Experience

Full Harvest

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Digital Product

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Building an amazing team to disrupt an industry while solving for food waste! Full Harvest helps growers get the most out of a harvest and food companies save money by bringing farm excess to market. We are a B2B platform connecting large farms to food businesses to sell significantly discounted, yet perfectly good surplus and imperfectly shaped produce that would have otherwise gone to waste. Approx. 20 billion pounds of produce go to waste in the U.S. annually simply because they are not perfectly shaped for strict retailer standards. We aim to solve this problem by creating a marketplace for this un-utilized edible and delicious produce. Our vision is three-fold: bring an additional revenue stream to farmers, lower the cost of healthy food production, while significantly reducing wasted food and resources. A win-win for everyone. Show less



Farmgrub.com

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  FarmGrub is locally-sourced online grocery market that specializes in same day delivery. The Farm Grub Mission: Empower the local economy, deliver fresh groceries when you need them, and feed everyone in the process. 1. We are committed to empowering the local economy by being the most profitable and convenient distribution channel for our partners to sell their products. 2. We are committed to delivering fresh high-quality food to our community in as little as two hours. 3. We are committed to feeding the hungry and pledge 15% of all profits from your purchase to go directly to Second Harvest. Farm Grub’s Core Beliefs: Community-Focused: Our “Local First” philosophy is the backbone of Farm Grub. It’s why we worked for years to create a platform that serves our local farmers, artisans, community-members, and delivery drivers so that we can help create a thriving local economy where everyone benefits. Quality-Driven: We’re choosy about the products on Farm Grub so you don’t have to be. We intentionally partner with farmers and artisans that are growing and producing the highest quality products of their kind with sustainable practices. You can rest assured that your food is made with simpler ingredients, no chemicals, and a whole lotta love. Dependable: There’s no way around it – food is a necessity, and we want everyone to have access to safe and convenient means of eating. So when we say your groceries are carefully hand-picked and delivered to your doorstep when you need it, we mean it! Launched FarmGrub in 3 month and delivered our first real order 2 months later. Lead digital product, technology, business and marketing strategy. Show less



OlioBox, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Oliobox is a product strategy, design and development firm. With over 35 years of combined experience we help our clients at 3 critical points in their organization's life-cycle: 1. Zero to 1 - We help translate your vision into a smart and impactful solution. We help take your idea from inception to reality, complete with a go to market strategy specifically designed for your product to give it the best chance at success 2. Evolve - We help our clients evolve their current product to take advantage of an ever changing landscape and stay ahead of their competition 3. Pivot - We help our clients pivot to new areas and new business strategies when current ones aren't working out as well as planned. Our unique approach and network of seasoned experts (Ninjas) in research, design, digital product, technology and project management allows us to curate a custom team for your project, uniquely positioned to assist with your project with the highest probability of success. Following are some of the services we provide: ● Insight/Research ● UI/UX Design ● Product Management ● Project Management ● Web Development (Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, C#, C++ . . . etc.) ● Mobile Development (iOS and Android) ● Salesforce Implementation (Commerce Cloud, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Pardot, Service Cloud) ● MS Dynamics AX/365 Implementations ● NetSuite ERP Solutions ● eCommerce Platform Implementation (Magento, Big Commerce, Shopify . . . etc.) Please contact me personally with any questions or ideas you have at hello@olioboxinc.com Show less



Tremor Video

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Product Manager/Consultant for the DSP

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020

  Product managed the development and launch of Tremor Video's Redesigned DSP responsible for cutting campaign and placement setup by over 50% and doubling Self-Service business ● Met with both internal users and external clients to gather feedback ● Partnered with design and development teams to write user stories to enable us to move fast ● Partnered with dev team to implement Agile Methodologies to speed up development ● Implemented rapid user feedback cycles and iterated on product to ensure product quality and usability ● Conducted user acceptance testing to ensure build quality, usability and adoption by internal teams ● Showcased new build to all major client to gather final feedback before launch to ensure adoption ● Post launch support to ensure system stability and utility Product managed the planning, design and development of Tremor Video's DSP's Homepage, Forecaster & Display features as well as other usability enhancements such as Quick Editing and Bulk Editing capabilities. Responsible for product vision and maintaining the product roadmap for the DSP. As well as conducting all competitive analysis, market research and user trends. Show less



