Experience


PlanetX - Lead Data Scientist

• Lead a small team of data scientists and data engineers to design, build, and productionalize PlanetX's product and company scoring models.
• Design and build suitable ML ops architectures that allow modularization and specialization of discrete data enrichment tasks.
• A member of the founding team at PlanetX.

Python, Go, DBT, AWS, Snowflake, Sagemaker, S3, Redshift, Prefect

2022 - Present

Flexport - Logistics Industry Analyst

Data driven research on the logistics industry.

2022 - 2022

S&P Global - Sr. Supply Chain Research Analyst

Wrote, produced, and edited Panjiva’s Supply Chain Edge newsletter that provided timely an impactful intelligence on the state of global supply chains.

Data driven supply chain research focusing on quantamental strategies, now-casting, network analysis, and anomaly detection.

Contributor to https://panjiva.com/research

2019 - 2022

Cabot Corporation - IT Category Specialist

Managed critical projects to acquire and renew technology services and contracts to ensure stakeholder and cost objectives were met. Cleaned and transformed IT spend data, contracts, and project information into a consolidated system utilizing SharePoint, Python, Excel, and PostgreSQL to allow greater and more efficient communication and collaboration between procurement and IT stakeholders.
• Revitalized procurement's role as a trusted adviser with IT stakeholders through transparency, relevant and on-time intelligence, and understanding of the IT environment.
• Evangelized data-driven decision making, analytics, and entrepreneurial thought.

2018 - 2019

Continuum Managed Services - IT Procurement Specialist

Led procurement function as sole member from within the IT organization, developed a procure to pay process and implemented it within company and Intacct. Promoted data and process driven procurement, supplemented by analytics, as part of a core component of the procurement function.
• Managed and completed projects to save over $600,000 with projects such as mobility, storage arrays, web acceleration, invoice validation, and waste reduction as well as direct vendor negotiations.
• Managed IT budget in Host Analytics to ensure cost savings positively impacted the company.
• Created dashboards and presentations for board and CFO highlighting key metrics, factors, and risk scores in the IT organization including spend and availability using multiple tools including Excel, Python, and PowerBI.
• Created an application to track critical contract renewals in coordination with the accounting team and IT. Built in Python, features included notifications, automatic extension of renewals, and committed spend dashboards to identify when cost reductions could be the most effective.

2017 - 2018

PAREXEL - Sr. Procurement Business Analyst

Performed data analysis and license discovery to shield PAREXEL from hostile audit positions as well as proposed changes to streamline the audit response process.
• Developed, implemented, and wrote processes for internal work management database utilizing Access and Sharepoint.
• Developed processes and wrote scripts in VBA and Python to collect and combine data from multiple sources and automate common business processes.
• Acted as superuser for Salesforce based contract life cycle management solution and used the system to negotiate confidentiality and service agreements.

Provided pertinent and timely data analysis and reports for RFP’s and business clients.
• Developed and revise diverse business processes alongside category managers using SOP and RACI frameworks; brainstormed and demoed potential process streamlining tools

2014 - 2017

Kao USA - Associate Buyer

• Sourced packaging components in the folding carton, label, innerpacker, and jar categories
• Maintained supplier relationships as the vendor owner, including price negotiations.
• Worked heavily with SAP maintaining and creating packaging items, as well as setting standard costs.
• Developed and completed cost reduction initiatives that saved more than $100,000 annually.
• Worked with cross functional teams on a daily basis to effectively communicate packaging costs and alternatives.
• Forecast packaging prices up to a year and a half in advance for budgetary purposes.

2013 - 2014

Miami University - Computer Sales Associate

• Developed Excel solutions for common business processes
• Worked with a team to rebrand the computer sales department
• Worked with a team to create a series of instructional videos for customers
• Extensively used database and inventory management software to satisfy customer requests

2009 - 2013

U.S. House of Representatives - Congressional Page

• Worked with a team to effectively distribute internal documents around the Capitol office buildings
• Raised, lowered, and delivered flags requested by Members of Congress
• Developed a good working knowledge of the legislative process

2008 - 2008