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Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

• Spearheaded company restructuring to improve cross-team workflow and financial efficiency. Manage 7 department heads to ensure smooth daily operations.• Operate as financial controller, implemented multiple financial and tech solutions to clean up tech stack and increase financial reporting. Managed AR/AP, financial reporting and analysis, payroll, recruiting, and HR across all business units.• Implemented cost-cutting measures and strategic initiatives resulting in a 15% reduction in overhead and 40% increase in revenue.• Developed and implemented targets and bonus structures for departments in order to incentivize directors and drive performance.• Led the implementation of a new marketing strategy to increase brand visibility.• Used consumer testing to analyze customer needs and developed programs to optimize products and services for increased customer retention.• Eliminated redundancies in key processes to ensure continuity and efficiency.

London, Greater London, Gb

• Led a cross-functional team in the development and launch of new products that generated $500k in revenue within the first six months.• Collaborated with the executive team to refine the company's value proposition and brand strategy, resulting in improved customer engagement and brand recognition.• Identified industry wide strategic shortcomings with US market analysis and developed solutions to more accurately identify US cultural zones for corporate marketing teams.

• Designed and built outdoor laser tag business• Led sales of >$100K per year in local Austin market• Hired, trained and managed staff• Led SEO and digital marketing strategies

Culver City, California, Us

• Lead the development and implementation of company-wide operational plans. Helped increase net sales from $8M to over $20M in 5 years.• Improved and developed project budgeting processes and rolled out to team leads, leading to a 5% increase in net profit margin.• Collaborated with senior leadership to identify, prioritize and lead key operational initiatives, such as technology upgrades, process automation, and talent management, to support the firm's growth and scalability.• Created, analyzed and led financial reporting including: P&L, budgets, cash flow analysis, departmental analysis, and profitability/revenue projections. Identifying KPIs and worked with the CEO to steer the company towards long term goals.• Renegotiated all vendor contracts company-wide in a cost savings initiative leading to a total annual savings of $400K+ (10%).• Responsible for creation, implementation, and rollout of all corporate processes and change.• Recruited and managed cross-functional teams of varying sizes. Worked closely across all teams throughout the organization.• Managed a team of operations, finance, HR and IT professionals, providing coaching and guidance on project management, financial analysis, and client engagement, while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.• Project Manager for hundreds of strategic consulting projects in the emerging technology, digital platform, retail, VR/AR, film, eSports and gaming industries. Project types included both qualitative and quantitative: branding, advertising effectiveness studies, business consulting, and A/B testing.

Culver City, California, Us

• Managed Market Research projects in the emerging technology, VR/AR, eSports and gaming space. Including qualitative, quantitative, A/B testing, and advertising effectiveness studies• Analyzed data, graph and wrote synopses of project results and consumer trends, working directly with clients to develop custom reports • Consulted entertainment industry clients on release dates, marketing strategy and market sentiment based on research analysis from focus groups and online surveys

•Located and recruited business partners and founded web startup•Worked to revolutionize current digital news sources and social media•Controlled all aspects of business operations, design and strategy.

• Researched, developed, and implemented web and web 2.0 strategies, managed candidate’sonline network and image• Assisted candidate with campaign operation, including; attending meetings with business leaders,civil servants, and politicians.; Developed, managed, and organized a 6 county volunteer network• Recorded, managed, and tracked all actions taken by candidate• Official scheduler for candidate.

• Worked across teams to create and implement business enterprise system; gathered and recorded requirements from different functional teams, developed system design and implementation strategy, worked with development team to ensure proper creation and implementation across teams.• Worked to increase company’s exposure online, including developing, improving, and managingonline marketing campaign• Conducted corporate analysis and data tracking to discover areas of strengths and weaknesses;Designed and implemented new ways of increasing business, including developing officeprocedures that better managed workflow and increased productivity• Worked with clients and customers to ensure higher levels of customer service• Redesigned all company literature and forms to ensure proper grammar and profession

Masters, Business Adminstration

Bs, Business Administration: Management

Bs, Computer Information Systems