Omnichannel model with eCommerce, wholesale, and distribution business lines. Sol Soils fills a large gap in the indoor plant soil market by removing peat moss due to it's detrimental environmental effects and it's poor performance as an indoor soil component. Making gritty mixes more readily available to the public significantly reduces the likelihood of watering issues leading to a plant's ultimate demise, which is the number one killer of houseplants.• Acquired first retail client within 30 days of founding business• Within first 6 months entered both of top two MN garden center chains by revenue (~$150M)• Donated to plant nearly 30k trees since inception via global non-profit partner @OneTreePlanted• Created an Instagram video which went viral with nearly 6M views to-date

Empowered a team of four high achieving Sr. Managers to influence C-level leadership on 5+ year enterprise-wide strategy regarding store network replenishment and total Target.com fulfillment for physical capacity, throughput potential, sales growth, and profitability while keeping a constant focus on providing an exceptional customer experience

Ideation, business case validation, and execution of innovations for all eCommerce store fulfillment• Taught myself to code in R by leveraging weekend courses and data science connections, cutting daily processes down from hours to seconds and unlocking incremental network management processes• Presented leadership with outside the box blind-spot, potentially rendering the stores shipping network useless on key peak volume days to drive critical conversation and quick action • Tested the limits of individual store shipping capacity enabling 400% growth over previous maxes

Entrepreneurial role within a Fortune 40 company as owner of strategy creation, implementation, and management of the 1,400 node Ship-From-Store network, accounting for 80% of all sales on Target.com• Formulated plan to funnel volume through USPS serviced stores resulting in 5x throughput growth for USPS units generating $12M in ship savings and increasing speed to guest by 1.3 days per order• Devised new process and calculations to add capacity to nodes displaying ability to effectively work ahead on future workload keeping 15% of daily units from allocating to bottom-performers• Received peer-nominated 2018 Team MVP award for entire 80-person Process Operations team

Selected by Finance officers to own program strategy and lead and inspire 28 peers to action against personal and group development goals as FLDP Board Chair/President at the beginning of my second year• First FLDP member to take over Onboarding Committee Chair responsibilities during first year• Effectively managed change after restructuring all committees to align with overall program goals• Recruited and evaluated over 50 MBA-level candidates with leaders across FP&A and HR

Project portfolio manager for Store Operations, developing all business cases and securing CAPEX• Strategically created forum to influence SVP regarding $200M capital portfolio, refining 2018 plan down from $260M and allowing for real-time decision making to increase project NPVs and IRRs• Boldly saved $4M by challenging group of superiors using data to change the frame of mind on a flexible fulfillment project for extending Drive Up shopping capabilities to first 950 stores• Managed long-range plan and identified drivers of risk in monthly forecast for over $1B of expense

Full-time graduate MBA programDean’s FellowFull tuition scholarship

Brought in as one of five external consultants to the C-Suite to evaluate and challenge strategies• Developed solution to decrease costs by $7M over five years and presented to chief executives• Streamlined recruiting and hiring operations by creating implementation plan and obtaining buy-in for new human resource IT system through collaboration with over 100 leaders across the firm• Pitched South African expansion opportunity via personal passion to Chief Administrative Officer

Largest outdoor fireworks retailer in the Midwest with over $1M in revenue over 7 days of sales• Promoted at 17 to oversee 75 employees as youngest manager since company founding in 1981• Redesigned inventory packing and middle-mile shipping processes, doubling hourly productivity• Evaluated employee performance to determine bonus levels and promotion recommendations

Promoted to partner with small- to mid-sized companies to ensure their employees had optimal fund options • Utilized Excel to perform competitive analysis as well as model financial benefits and drawbacks of different investment techniques; presented findings to wide range of stakeholders• Ranked consistently among the top five associates in every productivity metric• Recognized by CEO as top 10% producer nation-wide in 2013, securing $4.2M across 100 new accounts

Worked with high net worth investors to assess risk tolerance and advise appropriate fund options• Developed and pitched workflow improvement strategies for the SalesForce CRM to leadership, resulting in multiple upgrades to the system across the department• Nominated by management team alongside 10 peers for company-wide Integrity Award• Provided consultation and portfolio analysis to the team serving clients with more than $250k in assets

Owned 12 hospital system relationships, led them through upgrades, and recommended new system functionality• Promoted from rotational training program to consulting track by excelling in a series of challenges• Partnered with cross-functional teams to develop effective strategies to meet long-term client needs• Eliminated 75% of redundant work through mentorship of newly formed team of counterparts in India

• Held 20 office hours per week to help junior and senior level students grasp quantitative and qualitative class material• Created weekly homework assignments for over 100 students and proctored and evaluated exams

• Collaborated with a financial advisor to retain $70M in assets by providing in-depth investment analysis to clients• Communicated with 300 clients monthly to participate in seminars on market strategy updates that were relevant to their portfolios, and helped ensure the seminars ran smoothly while providing input on various subjects• Developed hypothetical portfolio scenarios to present various allocations and their risk-reward trade-offs to clients

• Observed meetings with clients to see how proposed changes to their holdings should be addressed and how their concerns should be handled• Called 300 clients monthly to invite them to seminars on market updates that were relevant to their portfolios• Regularly ran Morningstar hypothetical situations to see if different investments would be a better fit