Project Manager Sales

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Los

Angeles, CA

MBA 2006 - 2008

New York University New York, NY

MA Cinema Studies 1995 - 1997

Stanford University Stanford, CA

MA Philosophy, BA Psychology & Philosophy 1988 - 1993

EXPERIENCE

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Burbank, CA

Manager, Business Intelligence, Finance dept. 2008 - Present

Finance Manager for industry analysis with the business intelligence group

. Manage cross-functional business intelligence projects interfacing

with Sales, Operations and Marketing departments

. IT process improvement initiatives including report rationalization

and data integration of VOD, iTunes digital purchase and rental

consumption data

. Manage development of interactive KPI dashboard report in

Microstrategy

. Catalog Benchmarking: alignment of finance and operational metrics,

variance analysis of internal shipment and returns vs. industry POS

transactions

. Industry data warehouse overhaul: metric standardization, market

extrapolation and decay curve assumption development, and seasonality

modeling

. Process management of annual marketing business reviews

Universal Studios Home Entertainment Burbank, CA

Fall Associate, Retail Operations dept. 2007

Operations consulting engagement: Analysis of initial allocation and

replenishment data to find means of reducing the DVD returns percentage for

Universal's biggest retail account

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Burbank, CA

Summer Associate, Sales Planning dept. 2007

Goal model overhaul: Rationalized excel model structure by separating

sections for data maintenance, user input, adjustment processes, and report

functionality

. Applied best practices of financial modeling

. Created Essbase pulls of product return data to improve accuracy

. Surveyed retail accounts using MS Sharepoint and integrated account

survey results into retail placement goal model

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

The Mother Company Los Angeles, CA

Business Plan Consultant

2007

Developed financial models for business plan including detailed cost

models, P&L, pro-forma cash

flow, margin analysis, scenario and What-If analyses.

Orthodontic Centers of America New Orleans, LA

Project Manager 2002 - 2006

Managed process of financial data conversion, including exception report

generation and final AR reconciliation. Cross-functional project

management: balanced concerns of multiple client offices

with Operations and IT departments at corporate headquarters

. Developed process for streamlining monthly financial data

reconciliation between bank statements, credit card charges and

checking account autodrafts for over $2.5Million in average monthly

revenue

. Forecasted resources needed to complete multiple simultaneous projects

. Implemented process changes to meet Sarbanes-Oxley standards for

financial data controls

. Managed process for over 100 office conversions involving remote

clients, IT and Operations departments, achieving a perfect record of

completion on schedule

Genesis Securities New York, NY

Proprietary Equity Trader 2001

Traded firm capital on this proprietary trading floor; developed new

trading strategy for firm and

mentored new traders. Obtained Series 24 brokerage license by examination.

Edgetrade Securities New York, NY

Proprietary Equity Trader 2000

Top producer trading firm capital at this new proprietary trading floor.

Obtained Series 7, 63 and

55 brokerage licenses by examination.

Citibank New York, NY

Financial Research Dept. 1998 - 1999

Produced financial reports for Research department involving proprietary

financial research

coverage on companies in a variety of industries. Learned process for

development and design

of financial research reports. Met strict deadlines in a high pressure

environment.

Tigris Microsystems New York, NY

Consultant 1997

Created application to gather and analyze bids from suppliers as part of a

strategic sourcing

initiative. Teamed with A.T. Kearney consultants and Purchasing department

to refine, test and

distribute the application. Savings from the sourcing initiative topped 15%

or $2 Million.

Special Skills

Expert: Microstrategy, Advanced Excel modeling, Data mining and analysis,

MS Access

Familiarity: Cognos, Hyperion Essbase, SAS, Business Objects

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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