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VP of Operations / Program Director

Executive-level leader with over 20 years’ experience driving innovative improvements and delivering results.
Adept at translating corporate strategy into action, motivating high-performance teams, developing
creative solutions to complex problems, and communicating at all organizational levels.

Core Competencies

Organizational Leadership	Public Speaking	Coaching and Mentoring
$MM Program Management	Budget and Cost Control	Staff Training and Development
Global Portfolio Management	Creative Problem Solving	Business Process Reengineering
Marketing Campaigns	Vendor Management	Product Manufacturing & Pricing

Corganics, LP                                                                                                                                                        DEC 2012 – Present

VP of Operations

Enhancing business policies, procedures, processes, tools, messaging, and marketing strategies for a dynamic company that provides world-class products for medical professionals and consumers.

Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of business policies, procedures, processes & tools.

Fine-tuning go-to-market and customer retention strategies while enhanced marketing communications, pricing, and promotions.

Managing customer relations, inventory tracking and forecasting, product manufacturing cycles, web site design and development, and vendor engagements.

CoolHotNot.com (Mar 2009 – Nov 2012)

Director of Operations

Provided operational leadership for an Internet start-up that aids consumers in making intelligent consumer electronics choices.

Aided in development of the corporate business plan, marketing plan, release plan, vendor engagement strategy, launch strategy,
 and revenue generation model.

Led development effort that resulted in a successful launch at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and demonstrated CoolHotNot’s unique value proposition at CES 2012.

International Business Machines (IBM)                                                                                                                          

Global Program Manager, IBM Smart Market (Jun 2008 – Feb 2009)

Led the development of website content and user experience strategy for an innovative, first-of-a-kind IBM web-based marketplace targeting small and medium businesses.

In a fast-paced environment led development of quality content for websites in the U.S. and India while developing and
 maintaining solid relationships with multiple external agencies (e.g. Ogilvy).

Developed and implemented an automated management system that streamlined and enhanced day-to-day management
 of $20M corporate initiative.

GLOBAL PROGRAM Manager, Business Partner Process Transformation (Apr 2006 – May 2008)

Hired, managed, coached, and mentored team of business design consultants driving $50M+ portfolio of global IT projects. Enhanced partner registration, sales reporting, and PartnerWorld website. 

Deployed phased, multi-year reengineering project that provided seamless business partner opportunity management,
 fulfillment tracking, sales reporting, and incentive payments.

Streamlined and automated incentives payment processes across multiple geographies, reducing payment cycle times by
 over 30% and supporting partner payouts of over $100M.

Led departmental reorganization effort—eliminating overlap, balancing workloads, enhancing productivity, and improving
 employee morale.

Project Executive, Technical Support Transformation (Jun 2005 – Apr 2006)

Developed launched and led global 1000+ member organization and 30-member steering committee that engaged support professionals
in transforming IBM’s customer support processes and tools.

Launched and led eight committees and quarterly executive update calls that involved support team members in the global
 transformation of technical support.

Expanded executive-appointed steering committee to include early-tenure technical support professionals—providing executive
 team with invaluable insights into field-related issues.

Designed innovative processes and tools that enhanced the quality of technical support.

Program Director, IBM Academy of Technology (Nov 2002 – May 2005) 

Managed $1.5M budget and 300+ member organization of senior technical leaders. Oversaw $3.2M Corporate Recognition Event.
Served as editor of all Academy reports presented to senior executives.

Reengineered the Academy of Technology’s technical agenda management system to support 100% growth in annual studies.
 Received IBM Corporate Award for Process Reengineering.

Co-led executive Productivity Metrics Task Force that identified key metrics for measuring and fostering development productivity
 in IBM’s hardware, software, and research divisions. 

Designed and led innovative Corporate Rotational Assignment Program that allowed early tenure employees to develop and grow
 leadership skills in a corporate headquarters setting.

Manager, Global Web Architecture & Process Transformation (Mar 1998 – Oct 2002)

Hired, managed, coached, and mentored team of IT architects. Developed corporate strategies, policies and standards for web hosting infrastructure across seven IBM Service Delivery Centers.

Designed Standards Management Process and chaired Web Hosting Standards Review Board.

Reengineered IBM's Web hosting architecture, infrastructure, and standards—resulting in a 50% reduction in the cost and time
 required to deploy Web-based applications.

Received IBM Division Manager’s “Leadership Excellence” award.

BA, Business Management & Information Systems—University of South Florida (4.0 GPA)

Emergency Room Shift Leader—U.S. Air Force (Honorable Discharge)

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