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Manage a portfolio of Enterprise data conversion and migration projects, including global ERP migration, in a collaborative Agile Scrum, IT team environment for this international manufacturer of bath, spa, and other home improvement products and services.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Manage Power BI development projects for Incident Management (TacOps, ITOM, and Monitoring Products Support).Working with Business Intelligence Executive Leadership, program management for the design & development of executive dashboards using Microsoft PowerBI for this data-driven, technology-centric, continuous change Enterprise healthcare company.

Greater Chicago Area

Utilize Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Critical Path, and Four Disciplines of Execution methodologies to define and implement strategies for achieving consistent breakthrough levels of business profitability, process improvement, and change management for client stakeholders. Anchor the engagement effort, from business process analysis and problem definition to solution design, development, and deployment. Perform cost and price analysis and build business recovery plans unique to stakeholder objectives and markets. Implement and manage continuous change measures, architect complex financial models, establish baseline metrics and leading-measure KPI’s, perform forensic accounting / financial analysis, train client stakeholders, and implement operational improvements and business growth strategies for $10 million to $75 million revenue companies. Road warrior (out Sunday; back Friday) with North American territory. Consistent weekly Top 5 (1%) ranking out of approximately 200 consultants for this $38M management consulting firm.

Managed acquisition due diligence and business intelligence reporting projects in a Business Team environment.• Due diligence lead for acquisitions: Reliance Energy’s Marcellus/Utica combined assets (Northern Oil & Gas partner); Abarta Oil & Gas combined Marcellus/Utica assets; Roan Resources non-op WI assets (Scoop/Stack); Foundation Energy Management operated and non-op WI assets & minerals (CO, LA, OK, TX, WY).• Asset Valuation modeling for acquisition prospects and Financial Reporting, including dashboard development.• Quarterly Investor Reporting (via Python scripting) technical administrator and project manager for 50+ investor groups.• Business process design and management for the Arch Energy entity, including the development of Standard Operating Procedures, Value Chains, Org Charts, and User Guides. Engineered and implemented models for acquisition closing processes, problematic well tracking, and acquisition data conversions (primary tools: PowerBI desktop, PowerQuery, SQL, VBScript).• Authored and standardized legal instrument and contract templates (using MS content and ActiveX controls), including Joint Operating Agreements (JOA), Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSA), O&G leases, and term assignments.

Midland, Texas, United States

Opened and Managed West Texas consulting office with 16-person professional team and 1 administrative support personnel.• Business Intelligence reporting and dashboard development for large-scale due diligence projects, client project tracking, and asset ownership research. Manage and administer closing processes for large-scale client acquisitions (up to $350M asset sales).• Manage and monitor profit centers, accounts, ledgers, and financial reporting systems. Develop financial reporting project controls.• Developed policies, procedures, KPI’s, and project controls for client deliverables, ensuring accuracy and timeline adherence.• Engineered automated reporting model, tracking project specific KPI attainment while programmatically calculating ownership interests, percentages, and other burdens, reducing redundancies and data entry errors, slashing reporting process 25% and delivering a $125K net value to client stakeholders.• Engineered metrics-based weekly status reporting model with task attainment percentages, reducing project stakeholder completion time from 30 to 10 minutes, delivering a net savings of $3,150 to client stakeholders.

Utilize Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Critical Path, and Four Disciplines of Execution methodologies to define and implement strategies for achieving consistent breakthrough levels of business profitability, process improvement, and change management for client stakeholders. Anchor the engagement effort, from business process analysis and problem definition to solution design, development, and deployment. Perform cost and price analysis and build business recovery plans unique to stakeholder objectives and markets. Implement and manage continuous change measures, architect complex financial models, establish baseline metrics and leading-measure KPI’s, perform forensic accounting / financial analysis, train client stakeholders, and implement operational improvements and business growth strategies for $10 million to $75 million revenue companies. Road warrior (out Sunday; back Friday) with North American territory. Consistent weekly Top 5 (1%) ranking out of approximately 200 consultants for this $38M management consulting firm.

Contracted to support change management using Agile methodology for corporate-wide Salesforce implementation and web platform conversion and migration project. Responsible for the lifecycle administration and support of entire portfolio of business processes for this 103-year-old non-profit organization. Working closely with stakeholders and directors in a cross-functional integration role to document and maintain business processes and supporting procedures-- including business application, financial, and retail management procedures-- map current- and future-state processes, conduct product testing and end-user training and support.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Launched & managed the strategic direction of land operations for privately held oil & gas E&P. Primary responsibilities in Asset and Project Management, Capital Raising, KPI Development, Investor Reporting, Division Order Balancing, JIB & Revenue Booking, Regulatory & Compliance, Permitting, and Document & Vendor Management.• RFP / Regulatory Project Management (PM): work with engineering SME’s (civil, petroleum, geology, and mineral reserve) in developing RFP’s and SUP’s for exploration projects. Deliverables were voluminous, hundreds of pages in length, and taking 18-24 months for creation, delivery, and municipal and state approval. Technical deliverables included impact studies in site assessment, road, environmental, air quality, water quality, ingress and egress route construction, emergency procedures and evacuation, blowout prevention, and others.• National Audubon Society RFP PM: in PM role, create and submit RFP to Audubon International for inclusion into its Signature Sanctuary Program. RFP was successful, allowing Edge Resources to be the first Exploration & Production Company globally to have a drill site included into this program.• Government Agency Representative: in PM role, ongoing and regular meetings with city councils & staffs, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency for proposal approvals, and State Comptroller and Texas Workforce Commission for regulatory & compliance.• Financial: create asset prospectuses, prospect proposals, and feasibility studies that include the calculation of return on investment (ROI) ratios, internal rates of return (IRR), estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) reserve analysis, and payout schedules for venture capitalists & institutional investors.• Communications Relations: Corporate liaison to city councils/staff, TXRRC, TCEQ, EPA, National Audubon Society, TX Workforce Commission, and local media.

Maynard, Massachusetts, United States

Delivered presentations and case studies to Fortune 500/Global 100 C-Level executives. Collaborated with internal departments, including solutions engineers, while analyzing business and IT processes and methodologies for executing service & delivery of advanced technology solutions, including HRIS Applicant Tracking modules wrapped around corporate ERP systems. Led negotiations & overcame objections, closing deals $100K+. Account management, including client-site post-sales user training.Successes:1) Accepted SVP offer to join 2004 compensation committee.2) Monster’s #2 Enterprise Sales Producer. Exceeded quarterly quota every quarter following 2 quarter ramp-up.3) Exceeded million-dollar producer status.

Education record

Master Of Arts, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities, 33/39 Hrs

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communications / Journalism