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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Created datasets that drove actionable insights for company’s core projects, improving customer conversion, CX, and marketing ROI. Refactored inventory data models into a star schema, decreasing daily dbt execution times 80% and end user query times 90%. Simplified dbt code base and deployment, decreasing job failures 80% and reducing troubleshooting time 2 days/month. Implemented hybrid offshoring of data team, saving in salary while increasing time zone coverage for data triage. Enabled company analytics with training curricula design, code reviews, and project consulting for Looker, dbt, and Redshift SQL optimization. Navigated team through 5 layoffs, exceeding company benchmarks for employee engagement and retention.

Houston, Tx, Us

Grew central data team from 6 to 11 to scale in high growth environment. Enacted effective agile processes, reducing backlog 50%, increasing speed to value 75%. Democratized on-call process to free up senior staff. Doubled # of data sources in Redshift to 150 while reducing warehouse cost 50%, enabling extensive reporting capabilities for digital marketing, accounting, data science, and supply chain. Led implementation of Airflow, reducing data outages >1/week and decreasing time troubleshooting broken pipelines by 2 days/month. Redeployed ETL infrastructure, migrating pipelines across Airflow, Stitch, Segment, and AWS Glue to reduce annual software spend $300k. Designed and implemented SOX compliant data processes post-IPO.

Atlanta, Georgia , Us

4 semesters as TA for master's students on data science topics in CSE 6040: Python for Data Analysis. Leading a dozen remote office hours with over 100 attendees, beta testing exams, developing exam questions, and monitoring online discussion forums answering over 1,000 student posts.Course topics: data structures (pandas, numpy), ML algorithms (clustering, regression), sqlite, web mining, sparse matrices, image compression, markov chains, etc.

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Initiated and led reporting automation project, enabling a reduction in team HC from 9 to 6 through Python scripts and Alteryx adoption. Authored Python curriculum and led training for engineering departments. Presented monthly cost performance KPIs to upper management, empowering operations to achieve $2 million in annual efficiency savings. Led team of 3 senior financial analysts, collectively responsible for financial reporting, planning and analysis of 10 warehouse locations across North America totaling $75M in warehousing cost.

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Integrated Tableau to team processes, standardizing and consolidating departmental reporting from Excel. Led internal restructuring of North American logistics including definition and oversight of controlling processes and integration of all indirect processes. Developed KPI controlling process for newly implemented Transportation Management Center.

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Master’s level leadership development program focusing on supply chain. 2 year rotational program consisting of 4 geographic rotations including 1 international location. Rotations consist of roles throughout the supply chain and across divisions with 1 cross-functional rotation. More info at: http://www.bosch-career.us/en/joining_bosch_us/graduates_us/junior_managers_program_us/junior-managers-programFirst Rotation: Customer Logistics Planner - Detroit, USAPlanned finished goods supply and demand for automotive imports to North American market. Resolved problems on a daily basis as first point of contact for customer, sales, warehouse, and suppliers. Designed ABC classification system for warehouse.Second Rotation: Bosch Production System Engineer - Charleston Plant, USAImplemented process improvement and Industry 4.0 projects for automotive plant. Led planning, coordination and execution of plant-wide training on lean manufacturing principles. Realized lean manufacturing gains through value stream mapping, gemba walks, and cycle time reduction of machines. Third Rotation: Plant Logistics Specialist - Paris Plant, FranceImproved warehouse processes, optimized production scheduling, and implemented industry 4.0 solutions in receiving and shipping in a thermal technology factory. Fourth Rotation: Regional Business Development - Detroit, USAIdentified new markets and business models to grow Bosch's presence in North America by orienting new product development towards customer needs. Fostered innovative culture across functional and organizational boundaries.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Management Consultant to Micro-Finance institution MC2Working with Branch Manager and Branch Accountant to improve and expand profitable operations, process improvement, planning, audit, reconciliations, customer education, training, marketing.• Transformed a net annual loss that exceeded 20% into a first ever positive net income. • Doubled the number of account holders from 500 to more than 1,000 through customer outreach, initiating new customer programs, and fostering partnerships between the bank and other institutions.• Expanded loan portfolio by 500% while maintaining delinquency and default rates at below industry averages. Peace Corps Cameroon Leadership • Obtained $13,000 in grants for other volunteers for project work while serving as final reviewer/editor on Small Grants Committee.• Compiled relevant business and entrepreneurship concepts into concise teacher and student workbooks for new volunteers. • Awarded project grant for $4,000 project to build a cocoa plantation with local orphanage to feed and fund over a dozen orphans. • Trained new volunteers on Peace Corps’ best practices. Teacher, Trainer, Mentor for Entrepreneurship, Business Skills, and Public Health • As business faculty in local vocational school, taught 85 classroom hours, reaching 165 participants in 1500 learning hours. • Taught business plans, pricing models, break-even analysis, risk management, using credit wisely, SWOT, leadership, and more.• Served as Board Member of YES Cameroon (Youth Employment Services), an NGO headquartered in capital of Yaoundé.• Founded and wrote the constitution for a ROSCA, Rotating Savings and Credit Association, for local business leaders.• Helped manage SMS for Life, a countrywide implementation of inventory management system for malaria tests and medications. • Co-initiated and executed a public health awareness campaign to build murals in several towns, for malaria and HIV education, prevention and testing.

New York, Ny, Us

Reconciled investors’ accounts in excess of $2 billion in monthly transactions. Aligning reporting processes to unique requirements from institutional investors and the SEC.

New York, Ny, Us

Analyzed process performance of outsourced 3P operation.

M.S., Computational Data Analytics

International M.B.A (Imba), International Business

Intensive French Language Study

B.S., B.A.

Education record

Education record

High School