PepsiCo

Partnered with SVPs and C-suite executives to define innovation strategies and roadmap, negotiated $1M contracts with strategic external partners, and oversaw R&D teams specializing in ingredients, biotechnology, material science, packaging, & product development.

Innovation Research Interchange, "IRI"

Managed organization’s flagship program for networking multi-industry executives to collaboratively develop insights and best practices for managing the unique challenges of research and development (R&D), technology, and innovation.

Fostered innovative thinking, created strategic partnerships, and led project teams to develop Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Tools for process optimization, defining R&D and innovation metrics, progressing technology transfer, managing IP in open innovation, and more.

Gartner

2016 - Operations Excellence Award for Expert Essentials

2017 - Operations Excellence Award for Magic Quadrant Publication Calendar

7zeroFIRE

Exploring a collection of investments and projects to have fun, build financial independence, and retire early (FIRE). Following a passion for working in the space where art, science, and technology flow together generating new ideas, expression, and innovation. www.7zeroFIRE.com

Projects and Investments include (but not limited to):

- Crypto-economy (Defi, Fintech, Dapps, NFTs, "decentralized")

- e-Commerce and Retail

- Stock Market and Investing Strategies

- Book Authoring / Publishing

- Game Development (table-top, currently)

Jewelry Designs

Transformed a common hobby to a money-making business, selling as e-commerce through my Etsy store and as retail in live vendor events and at brick and mortar retail establishments. Designed brand logo, Etsy storefront, and marketing materials. Sold jewelry created with several unique styles including Viking knit with sterling silver, wire-wrapping with semi-precious gemstones, Kumihimo, and natural stone designs.

Spin Cycling Instructor

Created and led weekly high-intensity aerobic exercise programs designed to challenge and strengthen body and mind to achieve peak fitness.

Cigna Healthcare

Designed project Playbooks to improve the process of building high-performing, cross-functional teams and effective execution of projects by clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of each team member in each project phase.

Delivered change management solutions to stabilize and document work processes, create transparency across the organization of “who does what”, and provide a foundation for resource management and organizational efficiency.

Gartner

Formalized and launched a Project Management Office (PMO) to drive consistent project management practices, build capabilities across the organization, and enable scale through repeatable processes and consistent tools.

Microsoft