John Blake, Mba Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, NV, US

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Long-term engine fleet planning, analysis, & asset management
• Engine heavy maintenance forecasting
• Vendor relationship management and development
• Parts & materials tracking, disposition, & monetization
• Professional development

• Rebuilt TRASM model to provide more visibility into forecast by geographic entity for senior finance leaders
• Managed Corporate salary and benefits forecast, including furloughs, vloas, and employee retention credits
• Tracked annual revenue, labor, and selling expense lines; supported Commercial and Admin Finance teams
• Accelerated onboarding and training of newer members of merged Ops Budgets and Capital Planning teams
• Rewrote handbook and template for 2021 Budget submissions to support hybrid zero-base/YO2Y approach

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Aggregated data and modeled competitor capex and ROU project spend to inform financing decisions
• Prepared monthly report on non-AC capex spend to highlight divisional forecasting and underspend trends
• Presented $2.5M+ capex projects, leases, and business practice changes for Finance SVP and CFO approval
• Collaborated with Division and BUs to research precedent investments, vet calculations, and test assumptions

Houston, Texas Area

Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Fellow, Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) FellowIREP Award, Robert E Phillips Award for Excellence in Presentation, Jones Scholar Award

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Evaluated $1B NPV regional aircraft purchase opportunity; produced and adapted supporting analyses including five-year fleet plans, comparative utilization analyses, aircraft debt and pricing models, and NPV calculations
• Identified potential to generate $600-$700M in incremental NPV, improve asset utilization by 15%, and achieve better alignment to fleet simplification and regional up-gauge strategy

Houston, Texas Area

Marketing, scheduling, and administration of private ESL lessons, test prep, and small-group sessions

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Recruitment and scheduling of aerobics instructors.

Ticket sales and subscription management

Logistical support

Seoul, Korea

EFL conversation classes with university students, working professionals, and language enthusiasts.

Seoul, South Korea

• Instructor (2008-2013)
• Focused on reading/listening comprehension, written/oral summarization, and building vocabulary. Prepped students for standardized testing (TOEFL).
• Introduced literary analysis and composition of academic and creative essays.Program Marketing, Program Part (Mar-May 2012)
• Participated in development of new curricula and revision of old curricula.
• Led training workshops; organized debate contest (14 locations, 70+ students).Faculty Manager (Sep 2010 - Feb 2011)
• Trained and supervised 16 instructors to improve classroom performance.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Corporate Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Economics - Business And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Penn Glee Club, Onyx Senior Honor Society

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Studies, African Studies