Curriculum Vitae
Pierre-Alban
M. Catogni

Experience
Jan. 2026 — May 2026
Cougar Strategy Group
Provo, UT
Associate Consultant — Product
- Designed an AI-powered evidence review platform end-to-end, optimizing document analysis and scoring workflows to cut review time and standardize case evaluation across teams.
- Partnered with MBA consulting teams to evaluate client business strategy, prioritize growth initiatives, and develop recommendations to optimize market positioning.
Aug. 2024 — Dec. 2024
Pepeuf
Lausanne, Switzerland
Sales and Operations Manager
- Led B2B sales and partnership development initiatives supporting UK/US expansion, managing relationships with local and international vendors, suppliers, and business partners.
- Negotiated and coordinated supplier/vendor partnerships to strengthen operational capacity and support cross-border market entry, directly contributing to 30% international expansion.
- Built a 0→1 internal financial compliance and reporting framework integrating accounting data streams, reducing reconciliation errors and improving reporting reliability.
- Developed financial models and Excel dashboards to evaluate revenue opportunities, prioritize growth initiatives, and guide resource allocation.
Jun. 2024 — Aug. 2024
Unicity International
Dubai, UAE
Operations Consultant Intern
- Supported strategic partnerships and supplier negotiations across MENA, contributing to stakeholder discussions with manufacturers, vendors, and retail partners.
- Conducted market and distribution analysis to identify operational efficiencies and expansion opportunities across regional channels.
- Completed compliance and performance audits across MENA, ensuring adherence to corporate financial and regulatory standards across multi-country operations, managing risk mitigation at scale.
- Optimized vendor partnership and retail location strategy to enhance supply chain efficiency and market coverage.
Mar. 2024 — Apr. 2024
Built Brands
American Fork, UT
Business Operations Intern
- Mapped and optimized procurement, inventory, and fulfillment workflows, reducing delivery cycle time by 15%.
- Collaborated with product and operations teams to evaluate product-market fit and identify key customer segments, informing go-to-market strategy for new customer acquisition.
- Improved internal documentation and vendor communication processes to increase operational consistency and accuracy.
May 2023 — Dec. 2023
Ensign College
Salt Lake City, UT
Enrollment Coordinator
- Led a 15-person team supporting high-volume international enrollment operations, reinforcing performance standards and collaborative workflows to improve service quality and execution consistency.
- Redesigned international student onboarding and case-management processes, reducing processing time by 20% and improving operational efficiency across workflows.
- Managed complex stakeholder relationships across students, academic departments, international services, and external partners to resolve time-sensitive operational cases.
Aug. 2022 — Apr. 2023
Voiss AG & Corris AG
Lausanne, Switzerland
Fundraising Project Coordinator
- Ranked Top 5 nationally among 140+ fundraisers by leveraging relationship-building, persuasive communication, and data-driven outreach strategies.
- Negotiated donor commitments and managed high-volume stakeholder interactions across customer segments.
- Led and coached a 10-person team using Scrum methodology to improve outreach quality and conversion performance.
Mar. 2019 — Jun. 2021
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
UK · New Zealand · Germany · Switzerland
Full-Time Volunteer Representative
- Led cross-cultural teams of 30+ volunteers, developing and executing outreach strategies that increased engagement by 250% within three months through data-driven planning and KPI tracking.
- 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.
Education
Apr. 2026 · Provo, UT
Brigham Young University — Marriott School of Business
Bachelor of Science in Strategic Management · GPA 3.8
- Coursework: Data Analysis and Statistics, Product Management, Economics of Strategy, Advanced Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Global Negotiations, Financial Modeling.
- Conducted weekly intensive business case analyses, delivering MBB-level recommendations for growth, development, and problem solving.
- Member: BYU Corporate Strategy Association, BYU Product Management Association.
Competencies
Strategy & Operations
- Strategy Frameworks
- Market Sizing & Benchmarking
- Business Development
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Agile / Scrum
- Competitive Strategy
- Corporate Strategy
- Agentic Engineering
- AI-Assisted Development
Data Analysis & Tools
- Excel (Advanced, VBA)
- SQL
- Tableau
- R
- Python
- Quantitative Analysis
Client & Stakeholder
- Executive Presentations
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Customer Segmentation & Account Mapping
- Negotiation
- Partnership Strategy
Professionalism
- Driven
- Curious
- Deliberate
- Problem-Solver
- Adaptable
- Organized
- Analytical
- Team Player
- Creative
- Detail-Oriented
- Comfortable with Ambiguity
- Innovative Mindset
Languages
- French
- English
- German (Intermediate)
Personal Information
Model United Nations
École des Roches International School · Normandie, France · 2015–2017
International Baccalaureate
Lausanne, Switzerland · May 2018
Interests
- Running
- Cooking
- Reading
- New Technologies
- Great Outdoors
- Geopolitics