Brandon Backus

Facilitate program risk identification, assessment, and reviews with engineering and cross-functional teams. Develop IF/THEN risk statements and maintain consolidated risk registers to improve program visibility.

Designed and deployed Power BI dashboards to track manufacturing KPIs, enabling real-time performance monitoring. Transformed fragmented data into structured reporting models and standardized KPI frameworks.

Led monthly forecasting processes and developed improved asset tracking and reporting processes, reducing classification errors and improving capitalization timing by 30%. Managed capital projects end-to-end.

Built and maintained Power BI dashboards integrating SAP and internal data, improving financial forecasting accuracy to within 2%. Managed large-scale programs ($300M+) and delivered major vehicle launch programs on time and $2M under budget.

Analyzed production data to improve process efficiency, yield, and product consistency. Built Excel-based tracking tools to monitor key performance metrics and identify process variability.

Led deployment of robotics systems using structured tracking of milestones, risks, and performance metrics. Developed reporting tools to improve visibility into project execution and operational readiness.

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, completed in December 2018.