Lucas Darway

Lucas Darway

Experienced Analyst/Project Manager

Orlando, FL
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Driven professional with a focus in project management, enterprise systems, data analysis, and business intelligence. High performer with both large firm and startup experience that combine complex, fast-paced operations with detail-oriented delivery. Entrepreneurial experience with a broad understanding of business operations, big-picture strategy, and collaborative team work solutions. Deep data warehouse, analysis, predictive modeling, and reporting management and development experience.

Experience

2015 Nov - Present
Reporting Project Manager
Universal Orlando Resort / Orlando, FL
  • Core responsibilities design and deployment of Cognos KPI reports, data warehouse migration, and the design and implementation of new cross-department reporting processes.
  • Organization chart and process mapping project completed in first month of employment, which led to the development and rollout of new Consumer Sales and Marketing reporting processes.
  • Developed a 6 month system migration map to transition reporting to a new data warehouse and managed the creation and testing of new pilot KPI reports.
  • Presented a point of view and project plan to integrate Universal’s marketing project plans with the proposed new sales analysis tools to create historic lookbacks of product lift and DMA penetration analysis.
2014 Mar - 2016 Jan
Resource Operations Manager
Navigate Corporation / Wayne, PA
  • Core responsibilities combined financial and operational management of the firms’ resources, revenue, backlog, forecast, analytics, process development, and system administration duties.
  • Achieved the design and implementation of reporting tools for all functional areas of the business including finance, operations, sales, and people.
  • Managed all financial and operational functions for $7mm in backlog and ~$16mm in the sales pipeline.
  • Demonstrated flexibility and expertise in the delivery of client work on 2 client projects that required data, analytical strategy and interactive dashboard creation.
  • Gained certification in Cognos report development through an IBM training.
  • Initiated and organized weekly partner meetings to strategize growth, resource management and hiring needs.
  • Developed a resource utilization analysis and bench resource planning tool that integrates resource assignments with forecasted engagements and high priority internal initiative assignments.
2011 Dec - 2014 Feb
Accounting Operations
Accenture
  • Core responsibilities included support of client financial management teams, delegation of tasks to a business process outsource team, interaction and support of Clinical, Regulatory and Software project managers, and management of accounts receivables for +400 clients.
  • Achieved the development and implementation of a new account management workflow that transitioned SAP data into a data management tool to an offshore data support team.
  • Developed an account issue escalation tool that integrated SAP data and account.
2010 Nov - 2011 Dec
Regulatory Operations Associate
Octagon Research Solutions / Wayne, PA
  • Core Responsibilities focused on the preparation and delivery of drug submissions in excess of 500,000 pages. Drug submission structures included NDAs, biologics, vaccines, and generics.
  • Consistently delivered accurate and timely submissions and assisted team with additional work in a fast-changing high pressure environment.
  • Invited to the quality assurance team, trained in a cross-functional group in structured product labeling, and joined a special client delivery team prior to transferring out of Regulatory Operations into the finance unit.

Education

2005 - 2010
Grove City College
International Business / Marketing, German

Active student body member involved in numerous organizations and societies including:

Varsity Soccer

Financial Management Association

Fencing Club

Short Film Club (wrote and directed 1st place winner Film Festival 2009)

Ski Club member

Society of Communication and Aesthetics member

Student Musicians Association member

WSAJ Radio DJ

Rho Rho Rho Men’s Housing Group

Young Professionals Network (Philadelphia)