Leslie Kathryn Ipock
College Station
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Educational Instructional Assistant
Hawthorn Elementary North
Vernon Hills
2019.01 - Current
Equity Trader and Portfolio Manager
Equity Trader Financial Services/Wealth Management
Boulder
2011.05 - 2026.07
- Actively trades and manages equities.
- Performs Trading Analysis including: Financial analysis of companies globally, and analysis of global economic environments.
- Specialties: Equity Trading, Financial Analysis, Economic Analysis, Oil and Energy Space, Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Trend Identification
Floating Teacher/Substitute Teacher
District 73 Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills
2016.12 - 2017.01
Owner
Little Blue Engine: Build.Play.Learn
Longmont
2012.01 - 2014.01
- The teacher doesn't teach, not really. The teacher offers stimulation and ways in which the person can educate himself or herself.
- Little Blue Engine was founded in January, 2012 and is family-owned and operated in Longmont, CO with recent expansion to Boulder, CO! The business was founded based on the need for Play-based opportunities which introduce Dance and Theater Arts to toddlers and young children. Our core value is stressing a 'can-do' spirit. Through our offerings, we strive for kids to develop a passion for the Arts; which can be further developed. Our goal is to find innovative ways to challenge young children to cultivate Dance, Music and Theatrical interests and passions! Most importantly, we want kids to have FUN! Check us out by: Visiting our website: www.littleblueengine.org Following us on Twitter: @littleblueeng 'Like' us on Facebook: Little Blue Engine
Sales Operations Manager
McGraw-Hill
2008.06 - 2012.02
- Works globally and cross-functionally with sales teams to uncover, investigate, define, manage, and drive continuous improvements in sales efficiency and effectiveness, with the aim of increased sales productivity and ultimately increased customer satisfaction.
- Continuously evaluates, standardizes, and improves current sales processes and creates best practices.
- Conducts comprehensive, senior level reporting and in-depth analyses.
- Acts as a primary liaison between Sales, Marketing, Global Customer Service Organization/Operations, Finance, and Product Management.
- Identifies market and sales opportunities.
- Manages the commissions process.
- Drives the deployment of key sales strategic initiatives.
- Leads the adoption and active usage of the Customer Relationship Management and other sales/marketing automation tools.
Senior Sales Analyst
McGraw-Hill
2006.10 - 2008.05
- Worked cross-functionally with Finance and Oracle IT, identified and eliminated redundancies within the Commissions Management Process. Result: 50% time reduction for Sales Analysts allowing resources to be reallocated to higher value-added activities, eliminated administrative burden for sales.
- Developed and executed the first Siebel generated contract documentation via an automated process; reducing redundancy and eliminating possibility of errors in contract creation process. Result: Increased customer satisfaction, quicker fulfillment time, elimination of administrative burden for Sales Execs.
- Managed team and region forecasting & reporting for Americas & Strategic accounts sales teams.
- Aggregated sales performance tracking, reporting and recognition.
- Conducted territory, product and market trend analyses.
- Acted as Finance liaison for expense, budget and commission processing.
- Identified, implemented and documented best practices to increase sales efficiency.
Market Research Analyst
McGraw-Hill
2005.10 - 2006.09
- Conducted over 100 in-depth interviews with Platts clients and non-clients in qualitative market research projects.
- Supported execution of broad market assessments for Platts Oil, and Power real-time pricing products. Result: Identification of target markets for new and existing products, discover untapped market segments and areas of opportunity.
- Conducted primary and secondary Competitive Intelligence research. Result: Create awareness of competitive landscape and conduct SWOT analysis.
- Supported the development and standardization of global customer satisfaction measurement tools. Result: Standardized benchmark of year to year performance and critical needs areas.
- Created market intelligence support process for new product development of Platts Analytics products. Result: Provide 'voice of the customer' insight into product strategy decisions.
Financial Analyst
Fisher
2004.11 - 2005.08
- Developed and executed the first weekly Sales and Marketing report working cross-functionally with Europe and US teams. Result: First aggregated and consistent tool for management and sales team awareness of customer data and sales opportunities.
- Cross-Functional Global Team Building. Coordinated weekly Sales and Marketing meetings for report review. Offered recommendations related to: Sales Opportunity by Customer, Demand by Month, Opportunity by Sales Rep and Opportunity by Current Customer. Result: Teambuilding across US/Europe, created method to assess opportunities/threats.
- Conducted Financial Analysis and Reporting.
Financial Analyst - Project Manager
IBM
2001.07 - 2004.11
- Managed Operations Optimization Focus Team to drive down IT costs. Result: Savings of $300K by execution of automated Mainframe Bill and movement of jobs from Prime to Off-Prime hours.
- Deployed first ever end-to-end automated metrics measurement process for Personal Computers Division (PCD). Result: Increased Customer Satisfaction due to a more succinct, visible supply-chain and decreased Order to Delivery/Ship to Delivery cycle times.
- Executed Global Logistics Americas Qualcard Customer Satisfaction Process and engineered the first automated Qualcard tool: E-Qualcard; Result: Decreased manual work by 90%, strengthened communications with customers, and created a standardized process.
- Teamed globally with European Procurement, IT, and Finance functions to transition key metrics to automated environments. Result: Increased data accuracy, standardization.
- Managed key metrics for Configured Hardware Brands; Result: decreased distribution defect % and higher carrier performance.
Supply Chain & Operations - Summer Intern
The Limited
2000.01 - 2000.12
Skills
- Lesson planning
- Student assessment
- Educational technology
- Classroom management
- Special education techniques
- Data analysis
Timeline
Special Educational Instructional Assistant
Hawthorn Elementary North
2019.01 - Current
Floating Teacher/Substitute Teacher
District 73 Vernon Hills
2016.12 - 2017.01
Owner
Little Blue Engine: Build.Play.Learn
2012.01 - 2014.01
Equity Trader and Portfolio Manager
Equity Trader Financial Services/Wealth Management
2011.05 - 2026.07
Sales Operations Manager
McGraw-Hill
2008.06 - 2012.02
Senior Sales Analyst
McGraw-Hill
2006.10 - 2008.05
Market Research Analyst
McGraw-Hill
2005.10 - 2006.09
Financial Analyst
Fisher
2004.11 - 2005.08
Financial Analyst - Project Manager
IBM
2001.07 - 2004.11
Supply Chain & Operations - Summer Intern
The Limited
2000.01 - 2000.12