Functional Skills

Strategic Planning
Change Management / Org Design
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Integration Management (IMO)
Business Analysis
Customer / Vendor Calls
Product Launch

Sector Experience

Automotive
Business Services
Social & Public Sector
Technology
Travel & Hospitality
Big 4 Accounting
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

ANGEL CITY SPORTS Corporate Strategy & Development
CEO and Founder
1/2015 - Present
Founded and manage all aspects of a high-growth, high-impact non-profit providing sports and recreational programming for children, veterans, and adults with physical disabilities.
● Diversified and grew revenue by 26x, from $50k in 2015 to $1.3M in 2022.
● Expanded programming from one event in 2015 to 140+ events in 2022, creating vastly improved access to sports and other resources for a disadvantaged population.
● Built one of the leading brands in adaptive sports with 104M media impressions, 20M social impressions, and 30,000 email/social followers.

AMPLA INSTITUTE Corporate Strategy & Development
CEO and Founder
1/2020 - Present
Founded and manage all aspects of a career development and planning firm created to help professionals find their path and unlock their potential.
● Developed proprietary 3P Career Path Framework to help clients identify the intersection of their Passion, Proficiency, and Purpose.
● Impacted tens of thousands of professionals through career development programs, keynote speeches and seminars, and blogs/articles on career and professional development.

Safelite Auto Glass Corporate Strategy & Development
Regional Vice-President
1/2009 - 1/2015
Led turnaround of California Region with 35 locations and 650 employees from a declining $69M region at bottom quartile of KPIs into high-growth $95M region in top quartile of KPIs.

• Achieved 43% sales growth over 5 years by improving retail footprint, strengthening sales team, operational audits, and improving customer service touch points
• Crafted business plan to improve profit by targeting higher margin customers and improving productivity, resulted in 109.8% profit and 71.8% profit/customer growth over five years
• Executed $3 million facility footprint plan in Southern California, relocating, renovating, and building 20 retail and warehouse facilities over 3 years.
• Created Leadership Development Program (LDP) for 150 managers & high-potentials, leading to 80% placement in leadership position. Featured in Smart Business magazine.

Classic Party Rentals Operations
Vice-President, Operations and Sustainability
1/2003 - 1/2009
$250M Nation's leading event rental company. Vice-President, Operations and Sustainability 2005-2009 Served as interim COO of $150M East Region with 800 employees across 16 facilities and integrated 23 acquisitions in 3 years valued at $200M in sales.
● Improved post-acquisition P&L performance by 10-25% by optimizing sales, improving operational efficiencies, and reducing costs.
● Developed cross-functional M&A integration methodology achieving 90+% retention of key customers and employees and was pivotal to recap/sale of business to PE firm.
● Hired and trained General Managers, implemented employee development and training programs, and strengthened business development efforts.
● Produced Operations Manual covering operating policies on operations, fleet management, labor management, human resources, inventory, and credit and collections.
● Chaired vendor consolidation project which achieved 20-50% savings on purchasing.

Classic Party Rentals Operations
General Manager
1/2003 - 1/2005
Managed Classic's flagship location with $20M in sales and 150 employees.

NextLeft Operations
Managing Director, Los Angeles Office
1/2000 - 1/2002
Founding member of leadership team for digital consulting firm. Designed Client Satisfaction Monitoring and Project Bonus Program to track client satisfaction and increase revenue.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Management Consulting
Consultant, West Region
1/1998 - 1/2000
Spearheaded an eBusiness assessment for a major Hollywood Studio and helped launch a global consumer service portal for a Fortune 100 client in five languages.

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS CORPORATION Management Consulting
Research Associate
1/1993 - 1/1994
Provided economic research and analysis for litigation, including the Merck-Medco merger.

ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, UCSB Research
Research Assistant
1/1990 - 1/1993
Researched and assisted in drafting of environmental economics reports and articles.