Taryn Sullivan

Experience

COO 2015 - 2018 (about 3 years)

Responsible for the operational and business side including sales, marketing, logistics, purchasing, fulfillment, partnerships, and works closely with CEO to determine product... more

Efficiency Exchange

Founder, CEO 2010 - 2015 (about 5 years)

Built technology platform that reduced energy costs for hundreds of Chinese factories. Worked with dozens of multi-national retailers and brands on supply chain data solutions.

Pacific Trade International

Product Development & Sourcing Manager 2008 - 2009 (almost 2 years)

Led international product development and sourcing for all branded and private label product lines. Customers included Target, Kohl's, Pier 1 and Pottery Barn.

Improvements Catalog

Product Development & Sourcing 2006 - 2008 (about 2 years)

Started and managed all private label product development and direct sourcing, leading to 30% top line growth, and a 50%+ increase in profit margins (>$100M total revenue).

Worked... more

Bright Asia Servies

Private Label PD Account Manager 2005 - 2006 (4 months)

Account manager for U.S. retail customers. Private label product development and sourcing for products manufactured in China. Worked closely with the Shenzhen team, on-site... more

Google

Employee

Workbench Platform

COO 2018 - Present (over 8 years)

Responsible for operations -- including partnerships, account management, content & curriculum, customer success, product development, QA. Works closely with CEO to determine... more

Founder

Efficiency Exchange

Employee

Dexter Industries, Bright Asia Servies, Improvements Catalog, Pacific Trade International, Workbench Platform, Google

Projects

EEx Charge

Online app to analyze & reduce energy cost in factories.

CEO, Pivotal Tracker · Worked with subject matter experts to develop product requirements, managed product development, and performed customer… · More

With Lee Trout, Nate Sullivan, LV Paul, Jamie Yu

GoBox Robot Subscription

A GoPiGo robot kit with a new mission delivered monthly.

The GoBox is a monthly subscription service that comes with a full robot car, the GoPiGo, and new missions that get delivered to your door monthly. It’s the… · More

Education

About

Achievements

Started a global sourcing division for one of the largest retail catalog companies in the US & increased profit margins by 55%, with double digit growth.

Worked with factories in China, Vietnam, India and Brazil to solve production, quality and cost issues. Founded EEx to do this in a scalable way & saved hundreds of factories up to 20% of their energy costs.

I speak Mandarin and my second home is the factory floor. Now I've joined Dexter Industries, a robotics company dedicated to making programming accessible to everyone.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Mandarin Chinese Proficiency Manufacturing Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Optimization Green Technology Cleantech Product Sourcing Product Development Retail Operations Energy Management Energy Efficiency Logistics Quality Control Sourcing Vendor Management

Locations

Reston

Taryn Sullivan

PM @google, former COO @workbench (acquired by Google), COO @dexter-industries (sold to Modular Robotics), educational robots. Brought energy efficiency to Chinese factories @efficiency-exchange. Ran PD & sourcing @improvements-catalog.