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New York, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

• Supported Senior Leadership including CFO/CEO on a number of Strategic Initiatives aligned w/ Corporate Strategy:o Performed strategic analysis of the Commercial Banking and Real Estate Finance businesses to improve productivity of Relationship Managers / UWs and boost efficiencyo Tracked over $50MM in synergies and $100MM in integration costs for a major acquisitiono Monitor and hold Executives accountable for over $100MM in identified initiativeso Project managed, designed, and implemented a credit re-engineering project within Commercial Finance that standardized Review Form across 13 verticals, created a management oversight dashboard, and improved businesses' ability to make decisionso Led a big data project to create standardized dashboard for verticals within the Commercial Bank• Manage Corporate Allocation process at CIT and leverage that knowledge to identify opportunities for businesses to reduce allocations, find stranded costs, and to challenge function leaders to identify additional synergies during an acquisition

Greater New York City Area

• Determined a number of cost saving and revenue enhancing opportunities at Citibank utilizing activity based costing methodology• Managed workstream to determine how best to allocate Citi HR and Compliance expenses to businesses using a consumption based approach (i.e., activity based costing)

New Jersey

• Developed strategic plan to integrate website and SEO department to improve overall customer experience• Worked with Web/SEO fulfillment teams to create a pre-sales process that improves customer experience by ensuring the proper product is sold• Shifted the organization from a process in which limited knowledge was shared between SEO specialists to a process by which knowledge is shared resulting in better performance and lower costs• Created project plan, committees, and documentation to implement a Process Management system across the organization resulting in a higher project completion rate• Worked closely with the product team to vet different product ideas• Redesigned process for SEO fulfillment given reduction in staff of over 50%• Manage team of 7 individuals• Youngest Director at LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

• Developed strategic plan to integrate website and SEO department to improve overall customer experience• Worked with Web/SEO fulfillment teams to create a pre-sales process that improves customer experience by ensuring the proper product is sold to the customer• Created a series of taskforces to improve employee morale• Constructed a QA program that made the organization a more proactive organization• Youngest member on a panel of Executives to turn around the SEO Department

• Analyzed Starwood’s competitors meeting space information to understand market positioning• Performed competitive benchmarking of different hotel chains banquet, catering, and room offering• Analyzed Starwood’s booking data to gain insights into banquet and catering business• Presented findings to senior management at Starwood

• Constructed activity-based costing model of healthcare rental business to understand customer profitability, distribution site profitability, and product profitability• Assisted with development of valuation model of Australia’s largest sugar manufacturer• Developed revenue forecast for mining services company and chemical processing equipment manufacturer• Created multiple models to estimate the size of overpayments for a major health plan for a variety of cost-recovery initiatives• Managed team of associates to ascertain whether health plan should enter Medicare Supplement market• Identified and prioritized possible acquisition targets in the retail catalog, consumer product, and healthcare industries• Analyzed various growth initiatives, such as opening retail stores, for a leading portfolio of catalogs• Worked with a pro-bono firm to estimate the impact of a Do-Not-Mail registry on the USPS and the potential uptake in the US • Assisted in the development of a strategic marketing plan and digital media plan for a new radio station in Los Angeles, CA• Project lead on pro-bono case looking at the competitive landscape of the infant formula industry – after discussions with staff of Senators and Congressman recommendations were incorporated into bill

• Assessed the attractiveness of selling a technology start-up’s products into the financial service industry• Developed several initiatives to help improve college new-hire retention at a video game manufacturer• Delivered final presentation with team to senior executives

• Worked on 15 person team in a global implementation of Oracle Financials at a leading financial services firm• Designed and developed key management reports in Oracle Discoverer and in Hyperion Reports• Worked with client personal in a team environment to ensure accuracy of processes and reports. • Coordinated with Production support and Client to resolve any open issues. Coordinated with Production support and Client to resolve any open issues

Master Of Science, Management Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Stanford Consulting Club

2004, Mechanical Engineering And Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Carnegie Mellon Business Association (President) Teaching Assistant for Principles of Economics (2 Years)