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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Spearheaded operational excellence initiatives including pre-sales management, fiscal forecasting, project planning, and presentation development, leading to the successful sales and delivery of 6 projects worth.
• Drove Fission's growth by architecting and implementing an operational structure that supported a 3x headcount increase, overseeing key functions from sales and HR training to logistics and vendor management
• Developed and executed thorough business continuity plans, centralizing critical third-party platforms and knowledge bases, which reduced downtime and enhanced operational resilience
• Established advanced financial models to forecast A/R, cash flow, business P&L, and employee costs/profit analysis, leading to an 18% increase in operational efficiency and more informed strategic decisions
• Implemented strategic vendor management initiatives and reduced obligations by 42%, totaling $1.5M, during a critical cash flow period

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Directed complex, high-value IT transformation projects, including approximately $3B worht of post-M&A deals, ensuring seamless coordination across all workstreams to create new business entities
• Led the PMO for a complex $350M post-M&A ERP data migration, coordinating over 100 stakeholders across both national and global locations
• Established a comprehensive project management ecosystem utilizing Smartsheet, significantly enhancing PMO visibility, automation, and collaboration, contributing to $14.8M in project revenue
• Provided strategic advisement to executive stakeholders, delivering actionable recommendations for separation assessments during M&A diligence for a nationally recognized consumer services brand
• Designed and executed new revenue-generating lines of business contributing to approximately $4.8M in revenue

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Assisted PMO in data migration for a publicly traded company, designing a cutover plan for 80+ stakeholders across 6 sites, achieving on-time delivery with zero critical issues
• Managed testing workstream for a publicly traded company, leveraging agile methodologies to resolve defects with 30+ stakeholders and ensuring SOC 1 and SOX compliance
• Played pivotal roles in M&A carve-out and ETL projects, optimizing ERP (SAP and Dynamics 365) system integration
• Developed automated data validation tools, significantly reducing manual efforts by 21% and project costs by 13%

Schaumburg, IL

• Administered system onboarding for corporate, government, education system, and broker clients, improving communication with clients and decreasing onboarding time by 37%
• Supervised and implemented a complete overhaul of the department’s implementation process, including compiling an extensive Excel project worksheet to track progress toward milestones and goals, rewriting and.
• Co-led the scoping and initiation of the system infrastructure data migration project, successfully scaling the management and operations of client data
• Conducted regular client audits, identified system and enrollment data inconsistencies, and delivered detailed reports to clients and program management, ensuring SOC 1 compliance

Schaumburg

• Served as a liaison between clients and carriers, problem-solving issues and improving overall service delivery
• Led process improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma principles, resulting in enhanced efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Conducted onboarding training for all new Client Service Analysts as they were joining the team

Downers Grove, IL

• Partnered with clients to devise a social media strategy and “voice” for the customer based on their marketing goals and oversaw the execution and creation of content for online campaigns at this creative marketing.
• Enhanced brand visibility for a diverse set of clients such as Komori America Corp, Rentokil, Ambius, Thanx Media, and Tukaiz, LLC, increasing social media engagements by 347%

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area