Summary

Enterprise Operational Excellence & Business Transformation Leader

Enterprise Operational Excellence and Business Transformation leader with 10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional improvement initiatives across healthcare distribution and regulated operations. Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with a proven record of delivering more than $1 million in annual savings, improving operational performance, developing continuous improvement capabilities, and influencing senior leaders. Experienced in Lean Six Sigma, advanced analytics, change leadership, KPI development, AI-enabled process improvement, and sustainable enterprise transformation.

Experience

Founder & CEO, Nexlean.ai

2025-04-01 -- Present

Remote

• Founded and lead an AI-native continuous improvement platform built on Toyota Kata methodology, guiding teams through structured improvement cycles -- target conditions, current-condition tracking, obstacle identification, and PDCA experiments. • Built an AI Kata coach designed to ask the next question rather than hand over an answer, keeping structured problem-solving practice-driven instead of dashboard-driven. • Shipped a tiered product (Free, Team, Business) with automatic trend-chart generation and org-wide rollup reporting for multi-team organizations. • Extending Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen practice from individual enterprise engagements into a scalable software product for teams of any size.

Continuous Improvement Manager, Cencora / MWI

2023-06-01 -- Present

Remote

• Led enterprise and multi-site Lean Six Sigma transformation initiatives across healthcare distribution operations, delivering more than $1 million in annual savings, reducing process inefficiencies by 30%, and improving operational performance by 25%. • Designed and implemented enterprise KPI frameworks, executive dashboards, governance routines, and benefit-tracking mechanisms that improved performance visibility and strengthened accountability for results. • Facilitated complex cross-functional Kaizen events, root-cause analysis workshops, process-mapping sessions, and future-state design activities to resolve ambiguous business challenges. • Partnered with senior and executive leaders across Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Technology, and Finance to prioritize transformation opportunities and remove implementation barriers. • Built organizational continuous improvement capability through Lean Six Sigma training, project coaching, structured problem-solving tools, and leadership routines. • Applied Power BI, advanced Excel, data analysis, and AI-enabled improvement approaches to identify trends, validate root causes, and translate operational data into recommendations for business leaders.

Workshop Presenter / Lecturer, City University of New York

2017-11-01 -- Present

New York, NY

• Design and facilitate leadership, decision-making, personal accountability, and professional-development workshops for diverse adult learners. • Apply structured facilitation, curriculum evaluation, and participant-feedback methods to improve learning outcomes and engagement.

Operations Training Specialist, Cencora / MWI

2020-02-01 -- 2023-05-31

Remote

• Led end-to-end training and operational readiness across shipping, receiving, inventory, quality control, and warehouse processes in a regulated healthcare-distribution environment. • Designed and implemented cross-training and workforce-flexibility programs that improved operational resilience, capacity, and readiness for changing business demands. • Analyzed performance and capability gaps, identified root causes, and implemented targeted interventions to improve productivity, quality, standardization, and employee proficiency. • Developed scalable SOPs, training systems, evaluation frameworks, and process documentation to support consistent execution and organizational change.

Real Estate Agent, Keller Williams Elite

2019-01-01 -- 2023-05-31

Remote

• Managed complex client transactions and coordinated financial, legal, documentation, and stakeholder requirements from initiation through closing. • Managed end-to-end property transactions, increasing client satisfaction by 23% by addressing evolving client needs. • Reduced legal discrepancies by 42% through improved documentation processes and collaboration with legal teams. • Developed targeted marketing strategies driving a 15% increase in sales performance.

Education

Master of Business Administration

Western Governors University -- Millcreek, UT

Expected August 2026

B.S., Business Management

Western Governors University -- Millcreek, UT

Applied Data Science

MIT -- Cambridge, MA

Executive and professional education

Business Analytics & Sustainability

Harvard University -- Cambridge, MA

Executive and professional education

Agentic AI: Contextualized and Applied

Harvard University -- Cambridge, MA

Executive and professional education

Skills

Process & Transformation

Enterprise Process Improvement, Lean Six Sigma Deployment, Business Transformation, Future-State Process Design, Value Stream Mapping, Root-Cause Analysis, Kaizen and Rapid Improvement, Change Leadership, Benefit Realization, Continuous Improvement Governance

Leadership & Governance

Executive Stakeholder Engagement, Cross-Functional Leadership, Strategic Roadmaps, Workshop Facilitation, Capability Building, Coaching and Mentoring, KPI and Performance Management, Organizational Change, Systems Thinking

Tools & Analytics

Power BI, Tableau, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Python for Data Analysis, SQL, AI-Enabled Process Improvement, Workflow Automation, Advanced Analytics, Data Visualization

Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (LSSMBB), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), A3 Project Management

Languages

English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational)

Honors & Awards

MIT Policy Hackathon 2023 -- 3rd place; MIT Hacking Medicine 2024 -- 3rd place; The CUNY Vice Chancellor's Excellence in Leadership Award