Michael Arenella, PhD

Experience

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  Space Coast Credit Union

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer Branch Intern

  • Provided account services to customers• Responsible for sales in the form of mortgages, automobile loans, credit cards, and new accounts• Referred credit union clients to work with the in-house financial advising team via in-person and electronic communication

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  Florida Institute of Technology

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Tutored a wide range of secondary school and college students, primarily focused on business courses and skills (including but not limited to: Excel (Management Information Systems), Corporate Finance, Quantitative Business Methods, Statistics, Business Statistics, Global Financial Management, and so on)• Held group and one-on-one tutoring sessions• Earned numerous recommendations from students for effective school help, and improved each student’s test grades• Explained difficult concepts in easy to understand language• Broke down complex problems to individual learning levels• Analyzed student comprehension and help students set goals Show less

  • Tutor

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Social Media Content Curator

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2017
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  Northrop Grumman

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Business Management Analyst Intern

  • Created a master tracking file which kept track of all RTU letters sent by NGC to our customer - holding our IPT accountable for significant information such as financial obligations, turnaround time, and due dates • Assisted in Contract Administration/Pricing and Estimating for the International Segment of the E-2D Hawkeye Program • Sent out >$100,000 in Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) Firm Fixed Proposals • Reviewed a Basic Ordering Agreement and populated snapshot briefs for the Director of Contracts • Created a Basis of Estimate (BOE) for low cost items, and items in the warehouse, to maintain and increase customer satisfaction• Utilized software for proposal pricing• Gained exposure of the FAR and DFAR Show less

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  Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

  Sept 2017 - Nov 2017

  Planning Assistant Intern

  • Collected & analyzed client data including assets, liabilities, and anticipated expenses, to help prepare financial forecasts and reports for the following year • Used Excel to compare and chart mutual funds to identify groups of optimal investment choices based on risk and expected return preferences • Directed social media and direct mass communication efforts with clients to increase online client engagement

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  Northrop Grumman

  Jan 2018 - now

  • Collaborated with Operating Sector stakeholders to achieve enterprise savings of $150M+ over 5 years by reducing the corporations geographic footprint by over 3M SqFt• Solely responsible for calculating lease cost and average OpEx savings our team achieved, which is routinely briefed up to the Executive Leadership & Board of Director Level • Create dashboards and data visualizations that track achieved cost efficiencies, KPIs, lease exits, and other critical data • Analyze company performance against industry competitors using publicly available data from 10K reports for benchmark KPIs as it pertains to Real Estate, efficiency, and usage • Conduct external market research in support of various program offices to identify optimal Greenfield locations for new facilities using qualitative and quantitative analysis • Collaborate with stakeholders across multiple organizations and sectors • Nominated for the Global Operations IMPACT Award in 2023 and 2024 Show less • Created a database that enabled automated monitoring, reporting, and forecasting of IT Allocation Consumption for Northrop Grumman Space Systems, reflecting over $150M in annual consumption with AOP, LRSP, and FPRP submittals accurate within 2%• Briefed heritage NGES Program Directions/Division Level CIOs monthly to inform them of incurred allocation consumption and explain variance from projected consumption • Provided data analysis and visualizations used to brief NGSP CIO and CFO level stakeholders • Created and maintained financial dashboards for MLSSD and NGMS Capital expenditures that Program Managers and Directors utilized to retrieve comprehensive information to make informed decisions • Acted as the team SharePoint Administrator • Managed the Summer Intern Buddy Program in Summer 2021 and 2022 Show less My final rotation in the Northrop Grumman “Pathways” rotation program was split into two stints to maximize my exposure in cost management. The first half was as an Investment Analyst, and the second half was as a Cost and Schedule Control Analyst.• Managed NCTA (IR&D) and Capital budgets across multiple projects and IPT portfolios within 2% of their budgets • Reviewed invoices for NCTA and Capital projects, and ensured they were within the annual operating plan • Interfaced with multiple stakeholders (Engineers, Managers, and Executive Leadership) to provide inputs to the Annual Operating Plan and Long Range Strategic Plan• Developed a legacy planning system to mitigate the negative impacts of attrition; outlined weekly and monthly rhythms of legacy employees, identified appropriate stakeholders, and created actionable items for future employees• Managed 40+ cost accounts • Researched developing market conditions and provide key information to certain stakeholders that led to 30%+ savings • Conducted monthly reporting for project groups, including earned value (EVMS), Variance Explanations, weekly and monthly actuals, in addition to other ad hoc request utilizing SAP, Business Warehouse, and Excel• Worked with project managers to facilitate change requests, detail plan labor and material forecasts, and ensured all data calls were sufficiently answered Show less Engineering Budget Analyst was my second rotation as a part of Northrop Grumman’s “Pathways” Rotational Program. • Served as the Business Management Point of Contact for 2 Engineering Organizations, supporting 2 Directors, Multiple Department Managers, and over 600 FTE, managing a ~$2M indirect budget within a 1% variance • Consolidated and provided inputs for the quarterly Labor and Resource Planning Forecast (LRAP) exercise to ensure the two engineering directorates across three major programs were adequately staffed and had hiring plans in place for program awards and contract mods• Led biweekly meetings for site leadership to discuss unapproved records and corrective action plans to maintain government and company compliance • Collaborated with a supplier to identify cost savings opportunities for Northrop Grumman, resulting in bulk orders of SEC+ vouchers and providing economies of scale and double digit percentage cost savings • Automated routine processes resulting in annual savings of over $15K in labor for attrition reports, time charging reports, and other miscellaneous analyses Show less Proposal Analyst was my first position at Northrop Grumman, as a part of their Northrop Grumman “Pathways” Rotational Program.• Managed and Negotiated $1.5M+ in FFP Proposals at 10%+ profit in repair orders between Northrop Grumman, and DCMA and NAVSUP, in compliance with the FAR and DFAR for domestic and Foreign Military Customers, generating >$100K in cash flow to the IPT• Created a type 3 proposal to DCMA/DCAA for Northrop Grumman’s E-2 Repair of Repairables (ROR) Cost Estimating Factor, In correction to a Corrective Action Report (CAR) issued by DCMA, which impacts the cost line of over 200 open orders, valued over $70M• Recorded contract modifications in SAP, order statuses in Excel, and improved the managerial order tracking system, used for monthly sector and IPT data calls• Updated statuses across different functional groups of Northrop Grumman’s E-2 program, including Contracts, Pricing, Logistics, Cost & Schedule Management, and Export/Compliance as needed• Utilized pricing tools within Excel, and used transaction codes within SAP, to initiate trial balances, and forecast costs of repairs for proposals to our customers Show less

  • Principal Data Scientist

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Principal IT Budget Analyst

    Aug 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Cost and Schedule Control Analyst

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Engineering Budget Analyst

    Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Associate Proposal Analyst

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018