Aspire Innovation Studio is the business in which I conduct my personal consulting work, specializing in helping companies build the processes and organization for successful concept-to-market product development. I'm thrilled to get to help so many great people gain the tools they need to make their dreams a reality.A portfolio of some of my past projects will be available (still under development at this point) at https://www.aspireinnovationstudio.com. Some of my offerings include:- 0 to 1 business development for new companies/departments- Go to Market solutions for new products/lines- New product design, Look/Feel, UX- Managing your product strategy, building a product roadmap- Making a more effective product development process- Building market and competitive expertise- Building a customer feedback loop- Finding, vetting and working with suppliers/manufacturersIndustry Expertise- Energy, Lithium, Solar, Renewables- IOT and connective electronics

• Headed the introduction of the company's fastest growing product line into the market. • Coordinated the addition of a software design wing to the company and moving engineering design in-house• Built entire Product organization, development process and customer feedback loop from the ground up • Managed entire line of 30 unique hardware, software and IOT products across 6 markets• Instrumental in company's 100% YOY growth during my time there• Head of Purchasing. Oversaw all Vendor relations, Supply Chain and Inventory management. Managed all interactions with manufacturing and development partners• Ran co-developed projects with all our major customers• Cross-functional work across six departments and 200 employees, ran communication with major customers and vendors, worked with executives to plan and carry out product strategy across the company

• Developed an entirely new concept ideation method, providing a structured method for producing and recording more creative and diverse solutions and discover possibilities that had not yet been considered• Gained an in-depth understanding of Engineering Product Development and Ideation techniques• Published multiple papers on improving creativity and diversity during ideation• Designed and ran experiments, performed statistical data analysis, A/B testing, academic research and defended the findings to a board of subject matter experts

• Designed flagship product dashboard for customer staff members – conducted research, designed layout and performed product testing• Performed strategic analysis of current product offerings and market position, designed strategic initiatives for adapting features to market

• Coordinated efforts to build new company-wide CRM system from the ground up. Ran product validation & development planning for version 1• In multiple side projects, designed and coded automation tools resulting in $50,000 recurring annual savings• Automated pricing tracking in the company, empowering large future savings opportunities in Supply Chain

• Spearheaded brand new consultation offering for the team. Designed new services offering for executing on product strategy recommended by the lab, helping with change management and providing strategic expertise• Executed on consultation projects with multiple clients, managing a team of 5• Collected and analyzed company and customer data to evaluate the success of new strategies and provided recommendations for pivots to the client company

• Discovered a largely unmet $80M+ market opportunity. Performed market research and initiated R+D on new product line. • Designed Primary structure and function of new product, drove initial prototyping & testing efforts with market representatives• Ran Project Management, monitored workflows & backlog for the team

Designed my own position in the company. I have primary responsibility to evaluate Dassault's approach to training students learning Catia, Solidworks, 3DExperience and other Dassault software and designing new training methods to increase usage. I designed, created and launched a new line of tutorial videos and Q&A webpages, which walk inexperienced users through the initial learning curve and connect them with the materials they need to learn more advanced topics. This new line of tutorials have increased usage among students by a factor of 20 to date.

Promoted to Team Manager within 2 months of joining the team by researching needs of the customer, taking ownership of unclaimed aspects of the design, and applying new methods Came in $2000 under budget & 3 weeks before deadline with an auto-updating CAD model and cutting-edge modular design

• Gained access to $19 billion German market by overseeing product launch, translating marketing materials into German, and consulting executives on customs and legality• Guided the inclusion and adaptation of corporate culture by new German representatives• Improved efficiency by 15% in compliance department by reordering how cases are addressed• Guided legal behavior of 1500 German salespeople, provided legal correction and training• Trained new German-speaking corporate employees

While still an undergrad at BYU, I was able to demonstrate a high proficiency in the German language as well as a commitment to learning. These skills caught the attention of professors in the German department, who offered me the opportunity to teach an introductory German class. The position provided me the opportunity to prepare and teach college-level German classes, communicating and demonstrating complicated topics to individuals with no experience with the topic. I also mentored individual students, working them through difficult subject matter and keeping them on track. My teaching in this subject lead to the highest-attended introduction class in the department by the second semester.