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Chicago, Il

Foundational Instructor for CPS Selective Enrollment high school exam prep class for CPS Middle School. Planned Math, Verbal Skills, Language Arts and Reading Comprehension curriculum. Taught general Math.

Chicago

Site Coordinator for After School Enrichment Program at CPS Brighton Park Charter School. Designed and implemented program curriculum with school-aged program staff.

Chicago

Tutor study skills, literature, creative writing, religion, reading comprehension and writing. Taught ACT Science test preparation.

Carson City, Nv

• Led seven-person interdisciplinary team through data collection, data analysis, stakeholder consensus building, alternatives identification and final decision on two 10-year federal permits• Collaborated with resource providers and stakeholders to complete three project authorizations to repair wildfire damage, provide water for livestock and wildlife and install protection for water sources.• Built alliances with two sister agencies establishing two ongoing partnerships… Show more • Led seven-person interdisciplinary team through data collection, data analysis, stakeholder consensus building, alternatives identification and final decision on two 10-year federal permits• Collaborated with resource providers and stakeholders to complete three project authorizations to repair wildfire damage, provide water for livestock and wildlife and install protection for water sources.• Built alliances with two sister agencies establishing two ongoing partnerships, sharing resources to create baselines for vegetative condition and improve wildlife habitat.• Collaborated with stakeholders and team members to gain approval of seven water hauls to provide water for livestock and wildlife during drought. Show less

Hoffman Estates, Il

Recruited to Information Technology to facilitate matrixed team from IT and business lines to define current business processes and proposed processes for the development of software upgrades on complex point of sale software running on registers in over 800 Sears stores.

Hoffman Estates, Il

Recruited to Sears Credit to fulfill need for versatile business analyst or project manager functioned in these capacities on 8 projects• 1 project to insure regulatory compliance • 3 projects to improve customer experience • 4 projects to detect or prevent fraud

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Managed development of Departmental Plan and $80 million IT organization cost takeout initiatives• Negotiated contracts for hardware and software support and help desk services.• Managed process improvement initiative for $1.2 million IBM contract, preventing just under $450,000 of vendor redundant billing.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Managed project to test-use Peoplesoft general ledger for Sears Logistics prior to wide implementation. Leading a team of 2.5 FTE produced 90 reports in three months.• Facilitated consensus among finance representatives from 13 Sears business lines for multidimensional planning database enabling fast iteration of Operational Plan and Strategic Plan..• Supervising 7 external consultants, led completion of Sears new planning system after Director was transferred. Brought project in on… Show more • Managed project to test-use Peoplesoft general ledger for Sears Logistics prior to wide implementation. Leading a team of 2.5 FTE produced 90 reports in three months.• Facilitated consensus among finance representatives from 13 Sears business lines for multidimensional planning database enabling fast iteration of Operational Plan and Strategic Plan..• Supervising 7 external consultants, led completion of Sears new planning system after Director was transferred. Brought project in on time and on budget. Show less

Hoffman Estates, Il

Facilitated 6-person group of financial analysts, accountants and IT staff to review off the shelf general ledger packages. At that time, none could handle Sears volumes.

Chicago, Il

• Led staff of 3 to expand the business intelligence dashboard to better meet the needs of the CFO. o Met with CFO to identify key metrics he needed in real time. In consultation with Director of Financial Analysis, located and scrubbed the data to calculate the metrics. o Leveraged the time of financial analysts already working with this data to perform a daily review, eliminating additional staff cost.

Chicago, Il

• Enhanced business intelligence dashboard to provide remote access for senior executives using dial in access. • Demonstrated the reliability of laptops and remote access to C suite executives

Chicago, Il

• Spearheaded transition to graphical business intelligence dashboard, reducing maintenance required and simplifying update process so it could be handled by clerical staff.• Provided timely Key P&L performance indicators, historical and current stock price, ROI for different timeframes, charted components of Sears’ debt structure and other key financial data.

Masters, Business Administration

Masters Of Science, Range Science And Management

Diploma, Computer Career Program

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Economics