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New York, Ny, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

In this role, I enable the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas to provide quality care and optimal patient outcomes by maximizing the value we receive on our third party technology investments. To do so, I: - Partner closely with system leadership (e.g., Information Services, Digital Health Office, Nursing, Medical Group) to understand needs and outcomes, and co-develop strategic sourcing opportunities to invest in enhancing patient / customer and employee experiences via third party technology solutions. - Craft a multi-year strategic sourcing roadmap (up to $1.5B in annual spend) with established / potential new vendors by using historical data & trends while validating the strategy / receiving buy-in from executive leaders. - Conduct sourcing events for strategic initiatives, collaborate with stakeholders for any potential Proofs of Concept / Pilots of new technology. - Enable the organization to provide quality care and maximize the value offered to the community by negotiating favorable terms and creative models with technology and clinical vendors / partners. - Identify and implement ways to provide a better sourcing experience to stakeholders - consolidated methodology in a central repository to enable meaningful conversations with CXOs across the system. - Support a group of team members with any contracting, negotiating, or purchase order obstacles they may face, enact changes where possible, and advocate for their needs to strategic sourcing leadership when necessary.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

As North America lead for IT Software for customer-facing deployments, I identified ways to deploy new 5G solutions with critical partners by:• Reviewing overall spend, major upcoming projects, market trends, and defining a category strategy.• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand commercials, margins, probability of winning business, and deployment timelines.• Understanding 3PP offerings, open-source solutions, and when each may be applicable, leading to potential $16MM in cost-avoidance for 2020.• Comparing TCO of software deployments with perpetual vs. term-based models, and understanding implications of professional services costs.• Identifying and pitching win-win-win solutions to critical suppliers for proofs of concept and (not for resale licenses, deep one-time discounts, and service credits).• Negotiating and executing US/Canada contracts with suppliers to deploy innovative 5G offerings to customers while still keeping Ericsson's interests protected.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

I manage investments in the future female STEM workforce pipeline and facilitate girls' exposure to careers in technology in the US and Canada. Key Achievements:• Consulted with C-level executives to align the Alliance's objectives with Ericsson's strategy• Directed and inspired other passionate leaders to plan and execute large scale (150+ attendee) events• Increased episodic volunteerism activities from 2018 to 2019 by 50% and increased targeted reach by 243%• Collaborated and facilitated discussions with leaders in 10 different office locations to create and execute annual operating plans• Oversaw annual funds ($300k) for investments in fiber optic placement in STEM camps, educational software and application development, increased summer internship opportunities by 25% for high school Girl Scouts, and alignment with customer focus areas

Kista, Stockholm, Se

I helped establish the Latinos+ ERG at Ericsson. Responsibilities included managing membership, collecting feedback from events, leading community service events, and helping establish a scholarship for minority students.Key Achievements: - Worked with the team to partner with the University of Texas at Dallas to create a female minority STEM scholarship. Helped fundraise $30,000 through collaboration with other Employee Resource Groups and helping peers with establishing a soccer tournament. Scholarships were granted to 6 undergraduate minority students to further pursue STEM education. - Led a Girls in Information Communication Technology (ICT) Day; partnered with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas to give 100 underserved, minority, middle school-aged girls access to STEM education through a day camp. - Created an engagement / funding dashboard on Excel to help the team understand the "health" of the ERG community, budget progress, etc. Helped increase membership by over 500% within a year and helped the organization understand what the Latinos+ group was about.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

As North America lead for IT Hardware Sourcing, I governed a $300MM/year category and saved an additional 10-15% per subcategory. I increased our profitability on customer-facing projects through:• Ensuring executive buy-in throughout the sourcing process for proactive, strategic sourcing initiatives.• Competitive and creative RFx models with approved hardware solution providers, which led to nearly $10MM in additional savings from globally negotiated pricing.• Challenging suppliers via "should-cost" analyses on high-volume/high-cost components, leading to identifying strategies to lower OEM costs and finding alternatives (potential for an additional $1.5MM in savings for relevant 2019 projects).• Open discussions with global peers on sourcing best practices.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

