• Lead Nike’s Global Retail Operations Insights team by developing automated tools and dashboards that guide insights and support the decision-making process across all levels of the organization.• Develop sustainable solutions with current new gen data technologies to automate the ETL process and ensure BI reporting is consistent and up to date. Master new technologies rapidly to support varied initiatives.• Partner with product teams to develop Tableau dashboard solutions that measure and monitor their ability to deliver on management’s expectations.• Collaborate with the Global Operations managers to explore datasets, formulate hypotheses, and provide statistically grounded recommendations to ensure store processes and tools meet business objectives.

• Consult with companies to understand their issues, provide insights and analysis, and implement statistical based solutions.• Automated the gathering, cleansing, and feature engineering stages of model development.• Developed and implemented new forecasting methodologies to increase accuracy and interpretability.• Designed strategies for testing A/B experiments.

-Led monthly business performance metrics process reporting to President of US Operations which included collaborating with division leaders to synthesize results and provided guidance to support executive decisions.-Created and presented a quarterly Financial Competitive Intelligence report which analyzed short and long term financial trends and growth strategies across eight of Aflac's closest competitors.-Interpreted financial results for internal strategic initiatives, managed variance analysis against targets, realigned expectations, and coordinated development of corrective action plans to close gaps.-Designed and maintained scorecards and P&L statements for strategic initiatives to evaluate the profitability of individual projects compared to plan/forecast.-Developed a predictive model using machine learning that leverages up-to-date CRM data to provide an accurate sales pipeline to sales leadership.

• Supported all FP&A activities including financial planning and forecasting, business analysis, management reporting, and decision guidance.• Utilized knowledge of key business cycle trends to support the preparation of the annual budget for Financial Shared Services.• Assisted Shared Services teams with planning process improvement projects and productivity initiatives to deliver key improvements.• Collaborated and gained consensus among division leaders to prepare executive reporting decks for management meetings.• Performed SQL and R analysis to create models for various ad hoc analyses, predictive models, and reports as needed.

•Led the design and development of cross-enterprise business intelligence applications that automated month-end reporting and provided greater business analytics into emerging drivers and trends. This included extensive utilization of the QlikView and SAS platforms.•Led development of predictive analytic models (R,SAS Miner) to produce multiple incremental revenue and profit opportunities. Comfortable using quantitative approaches, creative data analysis, algorithm development and modeling to create assumptions based on historical data and testing thresholds to predict future performance.•Led the 5-year GAAP and Statutory forecasting and strategic planning process for Colonial Life (approx. $1.4B in annual revenue).•Prepared monthly/quarterly reporting and variance analysis packages for Colonial Life financial leadership.•Financial liaison to the Project Management Office (PMO) and the Sizing Team in support of the Strategic Initiative business planning process. Consulted with project business owners to provide accurate and timely delivery of Cost Benefit Analyses.

• Assisted on economic impact analysis and research projects by creating and organizing datasets, performing analysis, and providing written and verbal presentations.• Constructed project proposals, preformed subsequent economic impact analysis, and presented results for consulting projects.• Analyzed survey and cross-sectional research data and estimated economic models using different econometric techniques.• Created and utilized a database of US utility patents to study the creation and diffusion of knowledge within a mix of industrial sectors. • Project Reports: South Carolina’s Cluster Development, March 2012: EngenuitySC Knowledge Economy Metrics, May 2012: SC’s Clean Energy Report , June 2012: Economic Impact of Innovista, July 2012: SPAWAR Impact, November 2012: The Economic Impact of SC’s Auto Cluster, March 2013

·Managed the complete database of vendor invoices with thousands of Internet, VoIP, and telephone circuits and presented monthly reports/briefings to senior executives ·Developed relationships through regular discussion with end use customers, vendors, and intra company provisioners to resolve billing issues ·Attention to detail and concomitant research saved thousands of dollars each month on billing errors, pricing inconsistencies and disconnected circuits