CHRISTOPHER WATKINS Tel. 847-***-**** E-mail: acyp3d@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CGSM Fellow (92nd Percentile GMAT) New Haven, CT

MBA, Concentrations in Strategy & Finance, Target Corporation Fellow 2013

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Presidential Scholar (Full Tuition Scholarship) Atlanta, GA

BA, History with Honors (Completed in five semesters) 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WeSolv On-Demand Consulting and Business Analytics Platform San Francisco, CA

Head of Product & Strategy 2016-Present

Doubled the installed MBA student user base in less than two months through our Corporate Innovation

Challenge campaign, using targeted campaigns to reach top MBA programs and on-campus organizations

Facilitated a 4x increase in projected 2017 revenue by constructing proprietary data models and machine

learning algorithms in R and Python which provided client companies (such as Goldman Sachs, Allstate,

Conagra) the ability to predict the career trajectories of MBA and undergrad talent

Reduced the average project deployment time by 75% through implementing scrum methodology and

with creation and launch of our WeSolv QuickFire Challenge, an entry level product designed to rapidly

gather feedback on the skills of MBAs

Uber Technologies Inc. Mountain View, CA

Global HR Systems Program Manager 2013-2015

Delivered a 5% increase in offer acceptance rate and 72% increase in month over month hires

spearheading the development and management of Ubers revamped hiring platform and careers page

Helped decrease average time to hire by 29% by providing consultation and statistical analysis for all

global recruiting teams and hiring managers, bringing about a marked streamlining of Ubers hiring process

Decreased resume screening time by nearly 80% through the pilot development of a set of algorithms that

automatically ranked candidates by skills, experience and educational background

Google Inc.

Analytics Strategist/Associate Technical Recruiting Lead

Drove an average 10% increase in recruiter performance by creating the back-end and UI of the

"Godfather" database, which utilized advanced statistical models to predict candidate decision trees

Reduced the number of candidates lost to top competitors by 40% by leading financial modeling and

valuation analysis with the compensation team to properly value candidate options from startups

Helped lead tech recruiting to its best 2-year performance ever by strategizing a multi-tiered competitive

response to large-cap tech competitors through the implementation of a customer-centric recruiting focus

PepsiCo Somers, NY

Corporate Strategy Intern 2012

Designed a 10-year product and marketing strategy to regain market share for Pepsis Carbonated Drinks

divisions through building the business cases for successful product rollouts such as Mountain Dew Kickstart

Identified a combined $150M in incremental sales and cost savings by crafting long-term framework for

capital expenditures and potential future R&D priorities for the for the company

Created a $1B plan of strategic acquisitions and divestitures using in-depth valuations comprised of DCF,

public comparables, and precedent transactions for several large cap companies in the beverage sector

Thomson Reuters Hubbard One Chicago, IL

Web Support Product Manager 2011

Finished in the top rankings for all segment performance metrics during the most successful period in

companys history through development of custom data products and web portals for 30 top U.S. law firms

Accenture Racine, WI

Product Manager 2010-2011

Improved client data optimization by 35% and markedly increased collaboration amongst Accentures

global Fiat client sites by developing the Visual Information Database (VID) and leading the global product

team to support the rollout and implementation

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