Jed Davison, MBA

Experience

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  New Mexico State University

  Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Design and Develop Low Cost Solar UAV Surveillance Platform using Systems Engineering TechniquesAssign Duties to Team Members based on knowledge and skillDevelop CAD model for Solar UAV platform using Siemens NX 10.0Manufacture Parts based on CAD model Designed Jet using industry techniques requiring excellent team working and communication Developed Propulsion requirements and analyzed current jet options for optimized configurationLeveraged MIT Xfoil software to test wing configurations, airfoil profiles, and optimize designsUsed NX Unigraphics and OpenVSP to model proposalGained understanding about the design process

  • Engineering Team Lead

    Jan 2016 - May 2016

  • Assistant Lead and Chief Design Engineer

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
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  Davison Ranch

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2019

  Manager

  Managed agricultural operation comprising over $3M in assets engaged in raising and marketing of commercial beef• Led forage harvesting team and property improvement team, resulting in 10% decrease in harvesting schedule, and 400% increase in crucial infrastructure, resulting in better utilization of assets• Managed yearly animal feed requirements and feed schedule to purchase in bulk, take advantage of off-season pricing, and reduce annual expenditures by 5%• Constructed animal diet and supplement schedules; reduced feed waste and increased animal weight, leading to 10% increase in livestock value contribution• Researched and proposed new equipment purchases, with first results showing 33% decrease in operation time and 75% decrease in break-down/maintenance time• Created Excel based model to analyze livestock statistics and projections; recommended more targeted purchases that maximized future potential outputs Show less

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  Chevron

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Business Analyst

  • Created a PowerBI dashboard linking static (Excel) and dynamic (API) data sources to reconcile interdependencies between Company spend and commodity indices; analyzed 500+ industry related indices (comprised of over 300K data lines) and created model enabling 11 category managers to develop optimal spend and negotiation strategies in less than 2 minutes• Provided internal partners with industry-specific indices to support market-pricing requests and strengthen negotiating positions; targeted and higher accuracy data reduced contract premiums, leading to company savings• Educated and trained partners and teammates on using dashboard; transitioned data and information dissemination from manual to digital platform, resulting in faster response times to market changes and better managed supplier spend Show less

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  Dell Technologies

  Jun 2021 - Oct 2024

  Managed the Online Experience for one of Dell's OS partners.

  • Senior Advisor - Partner Online Experience Manager

    Mar 2024 - Oct 2024

  • Advisor - E-Business

    Jun 2021 - Oct 2024
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  Tower Extrusions

  Oct 2024 - now

  Just a Curious Person