Working with consumer-packaged goods companies of all types to address their packaging needs with flexible, reliable equipment solutions.

Working with technology partners and integrators to bring robotic automation solutions to manufacturers in the food & beverage and consumer goods industries. KUKA has a large portfolio of robots, from palletizers to smaller robots process applications and mobile robot platforms, all of which are made to be food environment safe.

As the sole member of KUKA's North American portfolio management team, I play a pivotal role representing North American market trends and customer feedback to R&D in Germany, acting as a local expert on KUKA material handling and vision solutions.My responsibilities encompass our entire portfolio of 4-6 axes arms, DELTA/SCARA robots, AMRs, vision systems, and related software, driving innovation by shaping R&D product requirements based on market research and customer input.I lead a global initiative to create new robot series, identifying target markets, customer needs, and building strong business cases.Collaborating closely with our business development teams, I devise and execute effective sales strategies for areas like palletizing, machine tending, consumer goods, material handling, and vision applications. My commitment goes from high-level strategy to the training of the sales and engineering teams, creation of support materials, and direct support in meetings with customers.With a sharp focus on the North American market, I've prioritized new product initiatives to meet local needs, contributing significantly to KUKA's regional growth.

Building on the success of our software and engineered solutions for Mitsubishi Electric CNC users, MEAU has created a new focus on providing these optimization solutions across all our product lines. As Product Manager, I am now responsible for bringing our substantial engineering knowledge and skills to all Mitsubishi Electric equipment users to further optimize their operations.

Mitsubishi Electric is a leader in industrial automation technologies and in my role I'm working to help manufacturers update their facilities for Industry 4.0. Through standard solutions for MTConnect and machine monitoring to custom solutions for making your facility more efficient, we at Mitsubishi Electric can help you.

After moving the US headquarters and bringing in a new team, we at Fuji robotics were able to drastically increase sales over the previous year, on target to achieve 175% of robot sales. In my role as Business Development Manager, I developed new distributors projected at 10-15 robot sales/year each, while developing end-user accounts valued at $575,000. I also worked hard networking in the Chicagoland area to build awareness of Fuji and find new opportunities and offerings we could bring to our customers.I was also responsible for finding ways to drive inbound leads, which I did through a heavy focus on updating our online presence. Working with a limited budget, I personally redesigned the website and sourced videos for our YouTube page, also developing our company's LinkedIn page, quadrupling the followers in the process.

Machinio is shaking up the industrial, agricultural, etc equipment sales world, bringing innovative technology to a traditional industry. As a business development representative, I grew our accounts in the US as well as used my experience in Japan to grow the presence in Asia.

After a successful sales career in Japan, I moved back to the US and looked for ways to improve my skills to be successful in the US B2B sales world.As a Victory Lap graduate, I went through an intense 2 week training experience, involving some of the areas greatest sales minds and live sales calls experience, to help prepare me for success in my next role.

Located in downtown Nagoya in the center of Japan, WIZ English is focused on helping people with dreams that involve English achieve those goals. I started at WIZ when they were looking to grow and expand, and during my time there, the school expanded to two locations in downtown Nagoya. As Senior Account Manager, I was responsible for all students, prospective and existing. I met with them, learned what they were looking for and their needs, guided them towards the right courses, and helped make sure they were enjoying and were satisfied with the course. As the new business development representative, I brought in and managed our business accounts, developing new companies to purchase English courses for their employees and working with existing accounts to expand their courses.

With the world becoming more globally connected, it's important that children study English so they're prepared to communicate with people from around the world. At OCEAN English, the mission is to connect students with Native English speaking and Bilingual Japanese/English teachers to help children develop their English and expose them to the world outside of Japan.As a Native English speaking teacher, I was dispatched to schools throughout Central Japan, teaching little kids at kindergarten, starting them with basic English, to more in-depth lessons with Elementary students in after school classes.

AEON, the largest private provider of English-as-a-second-language courses, offers kids and adults an opportunity to take courses to expand their conversational and business English, as well as courses on improving their TOEIC scores. In the increasingly global world, these skills are crucial for people to advance in their careers and life.In my role as a teacher and account manager, I not only taught classes, but also got to know my students' strengths, weaknesses, and goals, advising them in how to study, and suggesting additional courses and study materials to improve in the areas they wanted and needed to. There's no better feeling than that of helping someone achieve their goals.

Marketing intern for world’s largest office products manufacturerCompiled and analyzed sales data, researched competitive marketplace, aided in preparationof sales proposalsKey AccomplishmentsStreamlined processes by eliminating redundant and outdated SKUs and re-aligned active portfolio

Presented and sold over $15,000 worth of premium cutlery and kitchen wares direct to households ($12,000 over three months in first summer, $3,000 over one month in new market in second summer)President’s Club member (awarded to those recognized for exceptional sales skills in the summer campaign)Established office in new sales territory; one of two key personnel selected to do so