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Burbank, CA, US

I built a 10 person Data Science and Analytics team responsible for development of dynamic add forecast modeling and analytics for the digital entertainment and sports businesses including ABC, FreeForm, FX, and ESPN. Forecast Modeling - The team focused on delivering self-service solutions including web based front ends for the forecast models so the.

Seattle, WA, US

Hired and developed a team of Business Intelligence Engineers, Data Engineers and Data Scientists that are responsible for the providing the architecture, data, analytics and machine learning necessary to support the Health, Safety, Security and Sustainability organizations at Amazon.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

I built and lead teams across the big data & analytics and financials space. This included leading teams building new application platforms for customer, marketing, pricing, sourcing, and internet of things. I had responsibility for setting up the Data Café’s that became a hub for analytics and visualizations from these new platforms. The Data Café also.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Responsible for leading the second phase of the Walmart Financial systems redevelopment project. The focus of the second phase was around BI, planning and analytics. I ran the SAP BI team that was responsible for supporting the BI needs of the new SAP ledger that was implemented to replace our home grown system. The SAP BI team also was responsible for.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Lead the Finance team responsible for the close consolidation, budget, forecast and actuals reporting for all of the operating areas of Walmart including Walmart stores, Sam’s Clubs, Logistics, Health & Wellness and Corporate. Drove the deployment of Oracle Essbase from a few hundred users to over 5,000 users. Built the first Oracle Essbase database for.

Lead reporting and BI team with responsibilities for setting up the Oracle Essbase databases for financial reporting. Developed the monthly and quarterly close packages for reporting variance analysis of actual, plan and forecast. Responsible for setting up and maintaining projects in Essbase to get recapture of dollars where we would partner with the.

Lead Oracle Essbase database administrator responsible for helping to move from a home grown reporting platform to Essbase as the BI solution for the company across five primary business units: U.S. credit card, U.S. consumer branch, U.S. home equity, commercial and international finance.

Responsible for building and analyzing the annual budget for total International revenue and exploration costs. This involved working directly with the Controller, VP of Exploration and the finance leads in country to consolidate all of the exploration programs and other projects. Prepared and delivered variance analysis on the budget to the Controller and.

Managed a set of oil & gas properties in Southern California and West Texas. My responsibilities included recording revenue, paying lease holders, researching ownership issues with our Land and Title resources to insure correct property ownership. I also visited properties with engineers to determine if the schematics for meter locations matched the.