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Burbank, Ca, Us

Leading a team that expands analytics and decision science across the Walt Disney Company

Burbank, Ca, Us

• Co-developed the department’s analytical expansion portfolio of projects to implement decision science tools and create analytical business insights across The Walt Disney Company• Partnered with Disney Institute’s leadership team to develop course pricing strategies, identify guest segmentations, and analyze the Guest response to the business pivoting from in-person to online• Partnered with Disney Publishing to benchmark industry price ranges by book attribute (genre, format, page count, etc.) and discover pricing opportunities to fit market benchmarks• Developed revenue management Tableau dashboards for Adventures By Disney to increase revenues through identifying pricing opportunities in a departure’s booking pace and/or rate mix• Partnered with Disney executive leadership to identify high value opportunities to implement decision science tools and analytics across the Walt Disney Company• Informed pricing and sales data requirements for Disney’s expansion into the NFT market• Discovered untapped incremental revenue opportunities for National Geographic Live’s business growth strategy model

Burbank, Ca, Us

• Designed and implemented decision science Tableau tools to support reservation inventory decisions for Disneyland’s first ever reservation based annual pass• Partnered with Walt Disney World’s pricing team to improve revenue outcomes through proof of concept pricing experiments for select events• Constructed revenue management business strategies to increase both domestic and international theme park revenue while decreasing peak season crowding

New York, Ny, Us

Led operational analytics and presentation design efforts on the PMO (Project Management Office) for a North American business transformation across six manufacturing plants for a British aerospace company. Led the spend analytics & data modeling work streams for a cost savings initiative for a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical/medical device company that successfully captured synergy savings while integrating a newly acquired medical division into its business structure. Built the synergy savings model that captured $6 MM in cost reductions during the acquisition. Led the spend analytics work stream for a procurement maturity and strategy assessment with a major U.S university to identify supplier rationalization opportunities, overlapping product spend, and spend consolidation strategies.Managed onshore and offshore resources.

New York, Ny, Us

Participated on a Source to Order software implementation project for an international pharmaceutical company based out of Dublin, Ireland. Led the firm wide Purchase Order analysis to determine which POs would be brought over to the new system. Managed and tracked the project budget totaling over $1 MM.Participated on the implementation of a procurement software solution for a major bank/financial corporation. I was responsible for tracking the Systems Integration Testing process, contributing toward the creation of the User Acceptance Testing materials, and creating system training documents.Contributed toward the creation and modification of Procure to Pay process flows that were utilized on a KPMG enterprise service offering.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Modeled the operating and capital costs incurred by multiple scenarios on a supply chain networking project to support military exercises.Contributed to the planning and execution of the PSCL Sports Analytics Conference 2015 hosted by KPMG. This conference brought together data scientists, business executives, and Olympic athletes.Built a model that presented the capacity and constraints of a supply chain network under adjustable circumstances for a supply chain capacity project. The model allowed users to adjust multiple variables to observe how changes affected the network.Participated on a revenue assurance project for the largest telecommunications company in Australia to prevent revenue leakage. I also assisted with management of project finances and the WIP (Work in Progress) report.Participated on an internal FX forensic review for a national bank to confirm compliance.

Cheltenham, Victoria, Au

Became the first statistical analyst in Melbourne United's team history. Created data based scouting reports for coaches, conducted case studies, and provided players with post game performance feedback .Analyzed advanced statistical data through Excel and R to give Melbourne United a "Moneyball" like advantage over their opponents.Created reports that used the principles of regression analysis to uncover untapped potential and discover league trendsResearched player tendencies, efficiency rates, and trends to further the understanding of the team through quantitative methods.

Master Of Science, Quantitative Management: Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science