Providing Insights and Strategic Advice on Customer Experience Strategy, Enabled by Innovation and Informed/Measured by Advanced Analytics...helping clients develop and execute strategic plans to drive value and achieve competitive advantage. Advises corporate and private equity firms through strategic IT Assessments inclusive of software, hardware architectures, evaluations and roadmaps.

Ellie provides mental health services for all ages. Offering individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy, and community-based mental health services.

Ohio’s Women in Analytics Conference exists to discuss the latest technologies, frameworks, strategies, and methodologies that have proven to be successful in this field, spoken by women who have helped develop and execute them. Our goal is to provide visibility to these women that are making an incredible impact in this space and we invite anyone that can benefit by learning from their experiences. We will cover a broad range of topics including machine learning, IoT, building analytics teams, career paths in analytics, data storage, model deployment, learning tools, cybersecurity analytics, and natural language processing.

As a member of the expert network, provide ad hoc expertise and advisory services to clients on specific inquiries. Developed and delivered workshops to various IIA clients to both educate business leaders on key analytics concepts and identify relevant, valuable use cases whereby analytics can improve decision-making.At IIA, we believe in the power of analytics to fundamentally improve the way businesses operate. Everything we do is focused on analytics practitioners to help them build and grow analytics programs. We have built an unrivaled network of unbiased analytics experts and practitioners, each of whom are industry specialists, academics, and analytics practitioners with active, hands-on experience in the field.

The "Digital Solutions Gallery" series is an ongoing nationally acclaimed forum where senior Digital leaders and their business peers come together in a comfortable setting to learn from nationally recognized thought leaders and share their experiences and insights, as we collectively and collaboratively attack common issues. Uniquely organized around peer learning, this provocative program has received high praise among participating senior leaders in the technology and/or operations leadership community. It helps to build an improved and creative personal network of peers and executives devoted to sharing best practices, renewing their skills on an ongoing basis, and raising the level of digital literacy and effectiveness within their organizations.

Consisting of a network of fashion retailers, entrepreneurs, designers, and students, the Columbus Fashion Alliance was created to connect our industry and create opportunities. The CFA is the collection, the platform, the voice... aimed at making Columbus the number one city in the world to start or grow a fashion business. Columbus is open for business...the business of fashion!The CFA Innovation Pillar focuses on solving meaningful problems in new, unique, and compelling ways, through the application of creativity, expertise, ingenuity, and technology to disrupt norms, elevate capability and chart the course for the future of fashion.

Our mission is to capitalize on our strengths as a community to create a retail culture of partnership and collaboration

As part of the Columbus College of Art & Design’s first-of-its-kind Master of Professional Studies in Retail Design, I'm teaching a course on Retail Analytics & Trends in Spring 2022.Course Description: Retail is data-driven. This course explores quantitative and qualitative data, where it comes from, and how it is synthesized and used to inform the design and development of consumer experiences. Students will undertake project work to help them understand what constitutes a trend and the relevance of data to making critical decisions about how consumers engage brands and make purchase decisions.

Retail is changing. Get ready to move into the future and define your path with Columbus College of Art & Design’s first-of-its-kind Master of Professional Studies in Retail Design. Here, you’ll experience a cutting-edge approach to learning with a rich mix of theory and practice in a program developed and taught by retail experts. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how customers engage with brands and make purchase decisions—from e-commerce to brick and mortar, and everything in between.

Accountable for the technology strategy (plan), project execution (build), and operational system support (run) of enterprise Finance Application Portfolio (85+ systems) enabling Business Unit Finance, Shared Services (AP, AR, GL, Fixed Assets), Controllership, Treasury, Tax, Supplier/Vendor Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Planning & Forecasting, and Real Estate. • Managed team of ~100 associates, and annual budget of ~$20M operational spend and $15M project spend.• Maintained outstanding operational stability. Consistently closed the books within SLA every month. • Reduced defect backlog to lowest point in 5 years and achieved 3 year low in application downtime.• Reduced direct expense from $24M to $19M (21% decrease) while offsetting $6M of incremental cost pressures (37% effective decrease) and delivered on all SLAs while managing a 33% increase in number of applications supported.• Executed on time and within budget for Finance projects (14 in 2011, 11 in 2012, 9 in 2013). Projects included Peoplesoft (Treasury Workstation implementation, EPM upgrade, Data Reference Management implementation), OB10 eInvoicing, OpenPages GRC, Peoplesoft v9.2 upgrade, and Hyperion upgrade.• Integrated Finance systems successfully in support of major enterprise IT initiatives including Harleysville Acquisition, Claims Transformation, and Personal Lines Transformation.• Appointed as a member of the Finance Leadership team, led evaluation of C-level perception of IT Value. Led sub-team to operationalize cost segmentation to improve transparency and business partner understanding of IT expenses.• Appointed as a member of the Supplier Management Leadership Team, created Supplier Management Engagement Plan. • Increased engagement results for department from 3.76 to 4.31 and direct reports from 3.72 to 4.08 (based on Gallup survey 5-point scale where .20 improvement is considered significant). Mentored several associates and professional working groups.

