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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Business Manager Finance, Global Supply ManagementResponsible Finance Analyst for Cisco-wide Value Engineering (VE). Collaborate with VE management and project engineering leads to financially manage +50 ongoing and new projects. Responsible for optimizing OPEX spend across VE projects while ensuring PR/PO and accruals are compliant and accurate through FinABC. Reporting and analysis of VE savings commits from yearly plan to quarterly commits and actuals. Support Business Unit savings… Show more Business Manager Finance, Global Supply ManagementResponsible Finance Analyst for Cisco-wide Value Engineering (VE). Collaborate with VE management and project engineering leads to financially manage +50 ongoing and new projects. Responsible for optimizing OPEX spend across VE projects while ensuring PR/PO and accruals are compliant and accurate through FinABC. Reporting and analysis of VE savings commits from yearly plan to quarterly commits and actuals. Support Business Unit savings forecasts and analysis and the impacts to the Gross Margin Walk. Responsible for Cisco-wide supplier Price Mask rebates forecasting, analysis, reconciliation and collection. Partner with supplier Commodity managers to ensure process adherence and timely collection. Implement improvements in rebate analytics to drive more efficient processes. Also maintain financial oversight of Value Added Hub operations and partner with operations to manage expenses through model transition. Developed and implemented new expense allocation methodology. Manage analysis and reporting of variances reports that feed into both NMS and BU COGS lines of the P&L. Work with Global Supply Management operations to understand drivers and accomplish allocation of expenses to proper Business Entity.Business Manager Finance, Global Manufacturing Operations Supply Chain/Logistics Manage, track, report and analyze SLC, BTS, Hub and Reverse Logistics costs. Work with supply chain operational teams to understand expense drivers and mitigate as well as track cost savings initiatives and validate. Work with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and work to implement process improvements. Developed and implemented new regional budgets and metrics at the site level for increased operational and management insight. Control performer for Walk The Dock SOX control and support Two Way Reconciliation control. Show less

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Medical Affairs Operations Manager, Medical OperationsManages the business development and financial operations of the Medical Affairs department including representing the department in business development proposals, budgeting and cost activity. Manages and monitors the department global resource utilization to ensure proper coverage and balancing of resources. Monitors department realization to meet department profitability goals. Creates reports to track department utilization… Show more Medical Affairs Operations Manager, Medical OperationsManages the business development and financial operations of the Medical Affairs department including representing the department in business development proposals, budgeting and cost activity. Manages and monitors the department global resource utilization to ensure proper coverage and balancing of resources. Monitors department realization to meet department profitability goals. Creates reports to track department utilization metrics and brief senior management. Serves as department representative on business development teams by attending daily bid reviews, strategy and budget calls. Tracks financial status of projects to monitor revenue generation and gross profit compared to yearly targets. Show less

Arlington, Va

Operations Research Analyst, Platform Systems BranchLead the development of independent cost assessments and estimates for Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs. Use statistical, economic, parametric, mathematical, and other analytical techniques as appropriate for cost analysis. Estimates include such tasks as collecting, analyzing, and normalizing data as well as translating technical, programmatic and schedule information into a comprehensive model. Project timelines are… Show more Operations Research Analyst, Platform Systems BranchLead the development of independent cost assessments and estimates for Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs. Use statistical, economic, parametric, mathematical, and other analytical techniques as appropriate for cost analysis. Estimates include such tasks as collecting, analyzing, and normalizing data as well as translating technical, programmatic and schedule information into a comprehensive model. Project timelines are monitored and maintained to ensure timely project completion. Risk and uncertainty are identified and quantified especially when they directly affect cost, schedule and performance. Models are built to capture all relevant costs and are flexible enough to incorporate changes. Management is kept apprised of significant issues that may affect the analysis and are provided a weekly status. Estimate results and methodologies are presented in clear, concise manor to management. Show less

Accomplished consulting and training of SEER-H/IC cost estimating tools. These parametric tools provide cost estimating for Hardware, Electronics, Integrated Circuits, System Level and Life Cycle Costs. Consulted with teaming partners and customers on proper use of software and tailoring software to support specific needs in generating cost estimates. Accomplished cost analysis studies complete with documentation to support customer decision processes. Acted as Hardware Course manager to… Show more Accomplished consulting and training of SEER-H/IC cost estimating tools. These parametric tools provide cost estimating for Hardware, Electronics, Integrated Circuits, System Level and Life Cycle Costs. Consulted with teaming partners and customers on proper use of software and tailoring software to support specific needs in generating cost estimates. Accomplished cost analysis studies complete with documentation to support customer decision processes. Acted as Hardware Course manager to keep training material current with releases of new model versions. Delivered customer training on the tools through public and private classes. Supported other company functions such as sales support and on-site tool demonstrations. Show less

