Benjamin Donlon Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Ky, Us

Co-founded White Lavender, a practice focused on helping patients with orofacial pain and sleep health. I support the business side of the practice with tasks including:- Managing daily operations to ensure smooth practice workflows.- Coordinating the development and distribution of products..- Assisting with branding and marketing to build awareness and attract patients.- Supporting long-term growth strategies to expand our services and impact.My goal is to help build a practice that truly makes a difference for patients.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Served as Interim Executive Director, focused on guiding YPAL through a pivotal transition period with a strategic approach to growth and community impact:-Strengthened key partnerships to enhance organizational reach and resources.-Supported event programming and membership engagement, fostering an inclusive environment for Louisville's young professionals.-Collaborated with the board and staff to align YPAL’s mission with future goals in community engagement, talent retention, and advocacy.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Achievements:Data Integration: Identified and implemented full-stack visualization/analytics tools, enhancing data integration within the organization.Customer Prioritization: Developed prioritization models utilizing 82 variables to identify high-value customers.Budget Innovation: Transformed the internal budgeting process from static variance to dynamic zero-based, resulting in a 23% budget reduction.Strategic Leadership: Led the revision of the multi-year strategic plan and played a pivotal role during the COVID-19 pandemic in understanding community needs.Real-time Planning: Spearheaded the development of an annual planning and budget process, enabling real-time progress tracking towards goals.Scholarship Forecasting: Created a 20-year, $50 million forecasting model to fund scholarships for local public school students.Revenue Growth: Developed individual account projection and forecasting models, driving positive revenue growth in a challenging industry landscape.Data Strategy: Provided executive oversight for the organization's data analytics strategy, ensuring informed decision-making and business effectiveness.Data Integration: Championed the integration of meaningful data throughout the organization, streamlining processes and enhancing data utilization.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Bridged the gap between Information Technology, analytics, and non-data-focused departments, facilitating effective data communication.Big Data Utilization: Curated and leveraged Big Data to inform investments in the community and support decision-makers within the organization.

Louisville, Ky, Us

- Developed an analytical model to help create policy change around government assistance programs.Analyzed employee-level data to form profiles of risk surrounding company campaigns.- Developed dashboards to monitor team progress and metrics surrounding our community impact work. - Provided a comprehensive focus on the financials related to MUW's strategic priorities.- Used higher-level data techniques (big data analytics) to analyze financial and outcome data that informs decision making/- Facilitated the development of multi-year investment plans for MUW’s ECE and OST initiatives - Facilitated coordinated, consistent and streamlined communication between company areas related to financial management and business analytics.- Grew MUW’s capacity in research and data gathering related to MUW’s strategic work- Developed new approaches for reporting the annual and future impact of our integrated engagement strategies.- Used data to facilitate predictive analytics to monitor and analyze community conditions- Researched and presented new business ideas supporting MUW priorities

Louisville, Ky, Us

-Develops sustainable, effective and efficient approach to address priority business questions, analyze data to gain insights, and cost effectively deliver the information and analysis to the organization. Regularly analyzes data for MUW's strategic priorities; Education, Income and Health, using segmentation, modeling, ad hoc analysis, etc.-Collaborate with Metro United Way (MUW) leaders to develop MUW's Analytics Program. The ultimate goal of the Analytics Program is to drive data-based, informed decision making by both MUW and our community partners.-Lead and/or participate in multi-organizational and multi-functional team(s) to develop and implement policies, processes and technology to improve and maintain data collection and data quality across MUW and our community partners.-Uses a variety of information sources to gather, analyze and track data progress on MUW community priorities within MUW's seven county service area.-Develops working relationships with volunteers, community leaders, non-profit organizations, agencies, foundations, government and staff to create an integrated approach to collecting, sharing and analyzing information related to selected MUW priorities.-Leads the development of community indicators and metrics associated with MUW's priorities by utilizing best practices for defining, collecting and reporting on MUW priorities.-Identifies and communicates trends, issue areas, geographic profiles and other insights that would support MUW's strategic priorities.-Develops strong working relationships with both internal and external partners.

Louisville, Ky, Us

• Use predictive analysis to determine donor patterns• Develop a cost model to increase the quality of care in local child centers• Developed strong working relationships with both internal partners and external partners to strengthen MUW’s position and priorities in the community.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:-Spearheaded the development of Cogni-Farm, the world's first agriculture cloud-based platform powered by IBM Watson.-Led the creation of specialized mobile applications (apps) to support Kentucky's agriculture heritage, expand market share, and increase knowledge for both consumers and producers.-Focused on data integration to enhance the knowledge base of Watson and benefit Kentucky farmers.-Collaborated with stakeholders, including farmers, food retailers, restaurateurs, and consumers, to co-create solutions for increasing nutritional knowledge, sourcing farm-ready products, managing restaurant food purchases, and reducing food waste.-Played a pivotal role in making Cogni-Farm & IBM Watson a value-added partner for farmers and consumers, emphasizing learning, sharing, prediction, and decision-making to save time, reduce waste, and increase profits.Founder & CFO's Role:-Leveraged a strong financial background, including degrees in actuarial mathematics and finance, to implement strategic risk analysis into the financial structures of the organization.-Utilized a multidisciplinary skill set, including computer engineering and an MBA from the University of Louisville, to bridge the agriculture world with technology.-Gained valuable experience working with IBM Watson and Findability Sciences over the past three years, contributing to Cogni-Farm's expertise in leveraging technology for agriculture.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Selected as one of 20 accepted candidates among a competitive pool of applicants to represent the College of Arts and Sciences during freshman orientations at the University of Louisville.• Serve as ambassador to incoming students during summer orientation• Assist incoming students with class selection and scheduling• Instruct freshman students as Teaching Assistant in GEN 101 course during fall and spring semesters

Louisville, Ky, Us

Director of programs for University of Louisville’s Prevention Education, and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community initiative • Presented to students, faculty, administrators, and community leaders about sexual abuse prevention• Organized campus advocacy events• Recruited members for campus coalition

Lexington, Virginia, Us

Omicron Delta Kappa is a 100-year old national leadership honor society that has initiated more than 300,000 members since its founding. The Society recognizes not only academic achievement but also campus leadership across the five phases of campus life: Scholarship, Athletics, Campus or Community Service, Social or Religious Activities, and Campus Government, Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media, Creative and Performing Arts.Serving in both the role of President (2012) and Vice-President (2011), my tenure included recruiting applicants, evaluating talent, and initiating three member classes. This role also included partnering with neighboring chapters and preparing for the following years 50th year celebration of ODK being at the University of Louisville.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Advancing Skills In Finance, Investment, And Business Leadership

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Actuarial Mathematics

High School Diploma, Mathematics And Statistics