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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Currently driving toward the $225M+ impact over the next 4 years by developing, deploying, and implementing strategy for improving, optimizing, and automating Enterprise workforce management to enable a flexible hourly workforce. • Working toward offering TMs flexibility in how they work, when they work, and where they work. While also increasing efficiency, reducing expense, and mitigating risk through Enterprise workforce management solutions.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Improved process consistency from 2% to 50% in national brand led businesses by supporting the development of an Assortment Planning capability. Supported direct reports leveraging Agile mindset ensuring a strong strategic foundation, consistency in process and roles, and technology that enables the process to be completed 9% more efficiently by Team Members (TMs). • Increased representation in key areas from 15% to 37% and closed the turn over gap by 2% by establishing an inclusive team environment that supports team member growth and development to truly live our culture vision of care, grow, and win together.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Implemented new project management capability within Owned Brand organization. Managed and oversaw Right Work Right Location organizational design workstream developing and deploying roadmap for pilot test and learns. • Delivered Innovation Engine 1.0 process as part of designing industry leading Owned Brand phase gate ecosystem inclusive of strategy, project pipeline management, innovation engine, performance engine, and supply chain.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Improved ability of 100% of project leads to create clear, robust, and succinct Problem Statements. Accomplished this by facilitating workshops and Kaizen events, conducting large scale formal training sessions, and holding smaller scale information on the job training and coaching sessions to increase the TMs’ problem solving, continuous improvement (CI) and lean skill sets. In addition, managed the portfolio of process improvement initiatives within Finance Forward including prioritization, problem statement definition, root cause analysis, test and learn incubation, through to sustainment of solution implementation.• Increased TMs’ Onboarding experience satisfaction from 10% to 75% by defining the problem, developing hypotheses and ideating, synthesizing and prioritizing solutions, and delivering a holistic Onboarding program with a framework including standardized work, clear roles and responsibilities, timing and action as well as a feedback loop.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Reduced volume of promotional signs by 3 million per year, while improving Guest and TM experience. Led the System and Print Capability initiative within the Signing Reimagined Enterprise Strategic priority, guiding cross functional teams through strategic decision making, process deep dives, elevated problem solving, and day-to-day operations to enable implementation of solutions at scale. • Delivered new Enterprise Signing System (ESS) by functioning as one half of System Product Owner. Conducted working sessions, facilitated user acceptance testing, and created and documented ESS product quarterly planning process routines including intake, backlog prioritization, and Objectives and Key Result (OKR) measurement.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Freed up 10 hours/analyst/week of time elevating US HQ price analysts to strategic insights analysts within the Value Price and Promotion strategic initiative. Facilitated oversight, management, and progress of six workstreams that defined standardized processes within the Price and Promo Center of Excellence (PPCOE). • Established MVP of Global Supply Chain and Logistics (GSCL) holistic management system driving operational excellence through the Self-Reliant CI. Led implementation, change management, training, and adoption functioning as Chief Editor for all content (modules, memory jogger, etc.) Created, designed and maintained SharePoint online presence and was responsible for all program communication. 100% of survey respondents would recommend the program to others. • Improved value added time by 6% and freed up 30 hours of planning capacity (both above goal) by designing, monitoring, and managing gold standard processes and success measures for version 1.0 solution deployment within Merchandising Forecast Accuracy strategic initiative.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Saved $2M annually (above Annual Operating Plan, AOP, goal) in projects focused on productivity and cycle time via organizational restructuring promoting specific site-wide end-to-end improvements.• Ensured safety of >100 direct labor employees within collective bargaining unit, supervisors, engineers and materials planners while manufacturing $26M of quality combustion product in a high mix low volume environment.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Increased on time project completion by 20% by implementing site level project tracking process within the management operating system (MOS). Eliminated motion of having multiple tools and created standard work around when and how projects are made visible, tracked, held accountable to deadlines, and successes celebrated upon completion. • Developed mature (bronze and silver) Honeywell Operating Systems at both the Golden Valley and Pleasant Prairie sites through deployment of the Standard Implementation Framework, “Go and See”, and CI to achieve key business strategies, metrics, and priorities.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Increased direct labor efficiency by 10% over a 6 month period, reduced overall cycle time by 5 days, and reduced past due from $35,000 to $0 thru Lean Expert certification project in Element Fabrication department. • Provided production team, made up of 4 departments for a total of 30+ people, with effective leadership, guidance, communication and coaching to ensure all metrics in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory were met.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Reduced rework at final visual/pack and ship from 20 to 10%, labeling operation print time from 50 seconds/part to 20 seconds/part, and workmanship returns/month from 5 to 2, a 4000 ppm (by unit qty) reduction through development of automated customized traveler and label print program on the precision pressure transducer line via a Six Sigma Green Belt certification project. • Developed new and improved existing processes by leading A3 projects using Lean and Six Sigma tools, as well as, detailed investigations of key process input variables (KPIV). Maintained performance of processes by utilizing visual management, standard work, total productive maintenance (TPM), and statistical process control (SPC) to keep manufacturing floor running smoothly.

