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- Lead cross functional initiatives with software development teams to define requirements and prioritize efforts. - Partner closely with customers and partner teams to identify gaps, make improvement recommendations, drive consensus, and facilitate improvements to planning processes for data center networking- Develop short and long term forecast models (using a combination of tools including but not limited to - plex, sql, python etc) for network infrastructure demand by partnering with technical teams managing Google's data center network- Develop / maintain dashboards/tools to track metrics such as accuracy, variance, service levels of the forecasted demand and initiate process initiatives for driving improvements over time - Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models, processes and software tools) in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets - Drive product success by keeping ourselves and others accountable for metrics and program schedules/plans

- Responsible for overall Network Hardware Planning across multiple XFN business units, surpassing multiple $B in annual yearly spend- Led monthly interlocks to establish and maintain core planning processes, analytics, and KPIs to manage forecasting and delivery of Infrastructure hardware- Planning Business lead, partnering with supply chain architects to develop and implement a multi-year roadmap to deliver a holistic platform for E2E planning transformation programs across supply chain teams- Drive and/or partner across cross-functional teams on strategic projects including inventory management framework, hardware/commodity flexibility and buffer programs, capacity planning, long range HW planning and financial forecasting accuracy, often pivoting teams from tactical execution to strategic planning

San Francisco Bay Area

- Created and presented Supply and Demand recommendations to leadership in Integrated Business Planning and strategic reviews influencing partners to drive decisions and to optimize across Meta- Developed product lifecycle transition strategies to minimize risk while still supporting the Data Center and Edge PoP business units critical deployments, adhering to aggressive timelines- Responsible for the creation of yearly budgets to support Meta’s builds across Data Centers and Points of Presence locations globally, covering critical capacity planning, technology migrations, and refreshes- Partnered with analytic teams as the business lead for the development of data sources and dashboards to improve reporting capabilities and productivity. Examples include forecast accuracy/bias, projected inventory, and financial forecast vs. actuals dashboards

Menlo Park, California

- Developed and managed end-to-end project plans to ensure on-time results for multiple Facebook designed data centers, leading cross-functional teams to network delivery across the backbone and data center networks to enable site completion and full data center turn-up- Provided hands on program management and deep dive analysis on design, development, testing, implementation, to automate and influence future builds to a more optimal structure- Presented to senior leadership team on risk/change management factors on these projects with a cadenced review to provide visibility and wholistic status update on these big bet projects- Interfaced with Engineering and business owners for project requirements and scope, necessitating domain knowledge and understanding to translate requirements into operational workloads

- Responsible for the end-of-life processes for our data center decommissioning and enablement of new platform turn-up.- Coordinated with stakeholders to align planning goals and deadline management. This included developing scripts to ensure each asset was dispositioned based on various criteria factors, accommodating the various hardware leases, warranties, and overall hardware roadmap- Owned the accounting relationship for the broader team, which called for conducting the monthly CIP reviews and actions, month end close procedures, maintaining depreciation timelines, and ensuring programs and processes were met with SOX compliant practices

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing

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