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Lubbock, Tx

Drive pricing strategy throughout all organizations within the $1B Research and Litigation Solutions line of business. Responsibilities include:• Define and implement pricing initiatives that increase profitability, support Sales and Marketing strategies, and coordinate with Global Pricing efforts.• Enable informed decision-making within Pricing, Sales, Marketing, Go-To-Market, and Product groups through development of tools, dashboards, databases, business models, and ad-hoc… Show more Drive pricing strategy throughout all organizations within the $1B Research and Litigation Solutions line of business. Responsibilities include:• Define and implement pricing initiatives that increase profitability, support Sales and Marketing strategies, and coordinate with Global Pricing efforts.• Enable informed decision-making within Pricing, Sales, Marketing, Go-To-Market, and Product groups through development of tools, dashboards, databases, business models, and ad-hoc analytics reporting.• Lead representation of the Pricing organization in the development of the next generation LexisNexis software platform, ensuring that Pricing requirements are met for all corporate organizations. Show less

Led a team that analyzed and approved discounting to maximize profitability for ~$1.2B in deal requests within the Americas (North America, Caribbean, and Latin America).• Drove creation and implementation of an updated Corporate Governance Matrix outlining deal approval requirements.• Integrated Services and Product deal approval teams, centralizing accountability and reducing cycle time of complex deals by >50%.

Maximized profitability of the Enterprise line of business by using data-driven techniques to reduce discounting and ensure prices aligned with value.• Developed processes and tools that enabled and optimized the North American Commercial Operations team from its onset. - Includes a benchmarking tool adopted by the global Commercial Operations teams that determined accurate market prices for all Enterprise products.• Collaborated with 3rd party pricing scientists to… Show more Maximized profitability of the Enterprise line of business by using data-driven techniques to reduce discounting and ensure prices aligned with value.• Developed processes and tools that enabled and optimized the North American Commercial Operations team from its onset. - Includes a benchmarking tool adopted by the global Commercial Operations teams that determined accurate market prices for all Enterprise products.• Collaborated with 3rd party pricing scientists to develop an enhanced system for pricing optimization and deal segmentation. Show less

Drove significant sustainable increase in earnings through implementation of pricing initiatives in the Enterprise line of business.• Developed pricing initiatives that drove >$20M annual earnings.• Developed the Commercial Operations Database for generation of analytics, dashboards, and ad-hoc reports throughout the Enterprise organization.• Created the Enterprise Performance Management System (EPMS); a reporting system used by sales leaders to optimize… Show more Drove significant sustainable increase in earnings through implementation of pricing initiatives in the Enterprise line of business.• Developed pricing initiatives that drove >$20M annual earnings.• Developed the Commercial Operations Database for generation of analytics, dashboards, and ad-hoc reports throughout the Enterprise organization.• Created the Enterprise Performance Management System (EPMS); a reporting system used by sales leaders to optimize sales/discounting behaviors. Show less

Outstanding R&D career highlighted by rapid advancement and consistent achievements in product quality.• Ensured superior quality of over 15 software and hardware products in the GSM, UMTS, and CDMA Wireless Networks line of business.• Led a global verification team including members from the US, China, France, India, and Canada.• Served as the verification leader on the Integrated Product Team for the new CDMA Network Manager product.• Selected for the Leadership Edge… Show more Outstanding R&D career highlighted by rapid advancement and consistent achievements in product quality.• Ensured superior quality of over 15 software and hardware products in the GSM, UMTS, and CDMA Wireless Networks line of business.• Led a global verification team including members from the US, China, France, India, and Canada.• Served as the verification leader on the Integrated Product Team for the new CDMA Network Manager product.• Selected for the Leadership Edge program – a development program for future leaders of the company. Show less

Ms, Molecular Virology

Studies focused on the molecular mechanisms of how Human Retroviruses (HIV, HTLV) interact with the human DNA transcription complex.

Ba, Molecular Biology, Biocehmistry, And Cell Biology

Ba, Integrated Sciences

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Double-major in BMBCB (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology) and ISP.