Experience

Konami Gaming, Inc.

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director, Supply Chain & Purchasing

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  • Developed and managed organizational purchasing spend over $120M. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Konami realizing over $10M in annualized savings and $3M in cost avoidance efforts to date. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various IT Software/Hardware Spend Management Programs (Including but not limited to the following: Microsoft, Fortinet, Artic Wolf, Mimecast, Oracle, Cisco, etc.) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom… Show more • Developed and managed organizational purchasing spend over $120M. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Konami realizing over $10M in annualized savings and $3M in cost avoidance efforts to date. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various IT Software/Hardware Spend Management Programs (Including but not limited to the following: Microsoft, Fortinet, Artic Wolf, Mimecast, Oracle, Cisco, etc.) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom, Surveillance, etc.) o Various Hardware and Service Directed Buy Programs in the IT, Professional Service, and Facilities Commodities. o Enterprise IT Staff Augmentation “Rate Card” Program • In addition to creating and driving sourcing programs I developed and established key Supply Chain/Sourcing policy to ensure programs once created and implemented continued to yield effective results. Processes include but not limited to the following: o Contract Renewal Standard Process o RFI/RFP Vendor Engagement Process o Contracting Lifecycle Management o Manufacturing Standards o Best in class PO Process Standard o Warehouse Standards (Including but not limited to WMS Implementation, Scrap Program, etc.) Show less • Developed and managed organizational purchasing spend over $120M. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Konami realizing over $10M in annualized savings and $3M in cost avoidance efforts to date. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various IT Software/Hardware Spend Management Programs (Including but not limited to the following: Microsoft, Fortinet, Artic Wolf, Mimecast, Oracle, Cisco, etc.) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom… Show more • Developed and managed organizational purchasing spend over $120M. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Konami realizing over $10M in annualized savings and $3M in cost avoidance efforts to date. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various IT Software/Hardware Spend Management Programs (Including but not limited to the following: Microsoft, Fortinet, Artic Wolf, Mimecast, Oracle, Cisco, etc.) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom, Surveillance, etc.) o Various Hardware and Service Directed Buy Programs in the IT, Professional Service, and Facilities Commodities. o Enterprise IT Staff Augmentation “Rate Card” Program • In addition to creating and driving sourcing programs I developed and established key Supply Chain/Sourcing policy to ensure programs once created and implemented continued to yield effective results. Processes include but not limited to the following: o Contract Renewal Standard Process o RFI/RFP Vendor Engagement Process o Contracting Lifecycle Management o Manufacturing Standards o Best in class PO Process Standard o Warehouse Standards (Including but not limited to WMS Implementation, Scrap Program, etc.) Show less



Boyd Gaming

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Manager of IT & Indirect Sourcing Procurement

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Developed and managed sourcing strategy impacting $800 million in annual Technology, Professional Services and Facilities category spend. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Boyd realizing over $20M in annualized savings and $50M in cost avoidance efforts to date in my 4 years with Boyd Gaming. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various Cloud Management Programs (AWS/Azure) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom, Surveillance… Show more • Developed and managed sourcing strategy impacting $800 million in annual Technology, Professional Services and Facilities category spend. My strategic efforts drove significant value to Boyd realizing over $20M in annualized savings and $50M in cost avoidance efforts to date in my 4 years with Boyd Gaming. Projects include but are not limited to the following: o Various Cloud Management Programs (AWS/Azure) o Various Vendor Managed Service Programs (Telecom, Surveillance, etc.) o Various Hardware and Service Directed Buy Programs in the IT, Professional Service, and Facilities Commodities. o Enterprise IT Staff Augmentation “Rate Card” Program • In addition to creating and driving sourcing programs I developed and established key sourcing policy to ensure programs once created and implemented continued to yield effective results. Sourcing Processes include but not limited to the following: o Contract Renewal Standard Process o RFI/RFP Vendor Engagement Process o Contracting Lifecycle Management

• Commodity Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

• Sourcing Specialist

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Identified opportunities that drove operational efficiencies, enhanced end user experiences, and realized saving of $750k. Top projects include enterprise IRE (In Room Entertainment) standardization efforts, various facilitates programs (Fastenal/Grainger/Johnstone), etc. • Communicated with stakeholders and effectively drove initiatives to maximize company synergies in a condensed timeline. • Negotiated expiring contracts with vendors to reduce or eliminate increases and leverage… Show more • Identified opportunities that drove operational efficiencies, enhanced end user experiences, and realized saving of $750k. Top projects include enterprise IRE (In Room Entertainment) standardization efforts, various facilitates programs (Fastenal/Grainger/Johnstone), etc. • Communicated with stakeholders and effectively drove initiatives to maximize company synergies in a condensed timeline. • Negotiated expiring contracts with vendors to reduce or eliminate increases and leverage savings for multi-year contracts.

• Financial Analyst

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  • Displayed ability to learn quickly by immediately producing weekly/ monthly/quarterly reporting metrics. • Analyzed supplier bids and market data to make recommendations for new vendors/products to Commodity Managers. • Manipulated large data sets from multiple sources and created usable metrics for key decision makers in the organization. • Supported supplier diversity initiatives by developing and managing reports in accordance with each state’s regulations and reviewed and… Show more • Displayed ability to learn quickly by immediately producing weekly/ monthly/quarterly reporting metrics. • Analyzed supplier bids and market data to make recommendations for new vendors/products to Commodity Managers. • Manipulated large data sets from multiple sources and created usable metrics for key decision makers in the organization. • Supported supplier diversity initiatives by developing and managing reports in accordance with each state’s regulations and reviewed and onboarded new diverse suppliers.



Melaleuca:The Wellness Company

• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cost Analyst

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Identified and spearheaded cost savings initiatives across several departments that saved the company over $500k annualized bottom line savings. An example of said initiative was to optimize the size of boxes shipped to customers and the pallet construction of the boxes. This ultimate aloud for Melaleuca to ship more packages per pallet which drastically reduced our overhead shipping costs. • Maintained and created various monthly key metrics to be used by leadership. • Identified and spearheaded cost savings initiatives across several departments that saved the company over $500k annualized bottom line savings. An example of said initiative was to optimize the size of boxes shipped to customers and the pallet construction of the boxes. This ultimate aloud for Melaleuca to ship more packages per pallet which drastically reduced our overhead shipping costs. • Maintained and created various monthly key metrics to be used by leadership.



Brigham Young University - Idaho

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst Internship

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014