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Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, MA, US

Founder & CEO of boutique restaurant technology consulting firm, focused on delivering strategic solutions to small & medium chains.

Boston, MA, US

• Joined as first leadership-level technology position, tasked with preparing the company for rapid growth.
• Led the company through a POS & back-office conversion (Toast/Crunchtime).
• Architected & developed business intelligence environment (Alteryx/Tableau/MSSQL/Redshift),
• Oversaw project to develop a custom ordering/loyalty app in-house.
• Hired & managed technology/analytics team.

Miami, FL, US

Category manager responsibile for Beef, Sides, and Desserts platforms for all of BK North America

Miami, FL, US

• Manage Regional Performance Analysis, National Performance Analysis, and Sales Planning teams
• Develop strategic insights to drive new products and promotions
• Oversee market test process to ensure successful testing and analysis of potential new products
• Ensure proper products and promotions are available to drive marketing calendar and achieve sales and traffic targets
• Analyze competitive activity to determine potential future promotions and paths of innovation
• Set strategy for data collection, data management, and data analysis

Miami, FL, US

Miami, FL, US

• Analyzed sales, traffic, and volume data to evaluate performance of promotions, marketing programs, and new products
• Developed sales, traffic, and volume forecasts to ensure program success and mitigate inventory risk for franchisees
• Prepared data-driven recommendations for product, promotional, and marketing strategies based on internal and competitor data
• Provided reporting and business / trend analysis allowing management to make more informed decisions
• Monitored competitive activity on a routine basis and executed deep dive analyses on key competitors, resulting in several new products, revised media strategies, and calendar improvements
• Prepared and presented weekly performance review presentations to the executive team (including CEO, Brand President, Regional President, and Divisional Vice Presidents)

Miami, FL, US

• Managed finances for hundreds of millions of dollars in 14 advertising funds, including expense approvals, vendor setup, contract management, and routine reporting, as well as other general Accounts Payable and.
• Managed development of sub-ledger and its integration with SAP
• Managed deployment of four new advertising funds with new bank accounts, SAP configuration, vendors, billing, and reporting
• On-boarded the work of several employees to the shared service center

Miami, FL, US

• Global Business Services - Service Management
• Selected vendor and implemented new Central Request Management System for shared service center of 80 people which has now tracked over 155,000 tickets
• Reported on performance of department and designed new performance tracking mechanisms with live reporting capabilitiesGlobal Operations - Equipment Innovation
• Tested new restaurant equipment and tracked deployment of approved itemsRestaurant Rotation
• Worked in various positions of two Burger King Restaurants for ten weeks

Founded IT consulting company at the age of 14 with a $500 investment. Brought into a profitable state with ten independent contractors, dozens of clients, and annual revenue near $40,000 within three years. Supported residential and small business clients with custom computer builds, computer repair, web design, custom application development, server.

New Orleans, LA, US

• Worked with Owner’s Engineer to plan turbine and auxiliary boiler replacement projects
• Proposed bulk CO2 purging system in new CCGT plant to decrease downtime and improve safety
• Lead project to reduce administrative time and increase user efficiency in SharePoint sites.

Cambridge, MA, US

• Instructed top undergraduate and graduate computer science students at local universities on programming, mobile application development, and entrepreneurship.
• Results include the founding of several companies and the development of long-term educational and entrepreneurial resources, including incubators and university programs.

Livingston, Texas, US