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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

•Co-Founder, Producer, and Marketing Coordinator for a 50 seat underground theater in Bucktown called The Storefront; which opened December 8, 2015 and will close May, 1 2016.•Have produced, directed, and performed in over 20 shows that have been put on since the doors opened. Shows have ranged from a monthly Showcase (variety show), an improvised version of A Christmas Carol, 2prov Jamborees, Musical Improv Extravaganzas, Standup Nights, and three volumes of The Storefront Gets Sketchy: A… Show more •Co-Founder, Producer, and Marketing Coordinator for a 50 seat underground theater in Bucktown called The Storefront; which opened December 8, 2015 and will close May, 1 2016.•Have produced, directed, and performed in over 20 shows that have been put on since the doors opened. Shows have ranged from a monthly Showcase (variety show), an improvised version of A Christmas Carol, 2prov Jamborees, Musical Improv Extravaganzas, Standup Nights, and three volumes of The Storefront Gets Sketchy: A Sketch Comedy Revue. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Led overall Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Programs for companies in Technology, Manufacturing, Personal Lending & Industrial Products, including testing execution and oversight, impact analysis, and remediation.

Greater Chicago Area

Conducted detailed reviews of a variety of complex, high-risk business processes for a leading technology company, including inventory / fixed assets, human resources, and revenue reporting; to quickly understand the processes, identify key financial and operational risks, perform detailed testing and analysis, assess function, and provide findings and recommendations.Developed and performed detailed examinations of key processes - including security pricing and valuation - to… Show more Conducted detailed reviews of a variety of complex, high-risk business processes for a leading technology company, including inventory / fixed assets, human resources, and revenue reporting; to quickly understand the processes, identify key financial and operational risks, perform detailed testing and analysis, assess function, and provide findings and recommendations.Developed and performed detailed examinations of key processes - including security pricing and valuation - to strengthen risk management practices for a financial institution with over $600Billion AUM. Additionally, interviewed process owners and documented high-risk processes through process flows and narratives to comply with regulatory requirements.Developed and implemented an audit plan around employee benefits and T&E for a major technology company with over 600 employees. Communicated with employees in order to obtain and test highly sensitive documentation such as birth certificates, social security cards, and bank account information to ensure accuracy.Developed and implemented an audit plan around employee timekeeping for a leading energy company with over 500 employees working 3 shifts a day. Worked with several different labor unions across multiple plants on determine the nuances of their contracts with the company, to ensure that employees were being paid properly for their time, and that the company was only pay employees for the time actually being worked. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Tested and documented results for several Sarbanes-Oxley internal audits across a variety of key processes, including inventory, financial reporting, procurement, revenue reporting, tax, treasury, Payroll, and HR for a leading financial institutions, manufacturing organizations, energy companies, retail corporations, and tech companies. •Through various projects have worked with smaller privately owned companies, have helped private companies prepare to go public, and have worked with… Show more Tested and documented results for several Sarbanes-Oxley internal audits across a variety of key processes, including inventory, financial reporting, procurement, revenue reporting, tax, treasury, Payroll, and HR for a leading financial institutions, manufacturing organizations, energy companies, retail corporations, and tech companies. •Through various projects have worked with smaller privately owned companies, have helped private companies prepare to go public, and have worked with some of the larges public corporations in the world.•Worked with a manufacturing organization focused on improving, streamlining, and optimizing a variety of processes, including their purchasing process.•Analyzed employee expenses and corresponding back-up focused on identifying compliance with expense policies and determining cost savings opportunities as well as developed a complex scorecard system and subsequent automated reporting for tracking employee compliance with travel and expense policies•Worked with an Energy Company to analyze employee time worked during their shift. Had to work with labor unions in order to determine the correct regular time, holiday, and overtime rates that should be paid for each specific shift; as well as working with management to ensure that employees were only clocking in for their correct hours during their correct shift.•Conducted inventory audits in industries ranging from mineral mining to pharmaceutical distribution. Show less

Lake Forest, Illinois

•Built new sales territories based on current economic trends and geography in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia using TerrAlign geo-plotting software.•Designed sales coverage models based on various pieces of customer data that ensured all of Grainger’s customers were efficiently aligned with right representative.•Created an index to track the relative health of all of Grainger’s U.S. markets based on the effectiveness of the sales coverage models.

Chicago, Il

Managed daily operations for an 80 employee office; including directing all communications, responding to customer complaints, maintaining office inventory, and distribution of company payroll and accounts payable.

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship

Summer Program, Global Economics & Political Science