ModCloth

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Management Consultant/Head of Product (Business Systems)

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2018

  ● Instrumental in successfully cutting over from home grown eCommerce platform to Salesforce Commerce Cloud and managing change across the org. ● Formulated product strategy and vision for all business systems (sourcing, planning, merchandising, catalog, order management (Salesforce Commerce Cloud), warehouse management (High Jump) and ERP (Oracle) ● Partnered with functional areas across the company and aligned business initiatives with organizational goals and formulated a roadmap to accomplish them ● Developed and led the successful execution of several initiatives from the roadmap instrumental in stabilizing the new platform and showcasing its potential and the possibilities it can unlock for the organization. ● Assembled cross-functional high performance autonomous product teams tasked with delivering the roadmap for the year ● Mentored, guided and counseled the product management team to ensure successful execution of the vision set forth ● Collaborated and managed multiple third-party and vendor relationships Show less



The RealReal

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Management Consultant/Head of Product (Business Systems)

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

  ● Successfully delivered and implemented road map initiatives scheduled and promised for end of year ● Partnered with functional areas across the company to formulate product vision accompanied with a road map to successfully execute it for following year● Designed and coordinated the successful development and deployment several initiatives from the road map instrumental in streamlining inbound and outbound operations in the warehouse and pricing optimization for merchandising.● Brought together cross-functional high performance autonomous product teams tasked with delivering the road map for following year● Mentored, guided and counseled the product management team to ensure successful execution of the vision set forth Show less

• Director of Product Management for Internal Tools

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2016

  ● Partnered with functional areas across the organization and aligned on business initiatives to achieve company goals and formulated product vision and roadmap for all business systems.● Developed and measured key business performance metrics across multiple functional areas of the business to highlight opportunities for continuous improvement.● Responsible for putting together high performance cross-functional autonomous product team tasked with delivering the roadmap.● Designed and coordinated the successful development and deployment of: - Tailor made CRM system with automated lead assignment. - Fully integrated iPad app for the sales team in the field. - Automated engagement campaign module for homegrown CRM system allowing the sales team to re-engage with key consignors, increasing the overall repeat rate. - Tailor made and highly scaleable inbound system for the operations department facilitating receiving, authentication, pricing and merchandising operations. - System assisted photography with image tagging drastically reducing the number of misplaced images and decreasing the time to retouch, rename and upload to server. - Tailor made warehouse locator system complemented by a native iPod app with a scanner responsible for decreasing the time to put away by a factor of 24 and decreased the time to pick by a factor of 3. - System assisted quality control at the packing stations drastically increasing the accuracy of packed orders and reducing mis-ships. - Fully integrated shipping system with various parcel carriers facilitating the shipping of both domestic and international customer orders as well as consignor returns. Show less



vente-privee USA

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product & Operations Manager of Business Systems

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2013

  ● Developed the underlying business processes and systems to ensure simplicity, efficiency and scalability of overall operations. ● Product managed successful implementation of customer returns functionality for both customer and internal facing systems ● Designed and product managed implementation of an Accounting Auditing System responsible for reducing systems related accounting issues by 95% ● Product managed the design and successful implementation of Salesforce in 6 weeks for the buying department. ● Product managed the scope expansion of salesforce by designing and implementing a highly scalable and configurable operations management system using salesforce.com’s Force.com platform for digital photography, merchandising and logistics departments. ● Designed and product managed enhanced integration between an order management system developed in-house and Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management Systems. The integration allowed the management to reduce the time to consumer by 3-4 days, automated inventory/financial reconciliation processes and allowed the management team to reduce the overall inventory holding liability. ● Designed end-to-end implementation of Microsoft’s Dynamics AX 2009 ERP system. Resident Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 administrator. Show less