In this role, I was exposed to several IT Sourcing areas (IT Software, Hardware, and Services), co-created category strategies and negotiated contracts and commercials. Key achievements:• Led a North American sourcing event to expand on current portfolio gap – will help enable over $430MM in new sales by 2020. • Co-led a global sourcing event for servers and storage to consider other potential partners; negotiated free testing equipment ($1.6MM) and negotiated pricing with new partner will lead to an additional 20% in savings for solutions that are globally sold to customers. • Negotiated creative solutions for various Teaming, Software License and Software-as-a-Service Agreements for opportunities related to several Business Areas and Customer-facing organizations (analytics, automation, mentorships, insurance insights, IoT, etc.) • Developed and executed on North American category strategies for software and hardware suppliers which led to an additional 10-15% in additional savings for 2018 ($127MM in spend for 2017).

Kista, Stockholm, Se

In this role I transform ways of working by optimizing value, reducing inefficiencies, mitigating risks and eliminating wastes. Key achievements:• Led and managed a nearshoring project to transfer administrative tasks to a group in Mexico - currently saving 65 hours of administrative work per month in the immediate team and expected to grow over time.• Developed advanced analytics visualizations and models (in Tableau and Excel) to drive strategic decision making and savings - enabled over 10% in additional savings on projects.• Co-created and facilitated training sessions to increase analytics adoption rates, data storytelling skills, and knowledge on insourcing vs. outsourcing best practices.• Created event and selection process for innovative suppliers to pitch ideas to executive leaders with a 25% idea adoption rate.• Led strategic sourcing sessions with sourcing category managers to identify savings opportunities in spend categories with over $500MM yearly spend.• Co-developed sourcing strategy for IT Software suppliers using analytics and market intelligence - a potential $17MM in savings opportunities when fully executed.• Co-created and managed a supplier Purchase Consortium Program - met with existing suppliers to understand needs and negotiated with new suppliers to provide new offerings in the program.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

I collaborate with various teams to implement innovative, cost-saving programs and initiatives.Key Achievements:• Co-developed and implemented virtualized review process (Virtual Punch Walk) for suppliers completing manual work on sites. Helped save over $2MM during initial adoption and reduced wastes - lower time to review work by over 60%. • Co-developed and marketed a preferred partner program for services suppliers - helped create selection criteria for top suppliers and supported in the selection process of 43 partners.• Managed and developed selection criteria for channel partners. Helped increase Value Added Reseller pool by 500%.• Co-developed and marketed software solution for creating scopes of work and catalogs - leveraged to decrease supplier pricing on services by 35%.

Richardson, Texas, Us

In this position, I-• Created Excel spreadsheets and compiled detailed data for weekly and monthly reports.• Assisted with Student Union room reservations for campus visitors and created room layouts for events.• Created monthly credit card reports, filed deposits, and placed orders with vendors.• Generated and analyzed survey data for Student Union leadership.• Facilitated the candidate selection and interview process for student positions.• Attended monthly meetings with organizational leadership and distributed notes / meeting minutes.• Solved customer service issues for Student Union visitors.• Performed hourly rounds of the facilities and submitted activity and utilization reports.• Coached and mentored junior peers as needed.

In this position, I-• Managed The Mercury's website and social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).• Increased online presence with over 1,150 likes on our Facebook page.• Planned and executed awareness initiatives.• Was an Advertising/Marketing team member: Brainstormed PR ideas and reasonable pricing options for businesses to advertise on our newspaper.• Posted pictures, articles, videos and created polls on social media platforms.• Wrote and published articles in AP style.• Assisted with newspaper layouts and edited articles.

Richardson, Texas, Us

I was a Teaching Assistant for Dr. Karen Huxtable-Jester's Social Psychology and Educational Psychology classes. As her TA, I-• Assisted in grading papers.• Offered and hosted review sessions before exams.• Answered any questions students had before and after class.• Proctored exams during the scheduled times as well as for any necessary make-ups.

Richardson, Texas, Us

I was a Research Assistant for Dr. Melanie Spence's Infant Learning Project. There, I-• Assisted in performing research on infants.• Compiled and coded data onto spreadsheets.• Helped prepare mailers to recruit families for participation.• Scheduled experiment appointments with parents.• Prepared rooms for experiments.• Escorted families through our research facility.• Organized information regarding participants and projects.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba And Ms In Marketing, Research & Analytics

Child Development And Psychology, Behavioral And Brain Sciences