Experience

Transformation & Operations Leader | Founder | Data & AI-Enabled Business Modernization

Executive Summary

Engineer turned founder, operator, and transformation leader with 13+ years across agriculture, biotech, medical devices, and SaaS. Modernizes complex, regulated businesses through data, process redesign, and cross-functional execution. Secured millions in funding and advised C-suite / board stakeholders on growth, investment, and strategy. Applies AI and automation to improve workflows, decisions, and operations. 

Director of ESG

Sunripe Certified Brands (Pacific Tomato Growers, Smoky Mountain Family Farms) 

Agriculture - Operations Transformation, Workforce Systems, Data, Grants & Sustainability 

Palmetto, FL   |   Sept 2022 - Nov 2025 

• Led cross-functional operations across North American farming and packing sites, coordinating people, production priorities, resources, assets, and shifting constraints

• Transitioned and stabilized HR/workforce operations by transferring processes, responsibilities, documentation, and institutional knowledge while maintaining continuity

• Modernized H-2A workforce processes through SOPs, workflow redesign, resource planning, and a Croft software partnership that streamlined data, documentation, training, and administration

• Operationalized sustainability, production, and workforce data to improve reporting, compliance, and management

• Led $1.72M USDA Farm Labor Stabilization & Protection grant for H-2A workforce and infrastructure upgrades (see FLSP Grant Awards list & Pacific Tomato Growers' Scope) 

• Secured $1.93M Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grant for packinghouse improvements

• Standardized GHG Protocol, SBTi, & IPM Institute Standards, establishing baselines & decarbonization targets 

• Contributed to FFVA’s Heat Stress Guidelines & spoke on 50th FFVA Ag Labor Forum Panel for Heat Stress 

Quality Engineer

Arthrex 

Medical Devices - I&R (Imaging & Resection) Surgical

Ave Maria, FL   |   Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

• Supported life cycle development of Class I, II, & III medical devices including new product development 

• Utilized V&V, Lean PDCA, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Lean A3, 5-Whys, & data to solve problems & improve processes 

• Resolved 3-5 nonconformances per week through cross-functional root cause analysis (RCA) & corrective actions 

• Conducted internal quality audits to ISO 13485, FDA Title 21, etc