Patrick Gillespie

Experience

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  Hidden Woods Film Co.

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2020

  Co-Founder & Director

  Founder, owner, and award-winning director at commercial film production company in Denver. Hidden Woods Film Co creates compelling video content for Fortune 500 companies and internationally renowned brands.Led company from inception to strong YoY growth resulting in over $500,000 in annual revenue.Spearheaded business development including all sales, growth strategy, and partnerships. Developed sustainable relationships with a client base of over 70 companies includes Google, Lyft, NYSE, Lockheed Martin, and more.Streamlined communication between company executives and shareholders, cascading new business strategy and direction to investors.Helped companies successfully enter new markets by reaching novel demographics and territories. Effectively managed six figure budgets, created in depth treatments for commercial campaigns, and developed creative brand strategy for clients. Show less

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  Four Points Funding LLC

  Mar 2021 - Nov 2021

  Analyst - Financial Reporting and Analysis

  Financial and real estate analyst at Four Points Funding, a venture capital and private equity investment firm focused on development in Opportunity Zones in Colorado.Responsibilities include evaluating investments through detailed financial modeling and reporting, loan solicitation, reporting budgets against projections to leadership and investors, operations assistance, market research and due diligence.

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  Ensemble Innovation Ventures

  Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Strategy Intern

  Conducted in-depth market analysis of insurance/insurtech market to identify investment pathways for Delta Dental's holding company, Ensemble Innovation Ventures.Developed presentation and recommendations to strategy board to help inform M&A and partnership strategy.

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  Slalom

  Jun 2022 - now

  Consultant | Strategy and Operations

  Meta - Process Optimization- Optimized a highly manual compliance process. Implementation of the refined process directly resulted in a 6x reduction of lead time in a key compliance directive.- Interviewed stakeholders, directed data gathering, developed value stream and future state maps, andidentified opportunities to replace waste with automation.- Piloted, validated and led implementation of process changes. Supported change management effortswithin my team and among key stakeholders through training, advocacy, and clear reporting.Meta - Program Management - Managed a team of 6 consultants in an extended engagement focused on reducing regulatory risk andensuring user privacy is accurately represented.- Led weekly readouts with leadership, presenting strategic recommendations to meet OKRs supported by strong data analysis. Defined and and evaluated key metrics in support of the client’s strategic goals.- Created detailed roadmaps and retrospectives to refine and prioritize operational directives.- Project managed a study analyzing the efficacy of machine learning models supporting operations.Coordinated teams of data scientists, AI engineers, and operations teams to develop and execute thestudy. Drafted a governance framework as a result of this study to guide continued use of ML models.Global Chemical Manufacturer - Process Leadership- Defined and mapped a streamlined CPQ future state process from eight disparate quoting processes. Delivered a Level 3 process map that detailed a globally unified CPQ process for the client. Show less