Gregory Kopp Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca/Chicago, Il/Cleveland, Oh/Orlando, Fl

•Amazon 5-Star Author of Kopp Chronicles series of historical fiction books in English, French, Spanish, German & Italian language editions published worldwide. The Kopp Chronicles series are available on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, & many other book stores & their international affiliates in electronic eBook & paperback format. The Kopp Chronicles series is also available in 28,000+ public libraries worldwide including New York, London, Hong Kong, Dublin, Boston, Los Angeles, Taipei & more.•A Talent Ambassador for The Walt Disney Company, a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in three business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. Ranked #2 Most Valuable Entertainment Company & #6 in Fortune magazine's 2023 World's Most Admired Companies. My successful efforts resulted in over 4571 job views and 2085 talent application submissions. •I consult to leading Fortune 500, midsize and non-profit organizations to improve their financial enterprise operating performance through project engagements in my firm’s Human Capital, Enterprise Performance, Media & Entertainment, & Publishing consulting service lines in Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH & Orlando, FL.

Los Angeles, Ca/Chicago, Il

Senior Information Management Consultant for a multinational consulting firm founded within Deloitte. RGP serves more than 85% of the Fortune 500 companies, plus high-growth pioneers in today’s digital-first economy, in the areas of Finance & Accounting, Risk & Compliance, Technology & Digital, Supply Chain, Business Transformation and more. A Forbes Best Management Consulting Firm for 2023. Engagements included: •Planning Process Lead/Reporting Project Manager for the IBM Cognos Planning and Forecast implementation for a primary business segment; $8.1 billion revenues in FY2022; of the leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. Managed planning/forecasting process design, QA testing, user training and report development. Client ranked #2 Most Valuable Entertainment Company, #12 Fortune magazine's 2024 World's Most Admired Companies and #13 World’s Best Global Brands 2023. FY2022 segment operating revenue increase >11%.•Designed/conducted Quality Assurance/End to End testing for IBM Cognos Reporting Initiative of the PeopleSoft ERP Global Finance Platform rollout for a premier global human capital solutions firm. •Project Lead for the G/L conversion of life insurance/related non-insurance companies of a $2 trillion global financial services firm into a $41 billion insurance financial services company.•Implemented Oracle Hyperion financial consolidation/reporting application for a Fortune 100 global leader in building efficiency and power solutions organization.•Implemented Oracle Hyperion financial consolidation/reporting application for 4 billion euro Fortune 50 subsidiary of one of the world’s largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. Client ranked #1 Fortune's Most Admired Electronics companies. •Developed/implemented Oracle Hyperion consolidation/reporting application for a Fortune 500 subsidiary of multi-national conglomerate designed to complement Oracle Hyperion Planning application.

Cleveland, Oh

Consultant for the world's premier provider of senior-level accounting, finance, risk compliance and business performance services consulting professionals. The company has offices in more than 345 locations worldwide including North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Named to Fortune magazine's 2023 World's Most Admired Companies list. Consulting engagements included:•Performed Hyperion Enterprise system optimization for division of Fortune 500, multinational including tracing intercompany eliminations and journals and documenting necessary financial and system adjustments. •Developed financial tools for integration of European subsidiaries including key financial metrics and templates. Documented system logic, balance sheet trend analysis, monthly financial statements and a “Best Practices” scorecard. •Implemented Hyperion Pillar planning system. Identified and determined unit costs and asset groups, validated and developed global variables and established Control files and templates, developed rollout plan. •Implemented Hyperion Enterprise for Fortune 500 company; components included a custom front end Data Manager, Hyperion Reporting 3.6 and Web Client Reporting (Spiderman). Conducted Hyperion Enterprise 5.1 logic / chart of accounts verification, report / book validation and Data Manager testing.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

•Managed investment portfolio comprising of corporate equities and real estate. Executed equity and option trades totaling over $1mm. Performed corporate equity analysis and achieved a profitable return on investments.•Conducted salary survey analysis for $40 mm Cleveland based non-profit focused on resolving pressing community issues, and to make measurable changes in communities through partnerships with schools, government agencies, businesses, organized labor, financial institutions, community development corporations, voluntary and neighborhood associations, the faith community, and others.

Cleveland, Oh

Professional Lead for one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with FY21 assets of approximately $186.3 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products to individuals and companies throughout the United States, and, for certain businesses, internationally. •Managed Financial Reporting departmental staff (financial analysts and specialist) for $100mm Technology Operations annual operating and capital plan; including development of financial variance analysis actuals to plan,and monthly/quarterly forecasting process.•Managed the review and evaluation of financial policies and procedures to assist in the integration of 2 Fortune 500 financial organizations’ Technology Operations divisions. Duties included coordinating the implementation of changes and process improvements designed to optimize financial data in decision making and business strategy. •Managed the MIS function for the Operations division of a Fortune 500 financial organization. This involved analyzing existing system hardware and software to increase performance levels and system efficiency and make recommendations on short and long term strategic plans.•Coordinated the implementation of corporate strategic initiatives for a Fortune 500 financial organization. This included analyzing existing processes, procedures and functions; identifying potential issues and consulting with Senior Management to develop and implement cost effective solutions.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics

Activities and Societies: Economics Council, AIESEC

Professional Development, Project Innovation

Stanford Center for Professional Development Courses/Webinars - Best-in-Class Decision Practice Series, Project Innovation through Design.