A working timeline.
Three decades of work across Fortune 500 enterprise operations, AI-native product building, and academic teaching. Currently leading product at two organizations, building AI platforms, and teaching graduate-level management.
Current
Director / Product Manager — Arbor Park Products
June 2025 – Present. Founding director and product lead for Arbor Park Products. Strategic direction, product roadmap, and operational execution.
Senior Business Analyst / Product Owner — Insurance Medley
May 2025 – June 2026 (contract). Product ownership and senior business analysis for an insurance technology platform.
Adjunct Professor — Webster University & Saint Xavier University
2010 – Present (15+ years). Teaching Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Logistics, and Technology Management at the graduate level. Curriculum development, student mentorship, executive-style instruction.
Enterprise Career
Scrum Master / PM Systems — Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA
October 2015 – June 2025 (10 years). Pharmaceutical industry. Built and ran the PMO through four major acquisitions: Baxter, Baxalta, Shire, and Takeda. Owned Oracle EBS R12 delivery, governance, and stakeholder alignment across Technology, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Customer Service. Documented $6.3M+ in savings; lifted on-time project delivery from ~60% to 87%.
Transportation & Systems Supervisor — A.M. Castle & Co.
2013 – 2015 (2 years). Distribution. Supervised transportation operations and systems for a metals distribution enterprise.
Senior Logistics Systems Analyst — Rafael Management Inc.
2010 – 2013 (3 years). Consulting. Senior systems analysis and logistics design for client engagements.
Operations Manager Delivery — Lowe’s Companies
2007 – 2010 (3 years). Retail. Operations management for delivery and last-mile logistics.
Entrepreneurial Ventures
LabelForge — AI Labeling & Annotation Platform
2025 – 2026. Founder and technical lead. Built production AI platform from scratch: Python/FastAPI backend, React/TypeScript frontend, MongoDB/Redis, Claude API integration, RAG, agentic workflows, RLHF pipelines, 144 automated tests, full CI/CD.
Everprotex — FDA-Registered Medical Barrier Paste
2025 – Present. Active product venture in regulated medical products.
IgnyteSite — WordPress & E-commerce Agency
2020 – Present. Agency delivering WordPress, 10Web, and Elementor builds for clients.
Urban Warrior — Tactical Streetwear
2020 – Present. WooCommerce + Printful print-on-demand operation. Stripe integration, fulfillment, customer service.
DesignKido — Automated Web Development Platform
2024 – Present. In active development.
Cigars Concierge — Premium Cigar Concierge Service
Active premium concierge venture.
Education
- DBA, Strategy, Supply Chain, Systems & Project/Program Management — University of Michigan-Flint (in progress)
- PhD, Leadership — University of Cumberlands (in progress)
- MS, Cloud Computing Architecture — University of Maryland Global Campus, 2024
- MS, Blockchain Technology and Global Business — University of Cumberlands, 2024
- MS, Information Systems — University of Maryland Global Campus
- MBA — Saint Xavier University