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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

  • 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

  • Collaborated with legal counsel for a robust intellectual property strategy and initiated patent filing.

  • Created a sophisticated statistical model to validate the business concept and converted the model into an interactive tool for investor and customer engagement. 

  • Negotiated a favorable 3-year NetSuite renewal contract, reducing ERP costs and facilitating internal development of financial reconciliation across multiple systems, databases, and banks.

  • Successfully implemented NetSuite ERP and CRM systems, establishing a comprehensive roadmap for a completed 6-month launch.

  • Led a Deloitte engagement for ERP implementation, overseeing the transition to ACS. 

  • Built and maintained macroeconomic forecast models to inform strategic and financial decisionmaking. 

  • Constructed a dynamic advertising returns model to optimize $300,000 in planned marketing spend. 

  • Built and delivered insightful dashboards and reports to track key strategic, operational, and accounting performance indicators. 

  • Designed and launched a banking structure with PNC that effectively supports Apogee's unique operational model. 

  • Continuously adapted all models and assumptions to reflect evolving product lifecycle and technological advancements. 

  • Streamlined technology integration to seamlessly incorporate accounting processes into the development cycle, enabling a resource-efficient launch.

  • Created compelling sales models that effectively showcase Apogee's value proposition and mitigate risk for potential customers. 

  • Cultivated key relationships with beta testers and tax-exempt partners to drive early market adoption.

  • Managed tax accountants and financial reporting

  • Created ad-hoc analysis, utilizing time series and geo-spatial tools

February 2020 - June 2022

Pike Electric
Director of Fleet Systems and Analytics

  • Developed an analytics team with supporting core business operations through statistical models and analysis and working with an IT partnership team to support us

  • Created 5-year strategy and roadmap to move fleet towards a data driven & asset focused model supporting $1B in assets

  • Built and implemented first fully automated regressions and tree models

  • Member of business leadership team for enterprise data warehouse

  • 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%

  • Conceptualized and led implementation of mobile application that handles all repairs for a 12,000+ unit fleet

  • Led automation push for all fleet reporting and moving metrics from ad hoc work to structured and defined calculations

  • Created model to estimate accruals for repairs that replaced manual top side accrual process

  • Developed inventory clearing house site and processes that have reduced spend by $100K per month

  • 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

  • Co-created and lead development for a mobile application to transform field operations handling of fleet repairs

  • Co-led in development of custom software that combines over a dozen internal and external data sources to develop new productivity analytics

  • Product owner for a $3M project for transforming all GPS data from over 5,000 units into structured, understandable data

  • Developed data requirements, data modeling, and data visualization of all repairs for a fleet of over 10,000 units

  • Designed and managed 5 year bid model for $1B contract

  • Designed regression based method for costing a $10M annual expense to field projects

  • Developed revenue estimates for a less predictable line of business, presented for debt offering

  • Led implementation of Oracle inventory module, including requirements, launch, training, and care

  • Co-led 3 robotic process automation projects that covered $100M in cost annually

  • Implemented and customized 5 year company forecasting for creditors

  • Budgeted for $200M business unit, streamlining and implementing algorithmic forecasting for estimates

  • 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​

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