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Dallas, Texas, United States

With over 20 years of reimagining, realigning, and optimizing operations, spend management, and supply chain we specialize in challenging our clients to think differently, develop actionable strategies, and deliver measurable results.What we do: - Strategic Advisory - Organizational Realignments - Operational and Technology Assessments - Solution Design & Implementation - Operational and Technology Optimizations - Change Management and Organizational Readiness

Dallas, Tx

Revolutionized shared services at the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), achieving annualized cost savings of $50M within 2 years (25% of the 10 year goal of $200M)Established a strategic partnership with Concur resulting in over $3M in annual revenues with a Year-over-Year growth rate of 20%Transformed the global source-to-pay function at AlkermesRedesigned contract and risk management protocols at the University of DelawareOptimized supply chain technology usage and created a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) reporting program for Clinical Services at MD Anderson Cancer CenterRevamped the procurement function at University of Maryland Transformed the approach to fraud management at Stanford UniversityEstablished New Employee Onboarding and Employee Enrichment programs at Huron resulting in substantial increases in employee satisfaction scores for all measures and reduced employee turnover in a high churn industryAchieved a high Net Promoter Score (90%), Customer Satisfaction Score (93%), client repeat business (87%) and account expansion rates (77.3%) throughout my career at HuronPresented several times at various industry conferences resulting in several new client signings

Dallas, Tx

Designed and implemented a holistic 3 year indirect procurement technology and process strategy roadmap at McDonald's, delivering $20M in annual savings in year 2 (1 year in advance of target date) and driving purchasing compliance to over 80% within 6 months of deploymentLed an effort at Southwest Airlines to transition support of all non-critical financial and administrative systems to a managed services model during the AirTran mergero Managed a cross-functional team consisting of 4 on-site and 5 off-shore resources, transitioning support of all systems to that team within 6 months (2 months in advance of deadline)Led a global supply chain technology overhaul and implementation of Procurement and Travel & Expense solutions and technological infrastructure at American Airlineso Managed a cross-functional team consisting of 4 on-site and 5 off-shore resourceso Reduced the number of system outages by 80% and downtime by a factor of 4

Dallas, Tx

Launched a startup that provided a SaaS financial solution for the new home construction industry, managing all aspects of the Company’s operations. Grew revenues and profit, delivering profit increase of 142% CAGR ($30k to $430k) and annual revenue growth from $180k to $1.15M (86% CAGR).

Established a Managed Services service line at BearingPoint utilizing a mix of onshore and offshore resources generating recurring annual revenues of over $2MTransformed global procurement and sourcing functions at 7-Eleven Inc., achieving annualized cost savings of $5M (or approximately 30% of the 5 year target)Led a technical development team at AT&T for a global deployment of both Ariba and PeopleSoft in 2001

Dallas, Tx

Led the development and support of subcontractor interfaces for an SAP implementation at Texas Instruments

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Systems

Activities and Societies: MBA Association President