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Management consultant · AI, automation & cloud

Connor
Parkinson

Senior consultant at DayBlink Consulting. I work with senior leaders on strategy and help carry it through to implementation, with a focus on data, automation, AI, and cloud.

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Based in New York City

Connor Parkinson

01 — About

Background

I'm a senior consultant at DayBlink Consulting, a boutique management consulting firm in Washington, DC. I work with senior leaders on strategy and on the day-to-day work of putting it into practice.

My focus areas are data, automation, AI, and cloud. I've supported an enterprise cloud migration end to end, developed metrics programs for security leadership, and managed an eight-figure security budget in support of the chief of staff.

I hold dual degrees in Economics and Statistics from the University of Virginia, and I live in New York City. I'm most interested in problems that are open-ended and technical at the same time, where both the strategy and the implementation matter.

02 — Experience

Selected work

Engagements across strategy and implementation at DayBlink Consulting and Baker Tilly. Client work for a Fortune 500 security organization is kept anonymous.

Cloud · Program

Secure Multi-Cloud Migration

Supported a multi-year cloud migration for the information security organization of a Fortune 500 media and technology company.

  • Managed the migration end to end, coordinating more than 40 individual migrations across 300+ milestones.
  • Tracked risks and dependencies across systems so migrations proceeded without disrupting security operations.
  • Advocated for a cloud strategy that included governance and cross-functional coordination, not only the technical migration.
Cloud strategy Program management Security governance
Operating · FinOps

Security Budget & Chief-of-Staff Support

Managed an eight-figure operating budget for a security organization of more than 150 people at a Fortune 500 technology company, in support of the chief of staff.

  • Reported budget status to the C-suite and ran monthly financial reviews with team leaders across the organization.
  • Served as the main point of contact with Finance, coordinating between the security teams and corporate finance.
  • Tracked spend against forecast through the fiscal year and flagged variances to keep the organization on budget.
Chief-of-staff support Budget ownership Executive advisory
Data · Metrics

Security Metrics Program

Built a security metrics program for the CISO, Chief Legal Officer, and CTO of a large national bank.

  • Gave leadership clearer visibility into cybersecurity, asset management, and spending information.
  • Turned scattered metrics from across the organization into a consistent view leadership could act on.
  • Set the program up so recurring reporting could be automated over time.
Security metrics Executive reporting KPI design
Security · Process

Incident Response Plan Redevelopment

Redefined the incident response plan for the cybersecurity organization of a major media and technology company.

  • Built a tiered framework spanning strategic governance to tactical runbooks, organized around six phases: prepare, ingest, triage, investigate/contain/respond, close out, and review.
  • Made the response process repeatable and auditable by breaking plans down from a high-level overview to step-by-step guides.
  • Defined incident severity levels, roles and responsibilities, and communication steps so teams could respond consistently.
Incident response Security program design C2M2
Strategy · Pricing

Cloud Services Market-Entry Strategy

Led pricing and competitive analysis across seven providers in the cloud services space to inform a market-entry strategy for a midsize healthcare technology firm.

  • Assessed seven competing providers to map the cloud services market's competitive and pricing landscape.
  • Benchmarked competitor pricing and positioning to identify where the client could compete.
  • Presented the findings and recommendations to the CEO.
Market entry Competitive analysis Pricing strategy
Public sector · Analytics

COVID-19 Testing Expansion Strategy

Analyzed 10 states to prioritize expansion of COVID-19 PCR testing, using metrics such as government funding and cases per capita.

  • Built the original state-ranking methodology, which the team adopted as a training standard.
  • Conducted diligence on prospective distribution partners and signed on more than five.
  • Coordinated outreach with upper management to more than 100 state and local officials to build local testing partnerships.
Public sector Diligence Stakeholder management

03 — Expertise

Areas of focus

These are the areas I work in most. The tools listed are secondary to the problem at hand.

01

Strategy & Advisory

Market entry, competitive and pricing analysis, and decision support for senior leaders.

C-suite & board communication Market analysis
02

Automation & AI Enablement

Building AI-powered tools and workflows that cut down manual work and get used in practice.

Claude Code Python Process automation
03

Cloud

Cloud migration strategy, governance models, and the financial oversight to keep spending aligned with strategy.

GCP Cloud governance FinOps
04

Data & Analytics

Metrics programs and dashboards that give leaders a clear view of what matters.

SQL Analytics programs C2M2

04 — Community

Volunteer work

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Lead Volunteer

Provided free tax-preparation services to low-income families and individuals in the Charlottesville community, meeting one-on-one with community members from a range of backgrounds. The program has generated more than $29M in economic impact since 2007.

Elbowbumpkid, Inc.

Contributing Member

Support a 501(c)(3) that helps families affected by Type 1 Diabetes, contributing collateral and ad hoc help across the organization.

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05 — Contact

Get in touch

Happy to talk about strategy, automation, AI, and cloud. The easiest ways to reach me:

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