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Baldwinsville, NY, US

• Develop project plans and dynamic project progress reporting for multiple epics with simultaneous delivery deadlines including ERP migration, AWS Conversational and Generative AI chat bots, and inventory optimization.
• Partner with other project managers, vendors, and stakeholders to coordinate, support and resolve issues on intersecting projects.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies for a global team of 10-15 team members, identifying gaps and roadblocks across projects and develop strategies to mitigate them.

• As Product Owner I worked with stakeholders to develop scalable business solutions to support company needs including defining the project scope, maintaining a prioritized backlog in Jira, and created user stories and.
• Lead company-wide project implementation by creating demonstration tools, conducting webinars and site visits with regional sales teams to train new initiatives, define site-specific challenges and identify best.
• Coached and developed a global team of analysts, data scientists and data engineers to design, develop and implement data-driven solutions.
• Presented findings to all leadership levels within the organization using appropriate narrative to communicate between technical and non-technical end users.

• Presented and communicated the findings in an understandable and actionable way tailored to the audience and customer's needs.
• Created and maintained Tableau data visualizations that educated, informed and engaged business partners on key metrics and performance measures.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to structure problems, identify appropriate data sources, extract data and develop integrated information delivery solutions.
• Developed and maintained reporting solutions to support business decision making by utilizing SQL to extract data from multiple data sources.

Syracuse, New York, United States

• Developed the first Upstate New York online point of sale system to optimize inventory management across five regional warehouses, reduce shrinkage and misappropriation of resources, and track millions of dollars of.
• Monitoring of purchasing systems and the supply chain to minimize waste and maximize use of human and capital resources.
• Researched and identified opportunities for cost savings with new vendors and redeployment of current assets
• Collaborated with diverse functional teams to identify opportunities, implement models, and monitor outcomes for performance and accuracy.
• Facilitated meetings with executive end users, presented findings using appropriate narrative to communicate between all levels within an organization and across regional corporate partners.
• Worked cross-functionally with other departments to realize new business opportunities supported by data-driven analytics.

Syracuse, NY

• Analyzed financial account data to identify new or missed opportunities for development and growth in new and emerging markets.
• Collected, extracted meaning from, and interpreted market operations data to inform and drive corporate decision making, planning, and product forecasting.
• Participated in Frito Lay’s Mobile Marketing launch featuring the Apple iPad. Researched and tested apps to utilize in the market, created real time store surveys with photos to show account development, and merged.
• #1 Overall Sales District in the region in 2012.
• Participated in weekly planner sessions to plan new product execution, confirm product authorizations, solve for volume gaps, and address product supply concerns.

• Planned, organized, and managed annual golf tournament, including creation of bid proposals, leading the volunteer committee, course reservation, budget management, recruitment of sponsors, golfers, volunteers, and.
• Planned and organized receptions and events for community members, prospective and current donors and Board members, including venue selection, vendor selection, creating and mailing invitations.
• Used Raiser's Edge to track event information and donor information.
• Coordinated student occupational therapy and physical therapy internship placements.
• Coordinated group volunteer events with local businesses.

• Created PowerPoint presentations, marketing proposals, and one sheets for management and sales staff.
• Provided support to Board of Directors, Executive Director, sales staff, clients, including problem-solving, crisis management, attention to details, working on a team, and communication.
• Facilitated communication between sales staff, programmers, and radio station engineers.
• Coordinator and promotions contact for part-time promotion assistants and student interns during promotional radio appearances for all Clear Channel Syracuse and Utica radio stations.
• Management of online marketing and advertising campaigns for clients, including e-newsletters, electronic banners, and video advertising.

• Met with clients to record and produce radio commercials.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications With A Minor In Business, 3.58

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst, 3.94

MBA with a specialization in Business Analytics