Staff Systems Analyst, PCD and X Series Brands 2003 – 2006Coordinated Finance and Procurement analysis and administrated the PC Co Cost Tape database which is the primary tool for forecasting cost across all IBM brands. Acted as the TRACKER database focal point for PCD and X-Series which is the primary Procurement tool for reporting Spend, Savings and Takedown savings for yearly metrics. Analyzed data and produced monthly status reports to track progress and key metric indicators.… Show more Staff Systems Analyst, PCD and X Series Brands 2003 – 2006Coordinated Finance and Procurement analysis and administrated the PC Co Cost Tape database which is the primary tool for forecasting cost across all IBM brands. Acted as the TRACKER database focal point for PCD and X-Series which is the primary Procurement tool for reporting Spend, Savings and Takedown savings for yearly metrics. Analyzed data and produced monthly status reports to track progress and key metric indicators. Generated the Fall Plan for PCD and X-Series which formed the baseline Spend profile for the Brands. Show less

Cost Engineer, X-Series High End Servers, IBM 2000 – 2003Interfaced with Product Development Teams to prepare cost estimates to support product release cycles through weekly and monthly reporting. Partnered with Brand operation teams to develop and analyze business cases to ensure competitive costs. Supported development, operations, and procurement teams in tracking, measuring, and analyzing cost performance across X-Series high end server products. Facilitated discussion groups and… Show more Cost Engineer, X-Series High End Servers, IBM 2000 – 2003Interfaced with Product Development Teams to prepare cost estimates to support product release cycles through weekly and monthly reporting. Partnered with Brand operation teams to develop and analyze business cases to ensure competitive costs. Supported development, operations, and procurement teams in tracking, measuring, and analyzing cost performance across X-Series high end server products. Facilitated discussion groups and make cost reductions recommendations to optimize gross margin attained by cost analysis Show less

Worked with Call Center management to create and establish quality objectives and recommend improvement plans. Compiled information, completed reports, and provided the necessary tools to monitor and ensure quality process compliance. Generated both daily and monthly reports for various management functions.

Managed multiple ongoing research projects executed by outsourced consultants. Produced statements of work for task direction and subsequently monitored contact deliverables and expenditures as well as expenditure status reporting progress. Acted as agency focal point for data request from field personnel.

F/A -18 Aircraft Platform Deputy Cost Team Leader 1995 – 1998Contributed as a member of a Product Team environment with diverse cross-functional groups. Collected, analyzed, and utilized cost, schedule, life cycle, and technical data to build models to support multi-billion dollar estimates with analysis provided to teams and management. Conducted analysis, managed teams, and generated cost models to support estimates and budget decisions. Created and tracked internal manning budgets and… Show more F/A -18 Aircraft Platform Deputy Cost Team Leader 1995 – 1998Contributed as a member of a Product Team environment with diverse cross-functional groups. Collected, analyzed, and utilized cost, schedule, life cycle, and technical data to build models to support multi-billion dollar estimates with analysis provided to teams and management. Conducted analysis, managed teams, and generated cost models to support estimates and budget decisions. Created and tracked internal manning budgets and mentor junior analysts. Competitive Source Selection/Proposal Analyst Co-Lead, 1994 – 1995Analyzed contractor proposals and interfaced with technical, legal, contracts and management teams to complete proposal evaluation and facilitate contract award. Arbitrated contractor and government discussions on contractual issues and adherence to post contract award. As lead analyst, introduced and implemented a new process to develop project baseline and identify risk areas.EA-6B Aircraft Platform Program Cost Analyst, 1993 – 1994Lead Analyst responsible to act as liaison for cost/budget within cross-functional organization. Converted data into a budget model to generate budget estimates for a major aircraft upgrade. Managed estimates of electronic systems that comprised the majority of the aircraft budget.Operations and Support Analyst/Avionics Cost Estimator, 1991 – 1993Accomplished studies of aircraft equipment alternatives by projecting historical maintenance costs and failure rates with statistical analysis. Generated models and parametric relationships from data analysis to project future support costs. Analyzed and assembled technical, cost, and schedule data to construct models to estimate life cycle cost of major avionics systems and components. Show less

Mea, Engineering Administration

Bs, Industrial Engineering