Carlos Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

After 20+ years at an office job had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a stay-at-home dad (priceless!)- Incredibly rewarding experience having spent time at home with my two daughters; would not trade this even for a trip to the moon!- Had time to tinker with hobbies: home automation – ask me about holiday lights that change with seasons or a Seahawks game day; designed my very own printed circuit board (PCB), AI object detection in linux, a 3d printed moon lamp that mimics the colors of the moon through the night, and the list goes on… just ask!- Created my very own “PowerRank”, an algorithm to analyze the entire US stock market on a daily basis- Fully recharged and ready to rejoin Corporate America at what I do best: drive business growth through strategic planning and data-driven storytelling

Redmond, Wa

Responsible for reporting and analytics in support of the Microsoft Commercial Partner Rhythm of the Business. Led cross-OCP orchestration of business metrics and instrumentation anchored on the CPO Dashboard. Oversaw multiple ad-hoc analyses for executive leadership review and discussion.- Led the orchestration, architecture, and requirements for business insights needs across the Microsoft Commercial Partner organization with over 6,000 monthly unique users o Redesigned the user experience with user-centric features (report history and saved filters) o Architected a new reporting approach to tailor to several audiences (role-based reporting)- Ad-hoc analyses for leadership review include Microsoft partner attribution mechanisms, area and field-role revenue crediting, and Azure Consumed Revenue and Office Usage audit findings- Improved the reporting cycle for CPO quarterly business reviews, delivering consistent pre-produced views for all fourteen geographic areas, facilitating consistency across performance reviews- Drove technical requirements as required by the business to vendor team for implementation in our data warehouse and/or reporting infrastructure

Redmond, Wa

Assisted the General Manager and his team in the CSEO (aka Microsoft IT) organization.- Facilitated business executive reviews with upper management for the Enterprise Data Services (EDS) and Service Engineering (SE) teams, assisting the General Manager- Aided the General Manager and his direct reports in managing a $50M expense budget, inclusive of hiring attainment and outsourced supplier contracts for commodity IT services- Drove Rhythm of the Business reviews for EDS and SE teams, inclusive of weekly staff meetings, monthly operational reviews, all hands, and leadership team off-sites- Orchestrated the review rhythm for Microsoft’s Digital Transformation North Stars- Responsible for evangelizing our Digital Transformation story across the CSEO organization (various communication channels such as Yammer, SharePoint, All-Hands, print posters)

Redmond, Wa

Planner for several categories of services in Azure; responsible for launch strategy and pricing. Seeded the initial version of the present Azure pricing calculator at http://azure.microsoft.com.- Led the strategy and execution of regional data center pricing for Azure.- Owned business case, service offering, SKU line-up and pricing for new Azure Services including Websites, Media Services, Service Bus, Event Hubs, API Management, and Active Directory- Partnered with teams across the organization such as Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Licensing, Operations and Legal to build comprehensive and holistic business model proposals- Built a new database-driven Pricing Calculator tool that exposed more than 15,000 price points into a single user experience, primarily used by internal sales teams for customer proposals

Redmond, Wa

Responsible for market intelligence of productivity suites (i.e. MS Office, Google Apps, Office 365, etc.), leading a 4-person team consisting of two BI developers and two business analysts.- Orchestrated the development of a new KPI metric based on proprietary market data that informed subsidiary performance. Metric was adopted company-wide- Established a best practice in User Interface (UI) experiences for self-service data consumption by exposing relevant data on a new intranet portal- Maintained a 60TB SQL Data Warehouse solution that contained monthly data from hundreds of thousands of PC profiles, owning the operation end-to-end (ETL, hardware management, backups, data processing, cube definition, and reporting and analysis)

Redmond, Wa

- Led the financial planning and analysis function for a $1 billion software franchise inclusive of revenue analysis and operational expense budgeting and reporting.- Managed and coached a 4 person team that supported reporting and analysis of this $1 billion franchise, along with operating expense budget for a 2,500 head count organization.- Collaborated with the Senior Leadership Team in building the Long Range Strategic Plan, directly responsible for financial modeling but also providing support in overall strategy.- Delivered periodic revenue analysis that supported business review rhythms on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. - Architected and developed a brand new, web-based revenue reporting system to automate reporting tasks and improve analysts' turnaround time from 3 days to 1 day, also establishing a best practice on reporting and analysis across the company.- Ample use of SQL Server, data cubes, online reporting, pivot tables, SQL stored procedures and Excel modeling.

Redmond, Wa

- Delivered periodic revenue analysis for a $1B business, communicating performance and facilitating business decisions through financial analysis- Created innovative customer-centric perspectives to identify revenue opportunities for Visual Studio and STB (agreement expirations, platform and EA attach, active licenses)

Fargo, North Dakota Area

- Led consolidated financial reporting for the Dynamics business group, inclusive of CFO Reviews, Business Reviews, Scorecards and SEC filings- Enhanced financial awareness through creation of Finance Book, which included a business results scorecard, an executive summary, and revenue and P&L reports

Monterrey, Mexico

- Participated in a Leadership Development Program at Mexico's largest private paper manufacturer with rotations in Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution and Finance

Mba, Business

B.S. In Mechanical Engineering