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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Point B is an employee-owned management consulting firm that specializes in helping clients execute their strategic initiatives and deliver business results that create transformational change and competitive advantage. Hundreds of companies, including Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, Kaiser Permanente and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., have sought out Point B for its objective leadership, deep expertise and ability to transform strategies into reality. Point B is regularly honored as an exceptional place to work by publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Consulting Magazine. Our values-based culture, shared ownership and entrepreneurial spirit are all foundational to the positive and enriching experience we strive to create with each other and with our clients. In 2014, Consulting Magazine recognized Point B as one of the top 2 “Best Firms to Work For”, ranking the firm in the top 5 overall for consecutive years, and listing the firm No. 1 overall in its ‘Client Engagement’ category among more than 350 consulting firms worldwide. Point B was just named one of the Best Places to Work 2015 by Crain’s Chicago Business!

Provide management and technology advisory services to clients looking to identify and execute high priority business and technology initiatives.

Greater Chicago Area

Client: Large Insurance Brokerage FirmSelected by the divisional CEO of one of the largest insurance brokerage firms to lead the transformation initiative of one of their business units in an effort to turn around the struggling business and position it to double in revenue and attain a 30% NOI within 3 years by focusing on the following three objectives: * Simplify Business Model – Clearly establishing value proposition and go-to market strategy, creating a clear focus on market prospecting which will simplify operational delivery services.* Improve Operating Model – Establishing control framework around processes and roles and responsibilities while restructuring the operations servicing model and team structure.* Optimize Portfolio – Analyze the portfolio of clients and put plans in place to exit poor performing programs, evaluate and improve underperforming programs and look to increase profitability for performing programs

Lisle, Il

* Appointed to create and led a new Enterprise Shared Services organization to drive a transformation of business processes across the finance, procurement, and human resources functions by providing greater efficiencies and higher quality services through centralizing, simplifying, and optimizing common business transactions and processes.* Managed 200+ people from the various finance, procurement, and human resource functional groups.* Led the Business Process Outsourcing initiative for Indirect Procurement and Administration functions by utilizing an innovative delivery model that leverages low cost country sourcing and strategic partnerships to deliver the transformational initiative. The business case included a $35 million cost reduction in the first year and over $200 million in cost reductions over the seven year program.

Lisle, Il

Program Director * Coordinated and managed all aspects of the corporate world headquarters consolidation and building refurbishment effort* Managed budget of $180M* Responsible for coordinating all workstreams including construction, financing and all Navistar functional teams to facilitate timely delivery of design, construction, and move schedules to ensure the smooth transition for 3,700+ employeesDivisional CIO/IT Business Partner – IC Bus * Collaborated with IC Bus Executives and business managers to create and maintain the IT strategy and oversee development of the systems that support the IC Bus Organization business strategy.* Managed IT governance process with executive management, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.

Schaumburg, Il

* Enabled the business in innovative and forward-thinking ways through driving business process change through the development and execution of the IT strategy* Collaborated with NFC Executives and business managers to create and maintain the IT strategy and oversee development of the systems that support the NFC business strategy.* Established and controled an operating budget for required IT resources consistent with NFC’s overall business strategies and project plans.* Managed NFC’s IT governance process with executive management, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.* Served as a member of Navistar’s Dealer Systems Advisory Board* Implemented Oracle Lease Management System (OLM), Siebel SFA, Business Intelligence Strategy* Designed a web-based automated credit-decisioning tool which helped increase revenues, speed up the decision process, standardize and improve the quality of decisions – reduce credit risk, improve customer satisfaction, and reduce operating costs.* Analyzed, designed, developed, and implemented a risk-based pricing model resulting in an increased average spread on yield while attracting higher quality customers.

Greater Chicago Area

* Demonstrated success in defining, developing, and executing detail work plans, resource plans, and team schedules while implementing programs under deadlines and within budget guidelines.* Tracked progress of projects, identified and managed risks of team, and effectively delegated and monitored multiple employees and tasks to ensure timelines and milestones were met.* Planned, organized, and managed software development projects for 9 clients, including 3 start-up companies and 3 PeopleSoft Financial implementations.* Coordinated resolution of cross-team issues through gathering requirements, documenting problems, and developing short vs. long term approaches, including detailed impact analysis, required changes, and work estimates which resulted in quicker issue resolution while minimizing the impact of aggressive schedules.* Managed diverse teams while fostering enthusiasm and motivating them to build a reputation for excellence.* Prepared reports and designs and presented briefings to CEO’s and senior management.

Mba, Finance, Strategy, & Information Technology

B.B.A., Finance

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha Epsilon