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Portland, Or, Us

Salem, Or, Us

Manage the State's Export Promotion Programs (STEP and OTPP), which together have expended more than $6M in grants and generated over $200M in sales revenue for Oregon firms since their inception. In my other role as a trade specialist, my focus is to help develop export strategies for Oregon's Life Sciences/Bio-Medical, and High-Tech industry sectors. Utilizing a variety of tools and partners, we can help identify and provide strategic counseling, and financial resources to Oregon companies looking to identify new sales opportunities, or for expansion into existing international markets. If you're interested in taking your firm to the next level of success, it should include both domestic and global business opportunities. We can help with the training, resources, and financing needed to develop prospects and sales via trade-related events or missions and/or face-to-face meetings!

Developed, organized, and coordinated the HTC's transition to its next evolution as an Innovation Hub and Industrial Lab that prepares underserved youth for STEM careers - housed at Oregon MESA's PSU facility.

Established the framework, process, and ROI for a healthcare-related Digital Hub/Inventor Space. Developed an open office platform, along with the affiliated outreach for events, and interaction with industry partners, state/local governments, businesses, and private individuals for relationships and sponsorships. Secured significant incentives and grant funding needed to establish the HTC, acquire Inventor Space equipment, identify specialty resources, and complete the state’s first-ever economic impact study of Oregon’s Healthcare Technology environment.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Full-service project/change management consulting firm that helps companies scale with systems/project implementations (such as ERP/MRP/CRM), process improvement, and Agile. Transitioned from a contract consultant working on a successful go-to-market strategy, to assisting with the creation of a business development plan, helping to lay the foundation for future growth.

Identified and developed strategic plans for new business markets which created over $4M in new business opportunities, supported a 40+% increase in revenue, and prospected, sold, and managed the largest single PO in the firm’s history. Developed a new delivery process, that resulted in a 25% improvement in on-time delivery between a key supplier and a major customer. Aligned with production/engineering on operations planning, component logistics, and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) initiatives, ensuring projects were completed within specifications and on time.

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Led a team effort to successfully create/retain over 3,000 jobs with business revenues exceeding $700M. Created and managed a nationally recognized Export Assistance program, which won a global award in its third year. Developed a highly-regarded workforce development program that led to 1,389 jobs with a payroll of $100M+ and won numerous awards for my outreach efforts.

Chicago, Il, Us

In the midst of a national recession, my partner and I closed over $17M of complex lease and sale transactions, ranging from traditional office space, flex, and industrial properties to purchase/sale agreements for owners, users, and investors of domestic and international projects.

Created and implemented a new $5M revenue share program, then transferred it to the client to successfully continue the program. Assisted business owners with sales, marketing, and growth plans for expansion into new markets. Managed a nine-person internal team and 30 channel partners.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Generated strategic sales of $7.5M+ in revenue and developed the first Advanced IP business within Oregon/Pacific NW market for IP strategic services and products. Managed relationships with C-Suite and senior-level executives for e-Business solutions including custom web development, professional services, CRM/ERP application development, B2B/B2C integration, security, and hosted/managed applications (Oracle, SAP, Siebel, Captura and Ariba).

Ba, Political Science And International Studies

(Aka Western Culinary Arts), Culinary Arts/Chef Training