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J. Dylan Beckham, PMP

Dallas, Texas

PMP-certified project professional combining project management, business analysis, operations leadership, and analytics to bring structure to ambiguous objectives, establish measurable controls, and move complex work toward defined outcomes.

Recent University of North Texas graduate currently pursuing an M.S. in Business Analytics, with hands-on experience managing complete project lifecycles, operational workstreams, analytical projects, and more than $150,000 in business assets.

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Professional Summary

Experienced coordinating concurrent projects and operational workstreams, maintaining schedules and documentation, tracking milestones and deliverables, communicating with stakeholders and vendors, and translating project data, risks, and operational signals into actionable information. Combines project-management discipline with business analytics, KPI reporting, Python, SQL, data visualization, and process improvement to structure complex problems and support informed decision-making.

Selected Project Evidence

The portfolio expands on the résumé with detailed case studies, analytical outputs, project controls, technical repositories, and documented delivery evidence.

Professional Portfolio & Analytics Development (PPAD)

A live project-management case study demonstrating requirements management, scope and schedule baselines, change control, RAID management, Jira/GitHub execution, release management, and performance reporting.

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IMF Reserve Analytics

SQL, Google BigQuery, data transformation, economic analysis, Tableau visualization, and reconstruction of an academic analytics project into a validated portfolio case study.

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Residential Property Value Prediction

Python-based predictive analytics comparing linear regression, Bagging, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting with cross-validation, model evaluation, and feature-importance analysis.

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TCGplayer Inventory Data Reconciliation

Operational analytics and data-quality case study involving inventory reconciliation, Python/pandas, composite-key matching, validation logic, and business-process improvement.

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Core Competencies

Project Coordination & Operations Support

Data Analysis

Data Cleaning & Preprocessing

Data Visualization & Dashboard Development

KPI Tracking & Operational Reporting

Requirements Gathering & Documentation

Process Analysis & Optimization

Inventory Analysis & Forecasting

Pricing & Revenue Analysis

Risk Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Cross-Functional Coordination

Data Validation & Reconciliation

Platform Analytics

Documentation & Audit Readiness

Technical Skills

Data & Analytics

Python (pandas, scikit-learn) • SQL • Microsoft Excel • Tableau • Looker Studio • Google BigQuery • Jupyter Notebook • OpenRefine

Machine Learning

Data Cleaning & Preprocessing • DataFrames • Feature Engineering • Feature Scaling • Classification • scikit-learn Pipelines • Train/Test Validation • Cross-Validation • GridSearchCV • Model Evaluation

Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft Word • PowerPoint • Teams • Google Workspace

Design & Digital

Adobe Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign • Dreamweaver

Certifications & Additional Training

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute
  • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) — Project Management Institute
  • Undergraduate Certificate in Data Analytics — University of North Texas
  • Converged Infrastructure Associate — VCE
  • Part 107 Remote Pilot — Federal Aviation Administration

Professional Experience

Business Analyst

Horizon Line Productions, LLC — Dallas, TX

Jan 2021 – Present

  • Managed concurrent asset-based mobility, hospitality and decentralized-technology initiatives across Uber, Airbnb, Turo and Bitcoin-related operations, coordinating budgets, schedules, vendors, customers, platform requirements and operating risk.
  • Held full decision authority over a budget of $140k for asset acquisition, pricing, deployment, maintenance, and exit strategies, balancing cash-flow needs with long-term ROI considerations, averaging 34% ROI per year.
  • Built repeatable workflows for operating metrics, financial tracking, documentation, customer support and vendor coordination across multiple simultaneous activities.

Project Manager

Tapped Out Gaming — Dallas, TX

Jun 2016 – Jan 2021

  • Managed data-driven acquisition, pricing, and inventory operations supporting ~20 vendor events annually, acquiring and selling inventory across 33,000+ active SKUs and multiple sales channels, with typical acquisition budgets of ~$60k per event, increasing per event ROI to 30% over 3 years .
  • Developed Excel-based valuation and pricing workflows combining market-price data, product identity, condition, inventory position, acquisition cost, and demand to standardize purchase offers and resale pricing decisions.
  • Used inventory, pricing, and market-demand data to guide purchasing, repricing, channel selection, and disposition decisions while maintaining repeatable workflows for high-volume intake and inventory control.

Event Operations Leadership

MomoCon, LLC & DragonCon, LLC — Atlanta, GA

May 2017 – May 2022

  • Progressed from Registration Assistant Director to Director of Will Call Registration, overseeing high-volume registration operations for an annual convention serving approximately 65,000 attendees.
  • Led scheduling, training, and real-time coordination of 30+ volunteers during peak operations, managing attendee flow, credentialing, escalations, and registration support for attendees, VIPs, media, and vendors.

Location / Training Manager

Suicide Kings Entertainment — Atlanta, GA

Jan 2012 – Jul 2014

  • Oversaw nine locations and 30+ employees supporting restaurant-based entertainment events.
  • Helped produce average location growth of approximately 18% over two years.
  • Worked with stakeholders to support marketing, revenue, and patron-satisfaction KPIs.

Education

University of North Texas

Denton, TX


Master of Science, Business Analytics

Expected Graduation: December 2027

Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences

Information Technologies, Data Analytics, & Graphic Design

President’s List, Dean’s List, Phi Theta Kappa

GPA: 3.65