Josh Olson

Experience

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  Informa Research Services

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2005

  Research Interviewer

  Interviewed Financial Executives to understand their banking and other financial needs.

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  PMK International

  Jun 2006 - Sept 2007

  Account Executive

  -Led a team to prepare documents to facilitate clearance of commercial goods entering the United States, ensuring that all US Customs and other government agency regulations were met. Interacted with importers, brokers, freight forwarders, truckers, U.S. Customs and other government agencies

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  Safeco Instore/NRG::Seattle

  Apr 2008 - Aug 2008

  Financial/Marketing Analyst

  -Benchmark company costs to industry average-Rolling 12 Income Statement projections and comparison with actual-Insurance policy valuation (what to pay other companies who share client lists)-Lifetime value of customer valuation

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  Emerald City Lithographs

  Sept 2008 - Sept 2010

  Founder and CEO

  Innovating the development of original one of a kind pieces of hand drawn art work in the form of sketch trading cards. While emphasizing heavily in sports and baseball in particular, ECL was the first ever company to offer original pieces of artwork in trading card size, with authentic player autograph cuts insert into the card. The most expensive cards were sold for as much as $500 on ebay. Major card suppliers such as Topps and Upper Deck later adopted these innovative artistic collectibles. A secondary artist was hired to offer a unique style to the company, gain access to a wider variety of athlete autographs, and to keep up with a high demand. Copy cat companies eventually entered the sketch card market and over flooded the supply, and ECL finally decided to close shop. Show less

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  American Income Life

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2010

  Finance Manager

  -Marketing, sales training, accounting, and human resource aspects within my agency at Altig. General Office Management, lead allocation, business trip coordination, scheduling, hiring and sales goals. Monitored and supported flagship office with quality of business

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  Boeing

  May 2011 - now

  -Lead, incentivize and motivate employees to develop and utilize advanced statistical/ regression/machine learning models to predict various business case inputs for engineering changes-Present formal business cases at technical and financial reviews, and make recommendations to executive leadership-Boeing course instructor and leader for data modeling and analytics-Tool and process development using data driven analytics (Owner/developer of primary 737 cost estimating models, engineering hour prediction models, visualizations, etc.) Show less -Long range financial planning, budgeting, supply & demand forecasting, and opportunity and risk management-As lean leader, led a major effort for 737 MAX Finance in forecast cycle time reduction using Lean & Six Sigma methodology as well as Value Stream Mapping (VSM). increased organizational capacity and decreased quarterly cycle time-Partnered with and consulted for engineering senior management to manage staffing forecast and non-labor budgets. Level loading strategies, synergies, elimination of waste and other mitigation plans were undertaken to improve cost structure-Led and executed Earned Value (EV) metrics for Systems teams and provided recommendations to upper management in a formal presentation setting Show less -Held suppliers responsible for on time delivery, quality, and rate readiness by managing key metrics. Traveled to multiple supplier sites across the United States for audits on processes, procedures, quality and to ensure rate capability-Led a Six Sigma Green Belt DMAIC charter on reducing factory shortages using statistical analysis-Placed purchase orders, optimized inventory levels, coordinated and disposition part rejections-Teamed with supplier and Boeing engineers to determine root cause analysis of part failures-Project managed suppliers through part development-Recognized for a Proactive Action Creating Excellence (PACE) award nomination for ability to negotiate with suppliers, as well as streamline Boeing factory processes for parts flow and serial number control. This effort reduced part shortages for a Systems sub team by more than 50% in the Renton factory, as well as eliminated an entire classification of rejections Show less

  • Estimating Manager

    Oct 2015 - now

  • Business Planning & Analysis Manager

    Nov 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Procurement Manager

    May 2011 - Nov 2013