Data Analyst Project Manager

LadéLeon (Layla) Porter Ph.D.

Email: adyoi5@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 469-***-****

Work Experience

Contract Specialist (Data Analyst)/ Chief of Staff (Procurement Expert/Analyst Portfolio Management) PM Consulting Group (Contractor)

U.S. Department of Education - Dallas, TX

December 2019 – January 2022

Responsibilities and Accomplishment of Chief of Staff (Procurement and Analyst Portfolio) 2019-2022:

• Accountable for displaying initiative, attention to detail, and organizational skills while providing comprehensive procurement support.

• Responsible for preparing purchase orders, requisitions, and other documentation, ordering supplies, materials, equipment, and services, and for gathering data and researching purchasing information.

• Utilized sound decision making skills to maintain efficiency and productivity, resolve various logistic related issues, and to overcome difficulties in order to improve the coordination of procurement activities/tasks.

• Support the annual planning process for the division, including development and coordination of information, plans, and goals across departments. Responsibilities and Accomplishment of Contact Specialist/Data Analyst 2019-2022:

• Develop reports for executive management, regulatory agencies, audit firms, FOIA requests and compliance assurance; on both a recurring and as-needed basis.

• Assimilate, aggregate and query financial data to provide recommendations based on statistical analysis.

• Develop and maintain OCR’s financial systems data dictionary.

• Monitor data integrity of financial systems and notify appropriate personnel of data impairments.

• Assist with financial procurement-related data analysis, including: 1. Analyzing sourcing trends for generating new revenue streams. 2. Conduct market trend research and benchmarking analysis. 3. Support Request-For-Proposal bid teams with pricing analysis and evaluation, analyze vendor performance including price and discount verifications. 4. Analyzing data to determine potential risk exposure, spend categorization and management, operational performance measurement.

5. Assess adequacy of existing data for reporting requests.

• Develop solutions for automating complex repeatable queries that normalize and cleanse data.

• Assist the attorneys with troubleshooting technical issues, conducting queries and retrieving data from various systems.

• Work with other OBFS and university-wide units responsible for systems management to obtain, understand, and interface financial data.

• Research industry best practices in data mining and financial regulatory data requirements.

Chief Executive Administrator/ Project Manager (Salesforce Data Analyst) Together as One Weddings and Events - Dallas, TX

February 2006 - February 2019

Responsibilities and Accomplishment as Chief Executive Administrator 2006-2019:

• Functioned as the figurative head of the organization to communicate with stockholders, government entities and the public; Led the development of the organization’s for monthly operational reviews with the board of directors.

• Managed overall operations and make major decisions affecting the organization; Managed the organization’s resources and negotiated or approved agreements and contracts for the organization.

• Executive presentations/communications, in collaboration with communications team Designed spreadsheets and charts, maintained databases, and wrote departmental status reports.

• Created financial reports, managed human resources and accounting functions; Recruited and coordinated interviews, references, and documentation for staff hiring. Follow up on hiring decision; distributed, completed, and processed new hire paperwork. Data Analyst/Project Management duties using Salesforce 2010-2019

• Support development of data reporting products such as dashboards and in-depth quantitative analysis on trends and forecast.

• Generate dashboard mockups, charts, use cases, process flow diagrams, and other system documentation.

• Collaborate with external client on improving functionality, design and user experience, and endorsing a culture where high-quality data is at the forefront.

• Track scope and changes throughout implementation of reports and application changes, keeping stakeholders notified of anticipated completion dates.

• Develop a strong understanding of the client processes and procedures and assist with making improvements relative to technology and processes.

• Prepare agendas, biweekly status reports and follow-up actions for meetings with external clients and client vendors.

• Enforce controls and formal reviews of the data to improve data quality, audit trail and transparency.

• Rapidly implement changes as policies and programs evolve.

• Perform and develop cost analysis and ad hoc reports for external client management as needed.

• Analyze/translate complex data and communicate to clients in a digestible way. Education

Doctorate -Neuro/Cognitive and Instructional Psychology Grand Canyon University - Phoenix, AZ

Masters -Neuro/Cognitive Psychology

Grand Canyon University - Phoenix, AZ

Bachelors -Dietetics and Criminal Justice; Minor -Biochemistry Prairie View A&M - Prairie View, TX

Skills and Technology

Management, Inventory Management, Psychology Research, Administrative Services, Volunteer management, Business development, Grant writing, Fundraising, Financial planning, Learning technology, Talent management, Mentoring, Negotiation, Procurement, Financial analysis, Crisis Management, Data Entry, Billing, Quantitative Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Product Development, Root Cause Analysis, Strategic Planning Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power BI, Sharepoint, IBM SPSS, Strategic, Crisis Management, SQL, ServiceNow Administrator, Adobe Captivate, Java and JavaScript, Linux, Software troubleshooting,PaaS and SaaS Expert

Additional Information

10 years’ experience with Grant Writing and Grant Coordination 10 years’ experience with PaaS and SaaS, and implementing payroll solutions via QuickBooks and Paycor 3 years’ experience as a Chief of Staff

17 years’ experience as Project Manager

17 years’ experience as a Chief Executive Administrator 18 years’ experience as a researcher within academic research

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