ANDREW DUDONES
Hartville,Ohio
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
UMPIRE/INSTRUCTOR
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL/WENDLESTEDT UMPIRE SCHOOL/NCAA
06.2006 - Current
- Leverage professional training and experience to lead multiple crews in the role of crew chief in Double-A and collegiate Division-I classifications
- Consistently ranked near the top of my peers to receive promotions throughout MiLB, as well as Division-I conference tournament assignments
- Leveraged Instant Replay technology and techniques in the Arizona Fall League and Division-I college baseball, while continuing to stay up to date on changes within the practice
- Utilized Instant Replay with crew members and outside technical support for optimization
- Led several umpiring crews on instant replay rules, interpretations, and usage
- Prepared and monitored reports ranging from on-field incident reports to technical reports involving Instant Replay
- Analyzed and evaluated new technologies and practices from year-to-year pertaining to changes in rules, interpretations, and specific rule trials
- Instructed and evaluated new umpire candidates for placement into professional baseball and demonstrated such experience in the same role at several camps and clinics including the South Texas Umpire Clinic in San Antonio, Texas, and OUTS in Cocoa Beach, Florida
- Presented information, both formally and informally, to administrators and others in similar positions of authority
FINANCE MANAGER
D-BAT ACADEMIES
08.2020 - 04.2024
- Leverage forecasting and statistics skills to lead multiple Top-10 annual revenue categories throughout all national locations
- Lead analytics for sales and inventory planning and forecasting contributing to sales growth
- Leveraged modeling techniques on available data and design experiments based on new hypotheses
- Developed algorithms to inform and optimize decisions around pricing, marketing, sales, and operations
- Led the design, development, ongoing maintenance and enhancements of complex BI Dashboards, Reports, Queries, and integrated applications
- Build data visualizations to empower decision-making capabilities
- Prepared and monitored project budgets, cash flow projections and project schedules for deal acquisition, finance and SLA reporting agreements
- Conduct preliminary feasibility analyses
- Analyzed supply and demand actions to increase/reduce inventory levels, access risks and opportunities, increase forecast accuracy, and improve corporate KPIs by managing master data and leading reporting digitization projects company wide
- Evaluated new technologies and, upon solution, configure, map, and integrate existing and new systems creating valuable and transparent analytical reports from large datasets
- Supported daily functions including finance and accounting, strategic planning, human resources, sales and marketing, and supply chain strategies while maintaining operational compliance
- Coordinated and managed 1- and 3-year planning cycles
- Created the processes and strategic approach from the ground up in an ambiguous working environment
- Analyzed incoming and outgoing against return to forecast to address sales and supply challenges
- Developed and digitized reporting for Sales, Service, Operations, and SKUs to develop end user friendly analytical tools
- Tracked End of Life products to highlight sales opportunities
- Built visual presentations for executive level presentations that highlight KPIs, risks and opportunities
- Tracked inventory reserves, scrapping opportunities vs threats
- Build relationships with global partners
- Automated data gathering and visualization of the emerging marketplace for new technologies in new global markets
- Delivered business financial reporting for an apples-to-apples scorecard
- Managed the development of short- and long-term strategic financial planning
- Establish and communicate financial targets, risks, and actionable insights to align decisions across markets and segments
- Presented to leadership the financial project insights, historical trends, and expected future events
- Automated complex financial models incorporating assumptions, expectations, and known risks
- Defined standard productivity and scaling metrics within each finance team to baseline existing productivity and make data-driven decisions for investments during annual planning cycles
- Restructured reporting for increased visibility into variance drivers and improve topline reporting metrics
- Forecasted and planned inventory based on sales forecast, marketing, and promotions reporting
STATISTICIAN
SYNDICATED SPORTS PUBLICATIONS AND FRANCHISES
01.2014 - 08.2020
- Used data analytics for use in million-dollar sports investment decision-making using advanced statistical modeling
- Performed monte carlo modeling, simulation, analysis and studies to effectively determine future outcomes
- Cross-leveraged statistics for additional syndicated publications and sports franchises: Akron Beacon Journal, The Hockey Writers, FanRag Sports, and NBC Philadelphia
- Leveraged statistical knowledge and database skills filtering, aggregating, and analysis of large datasets
- Performed presentation of findings in the form of graphs, tables, charts and multimedia
- Ensured quality of analysis through various methods of authentication and corroboration with peers
- Executed technical system performance evaluation and analysis activities, this includes predictive performance models and predictive track equations
- Conducted logical analysis of problems and developing multivariate analysis, linear modeling, and data mining
- Used computer modeling, spreadsheet applications, software tools, and programming languages to analyze data and conducted advanced statistical analyses and applies mathematical calculations
- Performed data manipulation, forecasting, and analysis to support decision-making
- Performed extraction and transformation of data and building interrelationships between different data sets for forecasting models
- Created data visualizations to build transparency
- Converted data into actionable insights by predicting and modeling future outcomes
- Implemented analytical techniques to organize targeted accounts to achieve objectives within tight deadlines
- Developed and maintained analytics reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights
- Leveraged data including workflow, reporting, data integrity and maintenance
- Presented and published findings and recommendations in nationally syndicated sources
- Prepared reports indicating analytical finding and models to guide predictive analytics model development
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Walsh University
North Canton 05.2016 - 05.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Walsh University
North Canton 08.2001 - 05.2005
Skills
- Unbiased judgment
- Assessing performance
- Prioritization
- Endurance
- Performance assessment
- Operations management
- Decision-making skills
Summary
Tech-savvy innovator with hands-on experience in emerging technologies and passion for continuous improvement. Skilled in identifying opportunities for technological enhancements and implementing effective solutions. Adept at leveraging new tools and methods to solve problems and enhance productivity. Excels in adapting to fast-paced environments and driving technological advancements.
Timeline
FINANCE MANAGER
D-BAT ACADEMIES
08.2020 - 04.2024
MBA - Business Administration
Walsh University
05.2016 - 05.2018
STATISTICIAN
SYNDICATED SPORTS PUBLICATIONS AND FRANCHISES
01.2014 - 08.2020
UMPIRE/INSTRUCTOR
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL/WENDLESTEDT UMPIRE SCHOOL/NCAA
06.2006 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Walsh University
08.2001 - 05.2005
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