Shamus Donlon

About Shamus Donlon

In my current role as Director of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Marketing & Operations for E&J Gallo, the world’s largest family-owned winery, I oversee all digital strategies for Gallo’s Luxury wine portfolio as well as lead several key initiatives in support of our digital transformation journey. In my previous role as a part of the M&A team, I led the acquisition of several brands and production facilities that have helped reinforce Gallo’s presence as a premium wine producer.Before joining Gallo, I spent over six years in management consulting. I have a history delivering results for diverse, high profile programs and multi-project portfolios of varying sizes and complexities in both the private and public sector. Through his experiences, he has become especially skilled identifying objectives and creating buy-in for solutions and tactics to accomplish goals at hand.I love all things digital, and the combination of creativity and data to drive to results. I also love building teams that are passionate about what they do. Speak the language of many functions and in driving clarity around objectives, to create buy-in for key strategies.

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   The Mba Exchange

   Jan 2017 — Present

   Advisor, advocate, and ally to applicants seeking acceptance to the world’s best business schools, with near perfect success rate and multiple students admitted to top tier programs.

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management & Strategy, Analytical Finance, Operations

  2013 — 2015

• Northwestern University

  Masters of Engineering Management (MEM)

  2013 — 2015

• University of California, Berkeley

  BA, Operations Research and Management Science

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Operations Management
• Pmo
• Operational Excellence
• Critical Chain Project Management
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Management Consulting
• Process Engineering
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Major Account Development
• Project Management
• Theory of Constraints
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Visual Basic
• Data Mining
• Project Portfolio Management
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Workshop Facilitation
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Testing
• Management
• Microsoft Project
• Public Speaking
• Lean Manufacturing
• Sales
• Manufacturing
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Engineering
• Data Analysis
• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Enterprise Software
• Business Process Improvement
• Microsoft Excel
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Strategy