Results-driven project manager with a successful track record at Stratasys, specializing in driving cross-functional initiatives and enhancing employee engagement. Expertise in financial analysis and executive communication, effectively leading the Annual Operating Plan to foster collaboration and implement process improvements that significantly boost team performance and operational efficiency.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
AMER PMO to CRO – Special Projects
Stratasys
Eden Prairie, MN
11.2022 - Current
Drove the success of America's Leadership Team by leading cross-functional projects and executing KPIs and OKRs.
Help with Board of Directors decks for biannual meetings.
Facilitated critical initiatives, managing Stratasys’s AMER AOP of $360M to ensure alignment with company objectives.
In charge of the Enablement lab with 8 employees, P&L responsibility, and 38 printers.
Identified and proposed improvements to boost the overall effectiveness of America's Leadership Team on alignment and tracking.
Achieved 103% of AOP for Medical ICU team in ’24, closing longtail opportunity gaps from 40% previously.
Managed Customer Hub Project with CIO, resulting in 19% increase in eCommerce transactions.
Orchestrated company-wide meetings to improve employee engagement and team cohesion, which created the Employee Forum.
Change Process Manager
Hydro Engineering
Norwood Young America, MN
10.2014 - 10.2022
Company Overview: (PE Owned CAPE KAURI PARTNERS)
Oversaw and led a range of daily tasks, including company analytics, process improvement efforts, project/people management, and risk identification for the organization
Introduced a credit process to monitor customers and the accuracy of credit limits granted to them while managing top vendors and executing cost-saving measures such as negotiating extended payment terms and consignment deals
Created a quality control template for the manufacturing floor to efficiently track products and developed a rental template with a rental agreement to protect the organization
Established a consignment program in a different state with a dealership to generate a different sale channel in addition to implementing a paperless process to receive items for rental, consignment, new products, and used products
Collaborated with 3 banks to arrange financing for customers and develop new sales approaches in addition to overseeing $1M+ worth of purchasing of products for the warehouses
Performed analysis for M&A vertical/horizontal to expand the business, supervised HR operations for the company, and led new business development/revenue growth efforts for the municipal market
Performed a comprehensive analytical review that evaluated industrial, geographical, environmental, political, economic, and societal data to identify business trends, facilitating the preparation of detailed business plans for company ownership
Developed and revised operational processes across all areas of the business, from accounting, engineering, manufacturing, shipping, and receiving to sales
Outsourced the manufacturing needs of several product lines, which helped reduce floor staff from 14 to 3 while retaining assembling abilities and minimizing overall costs
Consulted with several multibillion-dollar organizations such as Franklin Electric and Roper Technologies to structure deals around consignments by obtaining pricing discounts
(PE Owned CAPE KAURI PARTNERS)
Global Compensation Analyst
Stream Global Services
Eagan, MN
09.2013 - 10.2014
Company Overview: (Ares Private Equity Group, Providence Equity Partners, and LiveIt Solutions, Inc
Convergys Corporation acquired Stream Global Services in 2014 for $820 million)
Oversaw new item performance analysis, project management, deep-dive analysis, and timeline enforcement while successfully directing cross-functional projects
Instituted and maintained a wage database for the pricing team while collaborating closely with the revenue finance team to identify new wages required for new and existing businesses
Headed the full scope of activities associated with the implementation and administration of pay-for performance compensation plans in addition to optimizing existing compensation programs
Led global compensation projects involving the development of wage banding systems as well as tools to improve reporting on compensation
Examined salary survey data and market trends to prepare and deliver recommendations to senior management on individual and organizational salary adjustments
Assisted with the implementation and system transition for the acquisition
Convergys Corporation acquired Stream Global Services in 2014 for $820 million)
Financial Analyst
Stream Global Services
10.2012 - 09.2013
Administered analytics and the maintenance of wages for the global pricing team, encompassing a $700M revenue global outsourcing firm while leading the ad hoc analysis and multiple projects
Conducted a cost-of-living analysis to examine how the company pays its employees at different sites worldwide while presenting the results to senior management/CFO
Led a health care reform project and provided an in-depth analysis of the additional cost burden on the company in addition to supporting the internal audit team by auditing cash advances for Latin America and preparing a final report for senior executives
Identified over $500k in cost savings by creating an adaptable contract review process for existing contracts with FX clauses and other renegotiation triggers, presenting the opportunities to our CFO
Wage Data Analyst
Stream Global Services
06.2011 - 10.2012
Managed several ad hoc projects, including developing a process and model to maintain a record of deals priced with client profiles/quoted prices, and implementing a global capacity model by the hour and by the site