Summary of Qualifications
- Natural leader with substantial client-facing experience supported by a strong technical background
- Proven success delivering results in large and small cross-functional teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including extensive background presenting complex and technical content in a simple format
- Effective in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, challenging environment
Work History
Digital Project Manager
Dec 2012 - current (full time)
- Lead short-term digital projects implementing and customizing a proprietary platform from definition to launch, including all client interaction and team management
- Manage long-term client projects including estimating and prioritizing feature requests and bug fixes, executing periodic code pushes, and leading substantial upgrade projects
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
- Cultivated and developed new business ideas through a Lean Startup lens with a focus on fast failure and customer insights; make recommendations to continue to research, move to experimentation stage, or abandon the idea
- Conducted primary and secondary research including customer interviews, market assessment, and competitive analysis; distill research into a cohesive, actionable presentation of opportunities
Principal Regulatory and Quality Consultant
Dec 2011 - Dec 2012
- Actively managed client relationships with startup medical companies, including ongoing communication, adjusting project scope, and determination of project schedule
- Crafted complex system documentation for client with minimal sector knowledge, including flowcharts, checklists, and other elements to improve adherence to regulatory requirements
Executive Director
Dec 2010 - Dec 2011
- Planned, resourced, and executed the 2011 West Bank Music Festival; managed outdoor staging, road closure, marketing, beer and food sales, ticketing, volunteers, and sponsor recognition; doubled attendance over previous year to 3500 and achieved profitability
- Developed and implemented organization strategy to meet diverse business association member needs related to the neighborhood business district
Business Consultant
Altruitive Consulting
Jan 2009 - Apr 2010
- Organized and conducted large ideation sessions with high-level respresentatives from utilities, private corporations, non-profits, and academia; developed and refined collaboration structure for multi-party owenership of intellectual property
- Created market analysis for organization providing education, incubation, and funding to stratups using business models to address poverty in emerging markets
Medical Device Quality Engineer
2000 - 2006
- Created and managed project schedules, testing, and reporting for eleven cross-functional, multi-location product development teams at large corporations and a venture-backed startup; consistently met deadlines while managing multiple projects
- Launched multiple medical devices including an implantable cardiac device developed in a fast-paced startup environment; successfully transitioned a device project into a larger corporation after being acquired; supported products manufactured in Ireland and Mexico
Other Experience
Expert
Microsoft Office, Wordpress, various Project Management tools
Beginner
Board Service
minne*
Aug 2010 - current:
Lead event execution, strategy, and volunteer management
Carlson Ventures Enterprise
Jan 2013 - current:
Support and advise on revenue strategies and student projects
Global
Studied Mandarin in Beijing, China
Apr-Aug 2010
Volunteered in Hyderabad, India
Aug-Dec 2008
Education
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
MBA, May 2008- recipient of full Carlson School of Management Scholarship
Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
BME- Mechanical Engineering, May 2001