Colton Kaplan

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Venture Scout

Stealth

Founder

Founder Social Club

Coyax

COO and Advisor

Walmart

• Selected by senior leadership to provide network strategy, improving process prioritization through 5s warehouse layout yielding $539k cost savings and decrease in safety incidents by 30%
• Created inventory tracker for 1P and 3P freight to be systematically visible in receiving process improving on-time delivery by 10%, increasing efficiency, and exceeding customer expectations
• Utilized domain expertise identifying bottlenecks, internal stakeholders implementing process increasing 3rd party vendor service level agreement compliance, saving $500k in rework labor across network
• Mentored and coached 20+ associates fostering professional growth by conducting interviews, hiring, and training associates resulting in 90% reduction in problem pallets and best department across supply chain 
• Partnered with 5 product teams suggesting feature enhancements and bug fixes for 6 different software platforms through JIRA dashboards resulting in reduced waste, optimized efficiency, and 50k in savings

Next-Gen Inbound Manager

MastersCV

• Developed UI/UX interface and integrated software automating and optimizing efficiency for the customer
• Created process flow and built product roadmap launching 5 products in six months increasing revenue by 50%
• Identified pain points of target market, conducted market research and launched MVP going from 0 to 1
• Implemented agile and scrum methodologies executing sprints resulting in 30% response rate for outreach
• Prioritizing tasks of managing CRM, sales cycle, product marketing, and product and business development
• Executed data-driven analysis of competitor landscape resulting in iterating pricing models and monetization strategies

Founder and Product Manager

Net Impact Purdue

President

• Learned SQL, VBA, Teradata, and macros creating tools identifying item setup issues improving vendor compliance, and reducing net loss for an estimated savings of 2.5 million dollars network-wide
• Identified root causes working with software, QA, product, continuous improvement managers, inbound department leaders, and senior leadership increasing quality for customers reducing DPM in inbound freight
• Created feedback loop developing supply chain visibility for 95 departments in Fortune 1 company to merchandising teams identifying item set up issues for vendors and specific UPC information decreasing shrink
• Implemented feature requests for cycle count, general adjustments, and gross inventory adjustment reasons resulting in aided visibility regarding associates adjusting out inventory improving quality metrics

Supply Chain MBA Intern

Reef Kitchens

•	Monitored daily, weekly, and monthly inventories accurately forecasting supplies needed for upcoming shifts based on sales from previous days
•	Trained line cooks, assistant managers, and general managers on all policies, procedures, and brands executed resulting in personal and professional career growth
•	Scheduled staff to optimize peak times and reduce labor during slow periods; delegated responsibilities to hold each other accountable creating a team-oriented environment

General Manager

•	Developed par sheets to maximize profitability, reduce waste, and minimize excess ordering of products; available for all employee use, increased morale
•	Recruited more business by distributing marketing materials to local establishments resulting in more sales

Assistant Manager

Host of Change with Colton🎙 Podcast | Operations | Strategy | Lean Six Sigma | Supply Chain | Eliminating loneliness on the founder journey | Growing Founder Social Club Community

I am an accomplished supply chain professional and entrepreneur with a passion for growth and improvement.

Host the “Change with Colton” podcast, where my mission is to inspire founders to overcome adversity, gain confidence, and reach their unlimited potential.

Recently launched KindLabz which is the all-in-one supply chain for creators. We help build social impact brands that are sustainable. We are taking on all 17 sustainable development goals and giving back to the communities in need.

I helped Walmart eCommerce successfully launch the first two next-gen automated fulfillment centers. I am SME in inbound operations. I mentor leaders to help them grow in their careers professionally.

I focus on Supply Chain Management, Product Development, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Engineering, Product Marketing, Software Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Sales Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), E-Commerce, Finance, Digital Marketing, Agile Methodologies, and Scrum.

With a goal-oriented mindset and a knack for problem-solving, I implement lean strategies to increase efficiency and reduce waste. 

I have a strong track record of working with cross-functional teams and leveraging data analytics to drive insightful decisions. I positively impact the world through entrepreneurship and product management.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, listening to podcasts, spending time with my wife, and playing with my Shih Tzu Mila.

Welcome to another Founder Social Minute.

Today we are joined by Sneh Dhruv, Founder and CEO of Trillboards.

TrillBoards helps people turn idle screens into a new source of income.

Through Founder Social Minute, I share stories of founders in the community who are collaborating, creating value, and helping each other move forward.

Excited to continue featuring more founders who are shaping the future of entrepreneurship.

Founder Social Club

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Podcast Host 🎙️| Founder Social Club | Eliminating loneliness for founders

Today I released the first episode of the Founder Social Club Podcast.

