Eli Cottrell Email & Phone Number

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Greater Phoenix Area

• Responsible for managing and controlling up to 30 US government projects. Worked exclusively in the US Government sector by supporting government-funded projects.
• Continuously using advanced data visualization tools such as Power BI and inhouse data science and analysis tools to extract meaning from data in extremely large databases and datasets
• Created and delivered project schedules and data summarizations to managers using Microsoft Project and PowerBI
• Contributing to the entire company's financial operations and reporting and frequently performed financial analysis, cost variance, project scheduling, and general project forecast and health statusing
• Communicated closely with project managers, resource managers, finance, and accounting to resolve budget issues, forecast expectations, and maintain budget accuracy

Greater Phoenix Area

• Created an enterprise-wide roadmap for program implementation, and tasked to complete a major project of rewriting the Earned Value Management System, a government compliance document needed for government contracting.
• Created a roadmap for the government to work with Iridium, and extensively researched regulatory standards enforced by the government including accounting processes, financial processes and organizational structure to.
• Successfully created a comprehensive system for Iridium’s contracts relating to project management, accounting, and financial processes into a clear document for the U.S. Government
• Started from scratch with all 32 guidelines, writing in-depth contract guidelines complete with supporting documents like integrated master schedules, statement of works, work breakdown structure, and more
• Exceeded the goal of 14 guidelines approved for government compliance by receiving approval for all 32 guidelines for government compliance and audit tests

Greater Phoenix Area

Helped open the company's first retail store for the Bad Birdie brand. Worked directly with customers, helped manage inventory, merchandised store, and handled transactions.

Greater Phoenix Area

• Hired to assist users with all applications within the Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
• Trained extensively to develop a comprehensive and intricate knowledge base of products, service and software
• Communicated directly with end users to and provided customer service aligned with the Microsoft values
• Quickly sifted through massive amounts of data to identify and resolve presenting support issues