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• Created a comprehensive product strategy and roadmap for four mission-critical enterprise applications, gaining buy-in from firm leadership and driving >4,500 weekly visits and >250 distinct users (~40% of the firm) through strategic feature prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and user-focused design • Deployed an internal data catalog with enabling the discovery of >3,000 data products across >600 vendors for investment teams resulting in a ~28% increase in data consumption while automating data distribution to improve data operations and decrease manual effort by >50% • Increased usage of the data catalog in 2024 by ~22% by launching valuable features including financial reporting, dataset recommendations, natural language queries, and support for internal datasets • Launched a contract management platform enabling effective oversight of contract spend and cost mark-ups resulting in ~15% cost savings (>$2 million) per year across >350 contracts • Collaborated with Broker Research and Data Science teams to launch a research platform centralizing equity and fixed-income research from brokers to facilitate research discovery while driving actionable insights through AI-generated summaries, sentiment analysis, and notifications increasing research consumption by ~43% • Supported data operations in collaboration with Data Engineering through the creation of a control room overseeing all data pipelines with built-in interventions for failing processes, SLA alerting and profiling, and vendor communication • Launched an LLM-enabled chatbot and a suite of easy-to-use APIs supporting programmatic use and document upload and reference with bulk connectivity to internal document stores enhancing employee productivity for >20% of the firm on a daily basis and saving >$100k per year on technology costs

• Designed and developed a Buy-Now-Pay-Later analytics platform for hedge funds and private equity firms, enabling strategic investment evaluations and enhancing portfolio decision-making • Managed the creation of a B2B analytics platform, driving e-commerce performance for merchants and brands in the grocery sector, leading to improved market positioning and revenue growth • Led the development of a large-scale language model that categorized and branded over 10 million SKUs, enriching datasets with geographic and user-level insights, boosting analytical capabilities

• Developed a Tableau dashboard to streamline accounting processes for a Fortune 100 company, increasing efficiency by automating the Procure-to-Pay system • Automated SQL script generation within Google Suite, enhancing business unit testing processes for a major food-service company and reducing manual workload • Designed and implemented a Power BI dashboard for process mining, showcasing advanced analytics and delivering actionable insights to clients

• Created an automated cost of goods sold calculator using FIFO methodology for a major cryptocurrency exchange using Python, SQL, and Alteryx to assist in the SPAC process• Built Alteryx workflows and SQL scripts to configure data for a Tableau dashboard analyzing the efficiency and outstanding risk in the procure-to-pay process of a Fortune 100 consumer products company• Automated the creation of SQL Scripts in Google Suite for business unit testing and revenue recognition for large food services company• Developed a Process Mining dashboard in Power BI via stored procedures in SQL and Python scriptstracking the accounts payable process of a Private Equity firm to enhance fraud detection and improveoperational efficiency• Initiated practice-wide completion of Microsoft SQL certification and guided peers in the process

- Responsible for running production lines during training programs- Role play certain behaviors typically experienced during performance transformations- Assist with both the general administration of the facility and its continuous improvement

- Used industrial engineering and supply chain principles to create key insights into the value of shipping lanes- Developed shipping route visualization tool in Tableau to improve ad hoc decision making for the Supply Chain team

- Built a Tableau Interface to assist in identifying accounting discrepancies between the client (Fortune 100 company) and its suppliers using Purchase Order, Invoice Receipt, and Goods Receipt data- Wrote SQL scripts to import and clean over 250 million records from an SAP environment into an SQL server and joined tables from different SAP documentation into a combined table

- Developed data collection system using Excel macros, Windows Powershell, and Microsoft SQL Server to aggregate raw data from multiple excel documents- Worked with multiple stakeholders to ensure data collection process was simple and accessible, while also confirming all data would be accurately collect

Assisted in the expansion and optimization of the Delta TechOps facility as a result of the Rolls Royce Trent Engine rolloutSelected Project Experience:- Developed a database to track and record the completion of all documentation necessary to ensure compliance with Rolls Royce, Delta Airlines, and other regulating bodies- Recommended alternative to current plasma spray capabilities based on competitors’ current technologies and opportunity to save money and space according to complex cost analysis