Hired by the CFO to provide quality assurance and risk mitigation consulting for SAP enterprise transformation project (3 year, $140M+). Scope included Finance, Human Resources and Non-Merchandise Procurement.• Developed and executed “Business Integration” approach to engage business process owners in the execution of the project.• Reestablished business case. Defined KPI metrics and accountability for tracking achievement. • Advised Internal Audit VP on implementation of effective program governance and control structure.• Recommended improvements to Program Management Office to better manage timeline, work plan, scope, budget and risks.• Reviewed and evaluated external consultants (Accenture and SAP) to ensure Polo Ralph Lauren received maximum benefit.• Defined business intelligence and data governance model inclusive of organizational structure, process/system flows, and data quality metrics.• Established strategic approach to item definition, product costing, merchandise sourcing and supply/demand match capabilities.

Founder of TiXiT (www.tixitbox.com). TiXiT offers event promoters an intelligent system for marketing tickets that will otherwise go unsold. As a result, TiXiT has access to great ticket deals to shows, concerts, and sporting events in your local area.TiXiT extends these special, event-specific discounted ticket offers to our growing community of professional, collegiate, and other partner organizations. In turn, our partners communicate these limited-time offers to their entire membership.

Managed strategic Finance and Operational initiatives for the Corporate CFO and Controller. • Performed risk assessment and quality assurance for INSIGHT, a 5 year, $750M SAP enterprise transformation and system implementation program. Scope included financial/operational systems and processes for Victoria’s Secret (go-live June 2009).• Established process control point structure to define/evaluate metrics and define/trigger contingency plans for ~100 critical risks across end to end process (product ideation through store sales).• Drove executive alignment and education within the Finance Working Sponsor Group, comprised of senior level Finance leaders including CAO, CFOs, EVPs, SVPs.• Partnered with SVP, Tax to successfully mitigate $20M+ in gross audit deficiencies through Tax Automation Project. Managed 15+ associates to implement process and technical improvements across 17 areas. • Provided quality assurance review on project to open six new Victoria’s Secret stores in Canada in Fall 2009.• Led execution of Finance Reporting Improvement Project and Enterprise Cycle Counting/Physical Inventory Strategy.

Led cross-functional team of 40+ associates to implement finance and operational systems for MAST Industries (sourcing and procurement organization for Limitedbrands), go-live Spring 2008. Scope included implementation of SAP, JDA, Manugistics, Hyperion, Flex PLM, Microstrategy and Teradata. • Led process team responsible for Costing, Order Management and Inventory Control to implement changes that improved accuracy in freight and duty cost estimates and reduced production variances. • Successfully implemented Finance capabilities and migrated business processes to Shared Services organization.• Managed technical activities including requirements definition, system design, configuration, testing, training, and cutover. • Drove senior executive alignment and obtained written signoff for key project milestones.

Led Finance workstream of 30+ associates through multiple implementations within the INSIGHT program. Scope included SAP, Ariba, JDA, Manugistics, Hyperion, Optiva, Microstrategy and Teradata. • Enabled Bath & Body Works to achieve higher sales and in-stock % with lower total inventory levels after summer 2006 go-live.• Established ~400 person Finance Shared Services Center (supporting GL, AR, AR and Fixed Assets processes). • Led technical and process activities supporting design, build, implementation and post-production support for Finance. Closed books on time and stabilized business processes within 30 days (plan was 90 days) in August 2005.• Ensured executive alignment and obtained written signoff for key project milestones.• Led software selection effort for the INSIGHT program. Managed a team of 135+ stakeholders across 14 business units, evaluated over 40 vendors, defined decision-making criteria and ensured senior executive alignment and support.• Developed business case to justify $300M+ investment. Defined project plan and team structure for Finance team. Partnered with CFOs to allocate full-time resources to the program.

• Completed two full lifecycle SAP implementations (led Customer Care and Work Management teams).• Defined strategy and led implementation of Latin American Finance Shared Services organization for the Walt Disney Company.• Demonstrated thought leadership and innovation through development of the following: -eCommerce “Bricks & Clicks” Strategy for Hallmark -“Concept to Cash in 6 Days” Supply Chain Efficiency Vision for VF Corporation -“Marketplace Exchanges: Implications & Strategies for a CPG Company” White Paper -Developed Sports CRM and Retek Retail Software practice units

• Served as Team lead on multiple custom software development and implementation projects using rapid application development meothodology. • Responsible for workplans, budgets, and resources for two full lifecycle implementations.

• Reviewed HR policies to ensure that they supported customer service strategies and objectives. • Analyzed budget variances, audited payroll and benefits administration. • Provided monthly analysis of expenses, salary, headcount, FTE, and turnover statistics. • Developed forecasting models for salary, benefits, and 401(k) plan for budgeting purposes. • Authored corporate data security plan and corporate relocation policy. • Monitored compliance with internal audits.