Experience

Centinel

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  • Patent-pending technology provides claims-free coverage for hard-to-insure risks • Recruiting software engineers (preferably with DLT / smart contract experience) & data scientists (preferably with risk-pricing experience)



Allstate

• United States
• Real Estate

• Sr Manager Innovation & Product Strategy

  • Mar 2018 - Aug 2021

  Greater Chicago Area • Directed global cross-functional team of strategists, market researchers, data scientists, developers, and designers in creation of a portfolio of data privacy and digital identity products • Defined strategy & orchestrated collaboration across Innovation, Product, Data Science, Pricing, and Marketing teams to develop new-to-industry risk assessment product (patent 10,785,604) • Coached, developed, and mentored cross-functional innovation team



Bain & Company

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Case Team Leader

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2018

  Greater Chicago Area Nominated in office-wide vote for going Above and Beyond the Call in delivering superior results for clients and fostering strong teams.

• Consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

  Greater Chicago Area



McMaster-Carr

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Management Rotational Program

  • Jun 2011 - Apr 2014

  Greater Chicago Area • Developed and supervised departments of over 30 cross-functional sales and distribution center employees. • Designed and set performance standards to increase operational efficiency. • Established a standardized approach to branding portfolio of over 500,000 products. • Crafted plan to evolve sourcing for one of the highest transaction-volume product categories.



Draftfcb

• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Strategic Planner

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Led strategic approach for global brand platform and messaging development • Pioneered strategy in pitch to win global product positioning business • Re-positioned global brand via primary qualitative research and competitive analysis • Synthesized strategy to unify companion products and leverage ecosystem halo effect for hands-free product portfolio • Built POV on the avoidance or strategic use of cannibalization in portfolio management • Utilized qualitative research and… Show more • Led strategic approach for global brand platform and messaging development • Pioneered strategy in pitch to win global product positioning business • Re-positioned global brand via primary qualitative research and competitive analysis • Synthesized strategy to unify companion products and leverage ecosystem halo effect for hands-free product portfolio • Built POV on the avoidance or strategic use of cannibalization in portfolio management • Utilized qualitative research and syndicated data to craft POV on effective luxury brand launches • Conducted deep-dive into "neighborhood" to enrich CRM solutions • Conducted in-depth research into fragrance to redefine "air freshener" and reposition brand • Deconstructed the use of “reality” in advertising to develop tool for Experiential Media • Coordinated national team and wrote for international trend observation blog, Welcome to Matter(s) Clients: Fortune 500 insurance, technology and CPG companies.

• Associate

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2010

  • Led cross disciplinary team in designing a diagnostic, self-sustaining system to cultivate a more innovative agency culture • Crafted social media campaign that secured $125,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase for non-profit Teen Living Program (TLP) • Directed cross-disciplinary team as strategic lead to leverage advocates in saving millions of pets in cause marketing campaign

• Assistant Media Planner

  • Oct 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Built, implemented and stewarded multi-million dollar media plans for MillerCoors portfolio of beers (national & local) • Fashioned national multicultural media campaigns to align Coors Light with HBCU and music in the African American market



Daitoshi City Office - Osaka, Japan

• Public Affairs Intern

  • Feb 2008 - Mar 2008

  Surveyed and gained practical insight into Japanese business Led English classes, assisted educators at nursery through middle school levels Aided in rehabilitative sessions for senior citizens