I am standing up an internal Center of Excellence with a primary focus of helping the company answer the following questions:"What are the odds I will hit or exceed my budget?""How can I improve my odds?"I am implementing risk management concepts to help various divisions identify and/or reduce the risk in achieving their business objectives.Holding monthly forecast accuracy scorecards aimed at reducing forecast bias and alerting divisions to statistical anomalies that can be acted upon to reduce future uncertainty.Applying statistical concepts to historical data in order to enlighten various divisions where their probabilities stand to hit targets.Please contact me if you wish to learn more about this role.

After taking over P&L management of our digital pharmacy, I identified prescription gross margin discrepancies that led to a change in EBIT valuation of over $100mm.As Walgreens sought to become more efficient with customer promotions, I provided several changes to promotion types and parameters. These led to promotion cost savings of several million dollars without losing incremental sales.As paper marketing effectiveness evolves, I conducted measurements and market recommendations of newspaper circular reductions, leading to an annualized cost savings of over $20mm.I provided marketing vehicle/initiative ROI measurement for nearly all campaigns/vehicles using several tools, leading to many recommendations to driving greater marketing efficiency. Measured vehicles included TV, radio, digital/mobile ads, SEM, SEO, direct mail, circular and others.In order to drive greater marketing efficiency, I conducted store surveys and modeled changed that led to the reduction of various paper vehicles' expense by over 30% with no measured sales impact.Please contact me if you wish to learn more about this role.

I provided senior leadership with geographic market expertise into retail and healthcare markets across the Midwest United States, helping identify and quantify areas of opportunity for Walgreens to grow share. Stores in my markets numbered over 400 with a combined revenue above $2 billion.I constructed new excel models and updated existing ones that allowed the organization to forecast new stores, M&A opportunities, impacts related to CVS and Wal-Mart openings and store closures.Utilized GIS and spacial analysis techniques to interpret market potential.Please contact me if you wish to learn more about this role.

Responsible for multiple roles primarily falling into three categories: Product Manager of Peripheral Devices, Financial Analyst, Markets & Performance AnalystConstructed financial models for new game theme software, hardware and new market opportunities for executive committee review at biweekly stage gatesAnalyzed several new markets by estimating NPVs, IRRs, operating margins and other key metrics, as well as providing personal recommendation, for executive approval on whether or not to pursue horizontal growth opportunitiesManaged peripheral devices including printers, bill validators, finishes and other items that touched every gaming machine at multiple pointsResponsible for maintaining a product roadmap that kept WMS aggressive in adopting new hardware features demanded by customers while also identifying the costs associated to foregoing items that are not deemed financially meaningful

Oversaw the hiring process and interviewed many of the 100 new consultants hired in that time period. Staffed 24 projects with approximately 175 members for companies ranging from local start-ups to Fortune50 companies.Handled promotional requests made by senior managers for senior manager, project manager, and senior consultant positions.Resolved frequent issues such as filling under-staffed projects and applications late in the semester.

Led a team of six consultants to produce a deliverable for a student to assist him in approaching venture capitalists with his software product.Developed financial valuation models for the product with a variety of equity payback scenarios.Oversaw a team of five in an engagement to find a better business model for a local publisher, recommending that they move away from publishing and focus on other business lines the company had.Set up and led face-to-face client team meetings as well as conference calls.

Assisted in constructing a competitive intelligence report for senior leadership’s consideration leading to the implementation of new initiatives regarding web 2.0 opportunities.Performed industry research to benchmark Allstate with competitors in their technological capabilities.Analyzed information and provided recommendations for various strategy engagements within Allstate.

Collected and processed patient test specimens for daily review by cytologists.This was a really enjoyable lab to work in, but it unfortunately couldn't fit my spring semester schedule and I had to quit in December of 2005 for school.