Cara Pollock, PMP

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As Senior Director of Product Operations, I serve as a strategic partner to the executive team, driving alignment between product development, commercialization, and company-wide growth initiatives. I lead a cross-functional team of senior R&D product managers across three product categories, guiding the development and execution of a scalable product roadmap that supports long-term innovation and market expansion.

• Drive Innovation Program Management by defining and leading the innovation initiatives across ideation, concept, development, and prototyping through commercialization • Oversee and prioritize optimization projects in Research and Development, Operations, and Quality related to all products and processes in core markets • Lead 4 separate departments consisting of 8 team members, Project Management, Emerging Markets, Quality Assurance and Research and Development • Drive Market Entry Strategy by evaluating industry trends, developing long term implication, risks, and recommended strategies for new business opportunities • Mange Market Exit Strategy by creating and managing discontinuation process of products in all core markets, allowing the business to stay healthy and focused on core aptitude

My role allows me to be a driver of new process, systems, and strategic planning for our growing company. I manage and run commercialization on innovation projects as well as plan and discuss how to accomplish our company goals over the next 1-3-5 years. Being in Cannabis is exciting and dictates that one needs to agile in thought and execution. I love what I do and I am hungry to always learn more and work with all departments to find better ways to communicate and produce great products.

Manage timelines, budget, and workflow for 5 CPG brands in the health and wellness space.

Responsible for the justification, development and maintenance of all products in the Custom category. Including category line planning and creation process which encompasses monitoring the external global consumer environment, analyzing relevant data and trends and customer focused product concepts. A few accomplishments include: - Created a 3 year product line road-map within the first 60 days of stepping into this role. - Developed a start to finish product work flow process that included all departments involved in the creation of the product. - Interact frequently with professional athletes to develop personalized and innovative products that enhances their performance. - Team lead of a brand initiative (Bio Viz) that created a standard for all global products.

Responsible for the managing the complete apparel lifecycle from development through delivery. I am the keeper of schedules, deadlines and knowing the answer.

Wrote and controlled the purchase orders for seasonal apparel, managed the lead times and production of one third of the business.

As accounting manager I am handling payroll, budgets, supplies and workflow of clients. My skill set is in organization and project management which I use daily in this position.

 Organized client art preparation/specifications; provided consultations to internal graphic department, proofing, production, and installation of final outputted pieces to ensure that every project was completed as promised.  Manage vendors to assure timelines and budgets were completed and fulfilled as contracted.  Implemented brief and concise educational class to Out of Home (OOH) buyer for an advertising agency client, supplying tools and knowledge in purchasing appropriate print materials at low cost.

• Created and maintained the print and bindery schedule for 4 lithography presses for a 24 hour 7 day a week schedule • Preformed daily status meetings for all customer service representatives, art director, printers, and the bindery manager • Balanced timelines for jobs that were completed in house as well as jobs to be completed by outside partners to assure that the project was done on time and shipped in completion

Vice President of Cotton Creek HOA, Official for the CWLA, Past Participant on the Women's Lacrosse adult league.