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Hi, I’m Zach

I’m a Business Value Architect at Oracle. I build the financial case behind multi-million-dollar cloud deals — quantifying ROI and TCO and framing the value story for C-level buyers.

13+ years across finance, analytics and enterprise technology. Known as the go-to “numbers guy” on complex OCI and SaaS pursuits. Clear numbers. Real outcomes. Deals that close.

Outside of work I’m playing acoustic guitar, dropping into Apex Legends, or out on a tennis or volleyball court.

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About

Business value leader with 13+ years across finance, analytics and enterprise technology, including 5+ years on Oracle’s North America Business Value Services team.

I partner with account executives and solution engineers to quantify ROI and TCO, frame the value story for executives, and help close. Selected for Oracle’s Future Leaders Program.

$160M+TCV modeled in FY26
35+Enterprise accounts
$332MLargest business case (FY27)

Experience

Where I’ve made an impact

  • 2021 — Present

    Lead Business Value Architect

    Oracle · North America Business Value Services (OCI & SaaS)

    Promoted from Business Value Consultant. Value lead on enterprise cloud pursuits, building business cases, ROI/TCO models and value propositions for C-level buyers; supported $55M+ in closed-won contract value.

    • FY26 portfolio of 25+ business cases worth $160M+ TCV, including a $71M opportunity with a Fortune 10 healthcare company and a $31.6M case for a global pharmaceutical leader.
    • Brought in mid-pursuit as lead architect on a strategic OCI, SaaS and Utilities deal — earned a Game Changer Award nomination.
    • Winning value cases for Fortune 500 brands in retail, healthcare, cruise, hospitality, automotive and media, with $5M–$6M+ multi-phase contracts and repeat expansions.
    • Multiple Spot Awards, quarterly recognition from Retail Cloud Technology sales leadership, and a discretionary RSU grant.
    Value EngineeringROI / TCO / NPVDeal StrategyExecutive Narratives
  • 2020 — 2021

    Oracle Developer

    Yellow Corporation

    Led the move from legacy HCM systems to Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM as part of a company-wide transformation, delivering $1.2M in annual savings vs. third-party solutions. Earned a customer satisfaction award for restoring 99% of deleted business-critical objects in Oracle UPK.

    Fusion Cloud HCMTransformation
  • 2016 — 2020

    Insight Cloud & BVS Program Manager

    Oracle

    Built 100+ global value-selling dashboards in OBIEE and Oracle Data Visualization, and ran the content platform the global BVS team used to reuse sales IP.

    OBIEEData VisualizationSales Enablement
  • 2013 — 2016

    Senior BI Analyst / Business Systems Analyst

    Oracle

    Led a 100+ person department from Discoverer to OBIEE, migrating 200+ reports on schedule; built 100+ KPI dashboards for Marketing Cloud support.

  • 2012 — 2013

    Accounting / Pricing Specialist

    State Street Bank & Trust

    Automated reconciliations to cover 24+ funds per day against a 10–16 fund team average.

  • 2024 — Present

    Focusing on myself

    It’s been a long journey so far and the world turning to a tougher place full of high expectations and judgement. My next adventure is about to start! But, first let me focus a little on myself.

    • ThunderTurtle? Coming soon!
    • TurtleVault? Coming soon!
    • Legacy? Coming soon!
  • 2021 — 2024

    Co-Owner

    King Pheon Adventures LLC

    An attempt at helping the cruel world. Found a friend who needed help and invested a lot of time and money in this friend. They chose to bite the hand that feeds. I don’t need ‘takers’ in my life any more; not when I’m a ‘giver’.

  • 2006 — 2011

    Tennis Instructor

    Coaching adults and juniors via group or individual classes for many years.

    • 2009Homestead Country Club
    • 2008Hallbrook Country Club
    • 2007Wood Valley Racquet Club
    • 2006Kossover Tennis Center

Education & Development

Always learning

  • 2017

    MBA, Data Science

    Rockhurst University

    4.0 GPA · Beta Gamma Sigma

  • 2011

    B.S., Accounting

    Rockhurst University
  • 2018

    Oracle Analytics Cloud Certified Associate

    Oracle Cloud Platform Enterprise Analytics
  • 2023

    Oracle Future Leaders Program

    Selected nominee

    Executive-sponsored leadership program.

Core competencies

What I bring to the table

Value Engineering

  • Business case development
  • ROI / TCO / NPV modeling
  • Value realization
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Deal Strategy

  • Executive value narratives
  • Cross-functional deal leadership
  • Multi-portfolio pursuits
  • Sales team enablement

Technology

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • AI Technologies & multicloud
  • OBIEE / Oracle Analytics
  • Advanced Excel

Let’s talk

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