Education

Utah State University (USU), John M. Huntsman School of BusinessLogan, UT

Master of Business Administration - Operations and StrategySeptember 2009 - Present

1. •Consultant for Lockheed Martin: Led team of 4 to develop a common Microsoft based system for cost benefit analysis and return on investment focusing on capital expenditures, make/buy decisions and manufacturing processes
   

2. •Led research team of 5 students in translating and learning Japan Management Association’s Production Technology MAP of Lean Manufacturing, culminating in developing consulting material that was used to teach a number of university classes and companies in Portland, OR.
   

3. •Employment: Worked 20+ hours a week doing research and development for USU’s Entrepreneurship program
   

4. •Identified as academic scholar for being in the top 15 percent of class and accepted as a member of Golden Key International Honor Society
   

Brigham Young University (BYU) Provo, UT

Bachelors of Science, Major: Sociology - Research and AnalysisJanuary 2003 - April 2008

1. •Directed research team of 8 in implementing a research project, identifying the rising gender gap in education
   

2. •Employment: Worked 25+ hours a week with children who have disabilities
   

Management Experience

Utah State University (USU), Entrepreneurship ProgramsLogan, UT

Director of Instructional Technology - Education and ITSeptember 2009 - Present

1. •Led team of 3 in the building of the Center for Entrepreneurial Spirit’s website used by 100+ students at USU
   

2. •Developed and designed courses that teach students about writing business plans and raising funds for small businesses
   

3. •Authored and designed a number of videos and PowerPoint presentations used to teach basic principles of entrepreneurship to students and professionals
   

Screw Labels LLC, Social media website for musiciansLehi, UT

Director of Marketing and CoFounderAugust 2008 - Present

1. •Led team of three to develop and program a website with a user base of 100
   

2. •Authored business plan, executive summary, operating agreement, articles of organization, terms of service, privacy policy, and 20+ music news articles.
   

3. •Developed and implemented social media strategy by using services such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to increase unique views to the site, resulting in an increase of unique views from 100-200 to 300-500 in one week.
   

PCS Press, Publishing Vancouver, WA

Chief Editor of “How to do Kaizen”November 2009 - Present

1. •Led team of editors to edit and review “How to do Kaizen” a 500 page book by Norman Bodek and Bunji Tozawa that teaches general principles on how to develop continuous improvement programs for a company
   

Rise Inc., Nonprofit sectorOrem, UT

Family Support Coordinator, former DSP (Promoted, 9/2006)January 2006 - November 2007

1. •Developed and authored training materials that were used by all 150 employees in the company
   

2. •Organized and coordinated the in home services of 45 children with disabilities. 
   

Leadership

Japanese Speaking RepresentativeKobe, Japan

September 2000 - October 2002

1. Trained 50+ missionaries on how to use effective communication to resolve conflict
   

2. Fluent in Japanese: Studied Japanese daily for two years with native Japanese speakers
   

Baseball CoachAmerican Fork,  Utah

September 2000 - October 2002

1. Coached 12-13 year old boys for two years and led the team from last place in the league to the league championship