Portfolio Strategy · Governance · Transformation Readiness · Value Realization

Leadership & Enterprise Transformation Strategist| AI Operationalization · PMO & Digital Transformation · Operations Consulting

Connecting People & Technology to Turn Strategic Intent into Measurable Business Outcomes.

Founder & Principal Advisor, Kunateh Impact

I align business priorities, technology investments, operating models and cross-functional execution, bringing structure to ambiguity and translating transformation opportunities into measurable outcomes.

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Indianapolis, Indiana13+ years of leadershipLife sciences & multi-site enterprise

Executive profile

Strategy becomes credible when execution becomes visible.

Across regulated life sciences and large multi-site enterprises, I strengthen governance and executive decision-making by connecting strategy, investment, operating discipline and measurable value.

Portfolio strategy

Business cases, value framing, prioritization and sequencing that connect investment to enterprise outcomes.

Executive governance

Decision support, portfolio health, risk, dependencies and controls that give leaders confidence in execution.

Transformation readiness

Operating models, adoption, accountability and cross-functional rhythms designed to make change sustainable.

Value realization

Financial, operational and customer measures that make progress visible and keep transformation grounded in results.

Enterprise impact

From enterprise ambition to operating reality.

Four environments. One consistent leadership pattern: align the enterprise, build the system and make value measurable.

Azenta Life Sciences

Regulated life sciences

Improved portfolio and delivery governance within an established environment.

Established dashboards, forecasting models, governance standards and cross-functional operating rhythms across 20+ active programs. Redesigned Azure DevOps delivery governance through time-based sprint planning, a tag and area-path model, and stronger Jira-to-Azure DevOps intake traceability.

12% improvement in portfolio execution and governance performance
10% reduction in time-to-production for validated LIMS releases
15% reduction in release variance

Pilot Company

800+ location enterprise

Built PMO governance for transformation at scale.

Built governance standards across cybersecurity, infrastructure and field operations, connecting enterprise priorities, risk, decision-making and adoption across a highly distributed operating environment.

40% reduction in potential cybersecurity threats
15% reduction in infrastructure costs
25% improvement in POS and fuel transaction speed

Love’s Travel Stops

Workforce, cloud & digital

Converted technology modernization into operating value.

Led enterprise adoption of workforce technology, cloud-scaling improvements and digital-program modernization by aligning technology, operations and customer-experience priorities.

$5M in labor savings
$4M in annual cloud savings
26% increase in customer traffic

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Operations & growth

Built operational discipline from the front line outward.

Directed multi-region restaurant development and strengthened expense visibility, accountability and operational-readiness workflows from groundbreaking through sustainable operations.

$3.1M in operating savings
16% reduction in operating costs
CEO-awarded Restaurateur recognition

Experience

A career built across operations, technology and enterprise transformation.

2026–Present

Azenta Life Sciences

Technical Program Manager II

Enterprise portfolio governance, business and technology alignment, Azure DevOps delivery-governance improvement and regulated delivery across 20+ active programs.

2022–2026

Pilot Company

Senior Project Manager III

Enterprise transformation, cybersecurity and infrastructure across an 800+ location operating environment.

2018–2022

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores

Senior Project Manager

Workforce technology, cloud modernization, digital growth and enterprise execution capability.

2013–2017

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Enterprise Operations Project Manager & Restaurateur

Multi-unit operations, new-site development, operational excellence and people leadership.

Recognition

Recognized for leadership, people development and enterprise impact.

2024 · Pilot Company

Leadership Impact: People Development Award

Recognition for leadership impact and the development of people and organizational capability.

2024 · Pilot Company

Operational Excellence Award

Recognition for disciplined execution, consistent KPI performance and reliable operational delivery.

2024 · Pilot Company

Award of Excellence

Recognition for sustained high performance, ownership and contributions that advanced business priorities.

2024 · Pilot Company

Virtue Award

Recognition for consistently living Pilot’s DRAW values: Driven, Reliable, Authentic and Welcoming.

2021 · Love’s

Founders Award

Love’s prestigious leadership honor recognizing outstanding results through operational excellence, people leadership, process discipline and sustained performance across key KPIs.

2015 · Chipotle Mexican Grill

Restaurateur Recognition

CEO-awarded distinction for leading a high-performing restaurant and developing an empowered team culture built on high standards, continuous improvement and people development.

Credentials

Education and continuous executive development.

In progress

Golden Gate University

Pursuing doctoral research in Emerging Technologies, concentration in Generative & Agentic AI

2026

Atlanta College

MBA, Business Administration

2021

Chaudhary Charan Singh University

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

Executive & Professional Development

2026Executive Leadership Development, Columbia University
2024Future Leaders Development Program Graduate, Pilot Company
2024Strategy & Operations; Economics & International Business, IBMI, Berlin
2024Corporate Finance & Business Law, London School of Business Administration
2024Hogan Leadership Forecast Series
2021Organizational Leadership Program, Northwestern University
2020Inspirational Leadership: Leading with Sense Specialization, HEC Paris
2020Agile Project Management, Villanova University
2020MBA Business Strategy, International MBA Institute

Professional Credentials

Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Scrum MasterLean Six Sigma Green BeltCertified AI Strategy Leadership Professional

Technology & Delivery Fluency

Enterprise platforms & integrations · Cloud migration & scaling · Cybersecurity · Data, analytics & BI · LIMS/CSV · POS & fuel systems · Workforce-management platforms · SDLC/DevOps · Jira/Confluence · Power BI/Tableau · ServiceNow · Microsoft Project/Smartsheet · Agile/Scrum/Kanban/SAFe-aligned delivery · RAID · Forecasting · Change control · Executive reporting

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