Chris Reed, Mba, Pmp, A-Cspo Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Focused on program management and project prioritization, I champion and execute client delivery and service processes for a deep portfolio of projects. Partnering with the client, I represent their feedback for end-to-end satisfaction and engagement. The primary focus is on developing strong client relationships and identifying opportunities to better support client business objectives.My focus is on credit modernization, including the deployment of an API strategy and management of a portfolio of API projects. I have been selected to be the program manager directing the development of a new credit card offering for a top-five client. My role bridges the gap between the client and internal project teams to ensure delivery on an aggressive schedule.

Greater Omaha Area

Starting in August 2019, I assumed the Senior Analyst role on the Enterprise Data Management team for First National Bank. My primary function was to prioritize data projects across the enterprise in a product owner role. This role played to both my strengths in data management and relationship building.I maintained an on-going relationship with enterprise business units to develop an understanding of business analytic capability needs. By partnering with business units I defined information requirements for solutions teams to build the outputs required. Based on quantitative and qualitative data, I estimated each project's value to the organization. I ensured that analytic environment processes are running smoothly including appropriate levels of hand-offs between parties.I indirectly oversaw a team of developers and drove projects through to completion.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PRODUCT MANAGER (2016-2019)From July 2016 to 2019 I served as the Product Strategy Manager in the Corporate Treasury department. I drove the product lifecycle, including annual pricing initiatives. My role also executed special projects, and maintained vendor relationships. One key accomplishment in this role centered on the effective use of data to manage products. When I was assigned pricing responsibilities, the process was highly manual with a significant number of errors on implementation. The scope required the review of over 500,000 product/price combinations. By partnering with data teams, I and automated the repricing process, converting to one record of source, eliminating manual , and maintaining a consistent 2.4% pricing lift for a $30 million business line. Implementation errors fell from over 300 in 2016 to less than 10 in 2018.I also owned a smaller, FDIC backed deposits solution. Balancing multiple products was exhilirating.

Greater Omaha Area

My time at Union Pacific was primarily spent in a marketing and analytics role supporting the $2 billion Intermodal business group. A significant portion of my role was focused on identifying avenues of growth and building niche solutions through the full product lifecycle. I created detailed market studies to understand customer and competitor requirements. Using this intelligence, I leveraged knowledge of the Union Pacific value proposition to build solutions that met these needs while adding value to the railroad by using empty capacity or moving equipment to areas of need. Once the business case gained approval, I led cross-functional teams with contacts in Operations, Information Technology, Finance, Subsidiaries and Marketing & Sales. Most of these projects were characterized by tight deadlines and limited resource availability. New product launches consistently met deadlines and exceeded success metrics.My expertise in database management afforded opportunities to develop models and technical solutions to address business problems. I served as the subject matter expert for proprietary intermodal performance and decision making technologies, identifying areas for improvement, leading teams to develop and implement solutions and creating training materials/job aids and facilitating training for end-users. The greatest challenge of this role was marrying data from external data suppliers with proprietary Teradata. Leveraging SQL and database acumen, I developed cube-based tools that allowed management to quickly sort and evaluate data from third-party providers and marry it as a 1:1 relationship with internal performance metrics.

Bala Cynwyd, Pa

At Hamilton Lane, I developed into a product-focused role, specifically for commingled funds and specialty funds (Secondaries, Co-Investments).I collaborated with senior management and sales executives to develop effective, creative marketing campaigns for new products as well as innovative approaches to execution of sales presentations. The major annual effort developed a 100+ page market overview; this required extensive coordination across research, investment and reporting professionals. I also coordinated the Graphic Design team’s efforts and ushered the final product through compliance. An aptitude for learning applications was uncovered, as I became the subject matter expert for all customer-specific tools, coordinating rollouts, developing job aids and facilitating training. This included two CRM rollouts. I also developed databases to centralize key sales statistics previously kept in spreadsheets and business card files. Process improvement skills also came into play early in my career. I managed Request for Proposal process, generating content, reviewing for errors and issuing finalized versions before established deadlines to corporate and government prospects. I developed processes and database systems to improve efficiencies, standardize answers, and keep an audit trail for responses.

Assisted with business development and investor relations activities for the private equity funds of funds business.

Served as a graduate assistant in the strategic management department, working for two professors.

Mba, Management

Activities and Societies: Net Impact.Graduate Research Assistant for Strategic Management Department. Represented the University.

Wpwp Certificate, Marketing

Supplemental coursework at Wharton as an overlay strategy to enhance my MBA.

Bm, Music

Activities and Societies: Honors Program. Alpha Phi Omega (President, Vice President of Membership), Tau Beta Sigma (Northeast District.