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Liz Perkins

Rochester,NY

Summary

Accomplished and results-driven Director of Business Operations with a strong track record of building and scaling data and marketing functions within fast-growing organizations. I have spearheaded initiatives to implement and optimize data infrastructure, streamline CRM and ATS processes, and align marketing with sales strategies. My expertise lies in data-driven decision-making, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to drive both revenue growth and operational excellence. A finalist for Rochester's Tech Woman of the Year and winner of the prestigious Impact Award at FTS, I am recognized for my ability to implement scalable solutions that support long-term business growth and client satisfaction. Known for my strategic thinking and operational focus, I thrive in environments where innovation, efficiency, and collaboration intersect.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Business Operations

FTS, Inc.
07.2024 - Current

Cross-Departmental Operations Management: Serve as a central point of communication between production and business operations, ensuring alignment between revenue generation and operational processes and initiatives

Foster Data-Driven Culture: Develop key reports and dashboards used across the business for individual performance tracking, team metrics, and leadership decision-making. Established regular data review cadences to support business growth, client retention, and operational optimization. Led efforts to improve data literacy and comfort with metrics throughout the organization.

Budget Planning and Resource Allocation: Lead annual planning, budgeting, and resource allocation for data and marketing departments, ensuring goals align with business and sales strategy.

Integrated Sales & Marketing Systems: Developed and implemented integrations between CRM and marketing software to synchronize marketing efforts with sales efforts, enabling seamless communication, improved efficiency and lead tracking.

Agile Methodology: Adopted Agile methodologies to streamline project management, improving cross-team collaboration and delivery of strategic initiatives.

Scalability Initiatives: Continuously adapted processes for business growth, supporting FTS’s geographic expansion and introduction of new divisions and service offerings

Data Analytics & Marketing Manager

FTS, Inc.
04.2022 - 06.2024

Built Robust Data Infrastructure: Led the end-to-end build-out of FTS's data infrastructure, from selecting software (Snowflake, Tableau) to designing data flow and architecture. Developed the logic to process, join, and organize data from CRM/ATS and other sources into Snowflake. Established a structure of schemas and tables that ensured seamless data flow into Tableau for real-time reporting.

Built & Scaled Data and Marketing Teams: Recruited and developed team members, ensuring alignment with departmental goals. Focused on equipping teams with the right skill sets for immediate impact while also considering long-term scalability for both the data and marketing functions.

Marketing Analyst

FTS, Inc.
06.2021 - 04.2022

Streamlined CRM & ATS Processes: Redesigned workflows to capture critical sales and recruiting data while maintaining team efficiency, ensuring data accuracy without burdening the sales process.

Laid Foundational and Strategic Groundwork: Established the initial frameworks and strategies for the development of both the data and marketing departments. Set the foundation for infrastructure build-out, including data categorization, reporting schemas, and marketing content repositories.

Initial Infrastructure Build-Out: Implemented initial data and software infrastructure, identifying the need for a cohesive data flow and marketing systems that would eventually scale across departments.

Strategic Data Analyst

SIGMA Data Insights
08.2020 - 06.2021

• Enhance client’s data strategy and find actionable insights to help transform client’s business and drive success
• Design, manage and deliver in-depth client analyses such as customer profiling, segmentation and predictive modeling

Data Analyst

Digm, LLC
03.2019 - 07.2020

• Elevate client’s sales, ROI and profits by leveraging data and presenting actionable insights
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify KPIs and create operational dashboards utilizing Tableau
• Continually exploring and analyzing data to identify opportunities and trends
• Communicate complex results discovered in data in a simplified manner to allow for informed business decisions

Education

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
03-2019

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Psychology, Minor in Statistics

High Point University
High Point, NC
05-2017

Skills

    Scalability & Growth Strategy

    Business Intelligence & Reporting

    Marketing Strategy Development

    Team Building & Management

    Cross-Functional Leadership

    Process Improvement

    Strategic Client Relationships

    Annual Planning & Budgeting

    Data Infrastructure Development

    CRM & ATS Optimization

Accomplishments

Launched Inaugural Compensation Report: Led the development and launch of FTS’s first compensation report. Gathered and analyzed salary data to provide benchmarks for clients and candidates, enhancing FTS’s reputation as a thought leader in the market while supporting clients with budgeting and talent acquisition strategies.


Developed Job Taxonomies: Introduced job function classifications to standardize job titles, enabling better business analytics, decision-making, and performance tracking. This innovation helped optimize staffing focus, predict sales cycles for job categories, and identify market demand and profitability for different roles.


Implemented New Frameworks: Introduced the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework to align departmental goals. Played a critical role in the annual planning process, defining key outcomes for data and marketing teams, and building the infrastructure to track progress. Also introduced agile methodologies to improve cross-functional collaboration.

Timeline

Director of Business Operations

FTS, Inc.
07.2024 - Current

Data Analytics & Marketing Manager

FTS, Inc.
04.2022 - 06.2024

Marketing Analyst

FTS, Inc.
06.2021 - 04.2022

Strategic Data Analyst

SIGMA Data Insights
08.2020 - 06.2021

Data Analyst

Digm, LLC
03.2019 - 07.2020

Master of Science - Business Analytics

Drexel University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Psychology, Minor in Statistics

High Point University
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