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Atlanta, Ga, Us

North America Product Management Pricing Digital Lead -Supported leadership strategic growth decisions through analysis of current and future financial and strategic growth plans, deep understanding of the automotive business and product mix offering, asset management, and market research-Supervised and led end-to-end commercial RFA process (such as pricing strategy, auto market dynamics, analyzing competitive landscape, customer relations, profitability, etc.) to develop pricing offers to drive the future growth strategy-Created a process improvement task force and developed automation of processes resulting in streamlined communication between various teams and quicker task turnaround times for all team members-Led the implementation of the strategic plan in Salesforce for North American Automotive. Functions included data management, data collection/cleansing/formatting, and report development as well as training and leading change management-Managed technical resources to support the team in tool development and analysis of historical pricing and agreement data -Served as the team’s digitization lead by driving technical improvements, communication, technical support, and development of the team’s current strategic pricing toolset

Mclean, Virginia, Us

-Developed and delivered data-driven solutions to clients for large federal initiatives including a pilot program and COVID-19 relief funding-Managed and delegated tasks to technical resources for key workstreams to drive on-time delivery of project deliverables-Utilized R Studio to parse through and condense large public datasets containing ~75,000+ lines into an interactive webpage app showcasing county and tract-level comparison of data points-Collaborated with technical team to develop a Snowflake database for added functionality in tracking and processing applications for COVID-19 relief funding-Led the technical solution of developing code to resolve duplication errors for over 100,000 renter applications, identifying 1400 duplication errors to identify possible fraudulent cases in a short span of 2 weeks

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

-Managed and tracked end-to-end project activities for large-scale retail and manufacturing ERP software implementations totaling ~$5M utilizing Microsoft Dynamics 365 and AX-Designed and led sessions of 15+ client team members for critical project activities (e.g., requirements gathering, end-to-endtesting, end-user training, and user acceptance testing)-Independently analyzed client needs, researched and recommended solution alternatives, and executed plans to addressbusiness process gaps and data issues in both English and Spanish-Collaborated with international clients to create technical documentation detailing project constraints and system functionality(e.g., script logs, functional design documents, and change requests)-Collaborated with technical resources across multiple teams to develop and communicate technical documentation andbusiness processes for the implementation of customized client software solutions

-Improved dispatch and scheduling for a logistics company in a team of eight Georgia Tech students-Built an informative Excel tool to track business KPIs over time using historical data-Designed a linear optimization model to output the initial daily dispatch schedule-Simulated performance of the daily dispatch schedule to estimate client impact of the delivered solution

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

-Created a database for Ford packaging teams to manage and reduce Ford-owned engine packaging, saving $1.2M in investments and $250k in freight-Coordinated with packaging suppliers to collect data in order to populate the database and increase time efficiency and accessibility-Researched and assisted in the development of packaging designs for vehicle parts such as the powertrain

Norcross, Ga, Us

-Drafted site drawings and plans using AutoCAD Civil 3D for commercial property development.-Conducted property research to ensure commercial construction site plans met the county and/or state guidelines.-Modified existing drafts to meet county and/or state regulations.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Worked in a lab, conducted stroke research, and used bioinformatics tools.