CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
ML & AI Strategy
Business & Data Strategy
ERP Implementation
Project Management
ML & AI Development, and Implementation
Financial Strategy, Analysis, and Planning
Business Development
WORK EXPERIENCE
July 2022 - Present
Apogee Travel
Vice President of Finance and Analytics
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Developed a 5-year financial plan for successful $15MM in Angel & Seed investments, incorporating robust financial models with zero-based budgeting and robust revenue project tools
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Collaborated with legal counsel for a robust intellectual property strategy and initiated patent filing.
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Created a sophisticated statistical model to validate the business concept and converted the model into an interactive tool for investor and customer engagement.
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Negotiated a favorable 3-year NetSuite renewal contract, reducing ERP costs and facilitating internal development of financial reconciliation across multiple systems, databases, and banks.
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Successfully implemented NetSuite ERP and CRM systems, establishing a comprehensive roadmap for a completed 6-month launch.
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Led a Deloitte engagement for ERP implementation, overseeing the transition to ACS.
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Built and maintained macroeconomic forecast models to inform strategic and financial decisionmaking.
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Constructed a dynamic advertising returns model to optimize $300,000 in planned marketing spend.
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Built and delivered insightful dashboards and reports to track key strategic, operational, and accounting performance indicators.
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Designed and launched a banking structure with PNC that effectively supports Apogee's unique operational model.
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Continuously adapted all models and assumptions to reflect evolving product lifecycle and technological advancements.
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Streamlined technology integration to seamlessly incorporate accounting processes into the development cycle, enabling a resource-efficient launch.
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Created compelling sales models that effectively showcase Apogee's value proposition and mitigate risk for potential customers.
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Cultivated key relationships with beta testers and tax-exempt partners to drive early market adoption.
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Managed tax accountants and financial reporting
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Created ad-hoc analysis, utilizing time series and geo-spatial tools
February 2020 - June 2022
Pike Electric
Director of Fleet Systems and Analytics
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Developed an analytics team with supporting core business operations through statistical models and analysis and working with an IT partnership team to support us
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Created 5-year strategy and roadmap to move fleet towards a data driven & asset focused model supporting $1B in assets
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Built and implemented first fully automated regressions and tree models
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Member of business leadership team for enterprise data warehouse
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Transformed fleet data entry and processes to mobile through forms, reducing data backlog from 3 months to instant and reduced data error rate by 98%
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Conceptualized and led implementation of mobile application that handles all repairs for a 12,000+ unit fleet
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Led automation push for all fleet reporting and moving metrics from ad hoc work to structured and defined calculations
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Created model to estimate accruals for repairs that replaced manual top side accrual process
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Developed inventory clearing house site and processes that have reduced spend by $100K per month
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Supported Safety department for data capture, analysis, and reporting with a focus on reducing events 50% within 12 months
October 2015 - January 2020
Pike Electric
Financial Analyst
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Co-created and lead development for a mobile application to transform field operations handling of fleet repairs
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Co-led in development of custom software that combines over a dozen internal and external data sources to develop new productivity analytics
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Product owner for a $3M project for transforming all GPS data from over 5,000 units into structured, understandable data
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Developed data requirements, data modeling, and data visualization of all repairs for a fleet of over 10,000 units
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Designed and managed 5 year bid model for $1B contract
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Designed regression based method for costing a $10M annual expense to field projects
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Developed revenue estimates for a less predictable line of business, presented for debt offering
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Led implementation of Oracle inventory module, including requirements, launch, training, and care
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Co-led 3 robotic process automation projects that covered $100M in cost annually
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Implemented and customized 5 year company forecasting for creditors
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Budgeted for $200M business unit, streamlining and implementing algorithmic forecasting for estimates
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In the process of automating costing and variance analysis for $200M line of business
EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins University
Masters in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Wake Forest University
Masters of Business Administration​
BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE
Bachelor of Arts in Business Management​