Analyst to grow brand by the acquisition of independent petcare services businesses• Find and examine independent petcare businesses that could be suitable candidates to be converted into Dogtopia stores.• Engage and manage broker relationships for petcare businesses listed in the open market.• Collect preliminary qualitative and financial information for fit into Dogtopia’s current business model.• Conduct P&L analysis of viable candidates to determine their financial robustness and business valuation.• Present opportunities for acquisitions to franchisees, real estate team and executive management

Researched and provided real estate analytics for potential dog daycare locations for new and existing franchisees across the US.• Utilizing SIMMS, a Forum Analytics-CBRE proprietary sales forecasting GIS model and research tool, found areas of highest potential for new stores.• Produced strategic multi-store market plans to maximize given market potential and accelerate franchisee sales process. • Created presentation materials (maps and tabular information) for new franchisee kick-off meetings and executive management supporting critical business decisions. • Established store analog page allowing for market performance guidance based on qualitative characteristics such as; building placement, area growth, co-tenants, etc.• Leveraged Q-GIS platform to provide marketing research for existing stores to help franchisees increase their market penetration. Participated in various analyses to monitor topics such as; competitor intelligence, store runway, customer psychographics (Synergos-PopStats).

Researched, mined and created business intelligence for rapidly growing commercial facilities services company.• Leveraged existing web based technology in company to monitor key performance indicators (KPI) resulting in more accurate, timely and faster methods than previous spreadsheet methods utilized.• Instrumental in creating revenue, cost and gross margin KPIs allowing management better foresight of financial trends.• Created service call management analytics based on escalation priority allowing stakeholders to manage service call boards resulting in timely customer service.• Provided customer with aging equipment inventories to plan for capital replacement resulting in reduction in business interruptions. • Developed service level agreement (SLA) dashboards to manage guaranteed customer contracts for arrival and completion times for service and repair leading to contract extensions. • Extracted specialized data sets to illuminate areas of opportunity for process improvement.• Performed numerous data update queries to production database saving business from 3rd party consultation vendors.

Researched, modeled and provided real estate research analytics for potential new store locations in various portions of the US.• Utilizing arcGIS, proprietary sales forecasting model and site visits calculated first year and mature sales forecasts for potential new stores (overall accurate to 1%).• Instrumental in creating sales forecast model by employing advanced statistics, spatial analysis, demographic and psychographic profiles (Nielsen - Claritas) realizing more accurate forecasts.• Provided strategic guidance on store performance based on adjacent real estate decisions including; right sizing, relocation, reposition, closure and cannibalization.• Instrumental in adhoc spatial analyses including future store runway calculation, competitor intelligence and store performance anomalies providing root cause analysis. • Developed daily performance dashboard analyzing newly opened stores providing insight to monetary affects to larger retail market.• Created presentation materials (maps and tabular information) for Real Estate Committee and executive management to support critical business decisions.

Senior Vice President and Partner of a Phoenix based economic and policy research consulting firm. Responsible for design, development, and delivery of a specialized targeted market research product (SeniorStat) that analyzes a community’s business strengths and opportunities based on state-of-the-art statistical analyses allowing the community to leverage its best attributes for economic development success. Compile and collect data to solve complex research and business problems. Frequently provide strong professional oral and written presentations at a level understandable to the specific audience.Provided customized research, technical insight, statistical analysis, developed new technologies, made recommendations and disseminated results to support client’s goals.• Utilized arcGIS to create a multiple databases of various regions analyzing population estimates, land values, demographic information and market areas for varying clients. • Implemented SeniorStat, (a proprietary product that analyzes active adult market strengths), by creating a comprehensive analytics system by employing market segmentation and statistical analysis, allowing firm to grow into a new industry.• Developed competitive market models allowing the recommendation of underserved retail and services sectors to develop within communities helping clients’ economic growth.• Assessed net economic impact on physical property dependent on different dam failure scenarios, allowing the ability to make informed choices about dam repair or replacement.• Created geodatabases and related maps depicting migration patterns amongst retirees to pinpoint target market areas allowing for cost effective marketing campaigns

Functioning in the Department of Geography as the public outreach coordinator, webmaster, and technology support analyst• Installed and managed arcGIS suite of products including arcSDE, a database backbone for multiuser GIS systems.• Procured and setup new web server utilizing MS Windows 2000 Server, IIS 5.0, PHP 5.0, and MySQL database server to present the department as a technology leader.• Redesigned and programmed departmental website to be dynamically updated by non-technical users via web interface and a MySQL database server to keep website content current.• Served as the technical/network support analyst.• Organized, developed, and participated in educational outreach events to interactively engage participants of different ages to pique their interest in geography.

Managed and supplied 24/7 support for all information systems including ERP software, network, email, and telephone• Developed and launched an integral portion of the company website realizing a shorter sales cycle• Established and monitored annual technology budget ensuring fiscal responsibility• Managed contracts and external communications while serving as primary liaison for an Application Service Provider upholding contractual agreements ensuring quality deliverables from third parties• Negotiated and administered Service Level Agreements for vendors and third party consultants minimizing corporate expenditures• Strategically and tactfully resolved and investigated IT problems minimizing system unavailability• Provided technical assistance to users and developers of business intelligence software insuring delivery of business critical reports