Command Your Business
Founder: 08/13 – Present
- Founder of CommandYourBusiness.com focused on inspiring Military Veterans to become Entrepreneurs. I share the stories of successful veteran, active duty, and military spouse entrepreneurs via a podcast.
- Speaker at New Media Expo January 2014
Fortune 500 Consumer and Industrial Product Manufacturer
Marketing Manager: 10/10 – Present
- Marketing Manager for a $100M+ business unit, supporting multiple brands. responsible for developing programs, pricing, competitive analysis, branding, and marketing collateral to enable profitable sales growth.
- Grew competitor conversion program 500%, resulting in multi-million dollar revenue increase
- Managed integration of new brand, executed roll out to 70+ locations, executed price increase, business resulted in seven figure incremental revenue increase
Plant Manager: 10/06 – 10/10
- Direct daily plant operations of national re-manufacturing, repair, returns, and parts center for pneumatic tools and air compressors
- Executed Parts Distribution Center relocation, reduced footprint by over 40% and delivered $370k in annual savings
- Reduced Average Repair Cycle Time by 16% from 2008 to 2009 while completing over 104k tool repairs
Reduced RIP Inventory 72% from $798k to $224k
Quality and Productivity Manager: 4/04 – 9/06
- Responsible for product quality control, quality improvements, vendor quality, and customer satisfaction. Responsible for maintaining ISO 9001:2000 certification. Responsible for the business productivity plan and productivity projects.
- Maintained businesses’ ISO certification through 3 external certification audits
- Implemented project to completely change product packaging and packaging process to reduce cost and improve product quality, Successfully managed $60k capital equipment implementation and assembly process change
- Led Six Sigma project focusing on improving product quality and improving key customer CTQ
-DHL Worldwide Express
Change and Quality Manager: 1/03 – 4/04
- Led successful implementation of ISO 9001:2000 in the Americas Region ( North and South America) to achieve Global Certification
-GE Capital – Penske Logistics
e-Business Project Manager: 5/01 – 1/03
- Developed / reengineered business requirements using Six Sigma tool sets and e-Business resources.
- Supported and managed deployment of application solutions to the field. Coordinated any development and implementation activity between, MIS, e-Business, and Third Party Vendors.
- Implemented company wide (150 locations) reporting and analysis tool on-time and under budget
- Managed implementation of Operations Management Portal, delivered on-time and on budget
Master Black Belt: 1/00 – 5/01
- Supported Six Sigma quality projects by: Coaching, training, and mentoring Black Belts – Coaching and training Process Improvement Team members – Providing quality model, tools, and project management. Lead and facilitated Six Sigma projects. Partnered with Quality Director to assess, validate and monitor Black Belt projects. Established processes and metrics jointly with core / enabling process owners.
- Successfully completed two Penske Logistics Europe projects on time and on budget while based in European Headquarters in the Netherlands for two month “deployment”
- Master Black Belt for Logistics On-time Delivery Project, resulting in 20% improvement in delivery performance
- Six Sigma and GE Workout™ Trainer
Black Belt: 5/99 – 1/00
- Promoted to Master Black Belt in only eight months, selected ahead of seven senior Black Belts
- Created procedures for all Pepsi warehouse operations, developed operations manual used for all Pepsi Distribution Centers in the US
- Led Penske Roadmap to Customer Impact effort
- Led 2 Workouts™, eliminated ten sales reports, and streamlined the sales reporting and the customer qualification process
-United States Army
Assistant Operations Officer (Captain): 8/98 – 2/99
- Principle assistant to the Battalion Operations Officer in directing the plans, operations, and training of a Mechanized Infantry Battalion consisting of over 730 soldiers and 210 tactical and combat vehicles. As the primary assistant, responsible for managing the collective training for the battalion to include scheduling, providing resources, and evaluation of all training events as well as preparation of near, short, and long-term training plans with a budget of $2.3 million.
- Cut 2 days off deployment preparation schedule while serving as Battalion Deployment Officer, readying over 1100 soldiers and 17 pallets of equipment for deployment to Kuwait
Planned, coordinated, and executed platoon training for 12 tank and infantry platoons over 40 square miles of Kuwaiti desert, superiors stated the planning was integral to the unit’s success in Kuwait
Battalion Maintenance Officer (First Lieutenant): 10/97 – 8/98
- Responsible for the maintenance and servicing of over 210 tracked and wheeled vehicles in a Mechanized Infantry Battalion. Supervise 1 officer, 31 non-commissioned officers, and 75 enlisted soldiers. Responsible for an annual repair parts budget in excess of $1.2 million.
- Achieved highest operational readiness rate in the Army during vehicle turn-in at the National Training Center
- Battalion received Division Unit Maintenance Award over 18 other Battalions
Executive Officer (First Lieutenant): 7/96 – 10/97
- Second in command of a M1A1 Tank Company. Responsible for the maintenance and logistical support for 14 M1A1 Main Battle Tanks, three Personnel Carriers, four Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, and related equipment worth in excess of $31 million. Assisted the commander in the training, welfare, and discipline of 75 soldiers.
- Recognized by the Battalion Commander as the best of five executive officers
Maintained over 94% operational readiness rate for 15 months, 4% higher than the Army standard
Platoon Leader (Second Lieutenant): 1/95 – 07/96
- Responsible for the training, welfare, and discipline of a M1A1 Tank Platoon. Trained and led 18 soldiers. Operated, maintained, and accounted for 5 M1A1 tanks and related equipment worth in excess of $12 million.
- Cited by the Battalion Commander as one of the best of 25 officers in the Battalion.
Trained and led platoon through 15-day live-fire exercise, receiving highest score of 12 tank platoons in the battalion.
TRAINING: GE Capital DMAIC Waves 1-5, GE Capital Design For Six Sigma, GE Workout™ Facilitator Training, Green Belt Train The Trainer Course
EDUCATION: BS Business Administration – Logistics and Transportation Major (3.7 GPA) – University of Tennessee -1994
ROTC Cadet Battalion Commander / Distinguished Military Graduate / President Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society
Vice-President Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity