Pierre-Alban
M. Catogni

1. Jan. 2026 — May 2026

   Cougar Strategy Group

   Provo, UT

   Associate Consultant — Product

   • Created an AI-powered evidence review platform integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem, automating consultant workflows and reducing case review time from 2–3 hours to 20–30 minutes.
   • Reengineered the firm's evaluation methodology, tracing consultant reviews from intake through recommendation, isolating points where evaluation quality degraded, and codifying a scalable framework that lifted recommendation accuracy and consistency.

2. Aug. 2024 — Dec. 2024

   Pepeuf

   Lausanne, Switzerland

   Sales and Operations Manager

   • Negotiated, sourced, and managed 5 major vendor partnerships to enable cross-border market entry, expanding operations from 4 markets (Paris, Geneva, Lausanne, Brussels) into 3 new ones (London, US East and West Coast).
   • Established the company’s 0→1 financial compliance and reporting system after independently diagnosing gaps in accounting operations; integrated three data streams, eliminated reconciliation errors, and embedded revenue projection models by market and sales channel to inform growth strategy.
   • Built and led the operations and sales teams to execute the growth strategy, analyzing historical performance and market dynamics to prioritize expansion into 3 new regions, optimize resource allocation, and contribute to 37% revenue growth.

3. Jun. 2024 — Aug. 2024

   Unicity International

   Dubai, UAE

   Operations Consultant Intern

   • Audited compliance and performance across 9 MENA countries, identifying missed payments and overbilled amounts, and ensuring adherence to financial and regulatory standards across multi-country operations.
   • Assessed and benchmarked retail expansion opportunities across Dubai, analyzing demographic trends, footfall patterns, lease economics, and competitive positioning to support the selection of a new store location that strengthened brand presence among the company’s target customer segment.
   • Supported supplier strategy analysis by evaluating alternatives that led to a higher-value, lower-cost partnership, improving margins and regional coverage.

4. Mar. 2024 — Apr. 2024

   Built Brands

   American Fork, UT

   Business Operations Intern

   • Resolved systemic delays in procurement and fulfillment workflows, mapped the end-to-end process, and redesigned the delivery system by eliminating operational bottlenecks, reducing cycle time from 10 days to under 3. 
   • Collaborated with product and operations teams to refine customer segmentation and GTM strategy, informing new product development and revised targeting approach for customer acquisition.

5. May 2023 — Dec. 2023

   Ensign College

   Salt Lake City, UT

   Enrollment Coordinator

   • Selected to co-lead international enrollment operations out of a generalist hire cohort; coordinated workflows across 12 colleagues and departments, with expanded responsibilities granted based on performance.
   • Redesigned international student onboarding and case-management workflows, increasing average weekly case throughput by 29% without compromising accuracy or service quality.
   • Managed complex stakeholder relationships across students, academic departments, international services, and external partners to resolve time-sensitive operational cases.

6. Aug. 2022 — Apr. 2023

   Voiss AG & Corris AG

   Lausanne, Switzerland

   Fundraising Project Coordinator

   • Ranked Top 5 nationally among 140+ fundraisers over a 9-month period, closing 1,020 donor commitments representing an estimated 215,000+ CHF in annualized retained revenue, with a 12% sign-out rate versus the 17% company average.
   • Coached a team of 9 using Scrum, doubling average daily deals per fundraiser from 3 to 6 — 50% above the company standard of 4 deals/day, sustained over multiple months.

7. Mar. 2019 — Jun. 2021

   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   UK · New Zealand · Germany · Switzerland

   Full-Time Volunteer Representative

   • Appointed to leadership roles across 4 zones (30+ volunteers each) for 20 of 27 months, expanding teaching pools in each zone through targeted outreach strategies, volunteer training, and team coordination (e.g., 194 to 341 in the final zone).
   • Managed community development initiatives in partnership with local NGOs and government organizations, coordinating diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
   • Trained and mentored 5 volunteers in strategic communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership principles — 4 of whom went on to hold leadership roles themselves, extending the impact of the work well beyond my time in the field.

Apr. 2026 · Provo, UT

Brigham Young University — Marriott School of Business

Bachelor of Science in Strategic Management · GPA 3.8/4.0

• Coursework: Data Analysis and Statistics, Economics of Strategy, Advanced Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Product Management, Global Negotiations, Financial & Managerial Accounting.
• Conducted weekly intensive business case analyses, delivering MBB-level recommendations for growth, development, and problem solving.
• Associations: BYU Corporate Strategy, BYU Product Management, BYU Management Consulting.