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Maitland, Florida, United States

Winter Park, Florida, United States

Operations leader for wealth management firm with oversight of day-to-day functions, client engagement, and administrative support. Develops and executes financial reporting processes and budget forecasts providing short-/long-term fiscal planning. Designs enterprise marketing strategies and process improvements delivering innovative business solutions propelling corporate growth.•Inspires 10-person cross-functional team to achieve high performance advancing corporate portfolio to eclipse 500 accounts and $300M assets under management.•Manages facilities and land assets for 5 business segments ensuring maintenance, upkeep, and availability of multi-million-dollar property valuation.•Oversees performance management, HR functions, and payroll processing ensuring accurate control and distribution of $70K in monthly employee salaries.•Facilitates corporate internship program; assigns projects and monitors progress/growth optimizing development of 4 interns per year.•Champions and implements process improvements including migration to new CRM platform accelerating lead generation and expanding account management capabilities.

•Propelled corporate growth by managing enterprise projects and product development of $7M sustainment system for marine life leveraged in large-scale research initiatives and laboratory testing.•Collaborated with cross-functional product development team consisting of engineers, fabricators, quality control, and service technicians in developing/installing environmental monitoring applications and infrastructure heightening water quality and dietary controls.•Managed full lifecycle of 4 projects simultaneously for contracts ranging from $5M to $10M; engaged key stakeholders to identify program needs and research requirements.•Boosted sales enablement and advanced revenue recognition through community outreach by providing product demonstrations/educational presentations extending market influence.

•Recruited and challenged by executive leaders to build and develop startup business strategy; scaled from ground to deliver 17% month-over-month revenue growth.•Led 13-person workforce to catapult client engagement, community outreach, and sales operations 23%.•Establish product development strategy and business plans, managing within defined scope, timeline and budget• Analyze market trends and customer needs to identify new business development opportunities• Manage all sale operations and customer outreach programs• Develop corporate strategies to improve company’s marketing and sales performance• Increased sales performance by 200% from 2017 to 2018

•Promoted from lab technician/supervisor role to oversee 5 laboratory facilities and operations of $60M research equipment supporting robotics, automation, and environmental control studies.•Partnered with 5-person tech team to develop robotics product/sustainment system capability automating feeding process for aquatic life utilized in high-visibility research.•Supervised 10 direct reports and 40-person staff while overseeing 30 principal investigators and research leads focused on life science, genetics, and DNA manipulation research.•Deputy Director facilitating services and statistical analysis for scientific publications• Manage multiple projects simultaneously to appropriated budget and schedule • Created facility inventory system from scratch• Operations manager facilitating preventative maintenance agreements, extended warranties, and purchasing • Lean operations by analyzing internal methods and implementing procedural and policy changes to improve operations • Established user interface and programming for automated feeding robotics • Created Standard Operating Procedures and trained staff on equipment function and usage• Maintained facility at highest laboratory standard in preparation of unannounced federal, state, and university inspections

Lakeland, Florida Area

Master'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, Genetics, Biostatistics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology And Marine Science

Activities and Societies: Hockey, Dauphin Island Oceanic Laboratories