Craig Stephen Volonoski
1075 Sunset Drive craig@craigv.com
San Carlos, CA 94070 www.craigv.com
(650) 207-8761
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Objective: To create an analytical competitive advantage utilizing an organization’s information resources
Project: Building better engineers and algorithms for Suggestions and Insights, Aktana's core product.
1. Managing mixed team of 2-12 front-end, back-end, and machine learning engineers
2. Translating customer asks into business requirements and developing robust features
applicable to a broad range of customer needs
3. Prioritizing projects and matching with engineering skills to maximize productivity/impact
4. Establishing processes to continually improve team execution and avoid repeating mistakes
5. Supporting rapidly growing installed base of diverse customer configurations as company
headcount grew from 20 to 300+
6. Recruiting and training new engineers
Projects: Providing quantitative consulting services and custom analytics since 1998.
1. Design, development, and enhancement of a web-based system for demand forecasting, call center
staffing, and financial planning
2. Development, enhancement, and support of a supply chain planning system, including demand
forecasting, for a world-wide semiconductor manufacturer
3. Assisted in the design, development, sales, installation, and support of FabTime’s web-based cycle time management software
4. Served as a key analyst providing a detailed valuation of a major North American power company,
resulting in a multi-billion dollar bankruptcy settlement
5. Design and development of an event pricing tool for the secondary marketplace
6. Design, development, rollout, and enhancement of a pricing tool for a major outdoor advertiser
7. Streamlined and automated data management for a biomedical research lab
8. Conducted detailed quantitative operational reviews (esp. forecasting, manufacturing)
9. Enhanced the algorithms and UI for an online financial commerce
10. Introduced data entry automation and reporting into a sales commission system
11. Enhanced WWK’s Factory Explorer simulation and capacity analysis product
12. Developed and enhanced jTask’s performance-based training system
13. Developed web-deployed configuration and order system for Honeywell’s Plantscape product line
Senior Consultant,
Onward Incorporated (6/96 – 2/98)
Project: Product manager of a Call Center simulation product (Call$im) through release of V2.0
Associate, Decision Focus Incorporated (5/93 – 3/96)
Project: Building a state-of-the-art revenue management system for a major hotel chain.
1. Developed a history-based demand forecasting procedure
2. Designed a risk-sensitive overbooking algorithm
3. Added a benefits assessment simulator to quantify performance
4. Directed system evolution, including enhancements, training, and support
Application Developer, Oracle Corporation (2/90 – 8/91)
Project: Enhancement of the Oracle Automated Sales Information System (OASIS), including addition of a sales forecasting module.
Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (8/91 – 5/93)
M.S. in Operations Research with concentrations in Simulation and Statistics
Thesis: “Robustness of Bayesian and Classical Procedures via Simulation Output Analysis”
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (8/86 – 12/89)
B.S. in Economics & Applied Math (Operations Research), Minor in Industrial Management
Computer Skills: Extensive programming experience including Java, C++, C, Visual Basic, SQL, SAS,
Excel, Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, and Informix