Sierra Solnick ND, M.S.

•Served as the operational problem-solver by addressing opportunities across the inventory, tech, and customer service departments. •Aligned with the executive team's strategy to roll out a sister production facility in North Carolina turning on production operations within 3 weeks. •Implemented KPI-driven performance systems while advocating across departments how to integrate these metrics with the company's MRP system. •Mentored rising leaders within the lab, building a stronger management pipeline and sustaining organizational growth, and directing a 40 member team across two MSO facilities.

•Transitioned lab operations from reactive to proactive by implementing scalable audit-ready practices, that result in safety and reducing overall lab waste by 15%. •Spearheaded R&D for new formulations and product lines, contributing to multiple successful and scalable products. •Established structured operations for a fully integrated production team for company's MRP system resulting in full trained staff to reduce overall company component shortages. •Managed Finished Good Inventory and developed production planning operational conversions to support product launches and a substantial increased production goals.

•Stabilized daily production in a startup environment with no systemic redundancies by creating concise manufacturing SOPs, QC protocols, and cross-trained while ensuring consistent output across ~200 SKUs. •Managed a team in a start up environment which resulted in a doubling of production across multiple departments including formulation, filling, and quality control. •Designed and implemented an interim inventory tracking process to align operational conversions with raw material supply and production demands, eliminating costly stockouts.

● Develops formulations for cannabis and hemp consumables and topicals. ● Conducts evaluations and quality control tests to ensure product consistency and stability. ● Ensure data integrity and accuracy in manufacturing processes to meet client specifications and regulatory standards.

● Managed cross-functional projects and budgets with operations, marketing, R&D initiatives, and strategic manufacturing teams. ● Optimized product efficacy utilizing client’s lab-backed data. ● Provided educational series to enhance team knowledge on chemistry and data management.

● Developed and optimized SOPs for wiped film and fractional distillation processes. ● Created proprietary terpene formulations to enhance product flavor profiles. ● Achieved an average production yield of 90% through meticulous process control and equipment maintenance.

● Executed biomass decarboxylation, refinement chemistry, distillation processes, and data collection. ● Utilized CO2, water, and ethanol to produce high-quality cannabis extracts while maintaining data documentation.

Assisting in harvesting cannabis flowers. Trimming wet/dry harvested cannabis material. Packaging processed cannabis goods. Filling a variety of THC oil cartridges.

● Conducted data collection and weekly motivational interview sessions for behavioral medicine clinical studies. ● Presented research findings and data analysis at the 2016 National Conference of Undergraduate Research.