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Dallas, TX, US

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Developed and implemented the vendor strategy for partners selling on the marketplace for both external and internal products.
• Championed the implementation of a streamlined vendor onboarding process, reducing onboarding time by 77% and enhancing marketplace operations.
• Identified vendors with the highest revenue potential and recruit them to join the marketplace - 100% response rate from vendors.
• Generated and analyzed customer insight and translated into opportunities for partnerships with IoT vendors and product managers.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• IoT, Wireless & 5G MEC Product Management & Strategy Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration with strategy, technology, product, sales, and marketing organizations to create cross product strategies for the.
• Conducted thorough competitor analysis and market research, identifying emerging trends and shaping forward-looking product strategies to drive future growth.
• Evaluated market potential, customer requirements, and competitive landscape to guide investment decisions and define go-to-market (GTM) strategies for Verizon's IoT portfolio.
• Worked closely with product leads, leveraging internal transactional data and external market insights, to develop and execute product growth strategies.
• Leveraged strong analytical skills to assess IoT product concepts and opportunities, ensuring alignment with market needs and maximizing revenue potential.

• Account Manager for the Strategic Accounts group in the Internet of Things business unit.
• Responsible for managing and growing relationships with high profile customers - customers billing over $50 million annually
• Understanding customers’ needs to develop additional business opportunities.
• Supported global launch of project with connected devices for customer - 300,000 devices in 50 different countries
• Part of business unit with $1 Billion in revenue

Dallas, TX

• Assistant to the Chief of Staff for John Donovan, Chief Strategy Officer and Group President – AT&T Technology and OperationsResponsible for employee engagement in BU including health challenges, informative video.
• Inside ATO video series – average 8,000 viewers per episode
• ATO Health Challenges – average 3,000 participants.

Dallas, TX

Developed churn reporting for bundled business wire line products.

San Jose, CA

• Lead and developed a team of 13 unionized technicians that provision, troubleshoot, and maintain all network equipment in Central Offices. Responsible for efficiency,training and policy adherence of technicians.
• Partner up with peer to use Six Sigma/Lean techniques to determine new ways to reduce MTTR for Rural CO’s – Director approved trial testing of new methods (Meeting with Directed held on 3/11/15)
• Sigma Training in progress – White belt currently passed.
• In charge of Area Managers COR completions – completed 100%
• Providing mentoring to new GFS manager peer who started in OCT 2014
• Trained peer and manager on Excel so as to better present data for meetings with Labor regarding employee performance issues.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Mobility, Corporate Sales Operations Dallas, TexasCompetitively selected for the AT&T Leadership Development Program, a flagship MBA recruitment program focused on management strategies, diverse work assignments, and.
• Owned and lead this communication strategy analysis project
• Identified and selected a statistically significant number of retail units for survey via direct outreach by HQ staff
• Planned and executed an anonymous survey of retail personal; assessed competitor practices by comparison
• Delivered analysis and synthesis upstream to the channel, and to corporate senior management South Central Region, Retail Operations Training Conference
• Managed pre-planning and delivery support for a 2 day conference at HQ with 180+ field managers

Houston, Texas Area

AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specifically to fight poverty. VISTA members commit to serve full-time for a year at a nonprofit organization to help them grow.As a Vista I was responsible for the Programs Training and Events Department which planned activities for members, and developed partnerships with members of the community.

Middle and high school substitute for all subjects

Asked to join campaign paid staff after one month as volunteer. Managed insertion of advertising in local papers statewide. Worked with New Media Team (social networking) on voter contact projects and researched key information to facilitate voter contacts.

Advanced from customer service representative to assistant management over to year periodManaged projects to improve store performance in key metrics including customer satisfaction, and consistently achieved or surpassed monthly quotas by as much as 50% percentAchieved regional recognitions for sales performanceSelected to attend professional development.

Focused on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance. Re-housed remains to comply with tribal requirements and inventoried collections to determine cultural items with specific care and handling instructions from tribes. Brewing Market; Worked 20+ hours per week as barista and cashier for near-campus coffee house, including.

Managed distribution of public relations materials for private company performing environmental consulting in the greater Houston area. Researched potential customer information for public relations purposes. Performed lab data entry and basic record-keeping, and assisted with environmental inspections of asbestos and mold, diagrammed and plotted.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business

Activities and Societies: MBA Women International: Vice President of Programs, Freeman Consulting Group: VIce President, Tulane.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology And Classics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Omicron Pi: Vice President of Administration, Vice President of Education

High School