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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, CA, US

• Led the Business Analytics effort for Marketing & Advertising, to develop thoughtful and dependable financial & operational models. Reported to the EVP of Marketing and collaborated with the leadership team to.
• Led the Capital Investment process for $3M in expenditures, conducting ROI & payback for all initiatives exceeding $10k.
• Developed a complex financial model to compare the variable cost model for $17M of annualized deliveries using third-party providers vs. creating an in-house delivery team with fixed costs, concluding third party was.
• Implemented a secure electronic payment process via SMS for in-stock customer orders, reduced scheduling time from 6.9 to 0.9 days and improved ease of business for efficient collection of $600k/month in outstanding.
• Spearheaded a repricing & value-add effort for Jerome’s Oops Plus “Don’t Use It, Reuse It” extended warranty.
• Participated in several cross-functional projects that led to cost savings & significantly improved customer experience.Operational Leadership:

• Drove explosive growth at ReverTech, a private-equity owned company in Austin TX that provided technology product lifecycle services to retailers, insurance administrators, ruggedized mobile technology manufacturers.
• Grew sales from $2M to $17M in the first year of operation and achieved 53% YOY growth in year three.
• Established new accounts with Asurion, Assurant, Getac, Safeware, SquareTrade, Staples, and others.
• Secured Getac’s 2000 units/month BTO assembly, enabling the company’s compliance with the Trade Agreement Act.
• Fostered strong relationships with clients to identify needs, establish pricing proposals, develop business plans, and deploy strategies that resulted in best-in-class Net Promoter Scores through continual process.
• Generated $150k in annual transportation cost savings by renegotiating UPS service agreements, resulting in enhanced service offerings while still reducing supply chain costs.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

• Oversaw production operations and led a team of four Managers and 50 associates. Drove key client acquisitions that created $26 million in annual incremental revenue and organic growth. Image Micro was a privately.
• Awarded “Supplier of the Year” from Asurion.
• Collaborated with Sales Leadership to develop relationships with insurance administrators, retailers, tier-one manufacturers including Assurant, Asurion, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Dell, and HP.
• Contributed to the design requirements for enhancing the ERP and shop floor control system that added new service capabilities, process management, and enabled robust information for continuous process improvement.
• Coordinated with Quanta to implement consigned inventory of OEM design manufacturers spare parts, resulting in decreased transportation costs and improving cycle times by 25%.Operations Leadership:
• Designed and implemented operational procedures for the Dell Consolidated Returns program, resulting in recovery of spare parts from a complex supply chain, contributing to 35% of total company revenue.

Miami, Florida, US

• Collaborated with Finance on developing six-week projections, six-month ad week plans, and conduct post-ad analysis. Worked with merchandisers and advertisers to establish quick-turn inventory requirements for.
• Directed data mining projects addressing cost efficiency, profitability, value-added sales offerings, and customer loyalty.
• Improved assisted sales margins by 290 bps and 10% item/ticket improvement with a Retail commission program initiative measured on margins, service attachments and percentage contribution.
• Upgraded the Merchandising financial reporting platform for robust forecasting, budgeting, and inventory quality.
• Created Departmental and Vendor scorecards to maximize profitability, manage transactional margins and swiftly identify underperforming categories and products.

Miami, Florida, US

• Directed all aspects of supply chain management with OEMs, ODMs, vendors, and 3rd Party Logistics partners. Oversaw a team of 37 direct reports comprised of managers and employees.
• Implemented a multivendor procurement process utilizing multivendor logic (MVL) and set up an EDI process to streamline purchasing and vendor management
• Worked closely with manufacturers to source refurbished parts and developed a process that decreased operating costs, warranty costs, and material costs by over $1 million
• Outsourced $39 million in annual laptop repairs through three strategically located 3PL partners, reducing economic costs by 65% and improving turnaround times from 10 to three days
• Improved three-day cycle times by 50% via an HP “Rapid Repair” program using retail-stocked SKUs for HP warranty repairs, improving CSAT ranking from bottom quartile to #1 within two quarters
• Secured a $6 million Hewlett Packard on-site contract to service all HP computers in the Retail channel

Miami, Florida, US

• Led the development of Forecasts and Field-level budgets for the Technical Services and Technology Training divisions, oversaw the Accounts Payable process, and lead a team of three Managers and twenty-five Team Members.
• Reduced warranty parts and labor charge-back costs by $700k annually, streamlined supplier communications, and improved A/P process through coordinated effort with CompUSA and its manufacturers.
• Developed a monthly performance review process to focus the organization on key drivers and programs, identify opportunity areas and ensure consistent progress within respective Business Units.
• Performed month-end close and coordinated with corporate accounting to ensure GAAP compliance.
• Produced monthly P&L statements, and analyzed corporate business opportunities, strategic initiatives, new product introductions and capital expenditures.

Miami, Florida, US

Miami, Florida, US

Miami, Florida, US

Service Center ManagerService TechnicianHardware Sales associate

Mechanical Engineering

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Education record