My favorite TV show is Friends and if you’ve seen the show, you are probably familiar with the iconic scene where Ross is screaming “pivot.” This scene always reminds me of the time one of my first managers in my professional career asked me to review some data in Excel and create a “pivot” table. I went back to my desk and panicked because I had no clue what that meant. Thank goodness for Google! Within the next year, I became one of the SMEs for Excel within our finance department. 

Once I understood how data, formulas, and reporting worked, I applied this knowledge to make my job tasks more efficient. This quickly developed into a passion for process improvement. 

My passion for process improvement turned into a thirst for knowledge. I prioritize collaboration with my peers and have pushed myself outside of my comfort zone to ask questions when I lack understanding. Being in the wireless communications industry, I moved out of finance and into project delivery to better understand our business and customers. The experience gained during this time has been pivotal in my career (see what I did there?). It has also helped me recognize the importance of communication, training, and consistency across an organization. 

My career continues to be a learning experience and I am grateful for the opportunities that have been available to me. I enjoy connecting with folks that are new to the industry as well as those who are more tenured. I’m always happy to share my experiences and act as a mentor to my peers.

Outside of work I enjoy running and have done a half marathon in 44 states. My goal is to complete one in all 50! I also enjoy playing with my 2 dogs, reading, and playing softball.

Samantha Love

A-Bay Engineers

Founded A-Bay to deliver a more resilient and resourceful tomorrow, enabling our vision of “Great data drives great decisions, great decisions transform businesses.”

Facilitated cross-functional workshops, driving innovation and process excellence through collaborative process mapping and rigorous root cause analysis.

Developed and implemented comprehensive Brewery Scorecards, connecting dispersed data sources, integrating real-time financial, production, and budget data to enhance operational visibility and empower brewery team members with data-driven decision-making tools.

Applied Lean Six Sigma methodologies (5S, DMAIC) to streamline data collection and reporting processes, reducing errors and cutting data processing time by 60%, improving decision-making speed and accuracy.

Community benchmarking for the Brewery Industry. Developed and implemented an approach to compile and dashboard breweries against their peers in a confidential way. 20+ breweries participated in 2023 with 10 KPI’s benchmarked.

Developed and implemented change management initiatives to optimize resource utilization, focused on energy demand and consumption. Clients ranged from small breweries to a Fortune 500 company.

Founder

Veolia

Pioneered an in-house continuous improvement program to enhance strategic alignment, performance management, and operational efficiency across the organization (10,000 employees). Led change management initiatives to cultivate a culture of operational excellence resulting in enhanced operational capabilities, improved communication, and sustainable business growth.

Key team member of in-house Performance Team with initiative to transform struggling projects, realizing over $10M in impact through cost reductions and throughput improvements.

Developed and managed our Project Management Office (PMO), strategically optimizing our own teams performance.

Part of the award winning team for the Port Arthur Business Transformation where we enabled the onsite team with better tools, culture, and processes. Leveraging their own improvement ideas within our own framework.

Senior Manager, Business Transformation & Operational Excellence

Director of Operational Readiness and Excellence

Optimized wastewater and water treatment operations, reducing compliance costs by over $35 million annually by leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies to deliver Operational Excellence (OPX Program) initiatives. Initiatives focused on improvements in energy usage, sludge management and process control.

Championed a continuous improvement system that brought out the best in my clients, that enabled them to shine. Using a systematic approach to give the O&M staff the tools and resources they needed to identify, prioritize and implement the ideas that would have the greatest impact, in the shortest time with the simplest means.

Leveraged experts around the world as needed to support onsite transformation teams.

Development of Project Management Office role while overseeing 50+ business cases, ensuring alignment with client objectives, detailed impact analysis, and successful project outcomes.

Operational Excellence Implementation Manager

R.W. Beck

Contributed to the design and optimization of solid waste management facilities, including site grading and stormwater management, ensuring alignment with O&M requirements and compliance standards.

Acted as onsite owner’s representative, facilitating communication between design engineers and contractors, ensuring alignment with client interests and successful project completion.

Collaborated in cross-functional teams to streamline project workflows, resulting in high-quality project outcomes that met client expectations and industry standards.

On-site Owner's Representative

Projects primary contact working in conjunction with Electrical Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Architects, managers, drafters, and clients on all aspects of design for solid waste facilities
Preliminary conceptual analysis and sampling for a Landfill Gas project 
Design of storm water collection and structural systems with supporting technical reports and calculations
Field supervisor of environmental study of a county’s waste stream, including training and motivating laborers
Create technical specifications and cost estimates for project design submittals
Collect onsite data for the design process and reports
Perform AutoCAD drafting and Land Development Desktop grading

Civil Engineer

Building Tools that Build Teams | Keeping Score in Craft Beverage | Utilize Data to Create Optimization & Continuous Improvement | Realize Additional Value in Your Brewery | Increase the Cashflow & Combat Rising Costs

Results-oriented leader with a strong foundation in Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement across Environmental Services and Food and Beverage. 

Demonstrated success in driving transformative in-house performance programs, leading cross-functional teams, developing collaborative leaders, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. 

Proven ability to empower teams with tools to make easier data-driven decisions, building high performing teams, and delivering strategic business transformations. 

A strategic thinker, a hands-on proactive leader committed to driving continuous improvement in dynamic environments.


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