Duane Casey, MBA, MS

619-***-**** // adin8p@r.postjobfree.com

Value Proposition

Strategic, results-driven business executive. A successful leader of start-up and growth companies across a range of industries. Track record of improving efficiency and effectiveness of IT, finance, and supply chain functions, while partnering with the executive team to develop and implement growth strategies. Expertise in portfolio management, financial planning, revenue forecasting, information technology, strategic planning, and operations.

Leadership

Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Business Development, Retail Concepts (DTC and CTC), P&L Accountability, Management (Processes and Projects), Cost Reductions, Negotiations, Troubleshooting, Change Management, and C-Suite Reporting.

Software

Amazon Web Services (Cognito, DynamoDB, S3), Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), ERP: Oracle (Business Objects, Hyperion, Smartview), SAP (Business Warehouse, Cognos), Great Plains, Macola, Salesforce, Tableau and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio), SQL.

Nike, Inc. (ETW) – Beaverton, OR

Senior Business Consultant, NA Digital Supply Chain (2018 – 2019)

•Created process improvement for NA Digital Supply Chain for SD1, Nike Factory Stores, Nike Stores, and Rebound. To ensure retail products are delivered to stores efficiently through shipped on-time metrics.

•Developed automatic order flow, for +$20M in aged inventory and demand forecasting for Nike Digital programs.

•Worked with 3PL vendors and other business units to gather tactical requirements for automation of workflow.

Nike, Inc. (ETW) – Beaverton, OR

Senior Business Consultant, Athlete Enablement / Store Tools (2017)

•Oversaw two projects: mobile app development “The Ticket” and SAP’s IWMS: Real Estate + Financial Transformation’s Store Sales.

•Supervised functional requirements for business units and technical solutions with various IT resources (NGAP, RDF, Service Now, and PMO). Performed technical analytics related to advanced data analysis, data mining, and source to target mapping.

•Created and maintains complex context process and system diagrams.

•Coordinated and communicated functional requirements of business units and technical solutions with IT capability resources by designing and documenting advanced functional specs.

•Communicated project status to management and business units. Translated system functionality and backlogs using scaled Agile framework.

Ivey Performance Marketing – Milwaukie, OR

Director of Digital (2012–2016)

•Originally co-founded and co-launched GridBox as venture-backed start-up which provided IoT, SaaS, cloud-based, enterprise-grade platform for supporting large retail clients. Retained during subsequent purchase by Ivey Marketing and tapped to lead retail technology business and software development.

•Product owner overseeing road-mapping, vision, strategy, viability, quality assurance, and implementation.

•Administer daily department operations and oversee project P&Ls; produce capital and expense reports for executives, conduct monthly business reviews, generate sales forecasts, and build statements of work for clients. Product Manager of Ivey’s VUE software platform.

•Generated $4M in company revenue by helping Dish and Sling increase brand awareness at 526 Best Buy locations; created digital end cap designs (using tablets) that delivered insights on customer journeys and demographics that honed-in brand penetration.

•Transformed 3-4 weeklong store branding and messaging content distribution procedure into a simple, 10-minute micro-targeted process that covers 25 stores simultaneously for high-end retail client Steve Madden.

•Trimmed retail display downtimes 75% by hiring support staff that managed digital devices at 550 nationwide retail locations; trained staff to monitor systems and provide quick quality solutions to technical glitches.

•Injected company with a quick infusion of $200K in operational cash by stepping in to act as technical support service for NFL Super Bowl XLVII’s Media Day by creating sought-after athlete location monitoring tool used by professional media.

•Enabled client to add 25% lift by creating/installing product recommendation tool as part of an extended relationship with NFL; developed mirror marketing tool which displayed merchandise and product recommendations at Macy’s and Lids stores in NYC which sparked subsequent consumer repeat visits.

•Translated NFL Super Bowl mirror marketing project over to NBA Dallas Mavericks which generated $1M in new revenues for the client; installed 250+ bathroom mirror ad displays, as well as deployed audience measurement and content delivery platforms.

DC Consultants - Portland, OR

Corporate Operations Consultant (2010–2012)

•The client list included Clear Channel, Mentor Graphics, Puppet Labs, Urban Airship, and Home Depot Supply.

•Created board-level financials, GAAP accounting, cash planning, venture capital reporting, budgets, KPI management, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, and readiness.

•Reconciled daily sales journals, order to cash, prepared and approved journal entries for intercompany transactions, and executed monthly or quarterly sales tax filing to appropriate states.

•Delivered financial ability for Urban Airship to project month over month growth and expenses for $12M sales operation; developed a cloud dashboard for managing revenue per push and revenue per audience.

•Reconciled daily sales journals for HD Supplies warehouses with $6M in daily transactions; led development and implementation of automated processing which improved visibility/scalability of revenue transactions and eliminated manual processing.

Sony Electronics Sony Supply Chain America – San Diego, CA

Senior Business Analyst, Finance (2009–2010)

•Primary fiscal planning and analysis role that provided mission-critical financial reporting.

•Prepared financial reports, conducted month-end tasks, developed budgets, and performed variance analyses for two business units Sony Supply Chain America ($1B) and Sony Home Division ($10B).

•Provided financial support to the controller for budgets, SPIFF allocations, product, and demand planning.

•Formulate, order to cash, account reconciliations and journal entries for logistic operation, managed business unit vendors, and accounts.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Molecular Bio-Products– San Diego, CA

Senior Business Analyst, Finance (2007–2009)

•$2M in payroll savings/year; conducted financial analysis to consolidate monthly variance explanations.

•Improved efficiency 50% and cut 4 quarterly non-production days by converting annual physical inventory to weekly cycle counts as part of inventory oversight for 3 geographically dispersed warehouses in two countries.

•Captured $30M in annual cost savings by planning and executing the consolidation of three U.S. manufacturing locations to Tijuana.

•Supported finance director and controller for Global Operations Liquid Handling and Consumables Group (encompassing U.S., Finland, Russia, and Mexico).

•Prepared annual operating plans to include capital and expense plans for Petaluma, San Diego, and Tijuana locations as well as journal entries including direct/indirect labor, manufacturing, and revenue forecasts.

•Analyzed financial scenarios for potential acquisitions that included revenue, manufacturing, and return on investment modeling.

Hollywood Entertainment – Wilsonville, OR

Finance Manager, IT (2004–2007)

EDUCATION:

University of Oregon – Eugene, Oregon

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Oregon – Eugene, Oregon

Master of Science in Applied Information Management (MS)

Capstone: Addressing Gaps in Supply Chain Technology for Global OMNI Channel Retailers

Marylhurst University – Marylhurst, Oregon

Bachelor of Science in Business and Management (BS)

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