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Edward Chenard

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Product, Data, AI Leadership
Chaska, Minnesota, United States

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    Head of Data and Analytics
    Shipwell
    Nov 2021 - Sep 2023 (1 year 11 months)
    Lead all analytics, data science, data engineering and data product teams. Direct report to the CEO. • Developed the company's data and AI strategy including taking analytics from a cost center to revenue center. • Drove up customer engagement from zero for the team to 60+ engagements leading to a new revenue stream of direct analytics consulting and data science modeling. • Leading various efforts around LLM's for commercial use and research. Leading an internal team focused on ethical and practical uses of AI in logistics. • Went from BI and basic ML work to adding decision science, digital analytics and economics analysis. This resulted in better customer engagement, reducing churn by 20%. And improve product development insight. •
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    Sr. Director of Data
    Olo
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
    Brought in to create the data strategy and data culture which was a key part in helping the company achieve an IPO. • Developed the enterprise-wide data strategy which was a key piece to take the company IPO along with a suite of new data driven products that investors were looking for as a key for investment. • Strategy focused on consumer experiences in restaurants, something that separated Olo from competitors and the complete development of data products which I had product managers lead. • Led all analytic functions at Olo: Product, sales, customer care, engineering, behavioral science and HR. • Implemented the first data governance and frameworks structure for the company, reducing the time to took to generate insights reports by
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    CHIEF DATA OFFICER
    Cyberian Data Protection
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 (3 years 1 month)
    and overall P&L management of data practices for various projects and data practices for clients. CHIEF DATA OFFICER (2017 – 2020) Envisioned, developed and scaled enterprise digital and data transformation and capability-building growth portfolio as part of corporate turnaround strategy spanning supply chain, retail operations, e-commerce, IT, merchandising, order management, finance and inventory management. Contributed to Board meetings, directly served on audit, strategic investment and financial planning Leadership team. • Built a digital platform for consumers in 4 months that had fallen behind schedule. Delivered on time and achieve customer adoption rates higher than clients forecast. • Created a signal hub for a national health
  • Target Corporation
    HEAD OF INNOVATION TEAM, MARKETING
    Target Corporation
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years 1 month)
    Tasked with creating Target's first cross functional team in marketing with the focus on developing new products and services to engage customers online and in-stores with a focus on 0-3-year timelines. • Drove the opensource POC at Target, which is now the current strategy for Target. Helped non-IT teams become data driven (Merchant teams, Product teams, Store Op teams), reduced development time from years to months. And helped to bring curb side pickup to reality at Target. • Developed a cross device personalization AI which drove $1MM in new revenue each month. • Developed a cross function team of social science, data science, product and engineering that took online conversion rates from 3% average to 7% average in 6 months and email
  • Best Buy
    SR. DIRECTOR OF OMNICHANNEL
    Best Buy
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year 1 month)
    Led the newly formed team of omnichannel which focused on transforming how Best Buy would engage with customers. This included online, in-store, Geek Squad, call centers, international and Best Buy for Business. • Played a key role in company turnaround as key architect of new online and supply chain digital capabilities. Created a new data platform for supply chain which was considered to save $1B during holiday season by keeping products in-stock. • Drove material impact and revenue by developing new "Buy Online Ship from Store" offering; transformed 1,000 + stores into warehouses, ran 50-store pilot and expanded chain-wide within 9 months. This initiative increased speed to customer for online parcel orders from 2.7 days to 2.0 days, c
  • Best Buy
    SR. DIRECTOR OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
    Best Buy
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2014 (3 years 1 month)
    Led internal digital experiences and start-up capabilities to ultimately ramp up strong centralized digital practices. Led interaction design, product management, mobile web/apps, tablet web/apps, and digital tools for employees and operations. Captained product teams, delivering 100+ features/benefits to eliminate customer and employee pain points. • Built personalization platform in less than 90 days with a first-year cost of $3.2MM, vendors asked for $20- 30MM and 18-24 months to build the same thing. • Created the first data science team for Best Buy. • Created a product management practice for digital and data products, moving from digital being a cost center to a profit center. Sprints went from 4-6 weeks down to 2 weeks as a stand
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    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
    WHIZARD ACADEMY
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011 (2 years 1 month)
    student improve their ability to learn in school by finding their best learning style. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING (2009-2011) Responsible for all online and offline marketing efforts including SEO and SEM, social media, as well as product planning and in store promotions. • Managed the online efforts, streamlining them across all locations improving our budget efficiency by 15%. • Helped to create a centralized marketing technology stack. Previously handled by the franchisees, this effort cut costs by 25%. GE CAPITAL – Part of the Capital group, with revenues around $10B managing a number of financial and industrial products with a focus on fleet management.
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    PRODUCT MANAGER
    General Electric (GE)
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year 1 month)
    Managed a $4B portfolio around truck financing, remarketing of used vehicles and telematics with an early focus on IoT. • Helped customers understand their spend on their fleet costs resulting in $300MM in savings for customers. • Developed telematics with sensors in trucks, being an early form of IoT. This was seen as having the potential to change behavior of drivers to reduce fuel and repair costs, estimated to save customers $2B.
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  • Thunderbird School of Global Management
    MBA International Management / Marketing
    Thunderbird School of Global Management
    Aug 2001 - Dec 2002 (1 year 5 months)
  • St. Norbert College
    B.A. International Business and Language Area Studies
    St. Norbert College
    Aug 1992 - May 1996 (3 years 10 months)