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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for managing integration roadmap activities to ensure an efficient transition of the target companies technology into the Cisco portfolio. Integrated/managed 10 strategic acquisitions, representing 12,000 customers and $1B in services revenue, with an average cycle time of 6-9 months.Engage in due diligence, offer definition and operational enablement. Provide feedback in developing a holistic go to market strategy and playbook that fosters success and mitigates downstream… Show more Responsible for managing integration roadmap activities to ensure an efficient transition of the target companies technology into the Cisco portfolio. Integrated/managed 10 strategic acquisitions, representing 12,000 customers and $1B in services revenue, with an average cycle time of 6-9 months.Engage in due diligence, offer definition and operational enablement. Provide feedback in developing a holistic go to market strategy and playbook that fosters success and mitigates downstream issues. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for facilitating weekly extended team sessions with 50+ stakeholders to capture top of mind items, discuss project updates, and drive issues to resolution as needed. In addition, managed $3M cost of integration budget to ensure efficient resource utilization and alignment with CFO commit. Pioneered process driven framework across 6 functional groups and 4 systems that defines the set of coordinated end to end activities to enable a consistent, scalable and repeatable process… Show more Responsible for facilitating weekly extended team sessions with 50+ stakeholders to capture top of mind items, discuss project updates, and drive issues to resolution as needed. In addition, managed $3M cost of integration budget to ensure efficient resource utilization and alignment with CFO commit. Pioneered process driven framework across 6 functional groups and 4 systems that defines the set of coordinated end to end activities to enable a consistent, scalable and repeatable process to assess new business models. Show less

Palo Alto, Ca

Manage talent acquisition activities across acquisition integration, corporate development, change management and operations. Partner with client to understand industry/organizational pain points and develop a strategy, coupled with resources, to address those needs.

San Francisco Bay Area

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CADeveloped strategy for launching Cisco centric commerce tool as part of a project transformation initiative. Managed new capability release efforts to align with strategic business objectivesUT Starcom Inc., Hangzhou, China / Alameda, CACreated an end to end supply chain solution in Oracle R12 purchasing module; resulting in $20M savings in the first year of deployment. Led a procurement team consisting of 20 employees across the U.S. and… Show more Cisco Systems, San Jose, CADeveloped strategy for launching Cisco centric commerce tool as part of a project transformation initiative. Managed new capability release efforts to align with strategic business objectivesUT Starcom Inc., Hangzhou, China / Alameda, CACreated an end to end supply chain solution in Oracle R12 purchasing module; resulting in $20M savings in the first year of deployment. Led a procurement team consisting of 20 employees across the U.S. and China.Sony Electronics Inc., San Jose, CA / Fukuoka, JapanLed team of 30 people in coordinating supply chain warehouse infrastructure to house $60 million worth of finished goods inventory. Analyzed and streamlined the procurement process in Fukuoka, Japan for Sony Playstation 3 wafers and finished goods, resulting in a 25% increase in time to market Show less

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Activities and Societies: -Deans List Recipient

Bs, Bachelor Of Science In Operations And Management Information Systems

Activities and Societies: • Cum Laude • Business Affiliations: Beta Gamma Sigma