Daniel Graham Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Texas

As a fully-licensed pyrotechnician, I execute professional fireworks displays on behalf of nationally-recognized display companies. In other words, I get to blow stuff up and get paid for it! Among other skills, this allows me to perform the following:• Operate state-of-the-art electronic equipment in a hazardous, fast-paced environment to achieve precision results with a priority on safety and regulatory compliance.• Coordinate the logistics of transporting federally-regulated hazardous materials from warehouse to end user/display locations• Train and supervise a highly-specialized team of pyrotechnicians to execute professional fireworks displaysSome of the places I've been privileged to entertain with fire include:• Sea World (San Antonio)• Dallas Athletic Club• Laredo Country Club• Ridgewood Country Club (Waco)• City of Austin• ...and many, many others!

As the Change Adoption Lead for the Advanced Analytics team, I support the implementation of advanced technical solutions across the enterprise, ensuring effective sponsorship, high customer satisfaction, and increased change adoption. I also lead efforts to increase stakeholder awareness of change methodologies and how to integrate process and project management best practices in an Agile environment.

As a Project Engineer with the Enterprise Integration team, I lead enterprise-wide initiatives with a focus on continuous improvement, change management, and process excellence to deliver business results. Some of the best practices and principles I rely on to achieve this include the following:• PDCA and DMAIC problem solving• The Shingo Model of guiding principles • Lean/Six Sigma process improvement methodology• The Culture of Accountability approach to personal ownership and culture changeSome significant project successes I have enjoyed include the following:• Lead enterprise-wide change management resulting in the successful stand-up and deployment of a new organizational capability with Aeronautics Operations, directly impacting ~2,500 stakeholders• Worked with team to develop new Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy for the company, resulting in the restructuring of training and certification requirements and stronger alignment between CI capabilities and business needs• Developed and conducted a Change Risk & Readiness Assessment with ~50 senior executives across the company in support of an enterprise transformation impacting all 24,000 employees• Conducted a process improvement Kaizen with members of Advanced Analytics and IT teams, resulting in greater product quality, reduced rework, and increased customer satisfaction

As a Life Cycle Optimization & Maintenance Planner, I investigate, analyze, and recommend opportunities to improve the operational support capability and affordability of our sustainment business operations from an integrated product life cycle perspective. Some of the ways I accomplish this are as follows:• Continuous process improvement / Lean Six Sigma methodologies• Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) methodology• Inventory demand modeling• Evaluation of operational data• Life cycle affordability initiativesSome recent accomplishments I’m especially proud of include:• Worked with a special project group to develop a new “Sustainment Operational Support Analysis” process that was subsequently endorsed by management and adopted as the primary charter for my team• Identified a $133MM lifetime cost avoidance based on detailed financial analysis of system support options• Recommended supply chain improvements to resolve a projected inventory shortage of a critical component at minimal cost• Completed Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training

I was privileged to lead cross-functional team of consultants in the delivery of value-added business solutions to nationally-recognized companies. Some of my responsibilities as a Principal Consultant included:• Evaluation of potential projects for alignment with consulting team core competencies• Interface with clients to shape work scope and define deliverables• Management of project execution against strict deadlinesSome of the project highlights for me were:-- Providing oversight to a team responsible for identifying supply chain “best practices” and developing a framework of metrics based on that research to analyze the supply chain for supporting the largest aerospace program in history-- Working with a team to develop a business plan for increasing revenues by 50% at a newly-acquired, 10,600-acre capital development project

In this position I supported international contract negotiations with a focus on Latin American service providers. Some of the skills I developed during this internship include:• Evaluation of international contracts, taking into consideration factors such as foreign exchange rates and historical inflation (CPI)• Building and maintaining the relationship between the company and its suppliers, specifically across Latin America• Navigating international (and frequently multilingual!) negotiations in support of business objectives I am especially proud of the following achievements:-- Performed financial analysis contributing to $107K cost-avoidance in international contract negotiations-- Gathered resource planning data related to contracts worth approximately $20M in annual business volume and presented findings to VP, Purchasing

In this role I provided technical support to Texas legislators and members of their staff. This included:• Software training• Technical writing• Online help• Curriculum development• Web portal development• Expertise in MS Office as well as custom software applicationsI am especially proud of the following achievements:-- My collaboration with a cross-disciplinary team to successfully implement an integrated accounting software system, for which I designed 88% of the support documentation; I subsequently presented training to our CFO, Budget Administrator, and all division-level managers-- I was pleased to direct a team in the creation of an agency-wide online knowledge base in SharePoint for increased quality of service to our clients

As Program Manager for the Literacy Council of Williamson County (LCWC), I oversaw the delivery of educational programs at nine sites throughout the county. Some of the many skills I exercised include:• Volunteer recruiting, training, & management• Resource allocation within budget constraints• Curriculum design & implementation• English as a Second Language (ESL)• Basic Literacy instruction• GED preparation• Database managementI am especially proud of the following achievements:-- Streamlined our assessment process, increasing student enrollment and reducing wait time 50%-- Engineered major expansion that tripled the size of one of our educational programs to serve a client base that had increased 300%-- Inspired performance from my students to achieve a 98% success rate on the GED exam

Round Rock, Tx

I began my career as a co-founding member of this non-denominational church in Round Rock, TX. While my main responsibilities were for the establishment and leadership of the music ministry, I quickly found myself involved in everything but the kitchen sink, including:• Leading worship• Recruiting & training volunteer musicians• Identifying and mentoring potential leaders• Leading home Bible studies• Co-leading the youth group• Serving as Secretary on the Board of Directors• Building & equipment maintenance, storage, and transport• Developing & delivering the occasional sermon...and the list just goes on. Suffice it to say that I probably learned more leadership, service, humility, and confidence during these 6 years than any comparable time before or since. While it's hard to capture the highlights in a bullet list, here are a few from a "business" perspective:• Trained members and leaders of music ministry, resulting in 400% growth over 5 years• Identified and mentored potential church leaders; guided them into autonomous leadership roles for 3 new program offerings• Drove increase in volunteer staffing of children’s ministries from 2 volunteers to 15 committed individuals

Mba, Supply And Value Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholars The TCU Entrepreneurial, Development, Growth and Education Group Beta Gamma.

B.M., Music, Education

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Honor SocietyGraduated Summa cum Laude