Sarah Cummings Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

New York, Ny, Us

The Venture Cooperative is a free 6-month educational program and inclusive community that make Laconia's investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. Cooperative participants participate in Laconia’s investment processes, share collaborate on due diligence, hear perspectives from industry leaders, share their expertise within the community, and collaborate with early stage founders.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

· Manage monthly project logistics (from drafting questionnaire to data delivery) for the Consumer Confidence Survey® in collaboration with The Conference Board.· Manage quarterly quantitative research survey in over 60 markets globally to understand consumer confidence.· Develop content strategy (including social posts) for marketing of new products in Consumer Intelligence business unit in North America & Asia.

New York, Ny, Us

• Manage end-to-end delivery for monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®(a survey detailing consumer attitudes, buying intentions, and consumer expectations for inflation, stock prices, and interest rates) in collaboration with The Conference Board.• Led hackathon to create predictive analytics for World Food Programme to model future food insecurity levels in Nigeria & Yemen. Developed partnership for hackathon taking place annual Nielsen Global Impact Day, created compelling report, and socialized findings in presentation at CFS 46 (Committee on World Food Security conference) side event.• Launched new Salesforce Community Cloud for Project 8, a global data platform for Sustainable Development Data created by the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General, the United Nations Foundation and The Demand Institute (jointly operated by The Conference Board and Nielsen).• Transformed various open data sources into more than 35 visualizations for Project 8 platform users.• Increased user engagement on Project 8 platform by 85% and increased available datasets by 80%.• Develop partnerships with organizations globally to drive growth of Project 8. • Presented demo of new Project 8 Community in Lightning and dashboards created in Einstein Analytics at Dreamforce 2018.• Organized 2 in-person volunteer events and raised $1,100 for Bay Area food banks in Q1 2020 while serving as Social and Environmental Responsibility Lead for Impact Inclusion Team.• Worked cross-functionally to identify opportunities for improving inclusion metrics in a core product for U.S. market.• Developed personas, quantitative surveys, led focus groups and presented findings to senior leadership on sensitive topic.

New York, Ny, Us

• Analyze data and translate research findings into clear business implications for FMCG clients.• Developed a deep understanding of the FMCG market in China.• Managed direct report to produce ad hoc quantitative research.

New York, Ny, Us

• Conducted research and advised client launching new products in Indonesia on optimal pricing strategy.• Conducted research and consulted client on optimized pricing strategy in two channels for launch of new products.• Conducted research to optimize portfolio for multinational client launching new durable good products in China.• Conducted research for 45 product concepts in frozen foods category for multinational client in China.• Scoped and designed research based on client business goals. • Worked cross-functionally with multi-country teams to scope projects, manage project set-up, fielding execution, and ensure 100% on-time project delivery.· Greater China leader of annual Nielsen Global Impact Day. Coordinated volunteer activities for more than 200 volunteers in Shanghai office and managed office leaders at each of the 9 office in Greater China region. Over 50,000RMB was raised through an auction which will be donated to the Meng Foundation, which has been committed to the construction of primary school libraries, aiming to develop sound reading habits in students.

New York, Ny, Us

• Conducted research to optimize pricing and portfolio for new product innovations in China.• Analyzed Nielsen in-market data providing insights to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) clients in China.

New York, Ny, Us

• Wrote 20 page analysis of Brazilian steel company monitoring performance to determine a covenant breach• Assisted in tiering of Latin American Credit portfolio with exposure of over $5bn• Worked as a member of Deal Challenge team in order to advise on an acquisition and structure $3bn bridge facility

Hong Kong, Hk

• Created lifestyle knowledge guide on luxury topics for global sales training• Wrote introduction to exclusive book of products for elite customers with lifetime spending of $75,000+• Received overview of operations, logistics, visual merchandising, and consumer marketing

New York, Ny, Us

• Calculated weekly updates of year to date totals and percentages of Tradebook™ trade volume for Senior Manager• Monitored securities from transportation and hospitality industry sectors for stock portfolio competition• Contacted 50 clients to provide detailed instructions for new functions on Bloomberg terminal• Analyzed portfolio of 1,500 prospective Foreign Exchange traders for electronic trading platform• Directed Compost Education Week reaching 500 employees to inform of company sustainability efforts

B.A., Individual Major: China In The Global Economy

Certificate, Mandarin Chinese

High School Diploma

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