Transforming Visions into Reality!!

Transforming Visions into Reality!!Transforming Visions into Reality!!Transforming Visions into Reality!!

Transforming Visions into Reality!!

Transforming Visions into Reality!!Transforming Visions into Reality!!Transforming Visions into Reality!!

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About Me

I am a master strategist  and transformation leader who loves to connect the dots and thrives in a fast paced environment. With 15+ years of experience owning enterprise  portfolios, data governance , and large-scale systems initiatives in high-growth environments. Proven track record leading company wide initiatives, and executive reporting  that enables scale, reliability, and AI-ready decision making. Expert at portfolio prioritization, resource alignment, delivery cadence, and executive reporting across cross functional teams.


I am also a huge Philadelphia Eagles and sports fan all around... Born in Philadelphia and transplanted in California.  I'm also an avid soccer player. 

FY26 OKR's In Current Role:

  • Defined and executed Finance’s AI-ready data strategy, leading the investment and adoption of Snowflake as the foundational data warehouse for the CAO organization.
     
  • Designed and launched a centralized Finance Snowflake data environment to support SOX-compliant reporting, audit readiness, and executive insights—replacing fragmented reporting and manual controls.
     
  • Created the CAO BI Reporter role, establishing Finance-owned data ingestion, governance, and reporting accountability across platforms.
     
  • Transformed SOX compliance and baseline reporting, automating controls and reducing manual effort by 1,000+ hours annually across Finance, Audit, and Compliance.
     
  • Reduced reporting SLAs from 2+ weeks to 5 days, with 24-hour response standards, through intake triage, prioritization frameworks, and production-ready deployment pipelines.
     
  • Built a scalable report-to-product operating model, enabling efficient promotion of reports into governed, production-grade assets aligned with enterprise standards.
     
  • Upskilled and transformed a single ERP reporting team into a multi-platform analytics organization:
     
  • Enabled delivery across Workday Prism, Snowflake, and Sigma
     
  • Drove certification and capability training across all reporting teams
     
  • Partnered cross-functionally with Finance, Tax, Audit, and Workday IT teams to define shared ways of working, data standards, and delivery expectations.
     
  • Standardized KPI and metric definitions across Finance and Tax, improving consistency in executive reporting and decision-making.
     
  • Led global talent strategy, successfully scaling and transitioning reporting and insights capabilities to Costa Rica, improving cost efficiency while maintaining delivery quality.
     
  • Established intake, capacity planning, and prioritization frameworks to balance regulatory, BAU, and strategic initiatives.
     
  • Enabled CAO and executive leadership reporting, delivering trusted, auditable insights through repeatable data pipelines.

Skills:

What's Next:

Transparency Management & Utilization SkillSets

Develop and Execute OKR & KPI's

I am looking for my next challenge and opportunity to work with a team that runs on clear communication and is passionate. I want to align myself with a company I believe in and where I can create positive change. I am always eager to learn, grow, and contribute. I want to contribute a positive attitude cross functionally and understand pressing objectives to become an immediate contributor to my new team and company.

Develop and Execute OKR & KPI's

Transparency Management & Utilization SkillSets

Develop and Execute OKR & KPI's

Establishing high level objectives and corresponding key results typically starts with having clear communication around the what ? and the why? and how are these initiatives measured as successful. I have developed a workflow and manual on how to initiate, track and maintain quarterly KPI's for the team. This includes areas such as capacity, growth, ROI/Value and operational excellence. 

Transparency Management & Utilization SkillSets

Transparency Management & Utilization SkillSets

Transparency Management & Utilization SkillSets

Having collaborative team dashboards, utilization charts and project plans are areas that are critical to ensure everything moves forward operationally.  Having experience in creating google sites, sharepoint, SQL and various tools is key to ensure an aligned process with stakeholders and leadership. 

Program Management

Building Cross Functional Stakeholder Relationships

Having experience in project management and program management has help drive successful integrations and internal process improvements. Using the PMBOK model it allows me to follow a structure to execute on decision making and advising internal and external stakeholders efficiently. I am currently set to sit for my PMP certification in 2022. 

Building Cross Functional Stakeholder Relationships

Building Cross Functional Stakeholder Relationships

Learning and leading starts by understanding the needs and formulating a plan. Having the ability to listen, adapt and teach is fundamental to building cross functional relationships. Having experience working with leadership and gaining negotiating skills for resources or strategy is an area I thrive in. 

Extremely Organized

I am an extremely organized individual,  I typically create buckets and agendas based on the needs and timelines. Communication is key in staying organized and keeping everyone aligned. 

Personality Type: Entrepreneur ESTP-A:

Personality Type: Entrepreneur ESTP-A:

An Entrepreneur (ESTP) is someone with the Extraverted, Observant, Thinking, and Prospecting personality traits. They tend to be energetic and action-oriented, deftly navigating whatever is in front of them. They love uncovering life’s opportunities, whether socializing with others or in more personal pursuits. https://www.16personalities.com/estp-personality

Favorite Leadership Principles

Personality Type: Entrepreneur ESTP-A:

Favorite Leadership Principles

Empathy

Earn Trust 

Frugality 

Accountability 

Integrity 

Think Big

Excellence 

Communication

Fun Fact:

Personality Type: Entrepreneur ESTP-A:

Favorite Leadership Principles

I love to work with my hands to build and renovate all things. I am a believer in upcycling but I absolutely love to work with a lathe, wood and restoration of wood furniture.  I also horseback ride, play adult league soccer and coach. 

About Me

My Skillset Summarized:

  • First off, my greatest skill is being a master communicator and quickly understanding needs, issues and risk and then driving a solution. 
  • An ability to embrace ambiguity and to anticipate and see around the corners 
  • Follow up and follow through; operational work is not only about developing concepts but to ensure it is implemented, tracked and feedback is applied along the way.  
  • Experience and knowledge in various business functions and departments allows me to identify, communicate, and help deliver on OKR’s. 
  • Proven success with implementation of internal processes for over 60+ remote employees. 
  • Technologically savvy: financial system use, implementation, integration, optimization, and conversion and of course AI ready Data governance .
  • Strategic Planning, Service Development, negotiating and finalizing process and procedures, and working closely with business development, clients and partners.
  • Understanding financial needs and translating financial Reports (Sox included), Cash Flow Forecasting, and preparing various data strategy reports for teams and others. Presenting to internal executive leadership team, investors, and business development on progress.

"Success is more than achieving your goals. It's living your values."

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