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Drive informed business decisions by leveraging analytics and furnishing pivotal data to shape future strategic initiatives. Skilled in analyzing data and forecasting outcomes, enabling precise strategy formulation in alignment with company objectives and fostering operational excellence.• Drove cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with key stakeholders, on-time deliverables, and project tracking for optimal business outcomes.• Proficiently gathered and analyzed extensive data sets, enabling swift decision-making and the development of insightful recommendations to address complex business challenges.• Structured and resolved intricate operational issues, leveraging analytical aptitude to develop compelling, actionable solutions, contributing to streamlined business processes.• Successfully managed concurrent projects from conception to execution, meeting prescribed timelines, and delivering against defined success criteria in a fast-paced environment.

Positively influences business decisions by providing data taken from market research and forecasting results to steer future strategy development. • Aligns business strategies with market trends and projected forecast• Conceptualized business intelligence solutions using complex data sets to direct external and internal clients

Progressive member of the company having held several titles (Technical Data Analyst, Product Specialist, Pathology Assistant, and Specimen Processing Clerk). Drove organizational growth and profitability through using valuable information from forecasting, budgeting, and market research to develop strategic plans and prepare for any challenges. Functioned as a key contributor within Agile teams, and worked with cross-functional members in efforts to facilitate project progress. Communicated IT application requirement recommendations to the Executive team. Additional duties consisted of building strategic partnerships, generating quotes and sales pipelines and negotiating contracts and payments. • Optimized processes through enhancing data processing functions and developing clear KPI’s with corresponding dashboards to support field based Technical Director activity. • Repeatedly recognized for exceptional leadership, performance and dedication by staff and customers• Successfully collaborated with finance, accounting, and sales departments to organize and enhance technical invoice processing resulting in improved collections from 56% to 87% for Consulting Services over Fiscal Year 2016• Standardized the use of internal software to create an integrated solution for Sales and Product Leadership

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Promoted from Store Manager and Assistant manger throughout tenure. Exercised leadership supervising all business operations across 12 multi-state locations. Overhauled the implementation of district plans while monitoring sales and revenue, and identifying ways to minimize costs. Oversaw the opening of new stores and managed and hiring and recruiting of top talent. • Improved staff proficiency and performance through serving as a district trainer for new POS systems• Championed a 100% Secret Shop Score as a result of effective customer service training• Improved shrink by 74% in Fall 2009 and 63% in Spring 2009

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Member (Business Honors Society) and MBA Honors Graduate

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Accounting And Business/Management