Mitchell Baker Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Lafayette, Indiana, Us

Lafayette, Indiana, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Leads and manages the carrier operations team for Uber Freight’s newest business line. Secure capacity at lowest cost while delivering superior service in a highly dynamic freight market.- Developed standard operating procedures from scratch. - Managed a team of 12 responsible for sourcing quality, cost-effective carriers assigned to move freight for customers- Oversaw day-to-day management, maintenance, and deployment of hundreds of drop trailers positioned across customer facilities - Helped oversee 4x growth in the Powerloop business line and total assets under management. - Developed strong partnerships with carriers and strategically optimized freight for pass through savings- Drove profitability by proactively managing P&L to identify signals and enact measures accordingly - Helped expand into longer distance freight to connect markets and leverage efficiencies to drive lower costs for customers- Established standardization and drove continuous improvement - Implemented SOPs across several key functions, including sourcing, customer onboarding, invoicing, and payments, ultimately receiving award for greatest process improvement- Developed detailed processes across load management, tracking, trailer placement with customers, and issue escalations- Drove industry-disrupting innovation by successfully leading a nationally recognized autonomous trucking pilot - Engaged with autonomous vehicle (AV) partner throughout day-to-day operations- Managed all assets and ensured equipment was up to standards- Managed relationships with the AV customer and the driver - Delivered business insights with data and analytics - Developed SQL queries to analyze market data, historical carrier data, and asset/overhead costs- Assisted sales teams with SQL queries to continually monitor carrier performance - Developed team by providing guidance and career development opportunities, helping get team members promoted

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Prospected, onboarded, and managed a portfolio of carriers, helping generate $1.3 million+ in annual revenue as a start-up• Expanded Uber Freight’s carrier network into large fleets by developing a partnership with one of the nation’s top five largest carriers• Worked with multiple stakeholders, including product teams, sales, and engineering to expand Uber’s freight app to support the needs of large carriers • Coordinated and communicated with teams across sales, product, and engineering to ensure alignment throughout carrier operations• Drove growth by working with carriers to identify specific opportunities within their network to provide value and identify ways to continually increase load volumes

Stamford, Ct, Us

My role is solely focused on understanding the business agenda of CIO's and IT Executives of the mid market. Delivering Gartner's trusted research, analysis and advice helps my IT Executives ensure the success of their key initiatives, get the most value from their IT purchases and run a world-class organization. I deliver on the following universal needs:- Road Maps for Success- Product/ Service Selection; Pricing & Terms - Benchmarks - Peer Networking- Professional DevelopmentIt is therefore vital for me to understand the technology priorities and challenges of CIO's and align Gartner resources to support these technology priorities.Specialties:-Information Technology: Insight into technology trends, initiatives and benchmarks through 1000+ subject matter experts engaging in hundreds of thousands client interactions annually. Our analysts have a unique perspective, real world experience, and rigorous analytical processes.-Strategic Consulting: Holding strategic business conversations with IT executives in order to change the perception of "IT as an Engine Room" to "IT is the business"-Contract Reviews: Working directly with 1000+ analysts who review my clients' hardware, software, telecommunications and maintenance contracts for best in class pricing + technology specific terms and conditions-Initiatives: IT Cost Optimization, IT Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Value of IT, Application Governance and Strategy, Disaster Recovery, Data Center Modernization and Consolidation, Mobile Enterprise Strategy, Negotiating Software Contracts, Outsourcing Competencies, Security and Risk Management, SharePoint, Unified Communications and Collaboration, Virtualization, and many more.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Yelp is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops, hosts and markets Yelp.com and the Yelp mobile app, which publish crowd-sourced reviews about local businesses, as well as the online reservation service Yelp Reservations and online food-delivery service Eat24. The company also trains small businesses in how to respond to reviews, hosts social events for reviewers, and provides data about businesses, including health inspection scores.Yelp was founded in 2004 by former PayPal employees Russel Simmons and Jeremy Stoppelman. Yelp grew quickly and raised several rounds of funding. By 2010 it had $30 million in revenues and the website had published more than 4.5 million crowd-sourced reviews. From 2009 to 2012, Yelp expanded throughout Europe and Asia. In 2009 it entered several negotiations with Google for a potential acquisition. Yelp became a public company in March 2012 and became profitable for the first time two years later. As of 2016, Yelp.com has 135 million monthly visitors and 95 million reviews. The company's revenues come from businesses advertising.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Strategy

International Marketing