I started this to create a space where founders can learn from each other. Real stories, real challenges, and the decisions that shape the journey. 

Conversations about product, growth, hiring, fundraising, failures, and what it actually takes to build something meaningful.

Episode 1 is with Saurabh Misra, the founder of Codeflash. We talk about the future of coding, building from zero, founder market fit, and how AI is changing engineering.

This is day one. More conversations are coming soon.

You can listen here:

🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gN-jrNDX

 ▶️ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gnn-Ycdc

Thank you for being part of this community.

#FounderSocialClub #Podcast

Welcome to another Founder Social Minute.

Today we are joined by Maureen Lepatan, Founder & CEO of Strathwell Inc

Strathwell Inc turns untapped spaces & services into unforgettable events.

Founder Social Club

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Hosted the second edition of the AI Startup Job Fair a few weeks ago with manny duenas!

It was a strong turnout with many talented people in the room.

Meet Daniel Elfving

Daniel has experience in customer success and a strong passion for blockchain, crypto, AI, and cybersecurity. He is now looking for his next role in these industries and is exploring where he can make the strongest impact.

We recorded a short Founder Social Club Spotlight to highlight his background and his experience at the event.

Sharing it here. If your team is hiring in these fields and would like an introduction, please feel free to reach out to Daniel or to me.

📸 Video Credit: Emanuel Francis

#FounderSocialSpotlight #FSC #startups #jobs

"In the early days of a startup, hiring slow and strategically is key. 

Focus on understanding your product and market first, then bring in specialized talent when it's time to scale." - Aquibur Rahman, Founder Mailmodo

Aquibur Rahman dropped a lot of knowledge on this one. 

Founder Social Club podcast.  👀 

#StartupGrowth #HiringStrategy #Entrepreneurship #FSC #podcast

Cummins Inc.

TA Coordinator 

Pontoon Solutions

*Coordinator Caseload: Upon acceptance of an offer within Taleo (ATS) by a candidate, ensuring that all pre-hire tasks are achieved in a timely manner to ensure agreed upon start date or change start/end date(s).  Partner with Sterling to ensure pre-hire tasks (i.e. background check and drug screening) assigned to new hire are effectively assigned in a timely manner and make escalations if needed. Monitor the progress of the tasks from offer letter submitted to employee start date.  

*Travel Coordination caseload: Review candidate eligibility and authorized American Express Travel (flights and/or rental vehicle) along with private vehicle/alternative expenses in accordance with travel policies and update profile with pre-determined payout amount with travel details.  

*Training and Development: Created processing steps for Coordinators as this was a new huge account for Pontoon Solutions.  Identify areas for improvement and proposed solutions to enhance the candidate experience and overall offer/onboarding process.  

*Resume Screener for exempt Executive (Chief and Director) roles: Screen candidate resumes from open announcement within Taleo based on their experience, education, skills, and other factors against job description details. 

*Covering Recruiter Caseload: Collaborate with the HR team, hiring managers, and Talent Acquisition team to gather necessary information for creating accurate and comprehensive offer letters with Taleo (ATS).   Utilize templates and tools to generate offer letters, ensuring that all necessary details are included, such as compensation, position details, and other terms and conditions.  Communicate with candidates regarding offer details with benefits, answer questions, and address concerns they may have about the offer letter and close out candidates with decline decisions. 
 
*Recognition: 04/04/2024: Pontoon Solutions Worldwide Company Meeting: Was selected as Collaboration Nominee

Sr. Specialty Recruitment Coordinator - RPO - supporting 🌐 Cummins, Inc (Early Careers)

Randstad Sourceright

*Data Center Technician, Early/Leads/Mid-Senior for North America and Canada. Sourced and full life-cycle RPO recruitment of active and passive PERMANENT candidates.
*Developed, maintained and supported strong relationships with hiring managers, key leaders, and HR partners to stay abreast of business objectives, new initiatives, and staffing trends.
*Participated in ongoing special projects/technical recruiting initiatives in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) approaches in sourcing to attract diverse talent.
*Utilized a variety of recruiting sources such as gHire, LinkedIn, internet mining, Boolean searches, and referrals to consistently find and attract qualified candidates.
*Precisely screened candidates against defined criteria and record the outcome of assessment and interviews through Google's application tracking system (gHire).
*Delivered the best candidate experience by serving as a candidate advocate throughout the hiring process and provide candidates with updates in a timely manner.

