GUY MAESAKA
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SUMMARY
An accomplished professional with over 11 years experience in Project Management, Business
Analysis, and Information Technology. Strategic thinker, with proven soft skills as well as
analytical, problem solving and technical skills in demanding, mission-critical environments.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Project Planning & Execution using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies
Leading Cross Functional Teams including HR, Sales Operations, Retail, Finance, and IT
Strategic/Tactical Planning
Business Process Analysis (maps/flows/controls)
Process Improvements
Risk Management
Cost Management
Effective Communications and Reporting
Resource Allocation (Internal and 3rd Party)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Synopsys, Hillsboro, OR
Senior Sales Compensation Analyst/Project Manager
May 2018 – Present
• Key contributor for sales compensation automation and tool-integration initiatives that will
streamline existing workflows in a highly dynamic sales environment
• Exercises judgment and creativity in selecting potential solutions
• Manages projects effectively despite multiple priorities and deadlines with minimal
supervision
• Calculates commission/incentive award payments to sales personnel based on
commission plan provisions
• Gleans astute insights from complex data and delivers accurate results
• Analyzes sales performance results, prepares commission expense reports,
presentations, and makes recommendations for Management of Sales, Finance, and/or
HR
• Continuously evaluates and improves operational efficiency through system and process
improvement
• Communicates clearly and concisely in a fast-paced team-based environment
• Networks with others to share knowledge and improve results
• Guides more junior peers with aspects of their job
Nike (via Mainz Brady Group), Beaverton, OR
Senior Project Manager
November 2017 – February 2018
● Defined tools and processes to support organizational excellence in program/project
management and process definition
● Ensured programs are aligned with business strategies and budgets
● Owned the business case for programs
● Established and maintained cross functional and regional coordination for North America
● Maintained program objectives operating within financial and resource constraints
● Managed project dependencies within the program and builds the program team
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Ensured vendor contracts, relationships, performance, and communications are well
managed
Ensured proper staffing for all projects within the program
Developed project objectives and project scope
Acted as an escalation point for project issues that impact projects’ cost, schedule and
performance
IBM, Beaverton, OR
Project Manager/Senior Business Consultant
September 2011 – November 2017
● Managed customer implementations, both on-premise and SaaS
● Configured IBM’s Incentive Compensation Management systems (ICM) and reports per
customer requirements
● Primary point of contact for external customers and internal management
● Interacted with customers’ HR, Sales Operations, Finance, and IT teams to gather and
analyze requirements
● Worked with HR to clarify ambiguous language in commission and bonus plans
● Developed and delivered requirements and design documentation
● Managed 5 to 6 large clients at a time
● Directed efforts of project resources
● Trained customers in the use and maintenance of the ICM system
● Communicated project issues and statuses to internal and external customers
● Managed project scope and change requests
● Promoted from Senior Business Consultant to Project Manager in November 2012
● Improved customers’ variable payment processing time by over 75% - from one month to
less than a week
Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, OR
Senior Sales Operations Analyst
August 2009 – April 2011
● Improved time to commission payment processing time by 85% - from one month to 3
days
● Interacted with HR, Sales Operations, Finance, and IT teams to gather and analyze
requirements
● Worked with HR to clarify ambiguous language in commission and bonus plans
● As project and process manager, lead design and implementation of process
improvements and analytical solutions for worldwide sales commission payouts using:
o SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
o Callidus True Comp
o Excel
o Access
● Configured SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence to new sales plans to verify data from
Callidus True Comp
● Trained sales leadership in the usage of Callidus True Comp
● Created and maintained reports and metrics
SAP BusinessObjects, Portland, OR
Principal Operations Analyst
April 2007 – July 2009
● Improved Global Services consultancy utilization rate by 30%
● Provided extensive design and analytical support for all global services operational
reports
● Developed value cost chain flow (As-Is and To-Be)
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Analyzed Global Services business requirements
● Created reports and KPI’s using BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and Crystal
Reports
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Business Analyst/Marketing Financial Benefits Analyst/ Business Planner
February 1997 – January 2007
As a Business Analyst:
● Gathered and analyzed marketing’s requirements
● Interfaced with IT toward the release of an enterprise marketing system
● Utilized SAP ERP and Marketing’s Decision Support System to determine accurate
product characteristics
● Performed business process analyses (As is/To be)
● Delivered process improvements
● Collaborated with Intel Legal to ensure brands and trademarks were in compliance with
U.S. and international law
As a Marketing Financial Benefits Analyst:
● Gathered and analyzed finance’s requirements
● Interfaced with software engineers to develop an enterprise financial benefits payment
application
● Developed a system to cleanse and validate data prior to payments execution
● Responsible for financial benefit payments to partners in Intel’s reseller channel
● Collaborated with finance on budgets and execution of payments
As a Business Planner:
● Purchased material, and managed supply chain and logistics for motherboard functional
test equipment
● Forecasted amount of testers based on motherboard manufacturing volume and mean
time between failure of testers
● Managed budgets and the efforts of project teams to design, manufacture and deploy
custom motherboard functional test equipment.
CERTIFICATIONS
IBM Cloud Strategy
IBM DataFirst Method
IBM Hybrid Cloud
IBM Watson Data Platform
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Economics
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
VOLUNTEERING
Parent Board – Jesuit High School
Member – Toastmasters International
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