Marc Forget (He/Him) Email & Phone Number

Remote

Build custom business and productivity tools for small to medium businesses using mostly Excel, including VBA, as well as Google Sheets.

Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia

Credits include Ford v Ferrari, Ray Donovan, Law & Order (original and SVU), Sex and the City, Conan O'Brien, as well as many independent features and shorts, and plays off Broadway. Acting resume and reel can be found at www.marcforget.com.

Quotes from previous trainee and client:“Marc's class was pivotal in my success as an analyst. His techniques drastically helped me conquer my fear of public speaking and increased my ability to create stories around data.” Kendra James, Sr Manager, Digital Analytics, Remedy Health"The fact that Marc is an actor contributes to his ability to design and develop presentation content that allows individuals to look beyond the basics of just speaking and displaying information on a… Show more Quotes from previous trainee and client:“Marc's class was pivotal in my success as an analyst. His techniques drastically helped me conquer my fear of public speaking and increased my ability to create stories around data.” Kendra James, Sr Manager, Digital Analytics, Remedy Health"The fact that Marc is an actor contributes to his ability to design and develop presentation content that allows individuals to look beyond the basics of just speaking and displaying information on a slide. His use of acting techniques to create presence and creating a story using storytelling principles allow the audience to use practical and immediately applicable tools to enhance a person’s presentation and delivery skills.” Nicole Lawson, National Manager, Learning Agility, DigitasLBi I have trained thousands of employees in cities all across the country, including New York, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, for clients like Razorfish, DigitasLBi and Spark44. I cover content development using stortytelling techniques, design principles to create clear and memorable slides, and delivery techniques to engage the audience. Sample workshops include:• Storytelling & Slide Design: Focuses on storytelling techniques and slide design, allowing participants to uncover the stories behind their presentations. Culminates in attendees creating and delivering short presentations on the spot.• Delivery: Covers eye contact, voice, body language, nerves, and delivering over the phone. Attendees have multiple opportunities to get up, present and receive feedback.• Presenting Data: Teaches attendees how to present data-heavy content in a way which tells a clear and memorable story, and helps solve the audience’s business problems.I also offer improvisation workshops which help improve storytelling skills, team work and comfort level in front of a group.Please visit www.marcforgetconsulting.com for more information. Show less

Los Angeles, California, United States

Act as Excel Expert for the company, and work directly with the CFO & COO to develop various tools using advanced Excel formulas and macros. Also took over accounting duties upon departure of assistant controller. Duties include:• Supervise AP/AR clerk and handle tasks not covered by clerk: post invoices, issue payments, collect past due invoices, troubleshoot issues with vendors• Draft financial statements for review by CFO, including posting closing journal entries• Maintain daily… Show more Act as Excel Expert for the company, and work directly with the CFO & COO to develop various tools using advanced Excel formulas and macros. Also took over accounting duties upon departure of assistant controller. Duties include:• Supervise AP/AR clerk and handle tasks not covered by clerk: post invoices, issue payments, collect past due invoices, troubleshoot issues with vendors• Draft financial statements for review by CFO, including posting closing journal entries• Maintain daily cash management workbook and report cash status to officers, including reconciling bank accounts transactions between the bank's website and SAP• Determine sales rep commissions due based on prior month’s collections using a workbook I developed, post the commission invoices and issue payments• Develop a capacity planning tool to help various departments plan out production and anticipate bottlenecks, as well as vet order due dates entered in SAP• Create a product, customer and sales rep profitability tool to determine profitability at the product, customer and rep level, using various reports from SAP• Build a procurement tool to help the planning and purchasing team to order appropriate quantities of parts by predicting future usage based on past usage and anticipated change• Develop a tool to estimate order ship dates based on current and purchased inventory, order/customer priorities and transfer times across warehouses• Streamline and automate reporting workbooks for a large number of recurring reports for the accounting, sales and planning departments Show less

I work with Moxie's clients on all aspects of presentations, from content development using storytelling techniques, to slide design and delivery.

Greater Philadelphia Area

I managed all advanced analytics work for the Philadelphia office’s second largest pharmaceutical client, including:• Developing measurement strategy for all digital tactics and campaigns, including determining the best KPIs to assess performance against business goals, developing ROI models, and advising on primary research projects. I created a new KPI now used across multiple brands in the agency.• Leading primary research projects needed to measure digital success (writing… Show more I managed all advanced analytics work for the Philadelphia office’s second largest pharmaceutical client, including:• Developing measurement strategy for all digital tactics and campaigns, including determining the best KPIs to assess performance against business goals, developing ROI models, and advising on primary research projects. I created a new KPI now used across multiple brands in the agency.• Leading primary research projects needed to measure digital success (writing questionnaires, analyzing data and presenting results and recommendations to client)• Managing and training junior staff members• Advising reporting team on how best to present results based on measurement plan and best practices in data visualizationI also lead storytelling and presentation skills workshops throughout all Razorfish (and some Digitas) offices across the US, including a workshop specifically about presenting data.My previous position at Razorfish was in data analytics where I was responsible for designing and improving both the presentation layer/front-end of campaign reports, as well as automating the back-end to improve and speed up the reporting cycle. Show less

• Project-managed the elimination of $2M in deferred revenue balances which had been stagnant for periods of up to 5 years; involved interaction with revenue, account management and client result teams• Simplified process of reconciling sales allowance account by eliminating unnecessary duplication, thereby reducing monthly workload• Conceived, coded, documented and implemented Visual Basic Application (VBA) for Excel to reconcile data from various large Excel workbooks and to create… Show more • Project-managed the elimination of $2M in deferred revenue balances which had been stagnant for periods of up to 5 years; involved interaction with revenue, account management and client result teams• Simplified process of reconciling sales allowance account by eliminating unnecessary duplication, thereby reducing monthly workload• Conceived, coded, documented and implemented Visual Basic Application (VBA) for Excel to reconcile data from various large Excel workbooks and to create financial reports• Designed improved method for keeping track of various account balances and transactions which reduced workload and potential errors by helping to identify discrepancies earlier and more easily• Trained staff on Excel and on research techniques, using materials I created such as descriptions of techniques, exercises and PowerPoint presentations Show less

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Actuarial Science

Activities and Societies: Teacher Assistant, Theatre Troupe, Swim Team

Acting

Education record

Improvisation

Certificate (Online), Accounting