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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Developing and leading the company’s overall technology strategy and digital transformation services in alignment with Shepard’s overall business strategy.• Partnering with executive leadership to outline technology goals and develop transformational roadmaps for improvements that align with company goals. • Utilize change management, organizational design, business process analysis, and technology adoption to develop and implement strategic technology initiatives company-wide.• Conducting a training needs analysis for transformation plan rollouts and establishing methods for tracking overall progress and success. • Discovering and implementing new technologies that promote the company’s strategic direction and future growth.• Serving as a member of the Executive Committee providing ideas and insights to drive innovation, improve business strategy, resolve complex issues, and increase profitability.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Leads project teams focused on cross-functional transformation to increase customer and employee satisfaction through process improvements. Partners with leadership to define the business goals and develop a holistic approach to achieve those goals in a comprehensive roadmap aligned to our strategic imperatives. • Works in partnership with senior business leaders and subject matter experts from multiple business units as well as experts from the IT Organization• Assists in the scoping of prospective engagements, developing proposals, planning, logistics, and the execution of project management processes• Provides advice and subject matter expert opinion to Leadership on solution development• Works with the business to develop an overall vision, roadmaps, and target state for solutions and/or products• Maintains strong client relationships by building trust, rapport, and positive working relationships with key sponsors, stakeholders, and team members• Responsible for a successful SAP $30M+ implementation ($400m collected payments processed; $490m+ invoices within the first 3 months of implementation)• Lead a continuous improvement team for an ordering platform with an annual budget of ~$1.5m with over 400+ end-users• Works with business and technical architects and directors to ensure technology initiatives align with business and IT improvement strategies• Provides expertise and advice about how business capabilities interact with technical capabilities to achieve the goals of the program

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Leading a team to ensure the solutions differentiate our core business but also meet the needs of our complex business model to support customers’ and employees’ needs and key measurements at an exceptional level. This role partners with cross-functional leadership to define the business goals and develop a holistic approach to achieve those goals in a comprehensive roadmap aligned to our strategic imperatives. • Leads the team and grows the team’s competencies for success • Creates and maintain enterprise roadmaps • Aligns with business partners by building strong relationships within the organization • Makes decisions about the best solutions • Maintains exceptional working knowledge of industry trends, advancements in consulting strategies, applicable technology, change management and operational efficiencies • Is fiscally responsible for programs and resources • Leads and manage program(s) for the business unit • Collaborates with other areas of expertise with the company• Responsible for an S4 HANA $30M + implementation • Product Owner for a multi-business ordering and collaboration custom application

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Our purpose is to uncover the areas where we can improve or standardize process and then incorporate updated technology to support it. Worked on a multi-year, enterprise wide initiative to improve our prospect to cash lifecycle. • Trained in business process design methods and SAFe Agile practices • Assisted in developing a multi-year transformation roadmap, listing dependencies, impacts and risks• Partnered with Program Sponsors to ensure that the improvements supported the business outcomes desired in our strategic objectives.• Led the business process design for invoicing and collections process • Launched an application to allow for a 360-view of customer data through Power BI• Created an on-site checklist application for our field to help with the fulfillment of orders and change order process

Las Vegas, Nevada

• Successfully led numerous production teams, including events such as Las Vegas Market, LinkedIn Talent Connect, and CES • Managed multi-million dollar business from contract to event execution • Part of the inaugural Freeman Women's Development Mentor program

• Successfully lead numerous production teams, including events such as Las Vegas Market and CES• Managed multi-million dollar business from contract to event execution

• Executed requests while working hand-in-hand with various clients. • Successfully completed Lean Six Sigma 101 and 201 training courses. • Directed Teamster work force and Operational teams. • Understand budgets and work to maximize opportunities for the client and the company from a financial perspective, while managing the financial outcome of events by examining revenue vs. cost.. • Coordinate timelines with internal department, vendors and facilities.