Experience
Senior Manager, Consumer Insights & Product Experience
Present
• Lead end-to-end consumer experience strategy to inform product innovation, development, and marketing claims across a global portfolio • Design and execute multimethod research programs, including consumer use testing, clinical studies, and sensory evaluation • Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights that drive product and business decisions • Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, and Legal to align on product performance and claims substantiation • Manage and develop a team of researchers, while overseeing external vendors and research partners • Establish and evolve research methodologies and best practices, improving consistency, speed, and quality of insights • Influence senior stakeholders through insight-driven recommendations that shape innovation pipelines and go-to-market strategy Key Impact: • Supported successful launch of multiple product innovations through insight-driven research • Strengthened claims credibility through rigorous…
Associate Manager
Edgewell Personal Care · Milford, Connecticut
Edgewell split from Energizer Personal Care creating a new personal care manufacturing company. I have been with Schick since 2001, following their progression with different parent companies.
Crossfit L1 Trainer
Crossfit Wallingford · Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Present
Senior Clinical Research Analyst
Energizer Personal Care/ Schick Wilkinson Sword · Milford, CT
•Develop protocols for clinical skin studies to be used for research and Marketing Claims •Manage all clinical skin research studies performed in-house by Research Technicians and at external vendors •Member of specialized Research team investigating specific shaving related issues •Collaborate with Legal counsel for marketing claims
Clinical Research Analyst
Energizer Personal Care/ Schick Wilkinson Sword · Milford, CT
•Lead Research Associate/liaison to independent research laboratories and testing facitilties •Develop protocols for clinical skin studies using Laser Doppler Flowmetry, SkiCon, TransEpidermal WaterLoss and proprietary methodologies •Manage all clinical skin research studies performed in-house by Research Technicians •Lead liaison to external Women’s shaving Descriptive Analysis Panel •Manage all research and claims testing for major female razor project, including all Sensory, Consumer and Clinical testing
Claims Research Analyst
Schick Wilkinson Sword · Milford, CT
•Research liaison to independent research laboratories and testing facitilties •Develop protocols and manage all clinical skin studies performed in-house by Research Technicians •Organize and manage claims dossiers for all current products •Software usage: SIMS, Microsoft (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook), SAS, Various Movie Editing Software
Technician at Schick Wilkinson Sword
On-Assignment/Lab Support Temporary Agency · Milford, CT
•Temporary assignment at Schick/Energizer Personal Care, Inc, Milford, CT, •Technical assistance for an ergonomic shave assessment project •Phone support for panelist contact, data entry
Paid Internship
US Fish & Wildlife Service/National Audubon Society
•Coordinated volunteers for Piping Plover project •Entered tracking information into database for Piping Plover project •Assisted USFWS biologist on Falkner Island (Common and Roseate Tern nesting site) and with other duties •Monitored various species of birds for instinctual nest selection and protection behaviors
Paid Internship - Naturalist/Interpreter
CT State University System · Outer Islands, Thimble Islands, Stoney Creek, CT
•Assisted educators with presentation of flora, fauna and water quality basics at the Center for Education and Research at Outer Island •Continued algal studies (two-term research project for undergraduate degree) •Performed plankton tows and colleced samples
Front Office Manager
Crowell Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc, Meriden, CT · Meriden, CT
•Implemented computerized accounting system •Prepared contracts, maintained business records •Handled customer contact, scheduled service and repair appointments
Data Entry
Main Street Management Company · Wallingford, CT
•Responsible for data entry (optical imaging) for over 200 financial representatives in a brokerage firm •Maintain folder management system
Temporary Administrative Assistant
Dunhill Temporary Staffing Service · Wallingford, CT
•Assignments including Times Microwave, TechTele Communications
Education
Central Connecticut State University
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General
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