Professional servant leader and veteran with a background in corporate finance and real estate. I provide high value market insights and opportunities to clients and stakeholders to provide higher than average returns.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BUSINESS ANALYST
First United Bank
07.2023 - Current
Responsible for internal and external HR reporting for a mid-sized bank
Responsible for the development and maintenance of Power BI dashboards to increase efficiency across the organization
Worked to update data organization and reporting procedures to increase efficiency.
REALTOR
Self-Employed
06.2021 - Current
Specializing in Industrial Real Estate
Advise clients in site selection, negotiations, construction, ramp-up, and operational planning
Identifies, analyzes, and provides recommendations for investor buyers at both an individual and corporate level.
BUSINESS ANALYST
Blue Diamond Growers
12.2018 - 11.2020
Responsible for supporting three CPG manufacturing plants with AOP budgeting, tracking and analysis of monthly COGS, margin enhancement, standard cost variances, and labor
Accounted for the cost of operations and estimated the cost of operational changes through SAP analysis and standard cost modeling
Coordinated with plant managers and stakeholders to identify opportunities to develop and implement value-added initiatives
Functionally served as finance manager throughout the planning and development of the FY21 AOP budget
Developed a value-add process improvement with an estimated savings of $270k per annum
Identified and implemented process improvements that aim to reduce unfavorable variances by 50%, or up to $4.5MM in variance reduction
Developed and tracked margin enhancement projects across two manufacturing facilities, equating to almost $20MM in savings
Partnered with the Material Master Manager as a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Super User to ensure our annual crop is fully utilized.
TEAM LEADER
Blue Diamond Growers
07.2018 - 12.2018
Planned, organized, staffed, directed, and controlled all sanitation department activities to meet production and plant strategies/objectives
Spearheaded data analytics initiatives to increase efficiency and transparency for scheduling and resource allocation
Assessed labor utilization to develop a department realignment strategy to save the organization $725,000 in operating expenses.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
United States Army
09.2014 - 06.2016
Oversaw the strength reporting and management of approximately 5,000 personnel
Day-to-day operations consisted of proficiently manipulating complex datasets to forecast manning to competently communicate the organization's readiness to the chief executive
Supervised and facilitated the deployment of 3,000 personnel to five different European countries
Forecasted key position vacancies for an upcoming deployment and requisitioned replacements, resulting in 92% organizational readiness, or an 8% increase.
TEAM LEADER
United States Army
05.2011 - 09.2014
Led a team comprising of 15 direct reports and outfitted with $30 million in equipment
Planned, coordinated, and conducted a comprehensive training program to prepare organization for a variety of tasks
Maintained a Secret Clearance while in this position
Developed and implemented a unit policy change that saved the organization $30,000 per day, per infraction on outstanding environmental compliance violations
Developed and supervised a preventative maintenance program for the tank fleet that was consistently ranked 1 of 4 in operational readiness
Ranked 3 of 16 out of peers on annual performance report.
Education
M.B.A - Marketing and Data Analytics
Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business