Manager Engineer
Resume:
JONATHAN D. DAVIS
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Dynamic finance professional with people leadership experience, international contract negotiation skills, business planning
and strategic analysis expertise seeking a challenging finance leadership role
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.
Director Finance – US Airline CoBrand Cards and Partnership Development ( 2006-2009 ) New York, NY
Delivered monthly and quarterly portfolio results/forecasts for internal and external stakeholders
Designed recently launched Delta cobrand sub-products through statistical and financial analysis
Created and implemented a pricing evaluation methodology for assessing US cobrand partnership negotiations
Evaluated and provided strategic insight for multiple cobrand opportunities resulting in ~12 signed contracts
Manager Finance - International Partnerships and CoBrand Development ( 2005-2006 ) London, England
Provided strategic pricing recommendations for ~25 cobrand contract negotiations across the Airline, Bank and
Retail sectors in several JAPA and EMEA markets resulting in 3 major cobrand contract signings
Presented business forecasts directly to potential partners as part of business development efforts
Provided strategic recommendations to create a regional market strategy for global cobranded bank negotiations
Enhanced financial deal model using sophisticated tools to better evaluate co-brand card partnership opportunities
Manager Finance - Business Analysis for US Membership Rewards® ( 2003-2005 ) New York, NY
Evaluated and tracked $50MM of MR® policy changes using customer database and data mining techniques
Conducted and presented analyses for the successful contract renegotiation of Southwest and Delta Airlines
Created Delta Airlines bankruptcy analysis which resulted in AmEx’s desire to issue Delta a $600MM loan
HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. Hartford, CT
Corporate Finance Intern ( 2002 )
Conducted financial analysis for a $27MM Enterprise Rent-a-Car contract negotiation
Led $3MM Monster.com negotiation yielding 15% savings in online recruitment expenses
E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS and COMPANY Richmond, VA
Product Development Engineer ( 1998-2000 )
Designed new products used to re-invigorate a $120 million protective apparel business
Co-authored patent for researching and developing new Tyvek® products
EDUCATION
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY School of Business St. Louis, MO
ESADE Business School – Study Abroad Barcelona, Spain
Masters of Business Administration, May 2003, Graduated top 15%
Created a new product development strategy with senior faculty for Emerson Electric Co.
Vice President of Finance for the Graduate Business Student Association
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, IL
Masters of Science - Management Science and Industrial Engineering, May 2001, GPA 3.2
2003 and 2001 advisor for the Kellogg School of Management’s LEAD Program in Business
VIRGINIA TECH Blacksburg, VA
Bachelors of Science - Chemical Engineering, May 1999, GPA 3.4
National Science Foundation (NSF) undergraduate researcher in the area of composite materials
OTHER DATA
Successfully completed American Express’ 6-month European professional development program
Vice Chairman of the Board for Virginia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity
Fluent in verbal Spanish, Proficient in written Spanish
High Proficiency in MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, SQL, C++, Minitab, EssBase
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