Experience

BlackLocus

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Quality Specialist

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Winter Wood Farm on Reeves Ridge

• Sparta, North Carolina, United States

• Owner

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Tucked away on a mountain top is Winter Wood Farm. Come visit and you’ll find a gorgeous barn full of rustic, yet elegant, touches with stunning views of graceful rolling hills, the majestic Blue Ridge mountains, and the historic New River. It’s the perfect backdrop for the wedding of your dreams… Tucked away on a mountain top is Winter Wood Farm. Come visit and you’ll find a gorgeous barn full of rustic, yet elegant, touches with stunning views of graceful rolling hills, the majestic Blue Ridge mountains, and the historic New River. It’s the perfect backdrop for the wedding of your dreams…



The Proven Method (for BlackLocus/Home Depot Innovation Lab)

• The Woodlands, TX

• Business Analyst

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2022

  Challenged to acquire and validate source data for new merchandising Pricing Systems and collaborate with BlackLocus Team Engineers and Data Scientists developing the system. Conceived requirements for establishing a new Data Quality Assurance group consisting of four Consultants to meet 3-5 year objectives. To develop and implement processes and best practices to support acquisition of product/price matching to competitor online catalogs. Provide SME/Merchandising end-user consulting on new application development and integration. Show less



RivalWatch Inc./Acquisition LLC

• Sunnyvale, CA/Winston Salem, NC

• Client Interface Manager

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2012

  * Provide strategic competitive intelligence data service recommendations for clients to meet defined objectives * Collaborate with internal Engineering and Production teams for process improvement and development * Create and develop enhanced reporting to better enable clients to analyze and use competitive pricing data delivered. Reporting targeted to various user levels within the client's organization from the Pricing department, to Buyer to the Vice President and CEO levels. * Serve as primary client contact for all service requests and issues to ensure timely implementation and/or resolution * Provide instructional training on effective service utilization strategies to ensure clients realize maximum ROI Show less



Lowe's Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior/Competitive Intelligence Consultant

  • Feb 2002 - Jun 2008

  * Developed and implemented, with IT resources, comprehensive integrated competitive intelligence reporting in the Microstrategy BI environment for company-wide consumption. All sources of competitive pricing data were correlated to traditional performance metrics and made available within a navigable Flash based, web interface.* Upon request, coordinated competitive shopping projects for 80+ field Market Price Managers. Each unique request was developed and executed to capture competitive market information. Results were assessed and summarized reporting provided to requesting business areas.* Strategically consulted and implemented a new web-based Competitive Intelligence System designed to facilitate the flow of competitive information from the field to the Merchandising organization* Coordinated the integration of third party vendor RivalWatch competitive data via FTP feed into the Lowe's data warehouse for report development.* Assessed under-performing markets for senior management by combining multiple business area data to create and present a comprehensive overview of current market conditions (internal and external) for the requested market.* Designed and implemented a database for Merchandising to report current and historical pricing activity at Wal-Mart* Developed Best Practice program enhancements for the Market Price Manager network including an operations Week in Review summary and Workflow Calendar* Member of Advertising/Marketing’s Super Friday/Holiday Planning committee 2000-2002 Show less

• Margin Specialist

  • Apr 1999 - Feb 2002

  * Coordinated market shops in categories throughout the company believed to hold opportunities to enhance sales and margin dollars without sacrificing price image or competitiveness. Analyzed and communicated summarized results to the merchandising organization for implementation.*Produced RECP sales/margin enhancement program which yielded more than $25 million from 1999 to 2001*Developed a flexible Line Review program to aid merchants in evaluating competitor’s product offering with respect to Lowe’s current offering. Program included summarized competitor product/pricing data as well as extensive analysis of Lowe’s category performance. Presented data as requested for merchants during MVP/vendor meetings Show less

• Market Price Manager

  • Nov 1996 - Apr 1999

  Managed competitive pricing for the Houston, TX market for one year and Dallas, TX for the remainder.Execute the corporate competitive shopping program to ensure Benchmark Items are competitively priced every day. Perform ad hoc shop requests and special projects as assigned.Helped develop the regional everyday competitive price functionality based on market research in conjunction with corporate price management team testing.