Christopher H. Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, New York, United States

Albany, Ny

- Selected for newly created role to develop and implement a new division of Management & Budget focused on assisting County Departments with the development of performance metrics and goals that can be supported by real, trackable, and transparent data. Desired outcome of this division would be to showcase department-specific successes and struggles to the general public, the County Executive, and the County Legislative body.o Presented implementation plan to County Executive and Department Heads.o Held kick-off meetings with Department Heads and selected support staff to introduce S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting and to obtain 2023 Goals to be tracked quarterly.o Obtained and analyzed quarterly metrics and provided updates to Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Management & Budget regarding departmental submission and progress on achieving annual goals.o Presented County-wide data analysis and recommendations to Deputy County Executive and other County Leaders regarding ongoing staffing shortage via a Quarterly Vacancy Analysis.o Researched solutions to data-sharing and privacy issues as they arose, limiting departmental ability to pull data that supported developed performance metrics. - Maintained a smaller portfolio of departments for which Budget Analyst duties were continued.

Albany, New York, United States

- Performed day-to-day budgetary analysis and review for assigned departments, acting as the first point of contact for departmental leadership to liaise with the Department of Management & Budget. o Reviewed and initialed financial approval of department-submitted Payroll Authorizations as part of the hiring process.o Reviewed and initialed financial approval of department-submitted Budget Amendments and Contracts, advising Commissioner of Management & Budget as to the readiness of submissions to be presented to County Legislative body or other approval body.- Completed annual budget entry process by coordinating the input(s) from departments and County Executive.o Provided a secondary “check” on department-submitted budget requests by completing year-over-year analysis of revenue and cost trends. Analysis was married with departmental budget and then presented to County Executive for final input and approval.o Assisted Commissioner of Management & Budget with analysis and forecasting of County Revenues including County share of Cannabis Sales-Tax Revenue, Albany International Airport security & IT contract revenue - Acted as County point person for COVID-19 Disaster Relief reimbursement efforts with FEMA.o County received approximately $10 million in relief.

Morrisville, New York, United States

- Oversee the day-to-day financial operations of the organization including: payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billings, bank account management.- Compile and submit financial close-out documents on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis for review and approval by Executive Director and Board of Directors. - Coordinate the annual financial plan process: pull together payroll and non-payroll budgets based on prior years and forecasted expenses, work with Executive Director and other staff to project future grant revenue streams, present proposed budget for approval.- Assist with local Human Resource issues such as time-sheet submission and approvals, time-off requests, participate in interviews when applicable, and provide support with the general on-boarding of new employees.

Albany, New York, United States

Hired in January 2020 for the legislative session, running through June 2020, to assist the NY State Relations team in legislative and executive branch outreach and lobbying efforts on behalf of the University. Key responsibilities included:1) Analysis and summarization of proposed or passed legislation, state agency budgets, and third-party research/news. - Knowledge gathered adds to the team’s ability to be aware of and voice support (or opposition) to issues relevant to the University. - Development of Legislative “Profiles” helps team prep for briefings, understand the official’s district, policy focus areas, and political ideology.2) Scheduling responsibilities for University leaders who seek appointments with government offices and officials, and the organization of briefing materials for those scheduled meetings. Advocacy/Lobby days scheduled and successfully completed include: - Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Cornell Prison Education Program, the Harvest New York Program, and the Cornell Masters of Public Health Program.Contact engagement expires on July 1, 2020.

Cortland, New York

Oversaw the day-to-day operational and financial management of campaign on behalf of candidate for county-wide office. Activities included:1) Expenses monitoring, budget development, fundraising efforts.2) Production of campaign literature, branding, and advertising. - Distribution of palm cards and lawn signs.3) Creation of social media profiles, content, and outreach efforts. - Successful launch and management of campaign Facebook page. - Coordination of community outreach and campaign “meet and greet” events.Continue to be involved with Party leadership

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Hired in August 2018 and joined a WWC team developing and implementing audit readiness/sustainment standards on behalf of the Washington Headquarter Services, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Defense. 1) Began developing direct relationships with government-side stakeholders by attending meetings, developing briefing materials, shadowing WWC-side co-workers, and studying role/contract-specific terminology and reporting requirements.WWC was unexpectedly released from the contract in September 2018; remained on staff with WWC through the fall.

Lake Forest, Illinois

Managed the monthly financial close for each U.S. Distribution Center and represented the Finance Department on several cost reduction and process improvement projects.1) Timely reporting and accurate data warehousing and financial modeling provided to Distribution Center leaders contributed to successful management of the business area.2) Creation of new forecasting model improved the quality of data collected, leading to expedited identification of problem areas ahead of each financial close and participation on ad hoc projects increased exposure to other functional areas leadership.Left organization to relocate closer to family on east coast.

Greater Chicago Area

Collected, tracked, organized, and analyzed internal data/KPI’s. Data analysis identified process improvements and areas of operational excellence or performance inconsistencies for members of executive leadership team.1) Utilized Tableau Software to create several interactive dashboards which aided in data consumption and review, provided greater depth of understanding, and improved the quality and speed of decision-making efforts of executive leadership. - Projects in Delivery (PiD) Dashboard – Visual representation of data helped operational leadership more quickly identify at-risk construction projects. - Pipeline of Future Work Dashboard – Completion of dashboard standardized business development KPI’s across all offices. - Safety Dashboard – Initiative lead to increased compliance across offices concerning the reporting of all safety incidents. - Talent Management Dashboard – Aggregation of staff across all offices lead to increased ability to identify opportunities to fill roles internally, resulting in lower recruiting and on-boarding costs.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Assisted in the creation of the business proposal package used to secure funding for the US-based sales office. 1) Independently developed business break-even analysis and contributed significant portions of forecasted profit plan presented to parent company leadership.2) Presented a state-by-state analysis of top US solar sales markets, providing executive leadership options for an expanded sales strategy beyond the California market.Supported Sales Director in submission of detailed bids to provide solar panels to project developers throughout the Southwest United Sates by overseeing bid team coordination, contributing content, and consolidated package sections for final submission.Identified alternative production facility locations to alleviate unexpected operational costs due to imminent tariff threat on our Chinese-sourced product. Final report and resulting recommendations were communicated directly to parent company leadership.Parent company leadership ultimately decided to shutter operations in 2012 due to U.S. imposed tariff.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Submitted a procurement analysis in response to US Congressional inquiries. Synthesized large quantities of data from Compact Agreements in several countries and interviewed MCC leadership for audit of internal procurement strategy/process.Report concluded that MCC's procurement process fairly rewarded its contracts in line with Congressional guidelines, though several recommendations were provided, aimed at improving MCC processes. Level of importance, cost, and personnel considerations were detailed for each recommendation.

Masters, Public Administration; Environmental Policy

Activities and Societies: Member: Cornell Public Affairs Society (Aug 2009-May 2011), Treasurer: Cornell Public Affairs Society (Jan.

B.A; B.S, Economics; Finance

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer, College Honors Program, Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon