David Laborde Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Hand selected to join $350MM Digital Business Unit Operations team as an internal consultant, known for diplomacy, attention to detail, project management, and ability to illicit change.
• M&A/Integrations – Managed the People & Process workstreams for the acquisition and integration of a $130MM consulting firm and a $20MM consulting firm into new, $9B parent company, Rockwell Automation. Analyzed.
• Process Improvement - Identified, developed, and launched process improvement initiative leveraging PowerBI to improve project approval process as company scaled from $130MM to $350MM within 2 years without increasing.
• Risk - Oversaw Quality Risk Management process, advising on and approving 1200 consulting/client contracts per year through analysis of project profit margin, delivery, and legal risk. Liaison between consulting sales.
• People Management - Managed team of developers and analysts who maintain and develop internal financial software, PowerBI platform, and project quoting tools.

Greater Chicago Area

• Supported multi-year engagements for $50B Food & Beverage Conglomerate and $6B Games & Toy Manufacturer to improve R&D processes, decrease time to market, and increase user adoption of software tools.
• Process Improvement – Analyzed global current state “handover to manufacturing” between R&D and Manufacturing. Recommended and implemented ‘handover to manufacturing’ process improvements, considering 3 different.
• Executive Presentation – Developed and delivered R&D 5-year software strategy and platform architecture roadmap to unlock future innovation through improved data quality and connectivity to Senior Leadership.
• Training – Delivered training on new 3D Product Development software and collaboration process to 500 end-users (Designers, Engineers, Manufacturers) across 4 R&D facilities (New York, California, China, Vietnam).
• Technical Development – Managed team of developers who configured and deployed 3D Product Development software. Facilitated end-user requirement gathering and managed system configuration, testing, training, and.

Greater Chicago Area

As a Senior Consultant, I assist my client's development of new products and innovations through PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software implementations across the consumer goods industry by improving communications and data transparency. I also help recruit and develop the next generation of innovators through his campus recruiting and Kalypso.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Developed and deployed oil management program for billion-dollar food and beverage global conglomerate
• Revised oil management processes, updated allowable oil matrix, and created new oil management specifications improving knowledge transfer and communication from Product Developers through Production
• Created and administered PLM software training for new program roll-out across North America

Houston, Texas

As Salata's Executive Brand Director, I oversaw every aspect of the brand that interacted with our guests. I directly managed our Marketing Department, Graph Designers, Central Commissary and Purchasing Departments as well as our brand expansion strategy. I was responsible for all food and beverage purchases ($15 MM annually) as well as FF&E and store.

Houston, Texas Area

As Director of Product Development and Vendor Relations I led Salata in restructuring their entire purchasing department, harnessing their purchasing power to driving down costs.

Houston, Texas Area

I work as a liaison between national and regional chains and Labatt Food Service - lowering the customer's overall cost of goods and customizing programs to fit their individual needs. #1 in sales for the past 2 consecutive years, increasing our national account portfolio by 200%. I work closely with potential clients, analyzing their purchases, evaluating.

Houston, Texas Area

I oversaw and ran food purchasing and production for Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen. Ensured guest satisfaction for 5000+ patrons weekly. Oversaw Front of House training program, bar inventory, scheduling, and new hire orientations.

London, United Kingdom

Collaborated with seismic team to process data for ChevronTexaco project. I manipulated raw field data into readable seismic plots for drilling and exploration projects.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: President - Out & Allied; Member - Consulting Club, Marketing Club

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics

Activities and Societies: CARPOOL, Maroon Out Committee, Fish Camp Co-Chair, One Army Member