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(merger with BORN Group, acquired by Tech Mahindra, Americas)Ran business operations for a hyper-growth agency focused on enterprise clients. Led company operations after inception through acquisition, 15 – 60+ employees. Handled oversight of project management, sales, finance, human resources and delivery collaboration.Process Improvement: Analyzed existing processes and identified areas for enhancement to streamline operations and reduce costs.Data Analysis and Reporting: Gathered and analyzed data to create reports that provided insights into operational performance and informed decision-making.Budgeting and Financial Oversight: Collaborated with finance teams and business stakeholders to monitor spending, ensuring financial accountability with FPA across departments.Vendor Management: Built and nurtured relationships with suppliers, negotiated contracts, and ensured compliance with agreements and expectations. Cross-Department Collaboration: Worked with teams such as IT, People, and Corporate Security to coordinate activities and ensure alignment with organizational goals.User Experience Management: Worked to improve our team's satisfaction by streamlining processes that impact user interactions with our tools.Project Management: Oversaw various projects from inception to completion, ensuring they meet timelines, budgets, and objectives.Compliance and Risk Management: Ensured operations complied with relevant laws and internal policies while identifying and mitigating potential risks.Workforce Capacity Planning: Formulated methodology to and reported utilization metrics for revenue forecasting, assisting with strategic planning to thoughtfully and deliberately prepare for company growth.Resource Optimization: Composed a skills analysis plan to address hiring indecision, identifying gaps in order to prioritize specific needs to formulate a hiring strategy.

Oversaw client relationship and redesigned media analysis strategy for Enterprise technology client. Managed team of internal resources and freelancers to read and validate data. Collaborated with project teams and external stakeholders to maintain budget, timeline, resources, and scope.

Vetted and supported various clients to supplement my income while I identified my next career opportunity. Ran diverse projects (marketing, social media content creation, branding, public relations and event planning) from inception to development.

Managed multi-million dollar account for multinational consumer goods client. Supervised team responsible for providing media monitoring and analysis. Prepared retrieval instructions and communicated parameters to content providers and aggregators. Organized and assigned content for data entry and managed preparation of database tables, scripts and reports.