Background

Results-driven leader with 15+ years of hands-on experience driving delivery, sales, operations, & performance improvement teams across mid-size & Fortune 500 companies. Proven track record in operational leadership, technical roles, & digital transformation. Thrives in fast-paced environments with a passion for learning & embracing new opportunities & excels at guiding teams through challenges.

Job experience

• November 2022 - present
  Business Unit Head: VP Tada Health & Lifesciences
  TADA Cognitive Solutions
  

  Chicago, IL, USA

  Selected by Tada’s founder to design & head the vertical, a Supply Chain, Procurement, & Equipment Management offering
  • Enabled a 2-year 300% growth in SaaS & services, surpassing targets & managed P&L to deliver our highest margin performance
  • Executed partnership strategies to increase revenue by 30% through OEM, technology, & managed services partners
  • Grew new accounts by 120% & managed over 50% of Tada’s business: 4 of the top 25 health systems, 2 Fortune 200 med-tech
  companies, & 4 midsize clients, including Tada’s 3 largest customers & largest deal
  • Delivered implementation roadmaps for 60% of Tada’s business, designing business cases & ROI with advisors & client executives
  • Led transformation & analytics teams collaborating with global engineering & product for delivery & marketing teams for content

• November 2019 - November 2022
  Director: Middle-Market Products & Business Development
  TADA Cognitive Solutions
  

  Peoria, IL, USA

  Owned Go-to-Market, customer experience, & P&L for Industrial, Manufacturing, & Distribution (Supply Chain & CRM) solutions
  • Enabled 190% growth in SaaS & services & 24% increased profitability, Tada’s most successful vertical in 2022
  • Executed a $1.2M bolt-on technology acquisition & grew it 55% leading post-close technology integration & customer services
  • Led transformation teams through the program lifecycle, from design, through delivery & expansion to optimize execution &
  create Tada’s strongest customer growth rate (+125%) & quality score (9.8)
  • Enhanced delivery efficiency improvements through goal setting, live program KPI visibility, & re-engineered team-client
  processes to improve bottom line margin (12%) through resource efficiency (+20%) & delivery speed (+55%)

• November 2019 - November 2022
  Director: Delivery & Business Development
  CGN Global
  

  Peoria, IL, USA

  Program scoping & leadership including implementation oversight of rapid transformation projects with teams of 2-8 individuals
  • Implemented strategic sales & operations processes for a $1B client, growing sales & aftermarket revenue by 12%
  • Enabled a $190M global services growth plan for a Fortune 50 client through data integration & change management
  • Designed an executive FP&A benchmark tool with 11 client CFOs to automate & simplify company-wide financial opportunities
  • Led healthcare operations workshops to evaluate & deliver reductions in working capital & supply chain operating costs
  • Pre & post-M&A diligence for middle market manufacturing, heavy equipment, & service industries, focused on targets with
  product line, geographic, re-structuring, & operations synergies

• November 2018 - November 2019
  Manager: Strategy & Operations
  CGN Global
  

  Peoria, IL, USA

  • Delivered a performance improvement strategy for a $1.4B client’s aftermarket, driving sales pipeline development through
  customer market intelligence & product line strategy
  • Developed a comprehensive analytics solution for a $0.7B client to improve service growth & cost reduction through customer
  segmentation & financial management
  • Designed & executed a field sales, operations, & digital excellence strategy delivering $120M in revenue over 2 years
  • M&A due diligence for middle market equipment clients focused on synergies in assets, product offerings, & people

• November 2017 - November 2018
  Senior Strategy Consultant: Operations & Supply Chain
  CGN Global
  

  Peoria, IL, USA

  • Developed a financial & operations strategy for a $1.6B equipment & services clients’ parts business unit (16% growt
  • Implemented a digital executive KPI suite for a $1.8B industrial parts & service client with 14% operational KPI improvement
  • Led an internal strategy & market research initiative to standardize pre-engagement processes for consulting delivery teams
  

• February 2009 - November 2017
  Operations Manager & Other Roles
  FMC Corporation
  

  IL, PA, NJ

  Operations Manager 06/2015 to 11/2017
  • Managed FMC’s largest US plant with oversight of $300M gross revenue, 24x7 operations, & 12 production units
  • Led an operating budget of $90M & teams in engineering, maintenance, production, & supply chain (2017 FMC Ops Recognition)
  • Implemented operations excellence with $2.5M in cost savings, via lean 6-sigma, process improvement, & KPI metrics (2016
  AICHE Award)
  • Redesigned production planning to align 12-month corporate forecasts, staffing, & material plans
  
  Sr. Process Engineer: Supply Chain 03/2012 to 06/2015
  • Deployed ~$140M in capital across over 15 global projects, to deliver a 280% capacity uplift
  • Increased net income by 6% across two facilities, re-engineering business processes, operations, & organization strategy
  • Re-designed FMC’s Sales & Operations Planning & systems in collaboration with global supply chain teams & consultants
  
  Engineer: Scale-up Research 02/2009 to 03/2012
  • Led 9 high-tech polymer chemistries from development to global manufacturing as the lead engineer (2011 FMC NPI Award)
  • Managed product launch & technology transfer globally, including to new US, Brazilian, & Austrian facilities
  

Education

• Northwestern University
  MBA
  

  2019 - 2022

  • 2022 Dean’s List; Management & Organizations Major; Entrepreneurial Growth & Scaling Minor
  • Clubs: Growth & Scaling President; Consulting Vice President
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Bachelors
  

  2004 - 2008

  • Clubs: Michigan Tennis (4 years) & 2008 Vice-Captain; Indian Student Association Board (3 years)