Experience

Sitka Salmon Shares

• United States
• Fisheries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Supply Chain Officier

  • 2020 - Present

  Building and leading the company’s end to end supply chain including sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and fulfillment. Sitka Salmon Shares is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing Community Supported Fisheries (CSF). Modeled after Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), we provide high-quality, traceable seafood, with a purpose, to thousands of home cooks in the United States. We source our fish from our network of fishermen-owners through our fish plant in Sitka, AL as well as through partnerships with small-scale fishermen in other parts of the state. Our Company is built on the values of supporting small-boat, family fishermen in Alaska, and cultivating healthy and sustainable food systems in the places we live, work, fish, and play.



Plated

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP/Chief Supply Chain and Operations Officer

  • 2016 - 2020

  Leveraging my extensive supply chain and operations experience, I lead planning, sourcing, procurement, logistics, fulfillment operations, real estate, ERP implementation, operations engineering, and packaging engineering. As a member of the executive team, I have P&L responsibility and drive the strategic objectives of the organization. It is my goal to delight the customers while achieving product, quality, and margin targets. Developing leaders and mentoring teams is a critical function of my role in developing and growing the business.Key Contributions:► Profitable sale of series B startup to a $219.5M acquisition.► Increased cost of goods sold by 150%, capacity 170%, customer product choice 10x, and customer delivery day choice 250%. Reduced on-hand inventory by 60% and inventory scrap by 400%. Modified planning, sourcing, and procurement organization as interim COO. Assembled new leadership team, developed new procurement KPIs, and used Albertson’s supply base to lower costs and improve availability.► Adapted the supply chain to support 300% increase in new products.► Expanded delivery coverage by 33% to reach 100% of zip codes services. Increased weekly components from 100 to 1K+ and delivery days from 2.18 to 5.89 days/week. Maximized customer choice. Accelerated new product introductions (NPI)) and expanded carrier service options.► Boosted ecommerce margin by 250% through industry best practices.► Secured 25% improvement to fulfillment costs, 170% to fulfillment capacity, and 60% to order accuracy. Introduced automation to improve ingredient portioning capacity and throughput, food safety, and product quality. Implemented KPIs to measure performance and inform goals, objectives, and initiatives (GOIs). Added 3 new omnichannel fulfillment centers to strategic locations, improving capacity and coverage.



FTD/Provide Commerce

• VP of Operations

  • 2007 - 2016

  As the VP of fulfillment operations, I was fully accountable for order fulfillment of perishable products to customers. A key component of my role was to develop the fulfillment center network into 13 ecommerce distribution centers for multiple brands and lines of business. Additionally, I oversaw key areas, including real estate, construction, fulfillment center design, order fulfillment, and leadership development. This role called on me to develop operating and staffing plans to handle 40x, 1-day business increases for Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, which involved an increase in staffing of 5K+ employees and peak shipping days exceeding 1,000,000.Key Contributions► Assessed customer data to expand fulfillment network. Added 6 fulfillment centers.► Implemented High Jump warehouse management system (WMS) system across 19 operations in 14 fulfillment centers.► Improved cost per shipment (CPS) and product/fulfillment quality by 30%. ► Increased on time delivery (OTD) from 94% to 98%+.



Gateway

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering

  • 1996 - 2007

  During my time with Gateway, I was a key member of expansion in the manufacturing network with global manufacturing engineering responsibilities. I then transitioned into a partner management of strategic ODM partners in Asia. Prior to my departure, I led a notebook manufacturing operation.Key Contributions► Captured 30% cost reduction by designing and implementing direct ship computer fulfillment from Taiwan, China, and Mexico to U.S. customers. Initiated 3PL network to ship monitors and printers directly to customers. Collaborated with 3PL partners to use vendor managed inventory for manufacturing operations.► Enhanced capacity by 300%, labor cost per unit by 25%, in-process quality results by 30%, customer quality results by 25%, time in transit by 25%, shipping costs by 20%, and improved throughput by 10%. Led global manufacturing engineering teams to develop and implement best practices standardization for 5 U.S. and 2 international operations. Created and implemented pick to scan process to ensure accurate picking, introduced automation of shipping label application, and designed and installed auto sortation orders. ► Started and managed new 50K sq. ft. manufacturing operation.



SCI, Inc (Samina)

• Operations Manager

  • 1994 - 1996



Electronic Measurements, Inc

• Operations Manager

  • 1992 - 1994



Unisys

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • 1990 - 1992