PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TIMELINE
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
BambooBuddy, LLC Rose Tarlow Melrose House, Inc.
51% YOY GROWTHwhile lowering operating costs by
14% and decreasing budget by 12%over 3 consecutive years
REDUCEDLEAD TIMES
from 20.9 weeks to 16.4
Milgard Manufacturing, Inc. General Motors, AC Delco Division
Saved $1.4MWITHIN ONE YEAR
by reducing material GAP
Achieved $10MIN SAVINGS
championing 20+ lean projects
Rose Tarlow Melrose House, Inc. Director of Operations
BambooBuddyCOO
Milgard Manufacturing, Inc.Materials Manager
Dark Horse Distribution, Inc.VP of Strategic Operations
01.14 – 02.15
09.06 – 03.08
General Motors CorporationInventory Control Manager
Outbound Operations Manager & Quality Network Manager
Inbound Operations Manager05.00 – 05.01
06.01 – 12.03
01.04 – 04.05
05.05 – 08.06
05.08 – 01 .14
3 of the 28 plants were AC DELCO brand, and went from 3rd Place to
1ST PLACE
Out of 28 plants in North America,led our plant from
17th Place to 5th*
*Based on 25 corporate metrics (safety, productivity, quality, financials)
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Quintus HomeLean Consultant
03.15 – 09.15
SomadomeProject Consultant
09.15 – 06.16
Acuity BrandsSolutions Project Manager
07.16 – Present
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OVERVIEW
General Motors $250M
$120M
Privately-held
Privately-held
Privately-held
$3.5M
$41M
Privately-held
Privately-held
Privately-held
60
32
13
19
16
$10M
$2M
$1M
$2M
$1M
Milgard
Dark Horse
BambooBuddy
RTMH
Revenue($)
P & L($)
DirectReports
LeanSavings ($)
MANAGED:25 local vendors
1000+ SKUs
200+ designers/design firms
17 showrooms/1 flagship
3 special projects $2-5M each for billionaire clients
ACHIEVED:99% on-time shipping/delivery14% reduction in operating costs23% increase in employee productivity
50% INCREASEin
Customer Satisfaction
82% IMPROVEMENTin
On-Time PerformanceINCREASED FROM 40 TO 78%
INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED EXPERT
#5 PLANTout of
18 for GAP(a rise from 11th place)
#1 materialsmanagement team
Utilizing Lean + Six Sigma
SAVED $1.4MWITHIN ONE YEARthrough reduction
in materialGAP
EDUCATION
DEMONSTRATED CORE COMPETENCIES,BROAD-BASED STRENGTHS AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN:
M.B.A.
GLOBAL BUSINESSPepperdine University
B.S.
CHEMISTRYMichigan State University
Lean Silver Black BeltCertificationGeneral Motors
Six Sigma Green BeltCertification
University of Southern California
High Mix / Low VolumeCertification
Lean Enterprise Institute
PMP Certification PrepVillanova University
MORE THAN 450 stores in 30 states
INCREASEIN SALES
YoY
Expanded Lowes’ distribution: 51%BUILT BUSINESSFROM STARTUP
toMULTI-$MILLION
CHANGEMANAGEMENT
LEAN + SIXSIGMA LEADERSHIP
EXPERTISE
18% IMPROVEMENTIN FIRST-TIME QUALITY
23% IMPROVEMENTIN LEAD TIMES
FROM 20.9 TO 16.4 WEEKS
Operations Management
Lean Six Sigma
Project Management
Executive Leadership
P&L Accountability
Strategic Business Planning
Quality Control
Strategic and Tactical Marketing
Business Start-Ups and Turnaround
Inventory Control
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing Distribution
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