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Professional Summary
Contact Info
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (home)
Work/Education
Work Experience
• Partnered between the support renewal team and finance, researching data repositories and legal agreements to offer software alternatives to customers in the migration process from Cognos, in order to maintain and increase software support revenue from large accounts (>$100k/year), always exceeding the corporate goals
• Developed expertise in Cognos Business Intelligence software including Performance Applications to help customers increase their perceived value in order to renew or upgrade
• Built, lead and coached a team of 8 top tier consultants and analysts to achieve specialization in the consulting services. Sold 2 franchises and coached their teams, reaching 6 customers in 2 other cities and collecting 10% of the franchisee’s sales.
• Attained 22 clients ($50 - $600 million in sales), dealing primarily with CFOs, achieving sales of $450k in my last year.
• Planned and developed financial models and management reporting tools in Excel for customers as well as balance scorecards based on KPIs, structured within 5 dimensions: processes, suppliers, learning, customers and finance
• Reviewed client procurement in utilities, shipping, telecommunications, card processing fees, duplicate payments and record management improving systems and achieved 28% average savings in over 30 projects. Documented supplier benchmarks
• Designed, documented and implemented ABC costing for the largest law firm in Colombia
• Performed due diligence for several merge projects, one of them successful after my recommendation
• Configured banking relationship and automatic payment program for outgoing payments in accounts payable
• Supervised 8-10 financial planners and attained 30 corporate plans with over 4,000 clients
• Pioneered Markowitz optimization models and Monte Carlo simulations in Excel to manage portfolios and evaluate custom scenarios for the company’s customers
Education
Juan Buenaventura rated a video on Netflix Jun 15, 2011
| Persepolis (2007)
Synopsis: Marjane (voiced by Chiara Mastroianni) just wants to be an ordinary kid, but that isn't easy in 1978 Iran. This profound animated film follows Marjane's childhood in a repressive society, her adolescence in France and her return to Tehran as an adult. Based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical... more » |
Juan Buenaventura rated a video on Netflix Jun 15, 2011
| Walk on Water (2004)
Synopsis: American-born Israeli director Eytan Fox lenses this contemporary road movie that takes its Israeli characters to Berlin as they attempt to understand the role that the past still plays in the lives of young Israeli and German people. Lior Ashkenzai, Carola Ranier, Hans Tischler, Israeli Gideon... more » |
Juan Buenaventura uploaded a YouTube video Jun 10, 2011
  | White Rim and Sovereign Trail White Rim and Sovereign Trail |
Juan Buenaventura uploaded a YouTube video Jun 10, 2011
 | MTB Needles in Canyonlands National Park MTB Needles in Canyonlands National Park |
Juan Buenaventura rated a video on Netflix Jun 8, 2011
| Galápagos: The Islands That Changed the World (2007)
Synopsis: Explore the fascinating world that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution with this visually stunning documentary from the BBC, narrated by Tilda Swinton. Created by volcanoes and located about 600 miles west of Ecuador, the isolated Galápagos Islands form an environment that supports a... more » |
Juan Buenaventura uploaded a YouTube video Mar 28, 2011
 | Skiikng @ Killington Skiikng @ Killington |
