Board of Directors and Finance Committee member - volunteer

Lead multiple data and analytics teams supporting Accounting, FP&A, and all internal/external financial reporting.

Led a big data project to improve analytics and data quality for $2B network expenseBuilt new data infrastructure to enable profitability analysis from aggregate business unit or customer results down to individual (and actionable) customer servicesImproved reporting and data qualityNew analysis is driving several million in cost savings and identifying rerate opportunities for unprofitable customers

Provide strategic analysis and reporting for the North America President and leadership team. Manage $6B North America budget and forecast, highlighting risks and growth opportunities. Valued business partner who works seamlessly across sales, operations, marketing, and accounting to provide insights, improve reporting and business processes, manage M&A integrations, and ultimately drive profitable growth.Active participant in various development programs, mentoring dozens of people over the last 5 yearsLevel 3 Cares Ambassador - frequent volunteer, coordinate team volunteer activities

Promoted from Manager to Sr. Manager to Director to Sr. Director within FinanceInfluenced reporting at all levels of the company from board and C-level down to individual manager dashboards and portalsVarious budgeting roles - developed bottom up $6B NA revenue budgets, provided top down global targetsSignificant integration roles in tw telecom, Global Crossing, and Black Lotus acquisitions. Developed new combined company process for cash/working capital management, capital ROI and approval process, commissions plans, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. Led finance integration for Black Lotus acquisition.My analysis is frequently presented to C-level and occasionally presented to the board - topics include inter-region sales performance, local market reporting strategy, capital competitor benchmarking, product lifecycle, pricing, long term stock performance and ROI, M&A valuationsBusiness partner roles supporting Sales, Marketing, Corporate Real Estate, IT - supported transition from channel to local market sales model, created more financially robust marketing performance metrics, developed multi-year driver based model for $200M corporate real estate spend including analysis to support a $30M ARO balance sheet releaseBuilt external guidance forecast model and supported earnings releases Developed Capital Governance process - monthly executive review to approve and monitor large capital expendituresSpent 2 years in the Business Process Improvement organization as the lead process architect on a new quoting system ($6M project budget). Also led kaizen projects in Product Development, Field Operations, and Access Planning. Trained and mentored new kaizen leaders. Six Sigma black belt.Managed up to 10 people with a strong focus on training, development, and building high performing teamsSelected for Level 3 Emerging Leaders program - top 0.5% of employees

Earned Six Sigma blackbelt for a project on field inventory optimization

Received of NASA Silver Snoopy Award for identifying root cause of a manufacturing defect that grounded the Space Shuttle. Awarded by astronauts to top 1% of space workforce who make exceptional contributions to flight safety.Manufacturing Engineer for Space Shuttle booster separation motorsRan several kaizen events to drive 8X factory throughput increase. Managed first company facility to achieve bronze and silver lean certification. Supervised 20 union employees and engineers across 3 manufacturing facilities