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Taylor Made ConnectionsGrant Specialist
Jun. 2024 - Jan. 2025I supported specialized grant management consulting efforts for a diverse group of nonprofit clients in this role. Building on my skills in business development, competitive RFPs, and strategic consulting, I was thrilled to expand my knowledge-base into the world of nonprofit grants management. Working with company leadership, I helped develop repeatable processes across client deliverables, business promotion, and market research, helping the company consistently uphold their high standards of excellence for their clients.
Duende Consulting, LLCSenior Project Manager, Operations & Client Services Specialist
Jun. 2023Denver, Colorado, United StatesI currently run an operations consulting and strategic service company with a focus on emerging markets, where I drive efficiencies for businesses in the cannabis, agritech, CPG and non-profit industries. Drawing my diverse work experience, I'm able to provide my clients with objective expert opinions on key areas of their business in ways that synthesize their past successes with future goals while adapting to avoid recurring risks and challenges.
Agrify CorpAccount Implementation Manager
Oct. 2021 - Jun. 2023Denver, Colorado, United StatesI managed client scheduling, logistics, and support for simultaneous large-scale agritech hardware and software implementation projects including GMP laboratory and manufacturing facility design, equipment installation, troubleshooting, training, and launch. This role taught me how to effectively build and manage processes involving multiple departments while balancing the needs of my clients and my team. The challenges I faced in this role encouraged me to grow as a project manager and team leader, making this experience an integral part of my view on both project management and process development.
Canna AdvisorsSenior Project Manager
Sep. 2020 - Sep. 2021Boulder, Colorado, United StatesAt this company I led and managed simultaneous licensing and startup projects for cannabis/hemp businesses across the US. As part of these projects I balanced strict regulatory restrictions and submission deadlines while building client trust and guiding internal and external stakeholders to ensure best-in-class deliverables. This role honed my writing and editing skills to the finest point (pun intended, haha) as I learned to translate complex regulatory and scientific language into clear plans for operations. Managing my clients and teams through the most rigorous deadlines I've ever had, I became a master of adaptability and resiliency in order to bring even the most disorganized clients across the finish line.
National Cannabis Industry AssociationMember - Scientific Advisory Committee
Jul. 2018 - Jun. 2021
Canna AdvisorsProject Manager
Feb. 2018 - Sep. 2020Boulder, CO
Canna AdvisorsTechnical Writer
Apr. 2017 - Feb. 2018Boulder, CO
Colorado Healing LLCGeneral Manager - Inventory
Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2017Boulder, COHere I oversaw inventory, quality, and compliance efforts for a premier alternative medicine company, inclusive of 3 retail facilities and 4 manufacturing facilities. I learned to coordinate logistics between facilities and vendors, lead outreach and event planning efforts to engage community partners, and maintained a perfect compliance record through multiple state inspections. This role highlighted the effect that a "culture of compliance" has on successful operations and the importance of training, education, and professional development have on building that culture.
AmgenManufacturing Associate II
May. 2012 - Nov. 2013Boulder, COIn this role I played a pivotal role in cGMP-driven pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, encompassing microbial fermentation, harvest, and purification of E. coli-produced human hormones for drug therapies. It was here that I was first exposed to the profound structure and cohesion that ironclad SOPs, built on cGMP, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, can have on operations. These principles have been foundational to my mindset in all roles since and continue to inform my approach to consulting, project management, and leadership.
VariousResearch Associate
Jan. 2008 - Apr. 2012Boulder, Colorado, United StatesDuring and after graduating from CU-Boulder, I led and supported research projects for various life sciences laboratories. My fieldwork, sample collection & preparation, statistical analysis experience formed the foundation for my science-minded approach to business that continues to influence my approach to problem-solving to this day.
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