Responsible for day-to-day operations (finance, HR, trim procurement, extraction, packaging, wholesale, sales and marketing) of hydro-carbon cannabis extraction company in Denver, Colorado.

• Implement operating processes and new systems to drastically improve inventory management at wholesale and processing levels. Work with sproutsmartsystems.com to develop an integrated solution with Metrc, Leaflink and internal data sources to track inventory and inventory components.
• Develop KPIs to measure productivity in each department lowering COGS and increasing output. SOPs created for each department.
• Improve client processing times by 30% implementing a cross-system platform for trim, extraction, packaging and wholesale to track road bumps and identify solutions. 
  
• Mange 3rd party vendors to get the best possible pricing while working together towards creative solutions.
• Develop plans to relaunch brand in order to meet new regulatory packaging requirements.
• Reconfigure extraction processes to meet the new lower levels of acceptable contaminants by the MED; failed testing reduced by 98%.
  
• Manage the P&L and cash flow requirements during and after a 5-month shut-down (to comply with fire department regulations)
• Lowered turnover from 80% to less than 10% through better hiring practices and developing a culture of cooperation, accountability and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Managed several large multi-chain accounts including Livwell during transition period with salespeople.
• Worked hand-in-hand with the Founder/CEO to stay focused on priorities and handle regulatory and legal matters frequent in the Cannabis industry. Main liaison with the bank for regular quarterly reviews.
• Create strategic vision for use in presenting the company to investors and potential strategic partners.
• Leader, decision-maker, entrepreneur, financially astute, operations/systems/marketing expertise with strategic vision.