Veronica Hogue

Experience

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  Busch Creative Services

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Producer

  Produced digital assets for a creative services firm that specializes in multimedia and digital productions. Worked extensively on kiosks for deployment at Anheuser Busch Theme Parks as well as traditional print and billboard advertisements.

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  Accenture

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

  Consultant

  Center for Strategic TechnologyPalo Alto, CAInvestigated and designed strategies for e-commerce initiatives including e-procurement, employee self service, and extended supply chains. Conducted e-commerce workshops for Global 1000 CEOs, CIOs, and VP-level executives in Palo Alto, Chicago, and Sophia Antipolis, France. Managed technology strategy and selection for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC, Toronto, Canada) procurement projectMedia Technologies GroupBusiness Simulation Line of BusinessChicago, ILResearched and developed Goal Based Scenarios (GBS) utilizing multimedia-based learning environments in which students undertake authentic workplace roles. Expert guidance is provided throughout as the learner reaches a “teachable moment”. In 1996, created and deployed the first web-based GBS in cooperation with CBS News. This GBS involved extensive indexing, linking, and organization of archived CBS News video footage, streamed to the user via a web browser. Technology Line of BusinessSt. Louis, MOBuilt financial services systems using SmallTalk and deployed object-oriented applications for banking and call center projects. Clients included Bank of America and Wachovia. Show less

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  Digitalthink Inc

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Director, Product Management

  Product Management Team – Built and managed the product management team. Developed processes, templates, and tools for product management including: Marketing Requirement Document (MRD), Product Requirement Document (PRD), and an enhancement request database.Mergers & Acquisitions - Assessed companies and technologies for potential merger or acquisition. Developed product related M&A strategy.Infrastructure and Architecture Management – Segregated a product that was developed and released as a monolithic set of code into multiple distinct manageable product areas, reducing time to deploy new functionality from a typical 4-6 month release cycle to as little as 1-2 weeks. Scaled the hosted infrastructure of DigitalThink to deliver 30x capacity and simultaneously reduced delivery cost from $5.00/course to $1.00/course.Product Management – Managed the Reporting & Analytics product with over 150,000,000 rows of data generated each year. Successfully replaced the reporting system with an integrated data warehouse and full complement of dashboard reports, complex drill-down reports, and analytical tools in less than 7 months (40% faster than typical system launches at DigitalThink and under budget by 38%). Turned a source of customer complaints into an industry-leading system. Led a ten-person staff including engineers, DBA’s, quality assurance, performance testing and tuning, user-interface designers, and technical writers. Show less

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  DigitalThink

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Director, Product Marketing

  Sales Tools & Training - Developed sales tools for all products and company information, which previously required one or more onsite product managers to demonstrate. Trained sales staff and pre-sales consultants on best practices and identifying high and low margin opportunities within their prospects.Customer Advisory Meetings - Planned and conducted the DigitalThink Annual Customer Advisory Meeting.Corporate Identity - Refined DigitalThink’s brand positioning to focus on our key differentiators. Developed consistent branding. Managed the DigitalThink corporate Web site and managed web-design and production staff.During this time DigitalThink was acquired by Convergys, Inc. which is now a part of Concentrix. Show less

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  Enterprise Learning Associates

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Founder and Principal Advisor

  Company Development – Founded and grew the company to $2.8M in annual revenue. Developed a customer base for a new type of consulting focused entirely on training strategy. Managed projects and contracts. Promoted and marketed the company.Training Strategy – Aligned customers’ training goals with their overall company goals, shifting training dollars toward strategic initiatives and optimizing spending.Training Tools and Systems – Evaluated and promoted new training technology, including enterprise-class learning management systems (LMS) and individual productivity tools. Managed deployment and installation of large-scale training systems. Negotiated pricing and managed selection process for content, technology, and services vendors.Training Measurement and Return on Investment (ROI) – Evaluated effectiveness of training solutions. Created “Training Dashboard” metrics for VP and senior staff to understand the impact of training in the company. Show less

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  EY

  Dec 2021 - now

  Lead team of EY professionals working with our partner MxD (mxdusa.org) to create and deliver workshops for EY clients. Guide clients in manufacturing technologies and Industry 4.0 solutions. Introduce digital manufacturing, supply chain, and cybersecurity solutions and guide client transformations in these areas of modern manufacturing. Technology Consulting Manager with EY's Digital & Emerging Technology Practice.

  • Senior Manager

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Program Manager, EY Digital Operations Hub @ MxD

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Technology Consulting Manager

    Dec 2021 - Aug 2023