John Economos Email & Phone Number

I wear a lot of hats as a small-business owner, but most of my time is split between HR and Outreach. When I'm not tending to the needs of our team, I handle all inquiries from homeowners, realtors, and builders. If you want to learn more about what we do in a no-strings-attached sort of way, give me a shout!

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• To serve Bâton Global's clients, John:
• Lead sessions to promote honest discussions about strengths, impediments, and opportunities
• Engaged board and executive leadership to establish a strategic plan with clear guidance on how to activate and measure progress
• Coached leaders on how to navigate crucial decisions and conversations with their employees, peers, and superiors
• Supported business partners in their journey of improving processes and decision-making by integrating systems, establishing workflows, and creating forums for analyticsTo perform those activities in a way that.
• Listened intently and learned quickly to understand a client's priorities, people, and processes

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• Advocated for the importance of using data to make decisions and treating data as an asset rather than an output
• Translated project requirements and priorities between marketing, distribution, IT, and operations
• Gathered, analyzed, and provided summaries of data from internal databases by writing SQL queries and using BI applications

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• Strategically led a three-person team with a balance of transformational and transactional leadership
• Coached direct reports on how to handle difficult conversations with peers and superiors
• Empowered business partners by creating custom, interactive dashboards to help with tracking and decision-making
• Analyzed 1,520,000 original data points to provide simple insights by using advanced formulas and pivot tables in Excel
• Coded macros in VBA, resulting in a semi-automated series of Excel files to replace manual processes within the team

Des Moines, Iowa, US

♦♦ Quality Assurance Lead - Insurance Administration⇨ Partnered with Director to start a new functional area that aligned with business strategy⇨ Conducted interviews and hired two employees by using a custom competency model⇨ Capitalized on the knowledge of highly-tenured and experienced associates by involving them in the creation of the new QA program⇨.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

♦♦ Business Strategy - Retirement and Income Solutions⇨ Contributed to the creation of an operational health scorecard to assist vice presidents with setting strategy⇨ Researched emerging financial-technology (fintech) companies⇨ Helped create a culture of seeing problems as opportunities⇨ Traveled to office in Pune, India to connect with associates being.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

♦♦ Operations Consultant - Insurance Administration⇨ Led a team of 5 MBA students to create tools for the business by partnering with Iowa State University's CyBiz Lab⇨ Established operational excellence by evaluating processes for efficiency gains and ease-of-use

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• Built understanding of investment products and trends in equities, fixed income, and real estate
• Reduced lengthy manual procedures from 3 hours to 10 minutes within Excel by developing VBA code and applying macros
• Participated in the Social Development Committee to provide networking opportunities for other interns

Ames, Iowa, US

• One of 34 students selected to be ambassadors for Iowa State University
• Welcomed and assisted a diverse group of 6,000 new and transfer students to campus
• Completed 100 hours of training related to public speaking, customer service, diversity, and academic success
• Served on student/family question and answer panels in front 300 people
• Provided customer service to recruit and retain students for Iowa State University

Kansas City, Missouri, US

• Managed $400,000 annual budget
• Updated manual collection process to online ACH system, resulting in a $90,000 initial improvement in cash flow
• Developed new internal control accounting procedures through QuickBooks