Summary




Experienced in strategic planning, aligning of corporate projects with organization s vision and their implementation and promotion throughout a company.
Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams with diverse backgrounds, consensus building and crisis and change management.
Creative and talented professional with 10 years of progressively responsible business experience.
Effective in managing portfolio of complex projects in various functional areas.
Proven record of delivering projects in time and cost efficient manner.
Results-oriented and effective motivator with the ability to identify and optimize the talents of subordinates.
Persuasive and diplomatic in negotiations ; confident in making on-the-spot decisions.
Strong administrative, organizational and communication skills


Employment

July, 2008 -  Present

Key executive hired to oversee startup of North American Distribution Company specializing in Theatrical, DVD and TV distribution.
Developed and implemented financial and operational strategies for a young company achieving annual gross revenues of $4M in 2005, $6.5 M in 2006 and over $9M in 2007.
Reviewed and updated ongoing workflow and operational procedures, resulting in improved manufacturing efficiency, cost-controls and on-time delivery of materials and final product for DVD distribution.
In conjunction with department heads, prepared sales and expense forecast and analysis on a quarterly basis and 3 - year future income and expense forecast.
Assumed responsibility for operations overseeing authoring, manufacturing and delivery of DVD and Theatrical product.
Developed, managed and enforced a detailed cost-conscious budget.
Managed IT Department.
Managed Administrative and Support Staff.

June, 2007 -  November, 2007

Conducted competitor and cost-benefit analysis among national healthcare associations and recommended new effective marketing strategies.

Took the initiative to carry out financial and statistical analysis for educational product lines and came up with a new data modeling tool to determine pricing.

Developed a strategic plan based on a targeted market share which would result in the increased profitability and stronger competitive position of the organization.

Received a lot of positive feedback from senior leadership after putting together and presenting results of my work in a dedicated management meeting.
Upon completion of the internship was offered a consulting position and worked on several high-visibility projects for the MGMA.

2002 -  2007
Project Lead

Built and lead a cross-departmental team of 10+ functional and technical resources to architect, develop and implement a new asset tracking system.
Successfully employed change management strategies to ensure that all branches and corporate headquarters maintain and update the new system following revised policies and procedures.

Received high praise from the executive management for being able to handle high pressure tasks, align team s vision and build consensus among teams with vastly different internal objectives.
As a project manager was in charge of gathering requirements, scheduling meetings and managing resources for conducting company-wide inventory for 198 locations across the US : project completed ahead of schedule and under-budget.

Was solely responsible for corporate LDRPS of a 2000 person organization : coordinated centralized data-gathering process, conducted new user training and facilitated company-wide compliance.
Played a key role in choosing and finalizing architecture and technology choices for all post-funding departments.
liaised with IT to link several departmental information systems and initiated consolidation of several databases into 1 data repository ; worked with management teams to reflect data consolidation through streamlining workflow procedures for various positions.
Responsible for all aspects of integrating Centralized Compliance data into a company-wide PFA system, : oversight and development of methodology, high-level project roadmap, design, data mapping and prototyping.
Developed file imaging system for storing and accessing appraisals which saved the company $90000 per year in 2 FTEs.
Significantly improved productivity and efficiency of post-funding departments by developing from scratch a system to track physical location of loan files.

Used quantitative data analysis to develop complex financial models which were adopted by the entire Aames organization.

2001 -  2002
Database Administrator

Took the initiative to design and implement project highlighting channels and functions in channels, contributing to quality degradation.

This project has provided the BOD with necessary information to align organizational structure with company s strategic objectives and led to improved quality and shorter life-cycle of the product.
Assisted senior management in identifying key issues by programming new reports using access, SQL and business objects.

Prepared production forecasts and presented them to the executive management team. Insured that compensation structure is an effective tool in continually increasing organization s profitability.
Performed extensive quantitative analysis using Microsoft Access.
Developed models for calculating commissions and incentive plans.
Coordinated, monitored, analyzed and reported monthly and quarterly compensation for the entire sales, operations and management staff consisting of 350 people.
Used data modeling and financial analysis to evaluate performance of various lead sources and effectiveness of the sales force and developed project proposals and implantation plans.
Was a project-lead for implementation of NLC Intranet.
Prepared, facilitated and administered move of 350 people office to a new facility.

Re-designed flow-chart of phone-queue to increase efficiency and customer support of the national call centers. Conducted computer training for new loan officers.
Provided IT and Administrator user-support. Handled administrative functions for 2 NLCs.

1999 -  2001
Marketing Director

Marketed services and developed new business through extensive networking and prospecting.
Set up reporting and accounting procedures ; managed budgets based on client and company goals.
Tracked, reported and analyzed performance of the company ; developed pricing models.

1998 -  1999
Buyer

Created Media buying schedules, negotiated radio and TV spot rates.

Education

Training

MBA in Health Care Administration - University of Colorado at Denver 3.78 GPA 2007
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Dean s List , 1996 - University of California , San_Diego 1997
EAP Program - University of London , UK 1998
Advanced Oracle , Database Theory and Design - Santa Monica College , LA 2001
Living Disaster Recovery Planning Systems and Crystal Reports - Strohl Systems , Philadelphia , PA 2004
Business Objects training and certification - Los Angeles 2002
Hyperion Essbase Financial reporting software systems - Hyperion Solutions , Los Angeles , CA 2003
Cogent Systems training and certification - San Francisco , CA 2005
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Skills


Strong analytical experience with experience in Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling and Disaster Recovery Proficient in Project, Visio, Excel, Word, Access and Power Point Experienced in Sql Server, Oracle, PL/SQL, Business Objects, Hyperion Essbase and Crystal Reports Fluent in Russian : both oral and written.