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Supply chain operations and operations strategy

ID: 738629 New York, USA

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Expert is a strategic operator with a decade of experience. He currently works in strategy and operations at one of the largest ethnic e-grocers in the US with $800M revenues. Expert has launched multiple venture-backed e-commerce companies, ran a $300M supply chain and distribution network and $100M Home Try-on program, and led cyber-wargaming operations at the Singapore Armed Forces. As a fractional COO and startup advisor, he has advised startups backed by VCs, among others. Expert has experience leading organizations with upwards of 150 people, managing end-to-end supply chains from product development through manufacturing, warehousing and transportation, expanding through multiple channels, and setting up companies for scale and sustainable growth.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2012 Degree: BA Subject: Biomedical Engineering & Economics Institution: Brown University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2020 to 2022 Employer: Weee! Title: Sr Director, Strategy & Operations Department: Operations
Responsibilities:
• Own over $100M+ in P&L for multiple business verticals; built restaurant business from scratch to $20M ARR in 6 months
• Scaled operations from $50M to $800M ARR (Series B to E) through the pandemic, building teams and developing processes
• Lead strategic and operations teams, M&A integration process, launching verticals such as e-commerce, alcohol, international marketplace, national van fleet acquisition (300+ vans), process automation, materials supply chain and demand planning
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2019 to 2020 Employer: Atomic VC Title: VP Operations Department: Operations
Responsibilities:
• Advise Atomic’s portfolio companies on areas of operational strategy, supply chain, go-to-market, executive hiring, and culture
• Launched portfolio venture startup: Natural DTC sleep supplements with sleep coaching practice, and sleep data tracking app
• Planned and executed complex FDA-regulated supply chain manufacturing, built new vendor relationships for supplements and packaging manufacturing; Responsible for Operations, Customer Experience, R&D, and FP&A
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2017 to 2019 Employer: Warby Parker Title: Head of Distribution & Supply Chain Operations Department: Supply Chain
Responsibilities:
• Led vertical leaders in sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and reverse logistics who oversee 150 staff across three 3PLs
• Identify and execute high-potential strategic opportunities such as reworking returned frames ($10M inventory savings over 5 years) and support growth by modeling approach to bring 3PL operations in-house through RFPs
• Partner with Tiger Global advisor (Zappos’ former VP Supply Chain) to develop industrial automation solutions for Home Try-on process by collaborating with industry leaders in computer vision, invisible UV ink, and automated storage systems fields
• Collaborate with Finance, Planning, Brand, CX and Tech teams to drive projects and manage relationships with vendors
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2013 to 2017 Employer: Manhattan Hospitality Group Title: Co-founder Department:
Responsibilities:
• Developed apartment rental model to determine viability of business, market entry strategy and positioning; $3M in revenues
• Identified homes, designed interior, set up sales, service and operations team from scratch to serve over 3,000 guests
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2016 to 2016 Employer: PERCH (Workspace e-Commerce Startup) Title: Director of Operations & Technology Department:
Responsibilities:
• Led global sourcing, logistics, demand forecasting and finance; built operational and finance plan for launch and growth
• Headed search for VP Engineering and developers by evaluating 15 international web agencies to build site in Ruby/React.js
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2014 to 2016 Employer: DCI Title: Head of Operations, Chief of Staff Department:
Responsibilities:
• Directed process, roles and responsibilities for 20 employees across sales, supply chain, accounting and design functions
• Led company-wide initiatives with CEO to restructure staff functional roles, reduce costs, revamp sales operations and refocus on high-priority opportunity areas such as e-commerce growth in company turnaround, selling to Target, Urban Outfitters & more
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to 2014 Employer: Keystone Strategy Title: Strategy Associate Department:
Responsibilities:
• Managed growth strategy project in the oil and gas sector for Fortune 10 client; led 40+ industry expert interviews
• Analyzed engagement and demographic data for 24M users across multiple products in SQL for Fortune 50 tech client
• Partnered with CEO of US’ largest solar manufacturer on economic litigation case for the Federal Trade Commission

Career Accomplishments

Licenses / Certifications
Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Salesforce CRM, Looker Analytics, Chartio, NY Real Estate License

Fields of Expertise

supply chain, supply chain cost reduction, supply chain management, supply chain optimization, active packaging material, corrugated packaging material, business strategy, venture capital, consumer product, automatic warehousing system, warehousing system, automation, Customer Service, fleet management

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