Experience

Redstone Manufacturing

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Redstone specializes in helping US-based companies produce metal castings and metal parts directly with factories in Mexico and Asia. Our team leverages a global supply chain with diverse production capabilities ranging from sand casting, die casting, investment casting, CNC machining, metal injection molding, plastic injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication. Redstone provides contract manufacturing and sourcing consulting services.Highlights include:• World's first mass-market electric jet skis and electric snowmobiles, Redstone produces the aluminum die castings and stamped parts in Asia.• One of the largest brake caliper manufacturers in the United States, Redstone is delivering a $10 Million sourcing plan to bring iron sand casting production in Mexico.• New innovative truss stand designs for industrial solar power, Redstone produces steel ground screws and sand castings in Vietnam.



BioMassters

• Rwanda
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  BioMassters' mission is to replace charcoal production and charcoal cooking by providing modern, affordable and low-carbon pellet fuel production and cooking solutions, based on locally produced fuel from waste materials. Our target market is urban and peri-urban households in Rwanda and beyond. BioMassters' mission is to replace charcoal production and charcoal cooking by providing modern, affordable and low-carbon pellet fuel production and cooking solutions, based on locally produced fuel from waste materials. Our target market is urban and peri-urban households in Rwanda and beyond.



Triminator

• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Manager

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

  Supply chain management for a company in the agricultural machinery industry. Identified quality suppliers in US and China, negotiated best pricing, built strong relationships with suppliers, determined weekly quotas, determined temp-worker staffing levels, demand modelling, cash flow modeling, strategic planning, negotiated purchase contracts with suppliers.• Reduced COGS by 12% in first 9 months• Achieved 0 days of product stockouts in 2016 (company had 10 stockouts in 2015). • Moved part of the supply chain overseas to Shanghai and Guangzhou, China.Planned inventory and purchasing for more than 700 custom and stock parts to assemble agricultural machinery.



CH2M HILL

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Management Consultant

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2015

  Long-term financial and capital expenditure planning for water and wastewater, transportation, and sanitation departments in major cities around the United States. Investigated complex problems of public utility providers and created novel solutions using predictive algorithms, VBA code, ROI analysis, cost-benefit analysis, debt coverage ratio optimization, multi-objective decision analysis, capital investment prioritization, construction schedule optimization, and energy load and cost modeling. Branded this work with supervisor as a unique and proprietary program management strategy offered by CH2M HILL.- Received the appreciation award for outstanding contribution to CH2M.- Developed a dynamic financial modeling tool for the City of Fresno’s $1B capital portfolio.- Developed cost evaluation model for the largest solid waste and recycling franchise agreement ever attempted in the United States for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation.- Analyzed power and water optimization strategies for six water and wastewater treatment plants in San Diego, CA.- Developed cost-benefit analysis for automated water meter reading in Louisville, KY.



Inyenyeri

• Belgium

• Deputy Director

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  The Founder and former CEO of Marmot hired me to launch a clean-cook stove social enterprise in Rwanda. Immediately after graduating college, I packed my bags and moved to Rwanda for the adventure and real-world education of a lifetime. He and I launched a pilot operation to manufacture cookstoves and biomass fuel pellets, while I wrote the business plan targeting sophisticated impact investors. As a result of this work, Inyenyeri was awarded a $1 Million grant from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund business plan competition. Inyenyeri has since raised more than $20 million in grant and low-interest debt commitments.



Engineers Without Borders - University of Colorado

• Team Lead & Project Manager, Rwanda Team

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2011

  Coordinated a team of 20 undergraduate and graduate students and two professional engineers in the design and construction of a small-scale water distribution system for a remote location in Rwanda. Designed and installed a 300W PV system at a high-school in Rwanda. Coordinated a team of 20 undergraduate and graduate students and two professional engineers in the design and construction of a small-scale water distribution system for a remote location in Rwanda. Designed and installed a 300W PV system at a high-school in Rwanda.