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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Responsible for designing solutions and Implementing strategies, performing financial analyses, overseeing daily operations, supporting business development activities that contribute to client success and satisfaction

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Built global travel, corporate credit card and expense program. This included defining strategic direction, supplier selection, negotiation, contract management, travel policy, traveler safety, data analysis, reporting, compliance, corporate card and p card management and daily operations and management of travel and expense (T & E) data management.- Implemented SAP Concur Travel and Expense - Implemented Corporate card Program- Created Global Travel & Expense Policy- Designed implementation plan including communication and training

Greater Chicago Area

Oversee financial, operational and strategic goals for indirect category spend including supplier selection, payment terms, negotiation, contract management, performance measurement, purchasing, account management and compliance.Build, develop and lead a global team consisting of managers, buyers, analysts and travel agents to drive best practices, deliver value to enterprise and produce high ROI. Establish, engage, grow, collaborate and mentor relationships with internal stakeholders, functional teams, staff, partners, potential suppliers and existing suppliers. Highlights*Promoted to senior position to head & operate corporate services globally. Prior I held DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL TRAVEL & CORPORATE CARD role. Built department from 6 to 52 including 26 LatAm employees. *Produced incremental $3M bonus by moving credit card program. Increased rebate via lower incentive tiers, expansion and p-card inclusion. *Gained c-suite/key stakeholder buy-in on new card supplier by adding & evangelizing traveler benefits beyond company's financial wins. *Administered communication plans & interactive training for new card programs to 11K employees & executives globally. This included in-person training's, live webinars, recorded & print.*Led implementation of SAP Concur Travel & Expense globally including business case development, assigning & leading team resources, collaborating on implementation plan & tool configuration & reporting progress/successes. *Slashed booking fees by 50%. 1st year savings $79K and $375K over contract term. Further reduced airline discounts to gain $627K 2017 savings. *Chartered new programs with Amazon, Ariba & Spot Buy improving purchase process, reduced payment cycle & increased purchase compliance by 42%. *Centralized & redesigned P2P process to improve financial control/visibility. Cost reduction 16%. *Corporate Services exceeded 2017 total savings goal by 14.5% yielding $3.5M program savings.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for the strategic direction of the day-to-day operation of the global travel program including supplier selection, negotiation, travel policy, traveler safety, data analysis, reporting, compliance, corporate card and p card management and travel and expense (T & E) data management. Highlights:*Grew online travel booking tool registrations by 22% in the first 30 days in the role. Accelerated travel program utilization from 32% to 92% in 18 months generating $1.8M in savings.*Introduced and chaired Travel Advisory Board, monthly webinars that included preferred suppliers, policy updates, tips on booking tool efficiencies and intranet site for education, peer sharing and policy improvement. This was so well received by employees that I received 2 Simply Excellent award for innovation and customer success. *Pioneered Executive VIP Care program for top 25 c-suite executives and their teams. Added 2 FT Nielsen employed travel agents who provided 24/7 support including flight tracking, corporate card assistance, meeting planning, loyalty program management and more. Compliance to preferred suppliers in meetings increased by 46% in less than 24 months.*Improved cost avoidance tracking system to travel program. System included negotiating soft dollar benefits for reduced or elimination of ticket expiration, reuse, and name change fees. Achieved cost avoidance of $974K in first year.*Project managed and improved global travel and expense policy. Built relationships with country leaders, leveraged expertise of local finance and governance teams to add country nuances, provide non-compliance tracking metrics and reporting. This increased financial visibility and governance to policy by 28% in EMEA, 65% in LatAm and 12% in APMEA.*Optimized end to end administration of global corporate and p card program including performance, contract management, KPI’s and daily support team in India.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Founded, built and led this online resource and wholesale provider of destination products and services from the ground up. Defined & executed company vision & brand image. Created aspects of the business including sales, e-commerce strategies,promotions, product development, vendor onboarding and negotiations, contract management, and distribution.HIGHLIGHTS▪ Created the company’s website and booking tool; built a database of travel agents from zero to over 100K* Cultivated relationships and strategic alliances with industry leaders and groups that accelerated and established company brand, reputation, and aligned with company objectives.▪ Brought the company to profitability and eventual sale. Generated additional $526K in revenue through co-op advertising and training.▪ Oversaw sales and marketing functions including budget development and administration, strategy implementation, marketing and training.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

TripTelevision is an Online Sales and Marketing Platform...known as an Internet TV platform outside of the travel industry. Our primary objective is to harness the power of video and the Internet to transform travel marketing by applying an Emmy-Award winning technology to create the ultimate vacation shopping experience and allow travel distributors to shape the video viewing experience to meet their sales and marketing objectives. HIGHLIGHTS* Create and introduce the market to our brand, sales and marketing strategies. * Negotiated for the collection of over 150 hours of destination and hotel video content in 6 months. * Sold video content to 2 tourism websites, 1 tour operator, 25 hotels and streamed to 100's of travel agent websites. * I took an profitable buy-out as a partner.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Promoted to oversee the development of strategic account relationships, lead sales strategy and leverage 16 brands of TMTC brands and grow travel agency business, organize event and trade shows including logistics, co-op, contracting, presentation content and act as key contact and spokesperson for travel agency and consumer events with audiences exceeding 2000 participants.HIGHLIGHTS* Remodeled Funjet Vacations 500 Club to include other brands in tiers to award program. As a result we grew the 500 Club by adding 2 new levels and increased sales opportunities and revenue. * Initiated exclusive marketing opportunities to 500 Club members including call-to-action listing in all print, online and other media promotions. * Revamped 500 Club destination meetings to include regional groups for cross-collaboration, presented formalized agenda so agents could prepare and standardized process to share updates and changes made resulting from agency feedback.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Promoted to create a high-performing and strategic sales organization and design programs focused on increasing market share, improve sales effectiveness and profitability. This included the creation of a national sales organization covering a 12 state territory, inside sales support team and execution of sales strategies focused on meeting company/market objectives and growing International gateways.HIGHLIGHTS* Restructured existing sales organization to 3 regional managers, 11 field sales managers, 1 inside sales manager and 3 inside sales coordinators. This improved agency satisfaction, reduced administrative turn-around on co-op approvals and payment, overhauled process to manage agency co-op that reduced total spend and saved the company nearly $350K.* Transformed sales organization by refining roles and responsibilities, standardized processes, directed overall strategic direction, refined sales team skill and training, created agency co-op marketing plans and initiated regular sales meetings. * Introduced 100's of travel agency marketing programs focused on increasing international travel destinations and market-share from domestic airlines. Grew top performing agencies by 60% during my tenure. * Opened 4 new origin markets, 3 new destinations and increased existing destination utilization by 73% by collaborating with product and marketing teams.

Business Administration And Management, General

Advanced Negotiation Skills

International Business

High Perfomance Collaboration, Leadership, Teamwork And Negotiation

Leadership Training

Supply Chain Principals, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Tourism And Travel Services Management

Travel Agent Certification