Experience

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  Arlington heights park district

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2014

  • Pool Manager

    May 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Lifeguard

    Jun 2009 - Aug 2013
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  Digitas north america

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Client finance analyst

  • Challenged by KitchenAid to develop a new campaign for their Cook For The Cure partnership with Susan G. Komen. Met with my assigned intern team daily to develop a new business strategy, marketing scheme, and PowerPoint presentation• Presented a new campaign idea for Cook For The Cure to the KitchenAid Leadership team, along with DigitasLBi’s CEO, Vice President, and other top executives • Responsible for activity code lifestyle (open, lock, reconcile, close) and budgeting• Assisted in timely accurate client billing and the collection of support documentation • Created journal entries and performed frequent time transfers• Generated reports on a weekly basis for project management review Show less

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  The claro group

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2016

  Analyst

  • Worked for four months in each of Claro’s three practices (Healthcare / Government Contracts (GC) / Disputes, Claims, and Investigations (DCI)) before being permanently placed in Government Contracts• Healthcare: Developed detailed reports to be presented to our clients that highlighted their current progress and potential opportunities. Traveled to the client for an on-site follow-up review/presentation • GC: Created and developed an internal tool through the use of SQL and Excel macros that expedites reviewing transactions for unallowable costs in compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 31. Assisted in completing a detailed review of a $3B+ engineering and construction firm’s expenses for compliance with FAR Part 31• DCI: Led a fraud investigation by building and carrying out a detailed work plan that resulted in a quantified amount of over $500,000 in fraud for a multi-million-dollar publically held manufacturing firm Show less

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  Victura consulting

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

  Consultant

  • Constructed unique indirect rate models in compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and developed complex financial models to aide Clients in making key decisions• Developed a cost impact statement for a $3B+ engineering and construction firm that reduced the Federal impact from accounting changes by about 95%• Assisted with Victura’s marketing, recruiting, technology, and administrative efforts when the company was created

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  Slalom

  Aug 2017 - now

  Program Manager – Insurance, Windows 10 and Office 365 Enterprise UpgradePartnered with a leading insurance company to move to more modern and collaborative technology so that employees could work flexibly and better respond to the demands of an ever-changing business world. Core technology improvements included: Windows 10, Office 365 cloud services, enabling secure document storage capabilities, migration to a new global VPN solution, migrating to a new IT Service Desk operation, migrating to new phones, and reducing dependency on legacy active directory by migration to a new domain.• Successfully managed the deployment of over 7,000 Windows 10 laptops in North America• Provided thought leadership to and drove collaboration with the broader Windows 10 program deploying to an additional 48K users globally• Facilitated collaboration between project team, client hardware vendor, managed service provider (MSP), and business stakeholders to stand-up new laptop build and deployment approach• Identified critical project components and established tracking mechanisms to drive key decisions and address defects• Created individualized road maps to manage implementation based on the interviews conducted with all Chiefs of Staff to identify constraints of each individual business unit and office• Crafted executive level reports on progress for each of the IT initiatives mentioned above• Provided thought leadership in the creation of tailored communications that aligned with the change management strategy Show less Project Manager – Consumer Packaged Goods, Business TransformationPartnered with a leading cheese manufacturing company to enhance and increase the capabilities of their Oracle system, moving from 11i to r12. As a result of our work, we were able to achieve: a company culture of problem solving & collaboration; committed and informed leaders; trained, confident and competent end users; utilization of all planned r12 technology.• Identified critical activities to be completed prior to the go-live of Oracle r12 system• Managed a “SWAT” team to assess, review, and remediate all internal business reports in the new environment to ensure go-live readiness• Provided super users the opportunity to input data and perform specific scenarios to drive clarity and identify possible risks• Coordinated the execution of the business solutions to simulate a “day-in-the-life” environment and mirror activities as they would occur in the new system• After Go-Live, continued to improve the systems, technology, and processes to meet the business needs Show less

  • Principal

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Senior Consultant

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Consultant

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Analyst

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2018
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  The playpen chicago

  Feb 2023 - now

  Founder & ceo