Strategy, Analysis, and Applied Insight
This page highlights a selection of high-level academic projects that reflect the same strategic thinking, communications skill, and systems perspective I bring to professional environments. These works demonstrate how I've applied classroom concepts to real-world scenarios, developed actionable solutions, and delivered polished presentations—often in a team-based setting.
Translating strategic analysis into boardroom-ready insights through data, design, and collaboration.
As part of the capstone for MGT 405: Strategic Management, I worked with a small consulting team to develop a five-year strategic plan for Beyond Meat. Framed as a pitch to company leadership, our challenge was to identify the firm’s core issues, conduct internal and external analyses, and deliver actionable recommendations tailored to the brand’s mission and market position.
Our team identified stagnating growth and escalating losses as central concerns, despite Beyond Meat’s rapid revenue expansion. We proposed a profitability-focused strategy combining cost containment, R&D investment, and supply chain integration. I led the design and structure of the final presentation, aligning it with Beyond Meat’s brand identity and delivering it in a polished, boardroom-style format.
Why It Matters
This project exemplified my ability to synthesize complex financial and market data, apply business frameworks, and translate insight into compelling strategy. It also demonstrated my strength in brand-aligned communications—ensuring substance and style worked in tandem to engage and persuade.
Featured Competencies
Strategic Planning • Financial Analysis • Business Communications • Brand-aligned Design
Strategic Consulting in Action
This deck presents a five-year strategic roadmap for Beyond Meat aimed at regaining profitability. Aligned with the company’s brand identity, the pitch combines market analysis, cost reduction strategies, and growth-focused recommendations—all tailored for a mock executive board.
The presentation was voted the winning proposal in a peer-reviewed case competition, earning our group extra credit, and my team leadership was additionally recognized with a final grade boost.
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Behind the Scenes
I led the development of our narrative arc and visual identity, ensuring every slide supported a clear and cohesive message. I worked closely with teammates to integrate important analyses, coached each presenter, and designed the full deck with consistent formatting and brand-aligned aesthetics. This project pushed me to balance creative direction with team coordination and strategic storytelling—an approach I bring to every professional collaboration.
Translating theory into insight through data-driven storytelling and applied leadership frameworks.
In this capstone project for MGT 475: Leadership in Organizations, my team and I conducted an in-depth case study on Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates. The assignment challenged us to analyze a prominent leader’s background, leadership style, emotional intelligence, and company culture using course frameworks and scholarly sources.
We chose Dalio for the complexity of his leadership evolution—from polarizing founder to architect of one of the most unique corporate cultures in finance. Drawing from his writings and third-party research, we explored how his participative leadership style aligned with Goleman’s emotional intelligence model and influenced Bridgewater’s radical transparency ethos.
Why It Matters
This project sharpened my ability to synthesize research, apply theory to real-world contexts, and create compelling visual communications. By balancing critique with insight, we examined how leadership values shape workplace culture—and how emotional intelligence can drive organizational outcomes.
Featured Competencies
Research Synthesis • Slide & Visual Design • Leadership Theory Application • Group Facilitation & Coordinated Presentations
Leadership Analysis in Action
I led the visual development and helped structure our presentation around core course frameworks—including leadership styles, organizational effectiveness, and emotional intelligence. Together, we built a narrative that unpacked the tension between Dalio’s visionary ideals and their cultural impact.
Preview the slide deck below.
Behind the Scenes
The final product blended original research, clear storytelling, and dynamic visuals. I facilitated team discussions, refined the narrative structure, and developed a branded, presentation-ready deck that elevated our key findings.
