Brian Hepp Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Applying diverse background to areas such as Market Research, Excel and VBA programming, and Process Improvement

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Inform client strategic/competitive initiatives, product development, and M&A activities with teams of internal and external analysts and partners/vendors. Qualitative and quantitative assessments of market.
• Elicit business needs and requirements, manage projects through deliverable preparation, and present findings to client contacts, stakeholders, and executives. Types of projects include market sizing and.
• Developed data analyses, including automation to increase efficiency and capabilities. Examples include standardized proposals and budgets by developing and maintaining templates inclusive of integrated VBA, user.
• Championed data-driven process improvements such as member of team that sought, won, and maintained ISO 20252 certification, which dramatically updated the data management practices; implemented system to improve.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• I delivered market research in support of B2B and B2C clients using qualitative market research techniques. Lead virtual project teams of technical analysts examining domestic and international trends in technology.
• Delivered over 300 projects with key client informing the innovation, product development, and market explorations of many contacts across the U.S. and international business divisions.
• Managed global projects such as a 19-country/125-interview market assessment and advised client’s international teams of executives on go/no go decision regarding expanding efforts.
• Framed strategic options for a client’s major brand extension initiative by assessing possible competitive environment in 13 countries to a matrix of 25 different product introductions.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• I supported client research needs through secondary (literature) and primary (interview) research.
• Provided clients with understanding of existing information by assessing and analyzing various information sources and databases (e.g., technical, business, IP).
• Deepened client understanding of the salient business or technical issues by designing and conducting market and Subject Matter Expert (SME) interviews and integrating findings with secondary analysis.
• Informed clients’ exploration of innovation white space by preparing IP and technology landscapes.

Midland MI

• I Lead the Hazardous Waste Characterization process at large U.S. sites supported by integrated Environmental Operations (incineration, landfill, and water treatment) while providing IT support. Included Six Sigma.
• Redesigned waste approval process at Freeport, TX site reducing cycle time by 90%.
• Prepared U.S. Environmental Operations for “Y2K” data conversion by serving as Implementation Lead for new system. Supported project by defining business requirements, mapping data migration, and serving in core IT.
• Unified sites’ data collection processes by leading sites’ Information Specialists through a requirements review (site and regulatory) and process re-engineering.
• Assisted Dow in meeting EPA’s compliance dates for MACT implementation at U.S. industrial incinerators by providing IT support in development, training, and continuing operation of an internally developed application.
• Guided MI production facilities in evaluation of waste management options. Trained plant personnel in relevant company and regulatory requirements and in pros and cons of available treatment options. Evaluated.

Master'S Degree, Data Science

Accounting analytics, R, Python, SQL, NLP, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Marketing Analytics

B.S., Chemistry