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Makai

Operations Growth & Strategy Manager

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MIT 2015
UCLA Anderson MBA

Makai has over 10 years of experience across many industries in technology consulting, operations management, and aerospace design.
Technology
Transit, Transportation, Warehousing & Storage
Operations and Project Management
Engineering - Mechanical
Scholarship Recipient
Took Out Loans
Greek Life Member

Q2Main responsibilities

Process Improvement

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

2:32

"So that could be conveyor Technologies or camera and scanner Technologies or automatic robotic type items to make things faster and efficient."

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Data Analysis

Project Management

1:37

"I'm working alongside them and making sure they're working in a safe manner and kind of making sure they're meeting our timelines and not impacting our day-to-day operations."

Q4Most important skills - role

Data Analysis

Communication

Organization

2:12

"I'd say probably the biggest one is communication."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Operations Management

Project Management

Problem-Solving

1:15

"I think in particular seeing how much I'm making lives easier for the employees actually working with an operation."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Problem-Solving

Contingency Planning

Adaptability

1:51

"I think it also makes part of the job that much more interesting of kind of being Dynamic and and having some exciting times and I've never a dull moment."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Process Improvement

Supply Chain

Operations Management

1:33

"seeing the operations day to day of how that actually works. I think that's just really cool and exciting not only to see it and have a better understanding of how it works. But I think also being able to influence how it works"

Q8Who thrives in industry

Efficiency

Analytical Skills

Logical Thinking

1:02

"People that thrive in this industry like efficiency, they like some sense of order."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Operations Management

1:30

"working in the background across all these different teams all in support of the day-to-day operations"

Q10Entry-level positions

Data Analysis

Entry-Level Positions

Operations

1:31

"look for intervals like or what you can expect. They're gonna be pretty General"

Q11Significant lesson - career

Stress Management

Time Management

Work-Life Balance

2:05

"make sure you're taking breaks and eating healthy and and going to the gym and working out or doing whatever it is that make sure you're happy"

Q12College ideas for success

Teamwork

Networking

Leadership

2:25

"During the internships or having different research opportunities on campus. I think really helped in terms of kind of just thinking of what is life outside of this like the school day-to-day work"

Q13How identity impacted career

Diversity and Inclusion

Equity

Career Advancement

2:55

"I think just kind of being an important principles for me how they're treating their customers as well as how they're treating their employees."