Lindsey Theis
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Passionate professional with talents in planning, strategy and forecasting. Innovative business partner dedicated to driving transformation in current business processes by harnessing the power of data science.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Strategy & Market Intelligence Manager
Corning Optical Communications
Charlotte, NC
02.2019 - Current
- Launched a new Market Intelligence organization and built the team to a seven-person organization
- Has responsibility for generating the division’s short term and long-term strategy, owning market models to feed all strategic processes and supporting executive leadership with key insights used for short term and long-term planning
- In this role I lead a team of analysts to the successful completion of a new market sizing and forecasting structure to support the annual and quarterly forecasting process
- Participated in the restructuring of the annual forecasting process to produce more accurate forecast
- Responsible for delivering the half day quarterly market review to the executive team, supporting Corning’s earnings report.
Data Center Market Analyst
Corning Optical Communications
Hickory, NC
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Responsible for creating new models for sizing the data center market and working closely the VP of Enterprise to develop short term and long-term strategy
- Drove strategic processes for data center which included the long term forecast & the 5-year strategy plan
- Lead the data center quarterly market review, giving the organization key insights into market size, trends and resulting share
- Acted as the data center SME by speaking at various conferences, writing white papers/articles, and giving webinars on technology trends.
Marketing Analytics Specialist
Corning Optical Communications
Hickory, NC
06.2016 - 02.2017
- Responsible for centralized market insight, analytics, sizing, & strategy-support
- The Marketing Analytics Specialist uses data mining and data algorithm techniques to collect, analyze, and deliver marketing size, market forecast, and competitive intelligence related internal reports for management
- This role drives the data collection efforts of the company, maintains a comprehensive market & share data source for use throughout the company, and acts as a shared resource for other departments, as needed
- Served as a core member of the Advanced Data Analytics team.
Data Analyst
Corning Optical Communications
Hickory, NC
06.2015 - 06.2016
- Instrumental in the improvement of the Implementation Team’s data entry process
- Saved the team approximately 500 hours of work a year
- Created a SharePoint website to store and share documents
- Carried out market research analysis to identify potential growth and development opportunities
- Facilitated data and trend analysis, identifying purchase patterns
- Gave technology and generational differences presentation to multiple leadership teams
- Taught software programs to several teams
- Ran a market analysis project to gain insight into current and past environments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Data Analytics
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI 08.2012 - 05.2016
Certificate - Data Science
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI 08.2016 - 05.2017
Skills
Strategic and financial planning
Market Analysis
Machine Learning
Training and Development
Business Planning
Leadership
Timeline
Strategy & Market Intelligence Manager
Corning Optical Communications
02.2019 - Current
Data Center Market Analyst
Corning Optical Communications
02.2017 - 08.2018
Certificate - Data Science
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
08.2016 - 05.2017
Marketing Analytics Specialist
Corning Optical Communications
06.2016 - 02.2017
Data Analyst
Corning Optical Communications
06.2015 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Data Analytics
Ferris State University
08.2012 - 05.2016