Bloomington, Mn, Us

• Improved customer satisfaction and decreased turnaround time by driving operations to meet business needs through prioritizing daily workflow via the Donaldson Production System (DPS) with Bronze Lean and Six Sigma Greenbelt certification projects. • Managed annual operations laboratory budget including capital, payroll, and supplies/expenses. Secured funding for and began qualification of state-of-the-art SEM (scanning electron microscope) that reduced testing time by 50%, increased magnification by 20 fold, and resulted in laboratory recognition as best in class for technical analysis.

Brea, California, Us

• Reduced scrap cost from an average of $200,000/month to an average < $10,000/month with use of one build at a time and focus on quality control early in the build process. • Managed 500 products in a fast paced manufacturing environment following good manufacturing & laboratory practices (GMP & GLP); leveraged the Danaher Business System (DBS) to maintain safety and achieve quality in an ISO/FDA regulated business providing direction to diverse staff of technicians and scientists.

Brea, California, Us

• Reduced back orders and raised customer satisfaction levels from 60% to above 90% by leading root cause manufacturing investigation using DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) process to bring critical assay back to market in less than one month. • Increased efficiency in turnaround time by saving on average 5 minutes per test by championing transition from manual data storage to laboratory information system, ADAM (automated data acquisition management).• Led and participated in cross-functional teams to develop immunoassay chemistries within a phase gate process for both new and current products. Led root cause investigations, conducted technical design reviews, and remained data driven in recommending resolutions to overcome technical product challenges.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Managed and provided direction for high turnover group of 75 teaching assistants • Developed staffing forecasts and interviewed, hired, and scheduled TAs to meet employment needs• Orientated and trained staff to ensure that skills were adequately maintained• Conducted performance reviews and facilitated achievement of organizational and performance goals• Identified and led implementation of continuous process improvements

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Independently designed and executed experiments to investigate relationship between key process input variables (KPIV) and resulting key process output variables (KPOV)• Processed and analyzed data using various statistical techniques such as ANOVA (analysis of variance) to confirm or reject hypotheses and drive project forward• Communicated project breakthroughs, challenges, and final outcomes to key project stakeholders• Trained and supervised undergraduate laboratory researchers• Studied sol-gel synthesized titanium dioxide nanoparticles to identify key factors driving relative crystal phase content for industrial applications• Synthesized, prepared, and characterized samples using a variety of techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)• Authored six scholarly journal articles, six oral presentations, and seven poster presentations

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Taught six sections (~25 students) of CHEM 1011: Introductory Chemistry, general chemistry lab• Tutored students, proctored exams, held office hours, and graded lab reports

Mount Vernon, Ia, Us

• Tutored students in statistics and calculus• Educated students in basics of Data Desk Statistics software use

Iowa City, Iowa, Us

• Honed analytical and technical proficiencies through scientific research work• Developed effective technical communication skills by authoring a scientific journal article published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A and presenting scientific project work at a poster session• Synthesized, prepared, and characterized samples using a variety of techniques including iductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)

Ph.D., Chemistry

B.A., Chemistry, Mathematics