Tessa Bojan

Experience

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  Kicks by Tess

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2019

  Founder, Owner, Artist
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  Illinois Business Council

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Vice President of Operations

    Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Internal Engagement Chair

    May 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Active Member

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  • Charity Fundraising Chair

    May 2019 - Dec 2019

  • IMPACT Day Coordinator

    Jan 2019 - May 2019

  • New Member

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2019
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  Champaign Urbana Business and Engineering (CUBE) Consulting

  Mar 2019 - May 2021

  Consultant

  • Conducted market research, generated insights, and composed recommendations for biweekly deliverables to a small early childhood development firm• Analyzed customer engagement and adoption through Google Analytics to diagnose conversion inhibitors and formulate data-driven actions, leading to 10% increase in sales

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  Wintrust Financial Corporation

  Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

  SBA Lending Intern

  • Analyzed and audited approximately 70 small business loan applications, aiding in the forgiveness of over $30 million through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)• Created a Loan Forgiveness Calculation template to streamline the PPP “good faith” review process, adopted by 3 SBA lenders, saving 15 hours of work per week

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  Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Gies College of Business Student Ambassador
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  PwC

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Cloud & Digital Intern

  • Managed deliverables related to story status reports, financial staffing analysis, and proposal work for prospective clients• Developed process flows in Visio to display change request implementation within the claims process to optimize client’s internal processes and maintain product governance• Streamlined status reports using Excel and Alteryx (data analytics software) to provide succinct progress updates to all stakeholders, saving over 20 hours each quarter

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  Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  • Teacher Assistant, BADM353

    Sept 2021 - May 2022

  • Data Analytics Student Worker, Gies Study Abroad

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
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  Synchrony

  Jul 2022 - now

  • Acted as a liaison between product stakeholders and CATS team of 5 developers to understand business requirements for PayLater features, prioritize feature roadmap, and mitigate any development roadblocks• Owned and drove backlog grooming and story prioritization in 2-week sprint intervals, managing comprehensive story backlog in Jira, and collaborating with stakeholders across 7+ cross-functional teams • Created a robust User Interface for an internal services dashboard used by 3,000+ Synchrony employees, and facilitated the development, refinement process, and deployment of the dashboard by managing a team of 3 developers Show less

  • AVP, Software Development Engineer

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Technology BLP R3: Software Development Engineer

    Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Technology BLP R2: Astra Unity UI/UX Developer

    Jul 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Technology BLP R1: CATS Product Owner

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023