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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Managed a vendor team and directed a group of nine (9) distributed program managers, successfully led the annual sales territory assignment program assigning over 32,000 customer account setups for almost 8000 sellers; ensured equitable territory design, expedited quota assignment, and enabled critical sales tools (CRM) and systems access.• Created and implemented reporting to audit and correct sellers with incorrect account setups and/or compensation plans resulting in over 99% accurate quarterly incentive compensation payouts (a nearly 5% year-over-year improvement).• Increased consumption and utilization of sales enablement tools and analytics (MS Power BI) by over 30% year-over-year, resulting in a decrease of support ticket volumes and increased capacity for front-line program managers.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Effectively led a team of four (4) program managers in direct support of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), provided vision, direction, and technology expertise for the senior leadership team and key cross-functional stakeholders.• Developed and implemented a strategic planning program for the transformation office (TMO); identified and scoped 3 complex strategic initiatives worth over $20 million in sustained annual cost transformation and efficiencies.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Managed an Agile team in the development of a new contract management platform leveraging OCR technology and delivered $2 million in year-one savings, and over $12 million of opportunity across 3 to 5 future years.• Responsible for the creation and improvement of automated tools and digital enablement strategies, Agile product support and cultural adoption, value creation, change management, and thought leadership and consultation.• Pioneered the development and implementation of a new demand forecasting and modeling tool leveraging AI and ML capabilities, supporting key contract renewals and critical supplier RFP / bid events.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Developed and implemented key operational objectives and strategic initiatives delivering over $6 million of sustained cost transformation and operational process improvements.• Scoped and scaled large, cross-functional digital transformation and continuous improvement initiatives; core team member for the implementation of an enterprise scaled Agile product development framework.• Facilitated the implementation of a scaled Agile framework, overseeing transformation and organizational adoption for the Power Distribution organization.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Chief of Staff; led and orchestrated the annual planning process, provided vision, direction and financial expertise to the Senior VP (SVP) and senior leadership team; partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to scope and scale a portfolio of large, complex, enterprise projects and strategic initiatives.• Created and implemented business intelligence tools and analytics (Power BI) visualizing organizational OKRs and KPIs, which reduced regulatory risk exposure and delivered over $9 million in targeted expense reductions.• Led a cross-functional steering committee which facilitated the successful development and implementation of an Operating Model and Balanced Scorecard ensuring Operational Excellence compliance and strict adherence to government regulations.• Automated antiquated manual processes and financial reporting and analytics; created and implemented advanced business intelligence tools and dashboards (Power BI) visualizing key financial insights resulting in over $1.2 million in cost transformation.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics