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A journey from Engineer to Entrepreneur
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Excellent communicator. Great work ethic and teamwork skills. Through an education in engineering crossed with business experience, ability to translate engineering concepts into a coherent business plan without the need for extra steps. Has experience leading teams in an agile environment, working on both physical and digital products. Proven experience in strategy, formulating multi-year financial plans and collating research/customer interviews to create long-term business strategies that are executable at the project level. According to The Predictive Index, top traits are Maverick (innovative, “outside the box” thinker, undaunted by failure) and is independent and individualistic; strong minded and determined. Passions are in understanding industries and finding white space to improve products and/or create alternative revenue streams/experiences.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Business/Technical Integration: 5 years of integrating technical and business knowledge, leading cross-functional teams, and combining engineering know-how with business requirements to achieve improved products and bottom line.
• Strategy/Planning: 4 years of experience earned at Keurig and Ford Motor Company utilizing market research and customer insights to draft multi-year (3-10) strategies to grow product bases and increase customer satisfaction. Able to extrapolate data and combine technical research with competitive landscape to shape narratives of teams.
• Finance Analysis: 4 years of financial modeling experience, pulling together quantitative and qualitative models of the value derived from various products.
• Product Management: 3 years of proven product management expertise earned from Keurig and Ford Motor Company. Part of 10x key product strategies/programs throughout career. Approach is learning from the customer and leveraging business and technical leadership to break down problems and develop/deliver solutions.
• KPI Creation/Reporting: 3 years of experience earned at Ford Motor Company through end of year budget/KPI management, creating KPIs required for additional funding to be applied to projects.
• Program Management: 3 years of proven program management expertise earned from Notre Dame and Ford Motor Company. Leads by example. Unafraid to get hands dirty and brings the team along as they learn.
• Contract Negotiation: 2 years of contract experience, leading business term negotiations with multiple partners while working for Ford, including managing terms in time sensitive environments. Leveraged knowledge base of data privacy in order to protect Ford consumers
• Agile Project Management: 1 year of experience at Keurig, utilized agile sprints to deliver new, higher quality brewers in reduced timelines.
• Business Owner: 1 year of experience earned at Ford Motor Company through management of multiple businesses as sole business owner during transition period including the management of engineering teams, finance reporting, contract negotiation and more.
• Leadership: 1 year of people leadership experience. Coaching one individual into becoming a successful contributor at Ford. Generally a hands-off leader focused on empowering someone’s skillset to enhance individual growth with an eye towards project success.
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