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CV
Professional Experience
MBA Graduate
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
August 2017 - April 2019
With a focus in strategy and product management I'm looking to pivot to a career creating human-centered products and services. I uncover human insights and translate them into actionable strategies. I continued to build my analytics and strategy skills while developing acumen in human-centered and service design.
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Completed MBA level courses in experience design, service design, and creative innovation strategies.
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Placed 1st of 18 teams in BYU’s 2019 Social Innovation Case Competition by finding inexpensive ways for our sponsor to help Latin American entrepreneurs succeed.
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Consulted Little Giant Ladders to improve defect rate of manufacturing line by estimated 20%.
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Enhanced analytics capabilities of 40+ students by training MBA peers on Tableau software.
MBA Customer Insights Intern
CUMMINS INC.
June 2018 - August 2018
Led Cummins’ first Human-Centered Design (HCD) community impact project in consulting a non-profit retailer. Repositioned retailer to become an employee development organization, increasing their impact in the community. Created a case study showing the benefits of HCD to showcase Cummins’ HCD certification program.
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Conducted ethnographic research and stakeholder interviews, synthesized recommendations to develop a customer-centric operating model. Model is currently being implemented, allowing our client to gain $350k of funding to restructure from a thrift shop to an employee development organization.
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Planned and conducted three cross-functional ideation workshops with community partners to discover requirements, obtain buy-in, and develop various operational prototypes.
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Created ~25% more throughput by developing a streamlined and user-centered employee development program.
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Recognized for outstanding impact and offered full-time employment as a Product Manager of Electrical Components and Fuel Systems (declined opportunity due only to geographic limitations).
Senior Partner
COUGAR STRATEGY GROUP
December 2017 - December 2018
At this student run management consulting company I performed market entry studies for an oil and gas company entering the Middle East and a producer of fine chocaltes looking to expand their business
Co-Founder
KNOW MINIMAL LLC
(Side Hustle)
July 2016 - Present
Creators of innovative minimalist wallets and lifestyle products (side hustle).
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Created and user tested iterative prototypes leading to final patented design of durable, carbon-fiber minimalist wallet which received $230K in funding raised through Kickstarter campaign.
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Sold 10,000+ units by negotiating licensing agreement and collaborating with vendors to develop market strategy.
Senior Analyst
VIVINT SMART HOME
July 2016 - July 2017
Created internal forecasts, management tools, incentive structures, dashboards and financial models for Vivint’s field services organization, improving the efficiency of our 1,000+ field service technicians and 1.3 million customers.
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Drove 40% increase in technician on-time arrival by creating dashboard for visibility into technician productivity.
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Identified and corrected $4M labor allocation discrepancy by improving data accuracy and restructuring reporting.
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Performed user testing and gathered cross-functional requirements to build an interactive performance report leading to ~$300,000 cost savings.
Strategic Planning Analyst
VIVINT SMART HOME
October 2014 - July 2016
​Forecasting, analytics, and process improvement for Vivint Smart Home's Field Services and Operations department.
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Generated $1M in labor savings and 10% improvement in sale-to-install rate by improving reporting and incentives.
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Saved an estimated $5M in labor spending by creating eight management tools through user research and cross-functional requirements gathering.
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Saved $250,000 by creating a demand and geography-based overtime management system.
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Impacted a 10% reduction of technician return visits by using statistical analysis to adjust expected on-site durations.
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Promoted to Senior Analyst.
Consultant / Business Analyst
THE BENNION GROUP
September 2013 - October 2014
At this international management consulting company I worked as a management consulting, executing competitive intelligence, market studies projects for international clients.​
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Led Latin American market study of receipt printers, contributing to ~$5M increase in client’s profitability.
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Facilitated $24M acquisition deal for Russian retailer by completing due diligence and financial and market analysis.
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Spearheaded outreach to foreign governments and potential partners to raise one year of funding for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant Alliance.
Trade Advisor Intern
WORLD TRADE CENTER UTAH
May 2013 - September 2014
I advised Utah businesses seeking to do business abroad, creating market entry analyses and recommendations, completing HTS classifications, and preparing market reports for foreign trade missions.
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Provided market entry research and recommendations to position three companies for $4M in combined potential revenue.
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Facilitated international trade by preparing 16 companies for foreign trade missions to Peru and Brazil.
Designer and Fabricator
IRON HORSE RACING
January 2011 - August 2013
​During my undergrad I worked on the design and build of $1.1M of custom award and race-winning vehicles. We built vehicles as varied as off-road racing trophy trucks to custom classic cars.
BA Int'l Relations: Economics Emphasis
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
August 2009 - April 2013
With a focus on economics I learned complex statistical analysis and how to study economic factors.
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Completed on-campus internship with Cicero Group, a management consulting firm, consulting Southwest Airlines
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Spent two months in the UK as an operations intern
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Published an article on microfinance and women's welfare in the BYU Political Review
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Worked my butt off to graduate debt free.