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Seattle, Wa

Owning portfolio level large scale organizational change and driving strategic initiatives aligned to our top success organization priorities across our broad Salesforce Customer Success & Support ecosystem.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Leading large scale organizational change and strategic initiatives aligned to our top success organization priorities for Tableau, a Salesforce company.2021 Sales Award Winner (President’s Club)

Bellevue, Wa

Founded in Chicago in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton has revenue in excess of $1.45 billion and operates 58 offices across the United States with more than 550 partners and 7,000 employees.Grant Thornton works with a broad range of publicly and privately held companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and civic and religious organizations. Core industries served include consumer and industrial products, financial services, not-for-profit, private equity, and technology. Grant Thornton focuses on serving dynamic organizations that pursue growth holistically — whether through revenue improvement, leadership, mission fulfillment, or innovation. Grant Thornton supports the kinds of policies that allow these companies to reach their full potential and is particularly qualified to serve clients in the middle market that face the challenges of growth and expansion. By fostering responsible entrepreneurship, Grant Thornton helps these organizations grow and fuel a thriving economy.

Bellevue, Wa

Arryve is a management consulting firm that prides itself on providing thought leadership, execution excellence and great relationships to clients from the Fortune 10 to the Fortune “Someday.” We focus on completing projects instead of extending them, and clients appreciate our common-sense approach to creating innovative solutions for complex problems. We ask the tough questions and find the right answers. Bottom line? Our consulting gets you there the right way. Our client services include:• Strategy and Corporate Solutions • Marketing and Sales • Operational Excellence • Financial Processes and Systems • Project Portfolio Management • Performance Measurement and Management • Information Technology Learn more by visiting: www.arryveconsulting.com

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed and delegated the engineering workload for 2 Full-Scale Test Airplanes as the interim Lead Engineer; managed large rework projects ranging from 3 months to 2 years; represented the Engineering function in support of Operation Leadership meeting; subject matter expert for a new structures manufacturing process; liaison between manufacturing, quality, materials & process technology, and the vast engineering project community; participated in process improvement workshops for the ramp-up of 787 operations• Gathered a priority team of individuals for critical path work statement; managed process and schedule for rework to be performed by Boeing Operations; coordinated critical results with supplier to initiate proper corrective action and change; designed engineering rework to repair primary structure in order to meet set capabilities and requirements

Greater Seattle Area

• Accountable for all structural analysis for the aft section of the modified 737 fuselage frame; created and maintained a schedule to facilitate drawing release dates with the Navy; analyzed the fuselage frames in order to structurally and functionally meet the engineering requirements during flight; developed analysis documents to explain assumptions and calculations; released final drawings for detail, assembly, and installation• Served as the Integrated Product Team focal for a drawing release process improvement workshop (LEAN)

Argonne National Laboratory (Chicago)

Analyzed performance, efficiency, and environmental effects of cutting edge Hydrogen Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine based off a Volkswagen TDI (diesel) model; used GT-Power solution for analysis; wrote a thesis explaining my results and recommendations

University Of Missouri - Rolla

Created an algorithm for a secure transport task for robots; programmed using C++ language; reported out weekly on progress to professor/lead; wrote thesis and presented results and future recommendation to foundation leadership

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

B.S., Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Student Council, Kappa Delta Sorority, St. Pat's Board, SWE