Robert Cipolla

Operational Excellence / Financial Management / Business Intelligence Executive

Business Transformations | PMO Leadership | Risk Management and Controls | Predictive AI

Meticulous financial executive with 20+ years of experience driving bottom-line success at blue chip companies through expert financial analytics, directing strategic transformations, by defining detailed operational targets, and implementing continuous improvement that yields vastly superior performance. Expert at developing strategic-operating-plans (SOPs), total-cost-of-ownership (TCO), comprehensive global budgets/forecasts, predictive forecasting, and strategic goal implementations.

Best-in-class operations analytics leader who significantly improves performance by implementing Lean methodologies, defining and implementing hundreds of KPIs, and developing focused strategic plans that optimize critical functions. Practiced in audit management, process reengineering, and predictive alerting that identifies risks, controls, and ensures audit readiness.

Global project management professional who delivers hundreds of mission-critical projects including global systems implementations, business transformations, change mgmt., customer aligned processes, and CEO initiatives. Dynamic leader who builds program management offices (PMOs) that execute hundreds of concurrent projects on time and on budget. Proven track record of leading large-scale and cross-functional strategic transformation programs.

Business intelligence (BI) reporting expert, developing and implementing comprehensive CEO reporting, leadership dashboards, and business score-carding. An accomplished reporting leader who has implemented innovative AI analytics, Power BI, and Amazon Quicksight software tools. Build teams and reporting that drive significant operational visibility and performance-enhancing countermeasures and projects. Extensive experience in predictive forecasting and data visualizations.