Christopher Coon Email & Phone Number

Lehi, UT

Draper, UT

• Luxottica is a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury, sports, and performance eyewear; over $8 billion in annual revenue; glasses.com was acquired by Luxottica from 1-800 CONTACTS.
• Successfully managed strategic planning and analysis of different business decisions, including pricing, promotions, website changes, and marketing programs for maximum profitability
• Improved gross margin by over 5% by analyzing different product trial programs and recommending elimination of the least cost effective
• Effectively supervised a team of analysts and accountants to manage daily, weekly, and monthly reporting, data integrity, and ad-hoc analyses as needed
• Efficiently modeled annual business forecasts (including 3 and 10-year forecasts) and quarterly updates with senior management, including a comprehensive P&L (including revenue, cost of goods, expense, and capital.
• Successfully supervised month-end and annual closes and summarized variances to budget for senior management

Draper, UT

• World's largest contact lens store, dedicated to providing a customer-focused way to replace contact lenses; over $400 million in annual revenue
• Increased annual revenue by over $5MM and profit by over $2MM after personal review of company KPI’s and researching discrepancies with Marketing and IT
• Increased annual profit by over $1MM by optimizing product pricing and developing the company pricing and rebate strategies
• Improved call center efficiency (average order size, call length, and call quality) by over 5% through simplification and communication of revised incentive program
• Discovered over $500K in potential annual savings through research into returns and exchanges
• Reduced annual shipping cost by over $200K by identifying unnecessary call center upgrades

Newport Beach, CA

• Leading global provider of risk management and human resources solutions and outsourcing services; over $2 billion in annual revenue
• Successfully managed simultaneous projects for multiple clients ranging from 100 to 15,000 domestic employees
• Supervised, coached, and trained project teams of up to 5 employees to provide high quality work and meet client deadlines
• Forecasted financial impact of alternative client decisions, including retirement redesign (defined benefit, defined contribution, and/or retiree medical), union negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, and assumption.
• Used strong verbal and written communication skills with clients in a variety of forums to discuss requested analyses and make recommendations
• Provided valuable input through review and critique of legal documents and pension plan participant communication, including pension plans, IRS forms, and summary plan descriptions (SPD's)