Aaron Villarreal

Experience

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  Vanderbilt University

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

  Student Worker - Undergraduate Admissions
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  Avondale Partners

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Equity Research Intern

  Financial Modeling, Financial Statement Analysis, Valuation, and Company/Industry Research for Healthcare IT Industry

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  Vanderbilt University

  Jan 2012 - now

  • Manage a team of Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Production Support Specialists supporting over 30 enterprise applications across 6 business units throughout Academic Affairs.• Guided department restructuring to scale operations, accommodate growing staff, and better serve expanding client base.• Piloted initiative to shift hiring practices to include a remote staffing model, expanding talent pool beyond local geographic limits and facilitating department expansion by 4 remote team members.𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀: Sponsored Research, Faculty Affairs, Student Affairs, Undergraduate Education, Career Advancement & Engagement, Enrollment Affairs Show less In my role as a Systems Implementation Manager, I led enterprise-wide projects working with cross-functional teams across Academic Affairs. Most of my projects included sunsetting legacy systems, migrating historical data to ensure consistent reporting across platforms, and rolling out new platforms and applications to empower Vanderbilt leaders to make more data-driven decisions.• Directed data migration from legacy systems to Oracle Analytics Cloud and created enrollment dashboards enabling the Vice Provost of Enrollment Affairs and other senior leaders to make data-driven business decisions.• Led project to retire strategic admissions modeling system and migrate historical data to a new custom-built web application which enabled undergraduate admissions officers to leverage an expanded dataset to accelerate applicant selection.• Managed technical integration and testing of enterprise research administration platform with finance and HR systems, enabling faculty researchers to develop proposals, submit to funding agencies, and monitor grant proposal status through workflows.𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱: Enrollment Affairs, Sponsored Research, Undergraduate Education Show less - Planned, scheduled, and coordinated requirement gathering sessions for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and CRM customizations and associated web applications.- Facilitated interaction between java web development teams and stakeholders in business unit.- Created test plans and coordinated User Acceptance Testing for both PeopleSoft customizations and in-house web applications.- Created process documents and training materials for customer groups.- Researched and logged production support issues. Show less

  • Assistant Director

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Systems Implementation Manager

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

    Mar 2017 - May 2018

  • Quality Assurance Analyst

    May 2014 - Mar 2017

  • Project Consultant

    Jul 2013 - May 2014

  • Associate in Management - Management Information Systems

    Jan 2012 - Jul 2013