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Austin, Texas, Us

Promoted to take on an expanded scope within the Data Platforms organization, retaining existing responsibilities while also managing critical company-wide data-related programs.Currently, I lead 3 analytics focused organizations with global teams in the US, Europe, and APAC: 1. Business Intelligence – provides analytics services across Indeed with expertise in BI, Analytics, and Data Engineering2. Data Operations – manages our core data assets, SLOs, and observability 3. Data PMO – manages key programs across cloud migration, data infrastructure, and cross-company data initiativesBelow are some highlights since stepping into this role.➟ Scaled the BI organization across US, Ireland, and Japan comprising manager, senior manager, and director-level business intelligence analysts, data scientists, data engineers, data operations specialists, and program managers. ➟ Launched initiatives to provide visibility and drive transformations across procurement, tax, and cloud spend.

Austin, Texas, Us

I advanced within the Data Platforms organization into an expanded scope, leading the central BI organization to deliver analytics solutions for key business functions. I expanded scope to support key business functions: CEO/Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Tax, Procurement, Marketing, Technology Platforms, International Markets, Employee Communication, and Corporate Development. I also supported various business processes, including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, treasury, cash flow analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.➟ Created an inclusive and growth-oriented organization culture, earning the highest employee engagement scores in the department; promoted 20 individuals at all levels.➟ Directly supported the analytics needs of the COO, CEO, and the Board of Directors. Enabled (via the team) advanced analytics to assess labor market conditions, financial outlook, and strategic opportunities for Indeed. ➟ Cemented the relationship with the Finance business from ad-hoc and one-off service requests into multi-quarter joint strategic projects.➟ Re-platformed revenue reporting to Snowflake to increase SLOs with faster delivery of critical revenue reports to the senior leadership team.

Austin, Texas, Us

Indeed initially hired me to lead and transform the central Business Intelligence (BI) organization to deliver analytics solutions for key business functions across Finance (FP&A and Controllership). ➟ Improved on-time delivery of projects 50% through strong business partnership, roadmap planning rigor, and a revamped project tracking and delivery process. ➟ Built out the BI Finance team from 5 to 20, adding strong analysts and managers with deep technical and finance business background. Provided enhanced program structure and fostered a team culture committed timelines, speed, accuracy, and urgency. ➟ Delivered the first centralized source of accurate revenue data across the company, providing daily revenue reporting to the CFO and CEO; developed revenue forecast models. ➟ Introduced Tableau-based solution to deliver all important business dashboards across Indeed, which resulted in 100% adoption across the Finance organization. Upskilled team to learn Tableau skills.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Throughout my time with General Motors (GM), I served as a key member of the global data strategy, artificial intelligence, and analytics services organization to deliver business intelligence and analytics solutions to global GM businesses, including finance, supply chain, purchasing, and sales.➟ Developed the data warehouse strategy from the ground up, leading the strategy of business intelligence capabilities, data architecture, self-service reporting and analytics services, metadata management, data governance, and data quality as the first implementation of an enterprise data strategy and services.➟ Received praise for leadership and innovation via GM’s Corporate Transformer Award. Fostered a high-performance culture with innovation among a team comprising various experience levels, from entry-level to tenured.➟ Spearheaded analytics development for large cross-enterprise initiatives to enable vehicle plant production optimization, plant materials management, vehicle incentives, and profitability management.➟ Directed enterprise self-service portal development and delivery for democratizing data across the company to enable simplified access to enterprise data and insights.

Houston, Texas, Us

➟ Transferred to HP Enterprise Services to serve on the Alcatel-Lucent business account team and manage client relationships and contractual commitments for a multimillion-dollar IT outsourcing contract. ➟ Engaged in program management oversight for business applications and infrastructure projects.➟ Led bids and proposals for upgrades of SAP and customer billing applications.

Houston, Texas, Us

➟ Challenged with delivering a multiyear business intelligence, sales, and marketing portfolio IT transformation program while leading a multibillion-dollar pan-HP data center consolidation initiative. Delivered business intelligence solutions to HP’s global business units.➟ Transformed more than 20 legacy applications to new technology, including Oracle, SQL, HP distributed data center architecture while sunsetting 10+ applications from 8+ data centers. ➟ Led the entire transformation experience while managing global delivery teams across the US, India, China, and Europe.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electronics And Telecommunications Engineering