Jeffrey White Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin

Specializes in strategic planning, business intelligence, project and portfolio management, and operational analysis, with a focus on improving performance across the Union’s diverse operations. Leads a team that advises and drives initiatives in operations, student programming, workplace equity, campus events, IT, and sustainability, ensuring alignment with organizational values and strategic goals. Key contributions include:• Conducting operational deep-dives to address areas impacted by the pandemic, such as dining, events, conferences, and social education programming, resulting in improved efficiency and performance.• Developing advanced dashboards and delivering unique, data-driven insights by integrating information from various systems, empowering leadership and staff to make informed strategic decisions.• Project managing dining innovations, including the implementation of flexible dining plans, digital menus, and mobile ordering systems for 35+ locations, in collaboration with functional leaders across the organization.• Establishing frameworks and plans for key initiatives now led by the team, including sustainability efforts, DEI and workplace equity initiatives, IT solutions, and planning for major campus events.• Streamlining processes for budgeting, resource allocation, and operational efficiency for over 400 full-time staff and 1,800+ student employees.• Enhancing cross-functional collaboration and project execution through effective team leadership and portfolio management.Focused on delivering innovative, inclusive, and sustainable solutions to advance the Union’s strategic priorities while addressing the challenges of a post-pandemic landscape.

Madison, Wisconsin

Strategic Planning• Drive strategic planning, execution & tracking process via organization-wide facilitation and regular executive updates.• Facilitate monthly Strategy Team meetings where executives interface with subject matter experts from across the organization on pressing topics.Business Intelligence• Provide insights, interactive dashboards & reports across the Wisconsin Union's entire spectrum of operations, including dining, events, conferences, hotels, theater, facilities, membership, donations, budgeting, human resources & Memorial Union Terrace.• Create explanatory data visualizations and clear recommendations for high-priority but thorny business challenges with disparate or limited information.• Build and maintain improved tools for assessing student engagement at the Wisconsin Union and across all of Student Affairs.Project Portfolio Management• Manage the Wisconsin Union's project portfolio, instilling new practices across the organization to holistically manage the costs, timelines & resource constraints in our project pipeline.• Create simplified templates for project charters, project plans & project check-ins.• Mentor project leads in best practices for managing projects.Internal Consulting• Lead Internal Consulting team check-ins, helping team prioritize and collaborate on our DEI, technology, sustainability, strategy & data efforts.

• Facilitate the development of 3-year strategic plans at executive retreats• Consult across business units to create aligned 1-year plans• Lead a cross-functional team focused on developing clear, actionable insights on industry trends, competitive threats, and strategic opportunities• Build intuitive data visualizations using R, Tableau, SAP Lumira, & Excel• Drive the creation and tracking of tactical plans to execute company strategy• Provide frequent written and oral communications on strategic issues and opportunities to executives and board members

• Developed organizational blueprints to bring structure to highly ambiguous business and IT environments• Simplified how the organization scopes complex transformation initiatives and continuous improvement efforts by focusing on people, processes, and technology• Translated between business leaders and technical staff to structure the development of concrete solutions from business strategy

• Managed numerous IT-intensive projects to address operational pain points along supply chain• Developed dashboard to increase visibility for all project timelines and their interdependencies• Trained project managers and business analysts on software for project management, portfolio management, and gathering requirements

• Designed statistical models that improved the forecasting accuracy of promotional spending• Improved pricing strategies by identifying product price elasticities and the effects of competitor pricing maneuvers• Provided insights on SKUs that were unprofitable as well as those with untapped potential to improve the overall health of the product portfolio

Master'S Certificate, Project Management

B.S., Economics, Math

Activities and Societies: University of Wisconsin Marching Band