Analyzed and reported expense drivers for various business units and spending categories
Worked with marketing partners to drive cash savings and allocate budgets to projects
Wrote training materials for newly developed data optimization system
Performed and audited inventory allocation at the CPU division level to ensure accurate inventory valuation
Discovered root causes for and resolved inventory valuation disconnects above the $5 million materiality threshold
Audited high-risk spreadsheets during quarter close
Served as cost council chair and recent college grad event coordinator
9/08–3/09
E.ON Climate & Renewables North America Inc.Forecasting Analyst InternAustin,TX
Created statistical models to analyze forecast vs. actual wind energy production
Evaluated revenue and market exposure potential for various wind energy derivative trading strategies
5/08–8/08
Intel, Corp.Operations Finance InternFolsom,CA
Worked with operations and marketing business partners to research and evaluate manufacturing test methodology changes needed for future chipset product releases
Valued process change options using the discounted cash flow method for a chipset product line and influenced a capital investment decision in Malaysia
Planned and quantified a chipset skuing and pricing strategy
1/07–4/08
BearingPoint, Inc. (acquired by Deloitte Consulting in 2009)Product Management InternAustin,TX
Client: Texas Department of Public Safety, Project: Driver License Re-engineering
Produced and updated specs based on analysis of the application and client specifications
Tested the application to discover and analyze defects against use case specifications and business process issues. Communicated pertinent issues with the development team
Developed a 1,000-page training manual in a team of three for end users of the system
Clubs and Affiliations
12/09–present
Givery - Co-founder (product development, relations with charities)
2005–2009
Engineering Route to Business Leadership Council - President
2006–2008
University Consulting Association – Co-founder, Administrative Vice President
11/05–5/06
McCombs Department of Marketing – Undergraduate Research Assistant
3 Day Startup (participant at UT 2009)
Case Competition – McCombs Case Competition finalist (Spring 2006, Spring 2007)
Skills
Language - fluent in spoken Mandarin Chinese, proficient in Spanish