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ABOUT

I'm graduating from Cal Poly SLO in 2016 with a degree in Industrial Technology and Packaing. I'm excited about this major because it has provided me with in-depth technical skills and essential business knowledge to be versatile in the fields I love: technology, design, and marketing.

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I have a passion for being innovative whether it be coming up with new business ideas, music, finding pain points, humor, or creative names, I thrive on generating new ideas — it's part of the core of my personality.

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I'm a natural leader, speaker, and go-getter. I actively look for the next opportunity to step up, push out of my comfort zone, and grow new knowledge and skills.

Experience

Innovation and Packaging Co-Op

 

Big Heart Pet Brands - a J.M. Smucker's company  

 

 June 2016 – Present                                      Walnut Creek, CA

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  • Design, prototype, and test new innovation projects for all 12 Big heart brands.

  • Coordinate with marketing, pocurment, plant managers, and suppliers to ensure packaging and products run correctly in our manufacturing facilities during trails and launches.

  • Developed proficient understanding of how pouches, cases, canisters, bundles, and pallet patterns work within a consumer product supply chain.

  • Worked with Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, Esko, Kongsburg, Solidworks, Rhino, 2 Stratasys 3D printers, Wide Format Printer, Thermoformer, and TOPS for dozens of projects.

 

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Sales Associate

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MINDBODY Connect Workplace      

 

 June 2015 – June 2016                                San Luis Obispo, CA

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  • Prospecting: I’ve learned to navigate the web, LinkedIn, and dozens of tricks to finding C-level contact info.

  • Email and Voicemail: There is an art to getting someone to respond to a stranger’s message. I got it! Top seen rate (41%) and click through rate (12%) for emails on my team.

  • Calling/Qualify: I’ve learned how to build rapport, listen to the customer, pitch, and close deals. Top demo getter on my team for 3 out the 6 months.

 

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Co-Founder & CEO

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Saffron    

 

November 2015- June 2015                           San Luis Obispo, CA                             

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  • Recruited and motivated an 8 person team with 4 developers

  • Organized, assigned, and prioritzed tasks

  • Customer Developmennt

  • Entered and pitched in 4 competitions placing in all of them. 

  • Marketing: Designed website, ran social media, and built partner relationships.

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Co-Founder & Product Development Manager

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Hitch Hider

 

September 2015 - January 2016                   San Luis Obispo, CA

 

  • Helped lead a group of 10 students to ideate, prototype, manufacture, and sell 125 units of a unique, high-value product.

  • Lead the product development, marketing, sales, and time management for the team

  • Negotiated a $1000 deal with the Cal Poly's Student Store (biggest in school history).

  •  Company made $1800 in profit in 10 weeks

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Co-Founder & Marketing Manager

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Capiche!

 

June 2015 – November 2015                           San Luis Obispo, CA

 

  • Work with professors to setup demonstrations in classrooms and observe, interview, and survey participants.

  • Run social media accounts, plan launch, recruit members, organize meetings/tasks, and turn business problems into engineering/design requirements.

 

 

Social Media & Business Development

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Welkio

 

February 2015 – June, 2015                              San Luis Obispo, CA

 

  • Ran social media profiles: went from 100 to 550 Twitter followers and doubled Facebook reach in 6 weeks.

  • Developed sales relationships & went office to office to pitch receptionists (Welkio is a front desk softwar

Skills

Marketing: Photoshop/Illustrator, Google Analytics & Ad Words, MOZ Keyword Explorer, Shopify, Word Press, Wix, and Hootesuite.

 

Sales: SalesForce, Zoominfo, Data.com, LinkedIn, Tout, Rapportive, App.io, MailTracker, Outlook, and Go-to Meeting.

 

Product/Packaging Design: Solidworks, Fusion360, ArtiosCAD, Balsamiq, GCode, TOPS, ESKO, and Delcam.

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Machines: Lathe, Drill Press, Mill, Welding (TIG/MIG/Stick), Metal worker, Laser Etcher, CNC, 3D printer (Stratasys J750 and), Cutting Table (Kongsberg XE), Wide Format Printer, Iron Worker, Sandblaster, Waterjet, Grinder/Polishing Wheel, Ban saw, Thermoformer, Vertical Filler, Impulse & Heat Sealers, and hand tools.

Hobbies

  • Basketball

  • Tennis

  • Hiking

  • Spikeball

  • Guitar

  • Piano

  • Traveling

  • Drawing

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