Functional Skills
Budgeting
Business Intelligence
Cost Reduction
ERP Implementation
Financial Due Diligence
Financial Modeling
Forecasting / Projections
Inventory Management
Manufacturing Improvements
Operational Efficiency
Organizational Design
Process Design / Re-engineering
Supply Chain Management
Workforce Optimization
Supply Chain Optimization
Software Skills
Asana
Domo
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel Macros
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Word
PowerBI
SQL
Julia
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Sector Experience
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Retail
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
Languages
English
Case Study
Case Studies
Workload and Capacity Modeling to resolve Supply Chain delays
Transportation & Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Data Modeling
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Notable Clients
Carters
Fingerhut
Nike
Revolution Foods
Walmart
Fortune 500
Experience
Self-Employed
Management Consulting
Executive Consultant
6/2019 - Present
- Interim executive roles
- Turnaround for companies in distress
- Operational improvements for cost reduction and increased capacity
- S&OP integration with multi-variable price modeling and operations-based margin drivers
- Business intelligence definition and dashboard design
- Automation and systems improvements to support needed operational improvements
- Turnaround for companies in distress
- Operational improvements for cost reduction and increased capacity
- S&OP integration with multi-variable price modeling and operations-based margin drivers
- Business intelligence definition and dashboard design
- Automation and systems improvements to support needed operational improvements
Mission Pets (acquired by SportPet)
Finance
CFO
11/2016 - 6/2019
- Implement operating processes and systems
- Implement DOMO-based business intelligence and dashboards
- Upgrade accounting team
- Reduce time to close
- Improve financial reporting
- Debt financing
- Acquisition and integration
- Board meeting prep and management
- Implement DOMO-based business intelligence and dashboards
- Upgrade accounting team
- Reduce time to close
- Improve financial reporting
- Debt financing
- Acquisition and integration
- Board meeting prep and management
GoldieBlox, Inc
Start-Up
CFO & COO
3/2013 - 11/2016
- Series A, Bridge and Series B
- Financial Modeling
- Build operations team, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution and fulfillment
- Reduce cost of goods
- Build accounting team
- Support pivot to digital edutainment business model while licensing toy IP
- Financial Modeling
- Build operations team, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution and fulfillment
- Reduce cost of goods
- Build accounting team
- Support pivot to digital edutainment business model while licensing toy IP
Burro, LLC
Start-Up
Partner
10/2008 - 12/2012
- Business start-up in Ghana (West Africa)
- Build Operations processes and team for last mile distribution of productivity enhancing goods and services for people living on a few dollars a day
- Build Accounting processes and team
- Establish all governmental and regulatory relationships
- Build sales and delivery network for pilot branch
- Develop MS Access system for unique transaction model
- Build Operations processes and team for last mile distribution of productivity enhancing goods and services for people living on a few dollars a day
- Build Accounting processes and team
- Establish all governmental and regulatory relationships
- Build sales and delivery network for pilot branch
- Develop MS Access system for unique transaction model
Microsoft
Information Technology
Director, Solution Management
8/2006 - 10/2008
- Internal supply chain consultant bridging between IT and business operations for Xbox and other hardware devices
- Build five year SAP and process implementation roadmap from S&OP through integrated and visible manufacturing and distribution management
- Manage implementation teams for the roadmap
- Build five year SAP and process implementation roadmap from S&OP through integrated and visible manufacturing and distribution management
- Manage implementation teams for the roadmap
Cranium (acquired by Hasbro)
Operations
VP Operations
11/2002 - 6/2005
- Build product development, production, manufacturing, distribution and customer service teams
- Implement Oracle ERP (in 12 weeks)
- Reduce cost of goods by double digit percentages three consecutive years
- Earn Toys R Us Vendor of the Year two years in a row
- Implement Oracle ERP (in 12 weeks)
- Reduce cost of goods by double digit percentages three consecutive years
- Earn Toys R Us Vendor of the Year two years in a row