Nick Edwards Email & Phone Number

Portland, Me, Us

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Portland, Maine, United States

- Conduct interviews with product owners and various stakeholders to ensure enterprise solutions meet the business's immediate and future needs- Develop requirements documentation that outlines the information gathered from stakeholders in an organized and detailed manner- Work with development teams to ensure requirements are clear and understood so that we may together deliver solutions that meet the needs of our end users- Actively learning and applying skills that go beyond requirements gathering so I can help deliver solutions at the architectural and code layers

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Us - Remote

- Successfully onboarded/ migrated several clients to the Apptio Cloudability platform- Helped clients build out an adoption framework to help ensure their investments met their expected ROI in operational and financial contexts- Provided product expertise and assistance to clients in building out custom reports and dashboards to provide valuable insights that aided their business decision making- Helped clients develop business logic scripts to automate certain data requirements gathering and specific business needs

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

- Provide daily detailed analysis on cloud spend for 3 CSP's (AWS, Azure, GCP)- Developed new processes that transformed monthly allocation & chargebacks into daily processes so interested parties could see the cost of their actions in near real-time utilizing internal products like Google Sheets, GSheets Scripts, and Apptio Cloudability- Administered monthly cost meetings with all cloud account administrators, finance, and executive leadership highlighting prior month costs and top spend drivers in areas that exceeded budget- Helped engineering and management understand opportunities to rightsize their environments- Provided detailed analysis of anomalous spending on an as-needed basis- Identified areas of opportunity to mitigate unnecessary spend via the purchasing of AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances across a large span of resources and regions- Within the year I held this position, I got my AWS Cloud and FinOps Practitioner certifications in an effort to better understand the financial and technical terminologies and concepts used across various departments of the enterprise to ensure communications were proper and effective

Portland, Me

- Provided excellent leadership with a strong focus on personal and career development, team culture and job performance- Optimized cash application processes for multiple value streams, cutting departmental headcount by 29% within the first year- Developed reporting to provide insight on problematic instances, establishing an agile and proactive approach to mitigating business and customer impacts - Developed reporting on departmental performance, focusing heavily on overall and individual performance, KPI driven accompanied with informative dashboards telling our story of successes and identifying areas of improvement- Actively involved with financial reconciliation efforts with our general ledger accounting teams- Actively involved with bank relationship management

Newport, Nh

- Managed several teams responsible for the manufacturing of product components, sub-assemblies, and finished goods- Tracked hourly production totals and implemented strategic plans to ensure my lines shipped the desired quotas set forth by sales demand- Developed and maintained KPI reporting for production, waste management, scrap and other operational costs- Proactively Worked with procurement to manage our supply chain needs, ensuring our production lines had what they needed exactly when they needed it to mitigate operational downtime- Applied lean manufacturing principles to optimize standard work flows as well as documenting all standard work procedures down to the seconds it took to perform various jobs, ensuring all jobs were capable of meeting takt times- Worked with team associates, maintenance and peer leadership personnel to identify and implement counter measures and/or corrective actions that addressed prioritized needs and areas of opportunity to increase operational efficiencies- Developed and hosted weekly Gemba walks to inform leadership of production results, improvement efforts and any potential disruptors that could inhibit operational goals- Provided excellent leadership and mentorship to associates who desired more in their careers with respect, compassion, enthusiasm and shared expertise- Developed production job aids that complimented standard work to ensure consistency across all training efforts and job related functions- Obtained high approval ratings from my staff, peers, and leadership - even being honored as a CEO Employee of the Year in 2017