performance analysis across ~100 veterinary clinics for a ~$400M veterinary network. Identified ~$1.5M in initial COGS improvement opportunity and ~$12M in initial SG&A improvement opportunity. Outlined hypotheses for further analysis to identify specific value levers—market segmentation, product mix optimization, pricing and cost standardization, right-sizing of support roles through reduced headcount or increased customer visits.Program ManagementAssisted in program management of growing new engineering/manufacturing business within $750M construction company. Consolidated plans, market analyses, and financial estimates across nine different workstreams for presentation to executive team and board of directors, leading to the approval of ~$30M in year 1 funding. Business Process MappingFacilitated multiple workshops with various business units to outline future business processes for growing engineering/manufacturing division of $750M construction company. Focused on standardization, scalability, and efficiency of processes.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for ensuring workstream and engagement delivery through data collection, analysis, development, presentation, and execution. Operations Management Framework Design and DeploymentDesigned and deployed a new operations management structure for a $200M manufacturing business. Structure focused on correct KPI identification and ownership, information flow, and employee behavior change to improve operational performance. Improvements led to 37% increased production over 26 weeks, equivalent to $3.4M in sales, $13.1M annualized.Enterprise Tech Assessment & RoadmapPerformed enterprise architecture assessment for two different manufacturing companies ($1.7B & $1.9B) and proposed redesign to enable Industrial IoT implementation. Analyzed targeted use cases and provided prioritization based on potential ROI, feasibility, and logical sequencing of architecture build to increase incremental speed to value.M&A Due DiligenceCompleted 10+ pre-close Due Diligence assessments for multiple Private Equity firms in various industries (e.g., Manufacturing & Distribution (M&D), Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC), Highway/Infrastructure Construction, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Insurance Software, Optical Retail, Home Infusion Therapy). Analyses included overall assessment of Target technology architectures and the corresponding business processes. Benchmarked scalability, IT and technology spend, org structure design and identified opportunities for synergies, cost takeout, and growth enablement with recommended investment and timeline to meet investment thesis.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Industry 4.0Researched new Industry 4.0 technologies and capabilities (e.g., industrial IoT, augmented reality/virtual reality, predictive analytics, metadata analysis, PaaS revenue models) and developed business use cases for small to mid-sized manufacturing companies.Enterprise Tech AssessmentWorked with small team to conduct an end to end enterprise technology platform assessment for a Top 10 optometry business. The focus of the diagnostic covered optometry office operations, revenue cycle management, call center operations, and technology service delivery. Assessed client’s current business and technology capabilities and recommended a number of technology enabled optimization opportunities.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Industrial Construction Project Management - Hyperscale ($B) Data CentersFunctioned within the management team for three ongoing Data Center builds for a confidential client. Led the efforts on the submittal and approval process of $40M worth of material and had a critical function in the engineering conflict resolution process.MBA Intern for President of Preconstruction DivisionTook a lead role of an earned value analysis program of the 3D modeling business unit within the Preconstruction division. Automated labor breakdown reports with Microsoft Power BI.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Industrial Construction Project Management - Oil & Gas/EnergyWorked as an on-site project manager with cross-functional team at multiple large industrial construction sites around the country. Projects ranged from one million to multi-million dollar contracts for clients such as Phillips 66, Burns & McDonnell, Enable Midstream, and Oneok. Large amounts of multitasking in a very fast paced environment. Involved in all aspects of the project including contract estimates, work breakdown structure (WBS), earned value management, submittals, scheduling, staffing, resource planning, budgeting, material orders/inventory, engineering changes, and job efficiency analysis. Team profitable on all projects placed on.

Greater St. Louis Area

Utilized MATLAB and Simulink to program and generate ideal-situation visual computer simulation of simple robot setup. Converted simulation to a program operating on inputs and outputs from corresponding hardware interface. Calibrated the program to account for unideal motor effects, frictional effects, and other outlying factors resulting in successful balance of the pendulum. Coded GUI control elements and pendulum fall and recovery abilities into the program following initial success.

Greater St. Louis Area

Studied product development history, clinical approval, and marketing of LVAD milli-pump medical devices. Researched propeller/fin design physics and mathematics to aid in mechanical design of own LVAD CAD model. Ran ANSYS Fluent computational fluid dynamics simulations and finite element analysis across own design. Optimized design based on resulting dynamic and static data and 3D printed prototype for physical testing.

Greater St. Louis Area

Joined an Orthopedic research project focused on the healing process following bone fracture, with intent of progressing the research and health of patients with Osteoporosis. Assisted principal investigators and supervisors during the clean-room experiment and took primary role of data processing, analysis, and presentation.Participated in the experiment and data processing of two other tightly scheduled biology projects on the same floor to distribute workload for fellow employees and supervisors.

Boise, Idaho Area

Worked with a variety of different engineering software and tools (Solidworks, Matlab, LabVIEW, Vicon Nexus Motion Capture) on a series of different product-prototype projects:Designed and developed ultrasound probe attachment prototype to minimize the developing injuries in the elbows and wrists of clinical sonographers. Used Solidworks design to 3D Print prototype and begin ergonomic revisions and physical tests.Designed proof of concept and Solidworks file for a force sensing implantable cleat to be used during athlete research.Assisted with developing a design for an electrical-pulse controlled CPR device. Explored different materials that contract with voltage application, to be implemented as a diaphragm for providing "breaths" during CPR.Assisted with Vicon Nexus Motion Capture calibration protocol for Research Lab testing floor.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations And Technology Management (Stem Accredited)

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Minor - Computer Science