Wilmington Paper Corp - Pine Brook, NJ

2015 - 2023

Operations Manager | Data Lead

Provided governance and vision for supply chain operations and data strategy. Developed solutions and processes for addressing complex business and technical problems. Managed supply chain operations across 30+ accounts, optimizing workflows for suppliers, customers, and carriers. Served as a Power BI creator for operations.

• Architected and executed the strategic data vision. Partnered with senior and Lines of Business (LOB) leadership, providing strategic advisement on data-driven insights, business impacts, and uncovered opportunities.
• Implemented standardized operating procedures across all accounts, enhancing operational consistency and scalability.
• Collaborated with cross-functional departments and conducted data cleansing, management, troubleshooting client source connection, admin control and maintenance, and reporting dashboard and visualization for a private company database infrastructure.
• Built and implemented machine learning and statistical models for data strategy. Developed and delivered the data infrastructure required for the needs of predictive modeling and analytics.
• Mined and translated data into meaningful insights and built dashboards and visualizations. Presented results and advisement to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Researched, designed, built, optimized, and maintained reliable, efficient, and accessible data systems, data pipelines, and models.
• Created and delivered training sessions for employees on database navigation, queries, and report generation.
• Leveraged SQL for data extraction from internal databases, facilitating data-informed decision-making and enhancing customer understanding.
• Employed ETL methodologies to derive and categorize key features matching regional vendor costs and business requirements, thereby supporting trend analysis.
• Provided back-end support for the IT group in customer web portal development, including DevOps and administrative credentials.
• Led multiple fully-lifecycle data projects, including a project that pinpointed and addressed supply chain inefficiencies, achieving a 6% net cost reduction.

H&M International Transportation - Jersey City, NJ

2012 - 2015

Assistant Terminal Manager (2013 - 2015)

Strategically coordinated Operation Manager shifts with 10 daily inbound/outbound cargo train schedules. Assisted in negotiating local ILA labor contracts, ensuring 24/7 lift operation coverage for Norfolk Southern and CSX rail yards.

• Enhanced lift per man hour (LPMH) by 10%, leading to improved productivity and efficiency.
• Ensured punctual outbound train releases and departures for NS and CSX railroads.
• Implemented effective manpower scheduling to increase terminal efficiency and reduce delays.
• Established and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) for railroad operations.
• Reduced vendor dwell time by 25%, increasing operational efficiency and reducing downtime.

Operations Manager (2012 - 2013)

Liaised with Norfolk Southern (NS) managers to facilitate timely cargo train activities and resolve delays while managing 16+ company assets to load and unload 6 daily cargo trains.

• Analyzed daily train manifests to ensure receiving and delivery of hazardous and non-hazardous cargo.
• Conducted daily safety briefings, calculated daily lift per man hour, and reported mechanical downtimes.

APM Terminals - Port Elizabeth, NJ

2009 - 2011

Operations Manager, Rail Department (2010 - 2011)

Oversaw daily rail loading and unloading activities for a team of 20+ ILA workers. Promoted a productive working environment for the Millennium Marine Rail integration project.

Operations Manager, Marine Department (2009 - 2010)

Ensured safe work environments, managing daily labor and overseeing marine and vessel operations. Collaborated with management, ILA labor, and the marine foreman to achieve deadlines and maximize productivity to 50+ moves per hour.

New Jersey Institute of Technology (2023)

Newark, New Jersey

M.S., Data Science

• Built, deployed, and hosted an interactive web application using a public dataset that predicts future sales data by regional product categories.
• Utilized ETL, data cleansing, mining, visualization, and machine learning to highlight key variables for areas of improvement or concern (i.e., K-means clustering | Linear regression.)

York College of Pennsylvania (2008)

York, Pennsylvania

B.S., Business Management

• Varsity Lacrosse
• Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)

Seton Hall Preparatory (2004)

West Orange, New Jersey

H.S., Diploma

• Varsity Lacrosse
• Varsity Football

Additional Certifications:

Microsoft Power BI - LearnPowerBI.com, Machine Learning with Python - Coursera, Python for Applied Data Science - Coursera, Data Analysis with Python - Coursera, Data Visualization with Python - Coursera, Open-Source Tools for Data Science - Coursera, Data Science Methodology - Coursera, Business Science - Shiny Web Applications.