Experience

ExponentialFI

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner and Writer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Sharing my insights on reaching Financial Independence at ExponentialFI.com Sharing my insights on reaching Financial Independence at ExponentialFI.com



Grillements LLC

• United States
• Manufacturing

• Co-Founder

  • 2016 - Present

  Set strategic direction, manage financial resources, and develop marketing and sales plan. • Partnered with expert in design to start a business manufacturing and marketing modular charcoal grilling accessories. Set strategic direction, manage financial resources, and develop marketing and sales plan. • Partnered with expert in design to start a business manufacturing and marketing modular charcoal grilling accessories.



Barry-Wehmiller Design Group

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Corporate Planning and Development

  • 2017 - 2018

  Working closely with corporate, regional, and practice leadership teams to build out strategic planning processes, identify and report on growth and value creation initiatives, and plan and leverage investments. Working closely with corporate, regional, and practice leadership teams to build out strategic planning processes, identify and report on growth and value creation initiatives, and plan and leverage investments.



Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Transportation

  • 2015 - 2016

  Directed all aspects of a new-to-the-business product line, including testing, approvals, delivery and engineering and development for both cost reduction and continuous improvement. Also responsible for business development, identifying and contacting decision makers at major automotive manufacturers.• Managed launch of a vacuum in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, generating over $8M in incremental annual revenue.• Organized daily meetings with international, cross-functional internal team (engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, IT, compliance), suppliers, external testing agencies, and client representatives to finish meticulous automotive product testing and approvals, with all deadlines met in time for client’s first production.• Worked with supply chain organization and suppliers, overcoming an unanticipated 4 times increase in demand and delivering 100% of product by client’s requested dates during critical launch period.• Led team of 4 engineers in motor cost reduction program for vehicle vacuum, executing plan to reduce cost by over 50% in the first year without sacrificing end user valued features.• Built research driven marketing presentations and pitched an integrated solution, adding product to technology roadmaps at 5 of the top 10 US auto manufacturers. Show less

• Strategic Planner

  • 2013 - 2015

  Supported Senior Executive Vice President with idea generation, market research, and technical analysis for development of innovative growth programs. Led both annual Strategy Review and Acquisition Review for Commercial and Residential Solutions business group. Responsible for the group’s financial consolidations.• Worked with 5 division presidents and their staff, coordinating strategic plans across an over $1B group for review by CEO, driving transformative organizational changes closer aligning individual businesses and leveraging common resources and revenue opportunities.• Performed monthly group financial consolidations and presented analysis to business leader and CEO, filtering the issues that required executive time. • Responded to frequent data requests from C-level management, providing analysis to support key business decisions and investor presentations. Show less

• Manager, Marketing

  • 2012 - 2013

  Collaborated with customers, sales, and engineering to derive requirements for new products for Refrigeration’s largest market segment. Supported product launches by creating and publishing customer information packages.• Grew market segment by 10% in 2012, a difficult year for the rest of the division, by supporting multiple new and refreshed product launches.

• Manager, Strategic Planning & Business Development

  • 2011 - 2013

  Developed and communicated strategic plans for $500M commercial refrigeration business. Evaluated and prioritized acquisition candidates.• Coordinated division’s staff to develop strategic outlook and present it to CEO, completing critical part of comprehensive 5-year business planning cycle.• Collaborated with a dozen executive-level leaders to create Technology and Acquisitions sections of annual business group Strategy Review presented to CEO, acquiring candidate adding about $30M of intelligent transportation refrigeration solutions.• Created quarterly State-of-the-Business presentations for Division President, informing and aligning hundreds of employees with strategic direction.• Evaluated acquisition candidates to help business leader prioritize business development efforts by developing models and assessing market and technical synergies.• Reduced inventory costs and improved on-time delivery by leading a Lean initiative and reducing number of low volume / high variability D Parts used in refrigeration products. Show less



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineer - Operations Analyst

  • 2008 - 2011

  Employed simulation tools and statistical techniques to evaluate new products and technology before committing more resources. Analyzed results and presented to high level management and customers to inform direction of future product development.• Led a team of about 10 technical experts to assess performance of hypersonic vehicle and sensors using simulation, creating a system design for submission in a multi-billion dollar aircraft proposal. Organized additional proposals to fast track spin-off technologies.• Studied effectiveness of a threat technology and associated tactics. Presented results to high level government customers, leading to a change in understanding of the technology and its strategic impact on the battlefield. Show less

• Real Time Software Engineer

  • 2006 - 2008

  Worked with Air Force and Navy pilots and weapons experts to design cockpit displays on proposed aircraft that minimized pilot workload, leading to an increase in aircraft survivability and target destruction in the simulators.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Formula Car Engineer

  • 2002 - 2006

  Part of a student team that designed and built a race car from scratch. Led the intake and exhaust sub-team. Drove the car both in testing and the annual competition hosted by the Big Three automakers in Detroit. Helped the team go from our first ever competition in 2002 to finishing in the top third of the field by 2005. Part of a student team that designed and built a race car from scratch. Led the intake and exhaust sub-team. Drove the car both in testing and the annual competition hosted by the Big Three automakers in Detroit. Helped the team go from our first ever competition in 2002 to finishing in the top third of the field by 2005.



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • 2005 - 2005

  Summer internship with the Apache group of Training Systems. Worked on main rotor simulations. Summer internship with the Apache group of Training Systems. Worked on main rotor simulations.



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • 2004 - 2004

  Developed a tool to synchronize global memory in the F/A-18 simulator. Reduced compile time from over four hours to 70 seconds. Based on this improvement, the price on the next customer proposal was reduced by 30%. Created a graphical user interface to coordinate networked simulations, eliminating the need for an hour of hand data entry by an engineer before every simulation run. Developed a tool to synchronize global memory in the F/A-18 simulator. Reduced compile time from over four hours to 70 seconds. Based on this improvement, the price on the next customer proposal was reduced by 30%. Created a graphical user interface to coordinate networked simulations, eliminating the need for an hour of hand data entry by an engineer before every simulation run.