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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Critical position in a rapidly growing company striving for strategic growth within multiple revenue streams.

• Serve as a liaison between internal departments and external suppliers for efficient operating functions• Source and manage requisitions and ongoing projects ranging from $15 to $8.75 million• Facilitate accounts receivable and accounts payable efforts to ensure proper fiscal distribution• Participate in multiple integrated work teams and Bombardier-led efforts to “achieve excellence” • Pro-actively serve departments as the sole focal: Master Data Planning, Facilities, QA, IT, Tech Pubs

• Compile and analyze monthly building usage data and create concise reports presented to professional staff• Identify patron trends and report functionally sound operating adjustments to directors • Assist in the marketing of new and existing programs that further the mission of overall healthy lifestyles and quality programs offered to the university and metropolitan communities• Serve and act on inter-departmental committees to enhance overall development to ensure continued outreach to patrons, student staff, and the collegiate and surrounding communities • Prepare and present on-time reports to departmental directors and coordinators focusing on the integration of effective business practices into the Department of Campus Recreation for the functional improvement of six different areas

• Successful international and cross-cultural team project leader• Completed strategic analysis and integration plan for a high tech software company focusing on vector graphics (Revenues of over 6 million Euro) to extend their product and service offerings in the global marketplace• Macro-environment analysis of the target market economic structure • Traditional and extended competitive analysis using Porter’s Five Forces and additional methods• Extended study of feasibility of the value-chain and the capability to move possible clients through a value chain given the current and anticipated product and service offerings

• Independently reviewed and analyzed established marketing practices for efficiency and effectiveness• Performed demographic, geographic, and psychographic segmentations of both current market and newly established target market• Developed and scheduled a phased implementation of promotional plan including direct and personal selling, publicity, radio advertisements, print advertisements, and electronic based communications with presentation to organizational executives and board of directors• Successfully integrated current marketing efforts and new marketing efforts under a minimal yearly marketing budget of $5,000 which allowed for over 50 times the current reach and 10 times the current frequency

• Recruited, hired, and trained staff to fulfill the diverse needs of the department including administrative and entry-level positions.• Supervised YMCA building and departmental staff (sports, fitness, membership, lifeguards, maintenance)• Promoted YMCA activities to prospective and current members through a variety of indoor and outdoor media; utilized InDesign and Adobe software to create monthly posters and displays to target patrons regarding events and activities• Developed and implemented management tools such as updatable Program patron lists, as patrons and programs evolve• Administered a departmental operation budget of nearly $200,000 and ensured fiscal responsibility• Worked as an individual contributor and team member to ensure YMCA expectations and goals were exceeded

Mba, General Management

Capstone course involved international travel to Berlin, Germany.

Graduate Certificate, Strategic Management

Education, Sport Management