Toyota North America

Manage and lead a team of analysts, data engineers, and data scientists to build digital transformation products for the demand and supply organization. 

Complete ownership of roadmap, design, and development of ML-enabled decision making engine that controls +$700M in vehicle accessorization decisions annually, resulting in an addition +$100M in verifiable revenue. 

Broke down silos across Transport, Parts, and Demand & Supply organizations, generating buy-in and awareness of the new accessorization product, increasing parts forecasting horizon by 400%.

Grew my teams capabilities by coaching and mentoring on the following topics:
Analysis, ETL, Data Discovery
Communication, Presentation

Digital Transformation Product Owner

Bit Bros

Co-Founder

Autonomi

Advisor

AT&T

Coached and guided technical SMEs to communicate more effectively, leading to faster executive and inter-org buy in on complex projects. 

Responsible for Voice of the Customer, Business Development, and Project Management responsibilities on a small innovation focused team enabling me to work on cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Engineering, 3rd party vendors and customers to bring solutions to market.

Built lean product business cases from the ground up; performing qualitative and quantitative market analysis, working with vendors and suppliers to develop PoC, demoing and trialing PoCs and getting each organizations buy-in for launch and support if proven effective.

Principal Product Innovation Manager

Leading cross-functional commercial power transformation which identified +$300M in annual power savings through accelerated BAU efforts and new business cases.

Presented financial analysis, forecasts, and roadmaps to financial & operational stakeholders in order to collaborate on business cases development.

Identified data platforms approved by AT&T Chief Data Office and hosted bi-weekly calls for new and experienced data professionals.

Special Projects Lead

Hired and managed summer intern to fulfill technical business need within 10 weeks. Completed main project and 2 ancillary projects resulting in $40,000 in annual savings and increased capabilities.

Created database application to display and update volunteer location and skills, adding highly desired functionality and automation.

Transformed how international team works with data by building databases, APIs, applications, and providing specific training, resulting in much less manual work and higher quality analysis.

Conducted exploratory quantitative analysis of historic finance data to build forecasting model based on multiple variables.

Create KNIME workflows pushing and pulling data from sources to transform into reoccurring reports, saving +400 work-hours annually.

Gained executive buy-in for Tableau software to develop collaborative dashboards & scorecards.

Coached teammates and colleagues on data analytics and tools in weekly calls, occasionally reaching over 100 live attendees.

TDP | Engineer II - Application Developer

Known as the "Excel Guy" - the go-to expert for data wrangling.
Managed over $5M in capital 4G/5G LTE Projects.
Recommended strategic training plan; partnered with data and training organizations to create and roll-out data visualization training to mobility organization.
Led change effort to optimize ordering process for entire nation resulting in company-wide standardization.
Oversaw +500 wireless projects involving installing the latest RF hardware at cell sites.

TDP | Technical Project Manager

Benzaiten Services

Helping technical professionals get employment and grow their careers at Boeing, Johnson Controls, Pintrest, AT&T, and other prestigious companies.

Founder / Consultant

moVR

We bring cutting edge Virtual Reality Experiences to conventions, birthdays, weddings, and corporate events.  
As the sole technologist I am the SME on all topics technology at moVR.  I select VR hardware and software through extensive product evaluation and am responsible for installation and maintenance of all technology.
As CMO I procure all marketing materials for social media, website, and traditional marketing materials.
Crafted premium digital brand in < 30 days and dominant market presence in < 90 days via aggressive digital marketing strategies
Collaborated with Operations manager to design efficient use of technology to maximize up-time and ensure quality customer experiences during conventions and other heavy-traffic events.

Graybar

Updated training materials to reflect current operating procedures and utilized Visio diagrams to diagram steps; reducing the learning curve for new employees.

Built MS Access database connecting +100 excel files containing prices for priority customers, increasing efficiency and accuracy by removing manual line-by-line comparisons.

Evaluated BOX for large file transfers, collaborating with continuous improvement office to test, deploy and train organization on BOX cloud file sharing software.

Pricing Intern

Campus Entertainment, LLC

•	Demonstrated, advertised, and conducted trials of Microsoft products and services
•	Educated students and faculty on Windows 8’s new features and changes
•	Document interactions with students and faculty 
•	Utilized conference and video calling for weekly reports to communicate effectiveness of hosted events and increased presence on campus

Microsoft Student Representative

Anderson Engineering, Inc.

Revolutionized data tracking system by building Excel Calculators and trackers, reducing re-work by 20% and increasing accuracy.

Designed inexpensive ($50) project management tracking white-board for field and lab test scheduling.

Field & Lab Technician 

Don’t take me or yourself too seriously, the real winners are those filled with joy, not accomplishments.

The best day in the office for me is one where I connect people with tools, info, or other great people who can help them solve a problem and grow.

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