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Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Established a consultancy to leverage the skills I have developed over my career in working across multiple industries and specifically how start-ups can best take advantage of a regulated environment. I now utilize this knowledge and experience to assist client organizations with successfully bringing new products and companies to market. I have been.

Teamed up with two business partners on all aspects of launching a new brewpub with a full scratch kitchen, bar, and seating capacity for 136. The brewpub opened in January 2019 and has grown to $1.8MM in revenue in its first year of operations. I was personally responsible for all aspects related to finance, licensing, and regulatory.

Seattle, WA, US

I led the contract pricing and deal desk efforts at Convoy by overseeing multiple teams on both pricing operations and strategy functions. I guided the organization towards both the immediate needs of providing rates for customer agreements, while working closely with product counterparts to scope the future of what fixed pricing looks like for full.

Provide proprietary market research and data analytics for clients across a variety of industries, particularly within food service and other consumer goods. Focus on industry insights that are needed to develop products, de-risk investments, grow organizations, and capitalize on opportunities.

Dedicated to helping OneGo bring a new concept to the business travel market for frequent flyers. Focused on all aspects of the business, utilizing my knowledge and experience with pricing, management, and operations, especially as they relate to air travel. Oversaw the development of the iOS and Android mobile applications and booking engine via an Agile.

Bolingbrook, IL, US

As the Executive Vice President of Strategic Analysis I was focused on laying the groundwork for operational success, collaboratively designing many of the initial operational procedures and training utilized in the construction and maintenance of multiple warehouses, spare parts cages, and cash processing centers based on a Lean Production methodology..

Bolingbrook, IL, US

Helped take the company from little more than an idea to its current position as the largest operator of slot machines in the state of Illinois. Having been at Accel Entertainment since the beginning, I was involved in pretty much all aspects of the company from raising money and laying the accounting framework to designing the initial marketing materials.

Co-founded a pricing strategy firm focused on improvements for industries with relatively fixed supply and highly variable demand. As the Head of Operations, I developed the variable pricing algorithms that were a large leap ahead of the standard approach of demand forecasting. Unfortunately they may have been a fit too far ahead of their time, as we were.

Chicago, IL, US

Designed the next generation commission programs for United’s largest travel agency partners (American Express, Carlson Wagonlit and BCD) leading to a significant reduction in costs. Also coordinated a team to design an advanced model to predict travel agency performance of smaller agencies and therefore properly align sales incentive structures.

Chicago, IL, US

Revamped the entire pricing structure for United's Hawaii flights, successfully driving traffic from lower yielding group and discount channels to direct bookings, which resulted in annual revenue improvements in excess of $50MM. Additionally was in charge of multiple teams of flight analysts working to revamp the approach to overbooking on domestic.

Santa Clara, California, US

Basis of my Master's thesis on leading large scale change within an organization. Specifically I spent my time focused on a systems level approach to process improvement initiatives in a semiconductor environment. Fab 18 in Israel was undergoing a transformation to retain competitiveness and I analyzed the current procedures while assisting in creating a.

Boston, MA, US

While a Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Black Belt at General Electric Aircraft Engines I was involved in implementing the DMAIC and DMADOV project methodologies towards continued improvement in product and process design. Specifically I focused on the design of aspects of aircraft engine inlet & exhaust systems and approaches to refine the manufacturing.

Boston, MA, US

As a participant in General Electric's engineering leadership development program I was able to have a positive impact across multiple rotational assignments involving product design, systems integration, assembly/testing process improvement, and spare parts inventory management. I also had the opportunity to partake in General Electric's advanced course.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering