William Chisholm

Experience

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  Vendere Partners

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Prospect Manager

  Mr. Chisholm worked for a B2B lead generation firm named Vendere Partners in Dallas. He contacted prospective clients on a daily basis and exceeded goal of 50% conversion rate of attendees to registrations via cold calling information technology professionals.

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  Camcho y Seijas: International Consulting Firm

  May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Consultant Internship

  Mr. Chisholm worked with an international consulting firm (based in Madrid) named Camacho y Seijas. He helped develop and execute projects for international clients, primarily supporting markets in Spain. His strategic advisory support helped the firm to identify business development opportunities in Europe. Responsibilities included: developing a SWOT analysis to research the success potential for opening a Spanish wine and tapas bar in England. He also researched wine industries, import / export regulations and the cultural barriers between England and Spain. Show less

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Jun 2012 - May 2013

  Consultant Internship

  I spent a year interning for Booz Allen Hamilton, a government consulting firm in their San Antonio office. There, I became proficient in data analysis and consolidation by working with AFCEC Real Property offices regarding their Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities. My role involved: researching and identifying the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) phase dates for over 300 environmental compliance sites analyzing similar trends across Air Force Bases, and performing Remedy-in-Place (RIP) site data collection and analysis for 40 BRAC Air Force Bases. I also helped drive value for Booz Allen internally through a San Antonio office marketing plan. My activities included: creating a “market capture tool” to leverage existing business platforms to conduct business analysis and future forecasting in order to align strategic investments and predict future human capital requirements. Show less

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  Trinity University's Student Managed Fund

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  Student Money Manager

  While at Trinity University, Mr. Chisholm was a student money manager in the Student Managed Fund class – one of eighteen chosen for the prestigious class. His team was responsible for managing and investing over $3 million of the university endowment in publicly-traded equities. He valued companies using financial ratio analysis, price multiples, growth models, DCF analysis and other techniques.

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  Alvarez & Marsal

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2018

  Change Management and Training lead role supporting a role consolidation effort in the Sales and Revenue team for an aerospace and defense company; Project impacted 600+ employees in $1.6B division; Responsible for developing 4 electronic training modules leveraged nationwide for new role; Executed change management strategy and deliverables.Change Management role supporting a multi-year Organizational Transformation effort for Fortune 100 aerospace & defense company; Project impacted 6,500+ employees and established a new business operating model to drive revenue growth of 100% in 6 years and increase product yield by 4.2x; Executed change management methodology to support various business units through detailed design changes and progress report-outs to the Steering Committee.Lean Six Sigma (LSS) role assessing pricing, deal modeling and contracting (PDC) back office processes at a healthcare services organization; Assessed and implemented rapid, incremental improvements on the process using LSS methodology and facilitating LSS training to clients; Goal reduced PDC process time by ~57% from 21 to 9 business days. Show less

  • Consultant

    Apr 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Analyst

    Sept 2013 - Apr 2015
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  McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin

  Jun 2018 - May 2020

  Management Department: MBA, EMBA, & BBA Negotiations courses

  • Guest Lecturer & Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2019 - May 2020

  • MBA Candidate | Full-Time Program | Concentrations in Strategy & Innovation and Management

    Jun 2018 - May 2020
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  Google

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Customer Strategy & Planning MBA Intern
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  7-Eleven

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Senior Analyst, PMO Operations & Governance

  I supported the mission of the 7-Eleven Corporate Project Management Office (PMO) by providing project portfolio governance and consulting services to company strategic initiatives and project/program management processes. Key roles and responsibilities included: -Consulted with functional areas and provide project management and analysis services to project teams. -Supported the Project Management Office through continuous improvement activities related to its people, processes, technology, and tools.-Guided functional projects through the project initiation process, including financial governance.-Analyzed relationships across the 7-Eleven project portfolio and assist project teams with management of cross-project dependencies and risks. Show less

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  Southwest Airlines

  Sept 2021 - now

  I was a Senior Project Manager in Southwest's Ground Operations Technology Planning team. Key responsibilities included:-Led the holistic success and planning of Ground Ops Technology Portfolio, ensuring initiatives are aligned to Enterprise strategy and standardized across Southwest by leveraging SAFe (Scaled Agile) methodologies; Developed portfolio vision and strategy, prioritized initiatives, and reported of progress of initiatives -Facilitated LPM (Lean Portfolio Management) events including Strategic Portfolio Reviews mid-PI (period interval) to set future business context, strategic vision, and KPIs, and Portfolio Sync sessions to evaluate PI progress towards objectives-Developed Ground Ops Technology strategic roadmaps to enable high-level prioritization and long-term planning for LPM to facilitate tradeoffs between Enterprise initiatives, departmental priorities and technical debt across key areas such as Baggage, Workforce Management, Concourse Applications, Common Use Platforms, and Turn applications Show less I was a Project Manager / Epic Owner in the Agile Project Management Office (PMO) of Southwest's Crew Technology team. Key responsibilities included:-Partnered with Technology VPs, Directors and Managers to lead Crew Scheduling & Recovery initiatives including Multi-Region Failover, Inflight and Flight Operations California Pay Compliance, and BitBucket Retirement-Managed $15M (CapEx & OpEx) annual budget for Crew Scheduling & Recovery product line including financial forecasting, budgeting, and variances-Onboarded and mentored Associate Project Specialists, Project Specialists, Project Managers, and Sr. Project Managers Show less

  • Senior Technology Project Manager, Fuel Hedging & Sourcing Technology

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Senior Technology Project Manager / Lean Portfolio Manager, Ground Operations Technology

    Dec 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Technology Project Manager, Crew Operations Technology Agile Project Management Office (APMO)

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2022
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  Texas McCombs School of Business

  Aug 2022 - now

  Industry Career Consultant

  Assist MS in Information Technology and Management (MSITM), MS Business Analytics (MSBA), and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) students interested in pursuing careers in Technology in reaching their goals for both internships and full time roles through resume reviews, interview prep, and general career exploration.