Bed Bath & Beyond

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product and Operations Research Manager (eCommerce Division)

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

  ● Headed the team responsible for conceptual and operational design of 800K sqft fulfillment center estimated to reduce labor cost/requirements by 25%, increase throughput by 50% and reduce operational costs by an additional 30% on average in most areas, even more in others.● Headed the team responsible for developing a network optimization model capable of of making location recommendations which minimized outbound shipping costs by 25%. ● Forecasted annual business growth and Budgeted Labor Requirements, with 85-95% accuracy, on a fiscal week basis.● Conducted product placement analysis and recommended changes responsible for reducing outbound shipping expense by 25%, consequently increasing net profits by 30%. ● Analyzed 3 years of eCommerce sales history and developed a demand forecasting tool, a DSS, instrumental in reducing turnaround time by 50%, increasing pick productivity by an additional 10-15%, reducing the overall warehouse footprint required for fulfillment and postponing the need to invest in a new fulfillment center by a couple of years.● Created an entire suite of Warehouse Productivity Management Tools, resulting in increase in inbound productivity by almost 35% and an increase of 40% in outbound pick productivity.● Created an Executive dashboard utilized by the upper management as the nerve center for all eCommerce fulfillment centers, their operational data, productivity levels and potential capacity. Show less

• Product Manager/Business Analyst (eCommerce Division)

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2009

  ● Played leading role in integrating eCommerce fulfillment processes of Bed Bath & Beyond’s newest acquisition, buybuy Baby, with the already existing fulfillment processes.● Implemented Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management System in one of Bed Bath & Beyond’s largest east coast eCom fulfillment center.● Implemented various eCom programs including, oversized package surcharge, item level free shipping and eCom sales posting.● Responsible for gathering all the business requirements and creating all the related Business & Functional Requirements Documentation Show less

• International Supply Chain/Operations Research Analyst

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  ● Initiated project to calculate cost projections for warehouse facility expansion using cost-distance modeling algorithm of my own creation.● Collaborated with Customs Compliance team to create full scale record keeping and auditing system for import purchase orders, reducing the processing time of in-house duty calculation by 75%● Instrumental in cutting transit times from the warehouse facilities to the stores by 50% for international supply chain by creating reports which enabled management to identify any potential bottlenecks proactively, allowing plenty of time to address them.● Developed a Microsoft Access application responsible for creating, auditing and managing international logistics general ledger reports.● Developed a tool that eliminated bottlenecks in the supply chain created during seasonal merchandise delivery. The tool enabled management to better understand cube and pallet requirements to enable seamless shipments to stores in a cost effective and timely fashion without putting any strains on the regular supply chain operations.● Analyzed the company’s current process in determining merchandise placement and developed a container-splitting tool (DSS) instrumental in improving the US inventory placement, and reducing overall landed cost as well as reducing transit times, reducing domestic transportation cost by almost 19% for internationally sourced merchandise.● Researched the company’s different shipping cost structures and developed a tool (DSS) enabling management to estimate cost of shipping merchandise from import facilities to stores using four different methods. Show less



Aziz Trading

• Union, NJ

• Accountant/Payroll Manager

  • 2002 - 2005

  ● Maintained time sheets and developed payroll systems responsible for computing withholdings, and deductions associated with net earnings. ● Prepared Balance Sheets, P&L Statements, and other financial reports ● Maintained time sheets and developed payroll systems responsible for computing withholdings, and deductions associated with net earnings. ● Prepared Balance Sheets, P&L Statements, and other financial reports



Datek Online Holdings Corp.

• United States
• Financial Services

• Database Developer

  • 2001 - 2002

  ● Created a database system for new accounts. Compiled all new accounts opened and migrated them over to the new database resulting in enhanced accuracy of records the ability to quickly search using name, address and/or account numbers. ● Created a database system for new accounts. Compiled all new accounts opened and migrated them over to the new database resulting in enhanced accuracy of records the ability to quickly search using name, address and/or account numbers.