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Pontiac, Michigan

Translated and implemented leadership financial goals into actionable programs for cost optimization, aligning regional goals, toolsets, and standards with global requirements and offering organizations. Analyzed and developed process improvements and team alignment.• Consulted on the physical inventory of $8M in IT assets at a third-party warehouse.• Researched and identified $4M assets to be sold and written off the financial registers.• Facilitated and hosted weekly regional leadership calls to govern margin expansion and communicate changes.• Participated heavily in the development and implementation of a workforce planning tool.• Educated and assisted the business operations leaders in implementing labor and non-labor savings ideas.• Implemented new processes to manage labor more effectively in Modern Workplace.

Applied world class subject matter expertise to build relationships with global organizations, HPEFS, internal financial services team and executive leadership to ensure execution of appropriate asset management processes. Led team of 12 people to work with resources in multiple global organizations to ensure internally owned and leased IT assets substantiated operationally in appropriate asset tracking tools. ● Acted as a financial and operational consultant regarding IT Asset Management process and tools.● Identified areas to reduce expenses using financial and operational asset data.● Worked with Internal Audit to identify and resolve gaps in the Asset Management process. ● Created and published an Asset Lifecycle training module providing an overview of the Asset Management process.● Identified and resolved gaps in the purchasing of assets, recording the assets financially and operational asset tools and processes.● Achieved financial reconciliation of 93% of $6 billion in internal hardware and software assets by working with accounts to acquire asset tracking data feeds and making parent/child relationships in the financial databases.● Coached and mentored accounts globally in appropriate asset management processes and tools.● Created a training plan and communication to be distributed to accounts globally.

Held client-facing role that included working with functional teams to improve management of over 80,000 hardware assets. Analyzed hardware asset management reports to identify and correct errors. Created and maintained asset management process documentation.● Analyzed and reconciled server data to maintain and exceed client service levels and internal metrics.● Researched and worked with the global field team to add 18,000 assets to asset tracking tool resulting in over $250,000 in additional monthly revenue.● Analyzed and reconciled initial and final invoices for errors to ensure revenue was optimized.

Oversaw budget and P&L for $65 million organization. Analyzed sales data to determine sales support targets and monitored key performance indicators monthly. Tracked and forecasted resources used on sales pursuits between regions.● Analyzed financial data to reduce expenses by 11% and come in under budget.● Added controls to a $6M leveraged delivery budget, decreasing expense by 17%.● Assisted in creating a Statement of Understanding between Sales, GSS, and Delivery organizations relating to the sharing of resources to improve communication.● Created a plan to increase offshore resources by 200%, reducing expenses by 56%.

Managed/P&L responsibility for a 36,000 square foot call center facility to ensure World Class Standards. Developed and maintained relationships with building management and EDS Real Estate. Assisted in planning, building out, and implementing new space for accounts which increased revenue. Calculated and administered appropriate cube rates for accounts to stay within budget.