Ty Stephens

Degrees:

MS Business Analytics | Kelley School of Business | Indiana University | 2023

MBA | Kelley School of Business | Indiana University | 2023

BS International Relations | United States Military Academy | West Point | 2011

Certificates:

Credential of Readiness (CoRE) | Harvard Business School | 2016

Certificate of Negotiation Mastery | Harvard Business School | 2019

Contract, Business Analyst, Activate Human Capital Group, | Colusa, CA (remote) | (2022-present) (part-time)

• Assisted human resource consultant to survey employee engagement and retention for mid-market (400-600 employee) business clients. Built dashboard in Microsoft Power BI so they could easily visualize survey results.
• Deployed a predictive model utilizing regression and clustering that allows deduction of 40+ predictor variables affecting overall employee satisfaction. Efforts led to consultant better able to engage clients on where to focus organizational management and leadership resources.

Contract, Business Analyst, Pt Capital | Anchorage, AK (2021-present) (part-time)

• Provide data analytics and deal source support to an Alaska based Private Equity Firm focused on Arctic and ESG investments.
• Increased Lead Generation for Acquisitions and Fundraising by 12x by applying relational data-base techniques that better allow firm to track and source deals.

Data Analyst, North Summit Investment Group| Anchorage, AK | (2020-present) (Part-Time)

• Built and deployed a regression model that scraped and then optimized residential multi-family rental properties to maximize rental revenue. Leading to an approximately 28% increase of revenue for company compared to local competitors.
• Deployed a forecasting model that allowed firm to reduce annual vacancy to 0%, by optimizing preventative maintenance and streamline turn-over throughput in marketing and operations.
• Helped reduced operating expense by 18% by optimizing supply-chain and sourcing solutions. Combined analytics with lean and agile methodologies and best practices to stream line operational efficiency.

Strategic and Operations Planning Officer, US Army (2017-2020)

• Led a small team of subject matter experts to develop the campaign plan for senior leadership leading up to the 2018 Afghanistan Elections.
• Recommendations led to including NGOs to become more synchronized with the military and flatten organization by eliminating stove pipes. This allowed us to reduce election fraud by 40% and increase voter registration in 7 provinces by 78.2%.
• In 2019, planned capstone certification of over 1,000 soldiers from the US Army Alaska and Canada by implementing a $15M project from idea to implementation in under 4 months. I coordinated with multiple state and federal agencies to ensure safety and environmental compliance with no sacrifice to organizational throughput.

Battle Captain, US Army (2015-2017)

• Monitored and Controlled over 12,000 square miles of battle space in Eastern Afghanistan using a combination GIS systems, autonomous and semi-autonomous surveillance systems, and intelligence resources.
• Directed daily operations of 3,000 member multi-national team consisting of 10 allied nations.
• Provided daily expert analysis on status and trends, using descriptive statistics, to executive level leadership.
• Compiled multiple channels of sensitive and classified intelligence and other raw data to deduct actionable insights that could inform strategic decision making.

Executive Officer, US Army (2014-2015)

• Led start up of a newly formed organization of 150 people from ideation to implementation in under 6 months.
• Acquired over $200M in equipment and funding, which allowed the organization to go from concept to fully operational.
• Helped change manage and establish the organizational management of 150 new employees. Established operating procedures and systems design to yield high performing organization.

Platoon Leader, US Army (2011-2014)

• Led multiple teams ranging from 16-42 people.
• Was selected as #1 of 17, above peers, by senior leadership for leading the best performing team.
• Managed equipment and property in excess of $26M.
• Was selected above peers to represent organization on a bilateral training mission with the South African Defense Force.
• Led organization of a combat deployment to the Horn of Africa. Successfully managed a dispersed team working on 5 simultaneous projects across 5 countries: Ethiopia, Burundi, Nigeria, Djibouti, and Somalia.

Leadership

• Business Strategy (External analysis, Value Chain, building horizontal and vertical integrations)

• Organizational and Change Management

• Process Improvement

• LEAN/AGILE Frameworks

• Game Theory

• Negotiation Theory

• Strategic Planning

• Project Management

Technical Skills

• Python (Data Visualization, Descriptive and Predictive Analytics)

• Excel (Experience with Forecasting, Exponential Smoothing, Monte Carlo, Pivot Tables, Financial Modeling)

• Predictive Analytics (regression, KNN, naïve bayes, neural nets)

• Scraping (text and pandas Data Reader)

• Data Visualization (Tableau, MS PowerBI, MatPlotLib in Python)

• SQL

• Machine Learning

• MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Notebook, Teams, and Outlook)

• Google Ads/Digital Marketing

• SEO

• Supply Chain Forecasting (Gantt Charts, critical path and queueing theory)

• Financial Analytics (portfolio theory and optimization, corporate finance, CAPM, DCF, LBO models)

Competitive Sports

Member| West Point Parachute Team (2008-2011)

• Competed as a member of a sport parachute (skydiving team) and demonstration team for the United States Military Academy. I have 438 freefall jumps and achieved a C-license by the USA Parachute Association.

Member| West Point Triathlon Team (2007-2008)

• Competed as a member of an intercollegiate triathlon team for the United States Military Academy.

Volunteer Experience

Volunteer| Rotary International| Alaska (2022-present)

• Focused on youth leadership and community outreach .

Volunteer| Big Brothers Big Sisters| Alaska (2022-present)

• Focused on mentoring foster youth in the 12-18 teenage demographic.

Travel Highlights

• I enjoy traveling and hiking. I have traveled to over 19 countries, on 5 continents, and all 50 states.

• Alaska/Canada Highway | Alaska | 2017 : I completed a 5,500 mile road trip from the east coast through the Canadian Yukon along the Alaska/Canada Highway to Anchorage, Alaska. I have lived in Alaska ever since.

• Running of the Bulls | Pamplona, Spain | 2014 : I completed the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain during the annual San Fermin Festival.

• Macchu Picchu | Peru | 2012 : I completed the Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu through the Andes Mountains

• Everest Base Camp | Nepal | 2007: I completed a trek from Jiri to Everest Base Camp, over 3 weeks in the Himalayas of Nepal.

I am a transitioning military veteran living in Alaska. I am happily married. My wife is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and we have 2 dogs and 1 cat. We enjoy the outdoors, hiking, skiing, and spending time in nature. While I am an originally from East Texas and my wife is from Northern California we have both moved around a lot for our careers and my military service. In 2017, we moved to Alaska together (for the military), and we liked it so much we decided to stay.

Since leaving the military in 2020, I attend Kelley Business School at Indiana University as part of a hybrid remote graduate program (mostly remote with occasional travel) where I am working towards my dual degree in Business Administration and Business Analytics.