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Phoenix, AZ, US

Enabling the manufacture and development of high-value expertly engineered manufacturing tools and components in the Aerospace industry.

• Responsible for business intelligence related to pricing and supply of equipment across all of North America, the development of new systems to support rate setting, as well as systems related to customer experience.
• Developed the process by which automated pricing will occur in later phases of a current project, this was accomplished through companywide collaboration in all locations across the US, while managing and building a.
• Developed the company’s first forecast. This forecast has consistently performed within a 98% accuracy at a system level for the 8 weeks of forecast it creates. In two of the five months it has been active, it has.
• Transitioned reporting and equipment management at all U-Haul locations into Power Bi reports that are interactive and provide much greater detail with live data.
• Co-developed a data-science project to dynamically direct the pickup and drop-off of trucks to centers and dealers in need of inventory, this resulted in a steady flow of product where rentals were taking place and a.

• Project Managed all aspects of frozen yogurt vending machine business including a 600-bed hospital with 2 machines servicing hundreds of first responders and healthcare professionals. Cleaning, stocking, filling.
• Became the most knowledgeable franchisee out of the 200+ in the machine operations and the issues that plagued members, developed fixes, which the franchisor distributed to all other franchisees.
• Created a social network group for other franchisees for consultation and help with social marketing
• In the first year increased profits 3-fold by adjusting mid-flight to industry needs and customer feedback.
• Utilized experience in Earned Value Management to guide the business.
• Maintain compliance with all local and federal laws and regulations including the Health Department, and report all required monthly filings.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Owned Microsoft Hardware Earned Value Management, completely redesigned the costing and risk and opportunity processes and achieved high-level accuracy in all new systems.
• Migrated the team’s risk and opportunity (R&Os) tracking to an online Microsoft supported system. Allowed 120 Sourcing Managers to manage in real time, improving communication among departments. Resulted in 99.5%.
• Developed and implemented business process strategies, affecting EVM analysis and product costing to an automated state, reducing time for the task from 2 weeks to 2 days.
• Project managed with sourcing and development team of 28 to coordinate and manage sourcing of New Production Introduction (NPI) with potential $1B+ in revenue.
• Hired and managed 3 vendors and built relationships to successfully transform system and tools used by 120 Sourcing Managers within Microsoft’s Hardware Division.
• Compiled $14B annual budget and managed projects including SAP system development improvements, allowing management to strategically allocate resources to optimize productivity.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Overhauled EVM functions, automating and enabling immediate variance to budget analysis.
• Compiled annual forecasted budget for all Microsoft hardware, collaborated with engineering and sourcing managers to accurately detail monthly expenditures and total spend in great detail.
• Drove validation of bill of materials (BOM) per product line and coordinated with engineering and management to gain engineering level access to approve engineering change orders.
• Owned and maintained master data system and increased efficiency through automation, improving accuracy rate of BOM roll up from 80% to 98%.
• Promoted a level in 2012 in the same role.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Managed $300M global Xbox accessory planning, building relationships with external corporations.
• In a team of 5 became the systems expert and unified the team’s data and reporting structure.
• Drove down excess inventory created by the economic downturn of 2008 by 300% within six months

Redmond, Washington, US

• Load-planned for Xbox for all shipments out of China, managing 20+ containers per week.
• Developed system to provide cost rollups to management along with market analysis, and R&Os.

• Provided Cost Accounting analysis for home builder with properties spanning 5 neighborhoods.
• Created database to track budget, validated new spend accuracy, and presented in CEO meetings. - Left this job as my wife was hired at Microsoft and we moved to Seattle.

Gütersloh, DE

• Managed KPI & CPE reporting for various Microsoft programs for contact center and fulfillment services
• Reporting to senior management and Microsoft VAMs all KPIs related to the customer contact center and fulfillment services for Microsoft Partner programs – this of course required an intimate understanding of all KPIs.
• Ensured on time & accurate reporting of over 40 KPIs for 9 different programs on a daily, weekly and monthly cadence enabling Arvato and Microsoft managers to utilize in order to effectively manage their business and.
• Internally drove the development of an automated data warehouse for the creation of the reporting system within Arvato; this data warehouse effectively reduced report creation time, while increasing accuracy and.