Cary Heidesch

About Cary Heidesch

Passionate, tech-savvy Data Scientist and Business Analytics Professional with 20+ years of Management experience. Dedicated to solving complex problems, driving business growth, and reducing costs. Uses advanced analytical capabilities to provide in-depth consumer and market insights that are embraced and acted upon, and lead to business transformation. Acquires, merges, and transforms data into information to support timely, well-informed business decisions. Highly adept at using a story-telling approach to present findings with facts and figures in reports, visualizations, and presentations. Demonstrated ability to build bridges between business leaders, information technologists, and service providers. Comfortable working with and supporting the information needs of executives, management and departmental leaders. Open to a variety of roles and industry sectors.COMPETENCIES:Leadership • Coaching & Mentoring • Business Analytics • Presentation Skills • Data Management • Data Visualization • Decision Analysis • Statistical Modeling • Enterprise Data Modeling • Optimization Modeling Predictive Analytics • Cost Analysis • Business Intelligence • Data Acquisition • Dashboard Development Report Development • Statistics • Data Mining • Predictive Modeling • Process Definition • Marketing Research Surveys • Segmentation • Excellent Written & Verbal Communication Skills • Cross-functional Collaboration Data Analysis • Financial Analytics • Data Quality Assurance • Ad Hoc Reporting • Interpersonal Skills • RetailSOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES:Minitab • Python Hadoop • Cognos • Tableau • SAS Enterprise • SPSS • @RISK • Palisades Decision Suite, APT R • mySQL • Logility Planning and Allocation • SAP ECC 6••••••••@yahoo.com ~(51••••••84I\'m always open to connecting with professional and welcome new opportunities. If you\'re a recruiter or fellow collaborator - let\'s connect!

Experience

1. Senior Business Analyst

   Sony Music Publishing

   Jul 2025 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Translate business leader requirements into clear, actionable user stories, ensuring development teams fully understand intent, scope and success criteria.*Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization, refinement, dependency management, and readiness for Agile delivery.*Assign and coordinate work across development teams, balancing capacity, timelines, and competing priorities to ensure on-time delivery of initiatives.*Partner closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.*Lead Agile ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews) to support consistent delivery.*Provide regular status updates, roadmaps, and executive-level summaries to senior leadership transitioning delivery progress into business-relevant insights.*Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and potential timeline impacts; escalate issues early and recommend practical mitigation strategies.*Ensure delivered solutions align with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  MBA | Master of Business Administration , Business Administration

• Saint John's University

  BA | Bachelor of Arts

• W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University

  MSBA | Master of Science , Business Analytics

Skills

• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control
• Pricing
• Product Development
• Multi-Channel Retail
• Trend
• Decision Analysis
• Retail
• Denim
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sportswear
• Market Planning
• Visual Merchandising
• E-Commerce
• Global Sourcing
• Demand Planning
• Fashion
• Sourcing
• Negotiation
• Merchandise Planning
• Private Label
• Assortment
• Merchandising
• Purchasing
• Apparel
• Store Management
• Forecasting
• Supply Management
• Trend Analysis
• Profit
• Business Analysis