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Helena Chiang

Business Operations Lead - Global Education
Los Angeles, California,CA

Summary

My 10+ years in business operations, partner management, customer service leadership, and program strategy allows me to better develop processes and utilize data/visual analytics to achieve the best experience for customers. I have led internal and external stakeholders to successfully launch a new product organization and increase sales via multiple channels. I have become a trusted advisor with executive leadership due to my proven track record to successfully deliver on large-scale, complex programs.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

AWS Public Sector

Amazon
04.2021 - Current

Global Education Business Operations Lead

  • Educated and trained Global Education Business Development Managers on mission critical systems (ex: Smartsheets, Quick Suite, Pulse, Tableau, and Salesforce)
  • Amplified visibility of the Global Education Industry by creating quarterly marketing newsletters for internal stakeholders focused on revenue results / trends and win highlights
  • Provided monthly and quarterly KPI results and insight summaries via infographics and spreadsheets to internal stakeholders
  • Demonstrated pro-active adaptation to ensure zero downtime by leading the implementation of a new marketing lead process, the migration to a new data entry database, and the creation of a Tableau dashboard in advance of scheduled system deprecations
  • Confirmed the significance of the Education Research sub-industry by uncovering an additional 20-50% revenue
  • Supported the identification of priority countries for future focus by creating a grading matrix made up of 3rd party research and internal data

EdGovTech Business Operations Lead

  • Led formalization of financial/business reporting by establishing dashboards and operational metrics to support 30%+ YoY sales growth
  • Coordinated with senior sales executives to plan territories, segment accounts, and develop quotas for the $1B+ business

Public Sector Solutions | FirstNet

AT&T
01.2016 - 04.2021

Associate Director - West Region Sales Operations

  • Led team of 7 operations managers supporting ~7k public safety agencies and 250 customer emergency deployments FY 2020
  • Developed sales compensation processes, correcting ~$500k FY 2020 in commission discrepancies
  • Owned content of a monthly newsletter highlighting AT&T's work in CA, delivered to ~200 public/private sector executives

Greater LA Sales Manager

  • Led team of 5 sales consultants to achieve 137% sales attainment, top 10th percentile in nation
  • Collaborated with senior executives in Retail to implement a sales incentive for retail stores, resulting in 40% YoY sales increase

National Sales Manager, Vendor Distribution Partnership

  • Led team of 8 channel managers responsible for overseeing a 10-year partnership to achieve over 120% sales attainment FY 2018
  • Co-wrote a 10-year sales distribution contract between AT&T and an international, publicly traded company

Leadership Development Program

AT&T
01.2014 - 01.2016

Sales Vendor Manager - AT&T Entertainment Group

  • Supervised a call center in the Philippines by providing operational leadership, focusing on performance initiatives, and aligning strategic tactics, resulting in the #1 ranking with 102% attainment
  • Implemented a Callback Initiative program which resulted in ~$3m in savings

Engineering

TIAX LLC & TetraTech
01.2008 - 01.2014

Air Quality Engineering Consultant

  • Supervised a $50m Clean Air project, resulting in placing over 1.5k energy efficient vehicles on California roads
  • Supervised the $28m Port Authority of NY & NJ Truck Replacement Program, resulting in the reduction of emissions by 66%

Education

MBA -

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

University of California, Riverside

Skills

CRM Strategy

AI proficiency for Business Data Analytics

Program and Process Management

Forecast Modelling

Cybersecurity

Timeline

AWS Public Sector

Amazon
04.2021 - Current

Public Sector Solutions | FirstNet

AT&T
01.2016 - 04.2021

Leadership Development Program

AT&T
01.2014 - 01.2016

Engineering

TIAX LLC & TetraTech
01.2008 - 01.2014

MBA -

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

University of California, Riverside
Helena ChiangBusiness Operations Lead - Global Education