Recruiting Specialist - RPO - supporting 🌎 Google (2nd round of Mass layoffs)

*Software Engineer, Early Career for North America.  Sourced and full life-cycle RPO recruitment of PERMANENT active and passive candidates.
*Developed, maintained and supported strong relationships with hiring managers, key leaders, and HR partners to stay abreast of business objectives, new initiatives, and staffing trends.  
*Participated in ongoing special projects/technical recruiting initiatives in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) approaches in sourcing to attract diverse talent.
*Utilized a variety of recruiting sources such as gHire, LinkedIn, internet mining, Boolean searches, and referrals to consistently find and attract qualified candidates.  
*Precisely screened candidates against defined criteria and record the outcome of assessment and interviews through Google’s application tracking system (gHire). 
*Delivered the best candidate experience by serving as a candidate advocate throughout the hiring process and provided candidates with updates in a timely manner.

Recruiting Specialist - RPO - supporting 🌎 Google

Severn Management Company, LLC

*Supervised on-site staff, data entry, collection of fees and rents, renting vacant units, monitoring of property revenues and budget, as well as maintaining compliance with all applied regulations in low income housing, USDA.
*Lead receptionist, including answering phones and interacting with patrons.
*Maintained optimum level of occupancy through wait list management and proactive marketing. Processed timely and accurate move-ins, move-outs, and recertifications guidelines with federal program regulations along with credit and criminal background checks in First Advantage. Submitted office and maintenance technician’s supply orders, match incoming invoices/bills, enter invoices/bills into Boston Post daily and generate AP Invoice Activity reports weekly for accounting department. Collected rent/fees/vendor payments and enter on ledgers in Boston Post, reconcile daily payment batch and completed on-site revenue bank deposits. Created and enforced violations against lease and property rules and regulations. 
*Created contractual construction/electrical/plumbing/Ground scopes, recruit licensed companies to bid, submit goals to upper management for approval, and schedule to begin approved work. Handled and coordinated pest control and heating & cooling services. Collected and verified timekeeping information tracked in T-Sheets for all employees at my site including maintenance call-outs for each pay cycle and provide payroll reports to district manager. 
*Coordinated with Operations regarding construction projects and/or upgrade assets where I would have to collect necessary information such as photos, estimates/bids, and details about the damage or replacement. Coordinated with contractors and/or maintenance technician to get the project completed and generate/close work orders.
*Ordered maintenance technician and office supplies.

Property Manager - Chestnut Manor Apartments 

*Responsible for the overall management of the affordable housing community, including leasing, rent collections, financial performance, maintenance supervision, and court proceedings.  
*Interviewed prospective and current USDA residents during recertification process. 
*Assembled and verify credit, criminal history, and income information for prospective and recertification residents to ensure compliance with all regulations and commitments.

Property Manager - Little Creek Apartments

*Responsible for assisting in the overall management of the affordable housing community, including leasing, rent collections and handling waiting list. 
*Interviewed prospective and current USDA residents during recertification process.  Assembled and verify credit, criminal history, and income information for prospective and USDA recertification residents to ensure compliance with all regulations and commitments.

Assistant Property Manager - Dunbarton Apartments & Hollybrook Farms Apartments

Quality Staffing Services

****Branch closed. 
*Developed, maintained and supported strong relationships with hiring managers, key leaders, and HR partners to stay abreast of business objectives, new initiatives, and staffing needs.  
*Responsible for sourcing and full life-cycle recruitment of active and passive candidates for a variety of contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire opportunities across multiple accounts for:

Health Care / Business Services / Engineering, IT - Early Career to Senior / Corporate / Financial Services / Internal advancement / Manufacturing - Skilled to Superintendent / Office and Administrative / Sales and Services / Accounting / Facilities / Software Engineer - Early Career to Mid-Senior / Software Developer Engineer - Early Career to Senior 

*Participate in ongoing special projects/technical recruiting initiatives in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) approaches in sourcing to attract diverse talent.
*Utilized a variety of recruiting sources such as ATS, company LinkedIn/Monster.com/Indeed.com accounts for mining, Boolean searches, community pop-ups, campus, referrals to consistently find and attract qualified candidates.
*Created detailed job descriptions, job postings and other communications to build a brand name throughout the local market including community job fairs and campus recruiting.  
*Completed pre-employment assessments, background checks, onsite drug screenings, professional reference checks, and onboarded candidates.  
*Ensured accounts were setup during client onboarding.  
*Processed placements tax forms for Delaware and/or Maryland, direct deposit setup, benefits setup, and terminations in Avionte. *Ensured placements payroll information was accurately entered or generated payout invoices for direct hires in Avionte.  
*Branch Representative for Delaware Unemployment Appeal Hearings.  
*Award: (Delaware) The Governor’s Welfare (TANF) Employment Committee Awards of Excellence Breakfast—2017 for Quality Staffing Services-Seaford branch.

