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- One of the nation's leading experts on how to save money, invest, and retire in dignity. -Named by TIME/Nextadvisor as one of The 25 Most influential New Voices of Money. Expert Reviewer and Contributor for CNET Money- Author of "Wealth is a Mindset", a book highlighting the importance of mental health and its impact on financial wealth. To be released.

Woonsocket, RI, US

- The omnichannel strategy and analytics team supports the broader omnichannel / digital / e-commerce team of the CVS front store retail organization- Our team helps CVS front store retail be more digitally enabled through e-commerce to achieve ambitious omnichannel goals to give the customer what they want, however way they want it delivered, online and.

Boston, MA, US

Focused on private equity M&A and corporate growth strategy in the retail and consumer sector, (food & beverage, apparel retail, hospitality, and technology). Key issues including- Omnichannel strategy- Microfulfillment centers / dark stores in e-commerce- Indoor farming, vertical farming- Click and collect - how BOPIS is disrupting the grocery store.

Boston, MA, US

- Specialist on the retail and consumer goods practice - with deep expertise in dynamics impacting the retail and food and beverage industry- Manage analytical team (average of 3 -5 direct reports), creating analytic frameworks, balancing tasks between team members, presenting work to clients- Member of the pilot class of advanced analytics experts, who.

Columbus, Ohio, US

The customer and market insights team helps the company understand the customer "like a best friend". My recommendations helped influence the most high-level leaders in Merchandising, Product Development, and Marketing. Responsibilities included- Providing thought partnership to the CEOs of various business units- Bring customers to life - their emotions.

Pleasanton, California, US

Cardpool.com was a place where people could sell unwanted gift cards and find gift cards for stores at a discount. We also bought gift cards at a discount in offline mall kiosk locations. Cardpool.com was part of Y Combinator prior to being acquired by Blackhawk Network. The website closed in 2021.- Responsible for coordinating tactics for a $10M mall.

• Snapette was a mobile app that helped consumers discover localized fashion, focused on shoes and handbags. It was part of the 500Startups accelerator program and was eventually acquired by PriceGrabber.
• Conducted market research through primary interviews to define features for the minimum viable product; customer sentiments were synthesized for fundraising materials
• Increased monthly active users on Facebook Page (primary company presence prior to the app’s official launch in the Apple iTunes store) by 300% through promotional giveaways and email-collecting surveys
• Developed a dashboard of key metrics using Google Analytics and Localytics data to measure app performance; output of the key metrics were used to secure $1.3M in angel funding
• Identified and prioritized which product features to develop in newer builds using the metrics dashboard

Boston, MA, US

Analyzed the operational and cultural challenges that contributed to the inefficiency of a surgical device company’s product development process and presented analysis to senior managementPerformed comprehensive U.S. market analysis looking at market size and competition and created a valuation model that confirmed the feasibility of a novel $250M strategy.

Mountain View, CA, US

Analyzed data to improve accuracy of internal metrics used to determine partner valueResearched online social networks to enhance customer service communicationsProvided customer support, enforced network quality and AdSense policiesCollaborated with managers to conceive ideas for improving team efficiency

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