JEFF MILLER

LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/pursuingtheartofthepossible MOBILE: 952.456.2673 EMAIL: 911jmiller@gmail.com

LEADERSHIP PROFILE
Twenty-five years of experience and commended as a visionary leader, adept at integrating BI technology, business
acumen, and cross-functional teams to deliver real transformation and measurable profit. Excels at connecting data
and ideas, engaging and inspiring others, leading and optimizing investment in people, data and technology.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Data-driven Decision-making to Improve Profit and Customer Experience. Directed cross-functional, advanced
analytic initiatives delivering $500M of annual, incremental profit in areas of:
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Successful customer, product, service and channel optimization

Omni-channel advanced marketing effectiveness

Consistent sales and profit optimization

Financial planning, analysis and reporting transformation

Dramatic Business Transformation. Attained 30% to 80% improvements in process efficiency and decision-making
cycle times.

Business Intelligence Capability Development. Established and institutionalized new organizations, technologies
and methodologies; consistently ensured that data-driven insights were manifested in sustained, measurable,
strategic and operational change. Developed a core legacy that ensured continued growth even after leaving project.

Business Intelligence Technology Leverage. Co-sponsored $300M in business intelligence capital investment;
institutionalized methods for agile development and continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional Leadership and Team Building. Successfully built and grew multiple new teams and capabilities
supporting, for example, 400% growth of business unit revenue.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jeff Miller & Associates (a business intelligence and analytic services company) | Minneapolis, MN
Founder

Guiding BI&A capability development for digital marketing, online retail, and wholesale businesses.
Rendering support through BI strategy consulting, agile development coaching, customer and product
segmentation, marketing effectiveness, web-site optimization, and new technology adoption.

Target Corporation (a Fortune 500 company; and an upscale discount retailer) | Minneapolis, MN
Director, Enterprise Business Intelligence & Analytics

P A G E

20062013

Successfully led team of data scientists, technologists and business consultants driving cross-functional projects
and programs.
Directed end-to-end BI&A lifecycle management including successful joint business and IT road-mapping,
capability assessment, project pipeline management, and business value measurement KPIs.
Improved organizational effectiveness and team member satisfaction by progressively leading new BI&A job
structures, recruiting and development practices, and team member engagement routines.
Led business transformation through IBM, Teradata, SAS, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Cognos, SAP, Hadoop and
APT implementations.
Completely transformed financial planning, reporting and performance management processes and technologies
across the enterprise.

Target Sourcing Services (subsidiary of Target Corporation) | Hong Kong

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region

2013Present

20042006

Selected as Target Corporations first international expatriate to help lead the expansion and integration of a
newly acquired subsidiary.
Responsible for over $1B of annual shipments sourced from nine countries managing a team of 120 people.
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JEFF MILLER
LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/pursuingtheartofthepossible MOBILE: 952.456.2673 EMAIL: 911jmiller@gmail.com

Target Corporation (a Fortune 500 company; and an upscale discount retailer) | Minneapolis, MN, USA
Senior Group Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics

20012003

Earned recognition for visioning and launching Targets first BI&A center of excellence organization, which
substantially delivered both functional and enterprise business intelligence and analytic solutions.
Recruited and developed a new 15-person team of statisticians, developers and project managers
Introduced the term business intelligence to Target and drafted the companys first integrated BI system
architecture vision encompassing transactional systems, enterprise data warehousing, and integrated reporting
and analysis applications.

Accenture (global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company) | Minneapolis, MN, USA
Senior Manager, Business Architecture
19982001

Drove successful business improvement initiatives including new venture launch, business-to-business and
business-to-consumer web-based solutions for clients including internet start-ups, financial services, and energy
sectors.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation (one of the world's leading pulp and paper companies) | Atlanta, GA, USA
Program Manager, Business Transformation

Managed multiple projects with cross-functional teams accountable for the transformation of a divisional
business unit; Facilitated and led process reengineering and change management activities.

Commercial Credit Manager

19951998

19901994

Optimized sales and risk factors by efficiently overseeing a portfolio of trade credit accounts, including financial
analysis, credit issuance, as well as sales and accounting functions.

EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration
Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science in Finance
University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Knoxville, TN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Leadership in the Digital Economy Master | Hyper Island
Executive Leadership Development Programs (all) | Target Corporation
Six Sigma Leader Certification | Target Corporation
Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard Certification | Palladium Group, Inc.
Business Process Reengineering Certification | Hammer and Company
AFFILIATIONS

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ACTIVITIES

Conference Speaker and Panelist | Stanford University and Teradata Partners Conferences
Board of Directors | Carlson Consulting Enterprises, Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota

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