Background

I specialize in helping companies by using data and financial insights to: • Translate strategic goals into operational results • Improve forecasting, reporting, and decision-making through analytics and visualization • Align finance, sales, operations, and marketing around shared goals and metrics • Build scalable, efficient processes that enhance accuracy and tool adoption • Develop high-performing teams that embrace curiosity, problem-solving, and continuous learning • Strengthen data governance to ensure trust in analytics and reporting

Job experience

• July 2022 - August 2024
  VP, Global Commercial Finance
  Circana
  

  Chicago, IL, USA
• August 2015 - June 2022
  Sr. Director, Finance
  Groupon
  

  Chicago, IL, USA
• July 2005 - May 2015
  Sr. Group Manager, Finance
  Target
  

  Minneapolis, MN, USA

Education

• University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
  MBA
  

  2003 - 2005
• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
  Bachelor's Liberal Arts & Science
  

  1993 - 1997

• Data Science
  IBM
  

  - present

  (8) Data Science IBM Certifications including Data Visualization, Data Analysis with Python, Databases and SQL for Data Science with Python, Python Project for Data Science, Python for Data Science, AI and Development, Tools for Data Science, Data Science Methodology, and Intro to Data Science