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Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Limburg, Netherlands

Deep Branch is a biotech start-up that uses a proprietary fermentation process to make protein from carbon dioxide and hydrogen that can be used in sustainable animal feed. My project included global market research as well as developing a framework for their site selection strategy for the future full-scale facility. Concurrently, I completed my Master.

Kigali, Rwanda

- Management of $17M+ annual purchasing budget of seed and live plants on behalf of 1.3 million smallholder farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda- Managing 8 international procurement professionals, developing a team of talented of high performers- Providing contract drafting and negotiation expertise to new crop.

Kigali, Rwanda

- Responsible for executing a $13M+ annual purchasing budget of seed and live plants on behalf of 1 million smallholder farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda- Managing 6 international procurement professionals, developing a team of talented, high performing staff- Strategically driving 4% cost reduction year over year.

Kigali, Rwanda

-Managing a team to procuring over 6000MT of seed and live plants to 750k+ smallholder farmers across Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda. - Advisor to the new country expansion team on the procurement of inputs in India and Nigeria. - Manager of the Seed Partnership joint venture aiming to domestically produce and process over.

Kigali, Rwanda

-Manager of the Rwandan seed procurement team procuring over 2000MT of seed, live plants, and lime delivered to over 300k+ smallholder farmers -Advisor to the new country expansion team on the procurement of inputs in India and Nigeria.

Osh, Kyrgyzstan

International Microfinance and Microentreprise Fellowship spent developing marketing programs, research studies, and digital financial services at the First Micro Finance Company

-Generated creative logistical solutions to develop a scrap metal program for 7 branches, improving team member safety and increasing annual scrap metal revenues by 208k-Performed an RFP analysis and selected a new printed goods vendor, negotiated the contract, implemented a new web portal and invoicing process, to generate 70k in cost savings-Managed.

-Managed electronic payment project by redesigning payment files, testing back end processes and developing reporting automation, all reducing annual fees by 100k-Selected and negotiated contract with new mailing services vendor resulting in 150k savings -Developed e-mail campaign and return mail management process reducing costs by 20k-Developed and.

Toronto, Canada

-Managed end-to-end development of the Friends and Family Discount for Comfort Protection Plans including website design, back end process development, and communications strategy-Lead price increase of 8 products by leveraging project management skills to facilitate the timely execution of the project, resulting in a projected 500k in increased revenues.

Kingston, Ontaro

Elected as Co-Captain, I lead auditions and selected talented dancers for the 2013-2014 year. My duties included leading the team, choregraphing multiple dances, and administrative and fundraising work. The team did well at both of the Inter-Univeristy Competitions, and performed at Queen's Basketball games, the Queen's Tamil Assoication's Formal, and the.

Kingston, Ontario

I contacted and brought talented undergraduate students to QBET 2013. I coordinated logistics with delegates and promoted the conference to Canada's top student talent.

Queen's University

After developing the sponsorship package and video, I personally raised $5,300 in monetary and in-kind sponsorship for the conference. I enjoyed negotiating with sponsors, coordinating logistics and formally introducing the sponosors throughout the conference weekend. Since then I have been rehired as the External Delegates Coordinator for QBET 2013.

Master Of Science, Sustainability Science, Policy, And Society, Cum Laude

Thesis Topic: Barriers and strategies to accelerate towards clean hydrogen use in industry in the Netherlands

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Marketing And Sales, Cumulative Gpa: 3.7

Exchange Semester, Management