Brian Nielsen

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  • Timeline

    Apr 2007 - Apr 2008

    Business 596R Instructor

    Brigham Young University
    Aug 2008 - Feb 2009

    Business Finance Consultant

    Funding Universe
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

    Founder / C.E.O.

    Cirro Web Works
    Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

    Display Marketing Manager

    One on One Marketing
    Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

    MBA Candidate 2013

    Brigham Young University
    May 2012 - Aug 2012

    Intern Graduate Senior Financial Advisor

    Dell
    Current Company
    Jun 2013 - now

    XPS Global Product Management Director

    Dell Technologies
    Highland, Utah, United States
  • About me

    XPS Global Product Management Director at Dell

  • Education

    • Marriott school of management

      2011 - 2013
      Mba finance

      Activities and Societies: Silver Fund, Graduate Finance Association

    • Brigham young university

      2005 - 2008
      Bachelor of arts korean major / business management minor
  • Experience

    • Brigham young university

      Apr 2007 - Apr 2008
      Business 596r instructor
    • Funding universe

      Aug 2008 - Feb 2009
      Business finance consultant

      Provided feedback on business plans and pro-forma financials to business founders.Facilitated meetings with angel investors for entrepreneurs seeking seed capital.

    • Cirro web works

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
      Founder / c.e.o.

      Managed day-to-day business processes and generated new clients for website design, search engine optimization, and search engine marketing services.

    • One on one marketing

      Nov 2009 - Apr 2011
      Display marketing manager

      Led online display advertising team for entire client base.

    • Brigham young university

      Aug 2011 - Apr 2013
      Mba candidate 2013

      Stoddard Award Recipient2013 CFA Level II CandidateSilver Fund Member: Team lead of ZionsDirect fixed income accountGraduate Finance Association: VP of CommunicationBloomberg Certified: Equity, Fixed Income, FX, and Commodity EssentialsGMAT: 700, Marriott School of Management Scholarship recipientTeaching Assistant: Investments (BUSM410), Money and Banking (MANEC453)

    • Dell

      May 2012 - Aug 2012
      Intern graduate senior financial advisor

      Supported Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis team with Opex analysis and development of RIO metrics to track success of historical and future Opex investments.

    • Dell technologies

      Jun 2013 - now

      Commodity Complexity: Manage Product Group Complexity team. Deliver commodity and offer optimization. Maintain governance across marketing, procurement, design, and engineering to align on approved level of offer complexity for the coming generation of Dell products.Client BMS: Develop and provide tools for the monitoring and planning of Dell's client business, in turn helping drive profitable and successful strategies, meet business performance goals, and make informed business decisions. Lead global team to drive profitability of Consumer products.(1) Develop and track annual operational profitability targets.(2) Host regional semi-annual profitability workshops with GMs and teams.(3) Align product group and sales leadership on key initiatives and priorities for premium products. Drive global alignment of the Dell consumer product catalog.(1) Prioritize Gaming and Vostro catalogue to manage global complexity.(2) Guide development of new planning tools and drive adoption from core teams and PLMs.(3) Drive premium product growth through testing/approving pilot program for online functionality. Coordinate integration activities for the largest technology merger in history. (1) Prioritize integration decisions and escalate to appropriate executive forum.(2) Prepare monthly integration updates for Dell | EMC combined Executive Leadership Team.(3) Guide x-functional collaboration to ensure proper separation between Dell and EMC in China.(4) Develop “graduation” criteria and processes to transition functions back into the business. Developed growth, GTM, and operational improvement strategies for the Enterprise business.(1) Worked closely with regional sales, product groups, and corporate functions.(2) Re-structured channel partner incentives to drive growth. Led Corporate FP&A Acquisition team and owned Opex reporting/forecasting for all major corporate functions, working with ELT members to set/track cost-out targets for Legal, HR, Strategy/Corp Dev, Security and Finance.

      • XPS Global Product Management Director

        Jul 2022 - now
      • Business Insights and Analytics Director

        Sept 2020 - Aug 2022
      • Global Path to Profitability Director

        Aug 2018 - Sept 2020
      • Consumer Marketing Catalog Manager

        Jul 2017 - Aug 2018
      • Integration Planning and Strategy, Consultant

        Jun 2016 - Jul 2017
      • Strategic Planning, Senior Advisor

        Nov 2014 - Jun 2016
      • Acquisitions Lead/Corporate Opex Controller, Finance Senior Advisor

        Jun 2013 - Nov 2014
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Passed cfa level i exam first attempt

      Cfa institute
    • Managing virtual teams

      Linkedin
      Aug 2018
      View certificate certificate