LARISA SAPLYS

• Develop and implement strategies for clients in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications industries
• Work closely with industry clients to understand their business landscape, conduct research and analysis, build forecasting models, and tell a compelling story with findings
• Facilitate a conversation with the client and team around actionable insights to help realize business value and optimize long-term strategy
• Plan and run team meetings to discuss upcoming deliverables and update team members on project progress
• Work with colleagues across the firm to create new business proposals and build relationships with prospective clients

• Advised senior leaders with custom end-to-end solutions addressing high-impact questions / opportunities on a national and local scale
• Identified changing market trends and provided strategic recommendations for business evolution
• Led end-to-end process for yearly long-term Residential business strategy
• Prepared Residential Board materials to inform the direction of the business
• Supported cross-functional strategic initiatives including but not limited to: Yearly marketing plan and budget, Content margin optimization, Residential cost optimization (Advertising, Content), Design thinking process facilitation

• Identified synergies across different data sources to tell a meaningful story
• Conducted research and data analysis to inform company-wide learning evaluation targets
• Consulted on survey design for the Learning Strategy Survey and conceptualized framework/executed analysis, generating insights to facilitate discussions with executives and inform Learning Strategy
• Analyzed company-wide engagement survey data to inform action plans at the Business Unit level

• Analyzed frontline transformation data and presented recommendations on impacts to financial, resource, and change management to senior leaders across the organization
• Consolidated, integrated, and analyzed training data for C-suite executive and VP audiences
• Gathered requirements and created a custom dashboard for the frontline journey.

• New Graduate Leadership Development Program member, fulfilling end-to-end reporting and analysis on learning and performance programs (seven months)
• Cross-functional rotation as a Research Analyst (four months), leading initiatives including but not limited to:

- Conceptualizing and executing the Analysis Strategy for a performance initiative

- Analyzing annual employee survey data and presenting training-specific insights, and

- Consulting on survey design