Carlton Walton

About Carlton Walton

Process-driven Business Operations leader with 10+ years of experience designing, standardizing, and automating workflows that improve execution, scalability, and decision-making. Proven track record of leading cross-functional projects, building repeatable operating models, and translating complex requirements into practical systems, templates, and governance that create clarity and visibility for stakeholders at all levels. Known for leaning out processes, driving adoption through documentation and demonstration, and enabling teams to work more efficiently across remote, hybrid, and on-site environments.

Experience

1. Senior Project Manager, Business Intelligence and Optimization

   Scholastic

   Jul 2024 — Present

   Lead cross-functional initiatives to standardize, automate, and optimize operational processes across business intelligence, analytics, and research functions.Design and implement scalable intake, prioritization, and delivery frameworks—creating reusable templates, governance rules, and structured execution models that improve consistency, throughput, and resource visibility.Architect and maintain automation logic, scripts, and financial tracking systems to operationalize business rules, eliminate bottlenecks, and enable repeatable execution at scale.Own budget planning, spend tracking, invoice processing, and forecasting—designing automated reporting models (including dynamic burn-rate projections aligned to fiscal-year cycles) to improve financial accuracy and prevent under-forecasting.Build structured reporting views and dashboards that provide leadership with real-time visibility into capacity, spend, variance, and performance trends.Develop documentation, SOPs, and enablement materials that drive adoption through clear demonstration of value and long-term sustainability.Manage vendor partnerships supporting research, analytics, and operational platforms, partnering with Legal and AP on contract drafting, redlining, setup, invoice reconciliation, and payment execution.

Education

• CUNY Bronx Community College

  Associate of Arts - AA

  2011 — 2012

• NYU Stern School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations Management and Leadership

  2018 — 2020

• Lehman College

  Bachelor of Social Work, Social Work

  2013 — 2016

Skills

• Marketing
• Social Media
• Strategy
• Advertising
• Product Development
• New Media
• Event Management
• Program Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• SEO
• Digital Media
• Digital Marketing
• Research
• Social Networking
• Leadership
• Management