Bannus Chaudoin

Background

About Bannus Chaudoin

I earned a BA in Design Arts from Drury University, taking part in the Visual Communications Program, which focused on design in relation to advertising and marketing. As a member of the Drury Ad Team, in the role of Art Director, I participated in the American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition. We formulated an integrated marketing communications plans book for JCPenny Company; earning third place honors. As a student, I began my professional experience interning at ISL Promotions – a small design and distribution group for companies and individual clients. I was hired on as a part time designer and warehouse assistant when my internship concluded. After school I took an opportunity as a Teller at Commerce Bank to add sales experience to my advertising background. This decision that paid off within three months when I was promoted to a Financial Services Representative. I enjoyed my time at the bank because it gave me a wealth of practical financial knowledge that I can use for the rest of my life. The bank led me to a great opportunity with TriZetto Corporation. After completing training, I worked as a QA Testing Analyst in the Consulting Implementations Center. In an effort to become more of a business resource, I transitioned to a position as a Consulting Operations Analyst for the Contract Management Office (CMO). My work in the CMO involved a variety of tasks focused on gathering requirements and calculating pricing for consulting engagements. I used that information to draft proposals our Sales Associates utilized in client negotiations and formed the basis for the eventual contract. My success in the CMO led me to a position on the Pricing Team as a Senior Pricing Analyst. This role offered a broader range of exposure to pricing opportunities for the company beyond Consulting Services. I served a dual role as both a Pricing Lead for sales proposals and a Project Lead for new project and/or services commercializations. My next professional venture of note was as a Pricing Analyst with Builders FirstSource, a building materials company. There I aided in developing and maintaining pricing strategies for retail, non-retail and commodity items for nation wide locations. Our main goal in supporting those field operators was to routinely perform exercises that evaluated item classifications and groupings, customer stratification, regional margins and special orders that were deployed to strategically improve metrics in their respective disciplines.