SUMMARY:

Experienced Senior Business Leader with a proven track record in driving growth and solving complex business problems combining data analytics with business expertise, possessing remarkable leadership and mentoring ability, strategic thinking and execution and experience building and managing successful cross functional teams. Results oriented individual with expert knowledge in the Cloud, Mobile and E - commerce industry and global experience.

AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE:

• Business Leadership
• Data Science / BI
• Business Partnerships
• Team Development
• Planning, Modelling & Analysis
• Business Operations
• People Leadership
• Finance
• Change Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Founder & CEO

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with the Board to define vision and operational plan. Regular update on business metrics.
• On-boarded and partnering with 40+ Confidential Operators across 4 Countries in East Africa.
• Launched data-driven online marketing campaign: grew followers from nothing to 1.4K+ on Facebook & Twitter; got 50+ keywords on Google Page-1, and grew Site visits by 80% and Pageviews by 70% M-o-M.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Director-Business Operations

Responsibilities:

• Supervised and motivated team, driving operational excellence and customer experience.
• Focusing on the strategy, data mining, budgeting and forecasting, financial modeling, performance management and operational analysis.
• Collaborated with department heads to develop and define KPIs, policies, procedures, and standards regarding overall operations.
• Developed and implemented optimized planning models for right sizing organizations, leading to 10% Confidential cost efficiency.

Director- Data Science / Business Intelligence

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and developed a team of over 30 (Data Architect, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Data Scientists and UX designer) distributed across multiple time zones, coordinating project development, program management and monitoring progress, in addition to providing BI for more than 4,000 strong technical support organizations.
• Developed business partnerships with Data Engineering teams for shared commitments.
• Supported development and deployment of next generation data mart optimizing performance (66% in Confidential ), simplification (85% reduction in dimensions), and higher data quality.
• Drove a 75% increase in reach and 135% increase in usage of standardized global reports, through development of audience focused business intelligence portal.

Group Strategy Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed operations pertaining to business management for the Division SVP in addition to steering the Global Virtual Business Management, Data scientists and Business Analyst community.
• Mentored and led a team of analysts to streamline operational planning and predictive modelling through development of staffing tools, unifying the process and leading to global consistency.
• Improved costs by 6% and utilization by 6.2 points through managing business monitoring systems, ensuring operational health of business.
• Developed and implemented strategic planning framework increasing Confidential for capital expenses by 15%.
• Built a predictive model on impact of Cloud on Support cases leading to organization transformation.

Finance Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspect of finance department, including funds management, budgeting, and financial analysis.
• Routinely performed research and analysis and presented information to Division Executives for decision support.
• Facilitated global 3-yr long range plan for $3B+ Serviced Business driving 18% Confidential growth.
• Monitored financial activities, including financial close and presented Confidential review deck for Support P&L.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Monitored all aspects of financial reporting, general ledger accounting, and risk assessment.
• Conducted financial research and prepared financial reports to provide Business Unit Leadership with recommendations.
• Successfully performed special projects aimed to improve process efficiency and performance.
• Successfully collaborated with various business groups, formulating and quantifying $5 million-dollar cost savings programs through root cause analysis.

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded development on projects aimed at driving company profits and managing costs.
• As internal consultant worked on projects using financial modelling, six-sigma process optimization, activity based costing and asset valuation.
• Oversaw the development of business plans and value propositions, providing complete financial commitment of $25M for establishing Confidential networks in four markets, resulting in a $3M cost savings.