Darrell E. McCormick 3501 Veralta Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Phone (319) 493-8583 demccormick2000@gmail.com

Business Intelligence & Analytics Professional

Professional Profile

High-performing analytics director with a passion for leading teams to derive actionable insights from multiple data sources and delivering result to business leaders in a team environment.

Skilled at bringing diverse people together to accomplish big goals, using sound management

principle to maximize employee engagement within teams.

Motivated to accomplish established objectives, designing roadmaps aligned to corporate strategic

goals to drive to successful execution and results.

Areas of Expertise

Director of Operations, Madison Wyatt a division of CBE Companies, Cedar Falls, IA 2015 - 2017

Created and developed products and services that were offered in the financial services space. Provided guidance for marketing activities and facilitated sales discussions to engage and onboard

new clients. On boarded fourteen new clients and added sixty full-time employees to the workforce within a

year from startup. Managed P&L for Madison Wyatt products working with income statements and cash flows to

understand financial landscape and leverage capital effectively. Oversaw operations from the inception of the company, and brought Madison Wyatt to

profitability within one year from start-up. Delivered updates and reporting to executive management assisting with strategic assistance for

growth initiatives Leveraged strategic off-shore team and resources to provide services and products with low capital

investment and maximum cash return.

Risk Management

Statistical Modeling

Data Mapping and

Integration

Data Analysis

Vendor Management

Outsourcing

SAS data systems and Dashboards

Leadership

Business Strategy

Strategic Planning

Change Management

Forecasting

Decision Matrix Concepts

Organizational Design

and Development

Project Planning and

Execution

Revenue Growth

Margin Improvement

Operations Management

Optimization Techniques

Business Analysis

Process Improvement

Business Intelligence

Productivity and Efficiency Improvement

Performance Management

Professional Experience

Director of Analytics, CBE Companies, Cedar Falls, IA 2013-2015 Influenced the strategic direction of the company, providing insight to the Leadership Team for

strategic planning and participating in direct discussions with the Executive Team. Delivered collaborative guidance to business units, working closely with department heads to

prioritize projects and analytical objectives facilitating the monetization of projects. Provided leadership to three distinct analytics teams—Business Analytics, Decision Science and

Communication Analytics. Facilitated process to assist analytics managers in breaking down corporate goals into team and

task levels to ensure suitable staffing was available to accomplish objectives. Provided framework and implemented financial risk management to the organization, significantly

impacting profitability within the business units. Developed and mentored management team members—placing a strong emphasis on personal

development, and skill development by creating a clear pathway to promotion. Managed outside vendor relations to consistently bring high-quality data products to the

organization. Manager, Corporate Analytics, CBE Companies, Cedar Falls, IA 2010-2013

Facilitated the creation of analytics within CBE Companies, creating a positive perception of analytics throughout the organization through actively seeking buy-in from stakeholders.

Created an enterprise solution for delivery of analytics, presenting SAS as a solution to the leadership team, and implemented a SAS analytics and reporting structure across all functions of the analytics department.

Shaped the statistical model creation process for enterprise use, solving business problems through linear regressions, ANOVA, design of experiments, logistic regressions and other types of statistical analysis leveraging both outsourced and in-house resources.

Managed the creation of strategies and business models for new lines of business that were launched by CBE.

Lead projects related to software purchases and managed integrations of the software by coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders and project participants.

Developed, recruited and retained a talented staff who were highly engaged in projects that drove real business value.

Supervisor, Inside Operations, UPS, Davenport & Cedar Falls, IA 1999-2010 Successfully lead operations to perform against key metrics for productivity, quality, safety and

other scorecard indices. Annually outperformed the business plan and successfully lead in significant process improvement

initiatives raising productivity year over year. Consistently lead the Iowa-Missouri District in performance and Cedar Falls package center was

recognized as a district leader. Created a competitive, team-oriented environment with low turn-over in a hard labor, low-paying

job classification by fostering strong personal connections within the group.

University of Northern Iowa

Professional Science Masters: Industrial Mathematics, Continuous Quality Improvement 2009-2016

Bachelor of Arts: Statistics & Actuarial Science 2006-2008

Software

SAS BI, SAS FM, SAS Data Integration, SAS Cube Creation, Base SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner,

SAS Model Manager, SAS Enterprise Guide, SSMS, MySQL, Pearl, CallMiner, SPSS, Minitab,

R, S+, Tableau.

References Available Upon Request

Education