Experience

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  The Organic Maids

  • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

  • General Manager and Owner

    • Jun 2012 - Present
    • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

    Founded The Organic Maids on the principles of Purpose Driven Capitalism. Grew the business from scratch to a multimillion dollar operation becoming amongst the top 1% of small businesses nationwide and becoming Charlotte's most sought after cleaning company. Implemented various ERP systems to streamline business processes and minimize overhead costs. Directed all marketing, branding and public relations functions including SEO activities, social media campaigns, Google Adword campaigns and print media campaigns. Noted for creating a highly profitable business while promoting social and economic mobility for cleaning staff.

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  Independent

  • Management Consultant

    • Mar 2011 - Present

    • Conducted marketing and operations consulting to medical practices increasing revenue by 15%. • Streamlined executive compensation processes for Walmart corporate headquarters thereby reducing headcount by a total of 4 managers (approximately $400,000 in cost savings). • Created product strategies and operational infrastructure for a Silicon Valley startup in the home energy management space.• Developed market strategy for a billion dollar PLM software company to enter semiconductor space.

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  Tessera

  • United States
  • Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Operations Planning and Projects

    • Jul 2010 - 2011

    Responsible for the production, on-time delivery, cost reduction and quality improvement of two product lines generating $20 Million per year. Further responsible for implementing business processes in operations, program management and marketing.• Increased on-time delivery from 80% to 96% within first 3 months• Created manufacturing planning methodologies to control WIP and minimize scrap• Assumed product cost ownership and currently leading efforts to reduce costs by 15%• Implemented product marketing and New Product Introduction methodologies

  • Director - Nemotek Technologies Project

    • Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

    Nemotek is a semiconductor manufacturing plant and a strategic partner and licensee of Tessera. It is a joint venture between the US Department of State, the government of Morocco and Tessera. Sent by Tessera to oversee Nemotek’s ramp to high volume manufacturing and to serve as Tessera’s representative on Nemotek’s Board of Directors. • Implemented production planning methodologies (8 direct reports) o Coordinated production ramp from 0 to 2 million units per month o Developed production metrics and improved on-time delivery from 50% to 90% o Generated factory capacity models to determine capital investment strategies• Created and implemented the strategy for supply chain management (3 direct reports) o Liaised with government officials to reduce importation duties from 60% to 0% on all imported equipment and materials (est. savings $2 Million per year) o Reduced importation clearance time from 20 days to under 3 days

  • Director of Product Marketing and Program Management

    • Sep 2005 - Aug 2008

    Responsible for developing excellence in product marketing strategy and for improving existing program management functions. Additionally, heavily involved in corporate strategy and in the acquisition and integration of two companies.• Founded the program management organization; trained and led 7 program managers to the successful completion of $25 Million in government contracts over two years• Built a team of marketing managers and created a 5-year roadmap for existing product lines and identified one new opportunity leading the creation of a new organization • Implemented portfolio management to balance technical risk, resource requirements and expected cash flow ; Terminated 60% of existing projects saving $2-3 Million• Co-developed and led the company’s first corporate strategy planning process • Assisted in the due diligence process in the acquisition of two companies• Led the operational integration of one acquisition based in Israel by aligning resources, road-maps, strategies and budget

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  Philips Lumileds Lighting

  • Marketing Manager for Competitive Intelligence & Product Marketing Manager

    • Feb 2003 - Aug 2005

    Lumileds Lighting is the world leader in high brightness LED technology. Marketing Manager for Competitive Intelligence• Developed corporate competency in competitive threats in the high power LED market• Delivered comprehensive worldwide sales training and tools enabling sales to eliminate competition in four customer opportunities increasing revenue by $3 M Product Marketing Manager - Camera Flash for Mobile Handsets• Evaluated camera flash market, forged relationships with Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson• Managed a global team of 40 to lead product from concept to high volume production in 9 months generating $35 Million in first-year salesProduct Marketing Manager – LED LCD Technologies• Led the development and release of the first industry’s first LED LCD TV• Engaged multiple LCD manufacturers including Sony, NEC, Samsung, LG-Philips leading to implementation in Sony’s 46” and 42” Qualia 005 TV series ($5-10 Million)

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  STI (Formerly Conductus)

  • Product Marketing Manager

    • Mar 2002 - Jan 2003

    STI provides solutions to improve the capacity and quality of service of mobile networks. Reorganized and structured product development process. Spearheaded company’s strategy and marketing. Secured to $2 Million in orders within 8 months

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  PRTM

  • Associate

    • Jun 2000 - Aug 2001

    PRTM is a global strategy and operations consulting firm. • Provided consulting services in New Product Introduction methodologies and marketing strategy to a multi-billion dollar disk drive company to enter the optical component space. • Designed and implemented a development organization for a $140 million software startup in the content distribution networking space.

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  Lucent Technologies

  • Member of Technical Staff

    • Oct 1995 - Apr 1999

    Served as subject matter expert in GPS and CDMA wireless telecommunications. Responsible for technical development and customer / supplier management. Received President’s Award for ensuring on-time product delivery saving $15 million in late fees.