Staffing Specialist - Recruiter 

Paul G. Enterline, Attorney at Law

Office Skills:
*Answered phone lines and acted as liaison between clients, attorney and paralegal. Maintained manual and Microsoft Outlook scheduling calendar and calendaring deadlines. Maintained clients physical and computer files. Gathered and tracked billable time and reimbursabled expenses. Transcribed auto recordings and verbal dictations. Responsible for drafting routine legal documents, correspondences, conduct on-line research, and generating outgoing emails. Utilize Microsoft Office (Word and Outlook), firm’s confidential client database, copier, and fax machine in addition to mail and court runs.

Landlord/Tenant Laws:
* Intake: Gathered and assessed legal needs with potential client via telephone while completing an intake form. Returned calls, if instructed, with appropriate referral if our firm is unable to assist. Composed and revised legal documents for attorney, including letters, depositions, court e-filings and subpoenas. Ensured legal documents are processed and handled in a timely and efficient manner in order to comply with appropriate regulations and deadlines. Knowledge of Landlord/Tenant laws.

Social Security Policy:
*Knowledge of the Social Security Disability Benefits and Social Security Supplemental Income Benefits policy and website. Intake: Gathered and assessed disability legal needs with potential client via telephone while completing an intake medical assessment form. Returned calls, if instructed, with appropriate referral if our firm is unable to assist. For new benefit Claims, Reconsiderations and Appeals: Scheduled, gathered, identified potential health barriers and completed online claims in the presence of the client. Composed and faxed or mailed letter of transmittals requesting health record for clients. Researched medical conditions for appropriate assessment.

Legal Secretary

Delaware Technical Community College

➢ Developed, maintained, and supported strong relationships with hiring managers, key leaders, and HR partners to stay abreast of business objectives, new initiatives, and staffing needs. Responsible for sourcing of active and passive candidates for a variety of contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire opportunities across multiple employers for Volunteered, Skilled, Professional, Management, and Technical level positions. Created and fostered relationships with program participants to attract and recruit candidates for incoming positions. Precisely source, screen and interview candidates against defined criteria and record the outcome of employer interviews through the State of Delaware/Department of Labor and Division of Social Service’s tracking systems. Delivered the best candidate experience by serving as a candidate advocate throughout the hiring process and provide candidates with updates in a timely manner. Provided group and individual caseload management and classroom trainings in effective job searching, interviewing simulations, job retention strategies, and upskilling training while ultimately working with individuals to assess their skills, talents, barriers and needs to develop an employable plan that works just for them.

Employment Service Specialist (w/Employment Connection Program)

K. Cranstin Financial & Accounting Solutions 

*Assisted with entering payroll information, calculating wages, and ensuring accurate compensation for our clients.

*Maintained precise payroll records in ADP, collected and entered timekeeping information; assisted in checking payroll input for data entry accuracy and reran assigned payroll tax deductions in Excel against government tax tables for validations.

Payroll Intern - Part-time 

*Assisted with entering payroll information in ADP, calculating wages, and ensuring accurate compensation for our clients.

*Maintained precise payroll records, collected and entered timekeeping information; assisted in checking payroll input for data entry accuracy and reran assigned payroll tax deductions in Excel against government tax tables for validations.

Michael G. Rathbone Construction (family business)

➢Prepared weekly update reports on Budget, Schedule, and Change Orders.  Maintained daily update of each project along with ordering materials.  Monitored for discrepancies in invoices and estimates. Maintained AP/AR manual books including sending verifications of payments from customers.

Office Manager

As a seasoned professional with almost 10 years in talent coordination along with over additional 4 years of full-cycle staffing and recruiting industry, I have developed, maintained and supported strong relationships with hiring managers, key leaders, and HR partners to stay abreast of business objectives, new initiatives, and staffing needs. 

The investment I made to my customers over the years have coupled with results driven in: 

Business Services  |  Engineering, IT - Early Career to Senior  |  Corporate  |  Financial Services  |  Internal advancement  |  Health Care - Front Office  |  Manufacturing - Skilled to Superintendent  |  Office and Administrative  |  Sales and Services  |  Accounting  |  Facilities  |  Software Engineer - Early Career to Mid-Senior  |  Software Developer Engineer - Early Career to Senior  |  Data Center Technician - Early Career to Mid-Senior workforce.

Remaining enthusiastic in attending ongoing professional development training to increase my expertise in the fields, as a result, has built confidence in the work I do which enabled my customers to succeed in meeting their hiring needs.

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