Business Strategy & Analysis
Business process evaluation, financial analysis, risk management, operational decision-making, and identifying improvement opportunities.
Florida State University · Finance & Management Information Systems
Savanna D. Ewing
Connecting business strategy, people, and technology.
I'm a Finance and Management Information Systems student at Florida State University with experience in business process improvement, workflow automation, financial operations, and AI-enabled business solutions. I'm passionate about understanding how organizations operate and using technology, analytical thinking, and creative problem-solving to help businesses overcome challenges.
- 3.98 GPA at Florida State University
- Experience across wealth management, financial operations, and automation
- President of AI in Business at FSU
- Excel, Power BI, Salesforce, and financial-analysis experience
Tallahassee & Tampa, Florida
Savanna D. Ewing
Finance · Information Systems
Information Systems & Technology
Salesforce, enterprise business systems, workflow automation, technology-enabled process improvement, and translating business needs into technical solutions.
Business Intelligence & Innovation
Power BI, data visualization, reporting, AI applications, and using data to support business decisions.
Leadership & Education
Leading the conversation about AI on campus.
President, AI in Business at Florida State University
April 2026 – Present · Tallahassee, Florida
Previously: External Affairs Officer · September 2025 – April 2026
As President of AI in Business at Florida State University, I lead an eight-member executive board and help build a campus community connecting students with practical AI education, business applications, technical workshops, corporate speakers, and professional opportunities.
- Lead an 8-member executive board and help build a student community of approximately 400 members
- Coordinate executive-board planning, member communication, workshops, and speaker events
- Coordinate professional events and company partnerships that create educational, mentorship, and networking opportunities
- Communicate with corporate professionals and university stakeholders on behalf of the organization
- Building leadership, stakeholder-management, relationship-building, and organizational skills through the role
- Represent the organization at university involvement and leadership events
- Elected President after previously serving as External Affairs Officer
Founder and President, The Tampa Prep Care Squad
April 2023 – May 2025 · Tampa, Florida
Founded and led a student service organization supporting children and families affected by serious illnesses.
- Developed relationships with Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, the Children's Dream Fund, and the Children's Cancer Center
- Organized fundraising initiatives that raised more than $500 for community-service projects
- Led and coordinated more than 100 student volunteers
- Organized a Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital service project during the school's annual service day
Member, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
February 2026 – Present
Selected for membership in a national leadership honor society recognizing achievement across academics, leadership, and campus involvement.
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science in Finance and Management Information Systems
- Expected graduation
- Expected 2028
- GPA
- 3.98 / 4.00
- Completed coursework
- Applied Calculus, Business Statistics, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Spreadsheets for Business/Excel
- Current coursework
- Real Estate, Business Law, Risk Management, Marketing, Business Communication
- Certifications
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate
- Professional development
- Goldman Sachs Risk Virtual Experience, Vista Equity Partners AI in Action Program
Honors
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
- President's List, Spring 2026
- Dean's List, Fall 2025
- Vires Scholarship, $16,000
- Bright Futures Academic Scholarship
REE 3043: Real Estate
In ProgressCourse topics
- Property valuation
- Pro forma cash flows
- Discounted cash flow analysis
- Direct capitalization
- Mortgage analysis
- Real estate finance
- Time value of money
- NPV and IRR
- Investment ratio analysis
These are scheduled course topics, not completed professional projects or mastered skills.
About
An interdisciplinary approach to business decisions.
I study Finance and Management Information Systems at Florida State University. What keeps me interested is how organizations actually work: how a process moves from one team to the next, where information gets stuck, and what changes when the right system is in place.
My internships have given me a look at several sides of business. In wealth management, I saw how advisors weigh client goals, risk, and long-term outcomes. In corporate finance operations, I worked around credit, billing, and accounts payable and receivable. At DecisionHR, I sat down with stakeholders, learned where their workflows slowed them down, and built Salesforce, Power BI, Power Automate, and AI-enabled solutions to help.
I am most interested in where business strategy meets emerging technology. My risk management coursework has also pushed me to think more creatively about how businesses spot and reduce risk before it becomes a problem.
Beyond the work itself, I care about how it gets done. Empathy, trustworthiness, and professionalism matter to me, and I put real effort into building strong relationships with the people I work with.
Professional Interests
- Business Consulting
- Technology Consulting
- Digital Transformation
- Process Improvement
- Business Analytics
- Business Intelligence
- Risk Management
- Financial Analysis
- Enterprise Systems
- AI Applications in Business
Professional Experience
Experience across finance, operations, and technology.
Internship experience spanning wealth management, corporate financial operations, business intelligence, process analysis, and workflow automation.
Worked with business stakeholders to understand where their processes and reporting fell short, evaluated how the work was being done, and translated those needs into Salesforce, Power BI, Power Automate, and AI-enabled solutions. I tested and documented each one and explained how it worked to the people who would use it, including senior leadership.
Client Retention and Reporting
Opportunity: leadership already tracked client health with green, yellow, and red statuses, but the underlying data needed to be more accurate and consistent. Approach: collaborated with my supervisor to review and validate key Salesforce fields, such as last contact dates. Contribution: supported workflow automation in the Client Health Check Ups process. Value: more reliable information behind existing client health reporting.
Workflow Automation
Problem: specialists prepared onboarding emails by hand and went back and forth on scheduling. Approach: followed their process to see where time went. Solution: embedded Salesforce communication Flows with dynamic templates and Calendly. Value: less manual lookup and a simpler way to book first calls.
Business Intelligence
Problem: operational information was hard for leadership to read at a glance. Approach: clarified which decisions the reporting needed to support. Solution: a Power BI model with DAX measures, filters, visuals, and trend-based warnings. Value: information management could interpret and act on.
AI-Enabled Process Improvement
Problem: building an accurate org chart for about 160 employees by hand is slow and error-prone. Approach: identified a real internal need suited to agentic AI. Solution: used Claude connectors with Lucidchart to build the full chart. Value: a usable deliverable, presented one-on-one to the CEO in business terms.
Detailed contributions
- Collaborated with my supervisor on "Client Health Check Ups," a Salesforce client-health monitoring process that tracked client health status through automated Flows, surfaced new records on a Lightning page, and notified the assigned client owner when outreach was needed.
- Reviewed and validated key Salesforce fields, such as last contact dates, to improve the accuracy of the client health information behind existing green, yellow, and red status reporting.
- Added a separate Salesforce warning Flow based on defined trends in the client data, creating an additional layer of monitoring for supervisors to review.
- Developed two Salesforce communication Flows, "Welcome Email" and "1st Call Scheduling," for new-client implementation specialists who previously located contact information and prepared each message manually.
- Created HTML email templates with dynamic Salesforce fields that populated the correct client email address, relevant dates, assigned specialist, and other client-specific information.
- Embedded both email processes in a Lightning page with a nested selection Flow so specialists could send the appropriate communication without leaving Salesforce.
- Added Calendly scheduling to the "1st Call Scheduling" email to reduce the time specialists and clients spent corresponding about availability.
- Developed the "120 Day Benefit Rule Check In" Power Automate workflow using SOQL and Select/union() deduplication to create Salesforce records and generate customized notifications with dynamic content.
- Used Claude connectors to organize employee information into a complete Lucidchart organizational chart for approximately 160 employees, including profile images and correct role designations, and presented the project to DecisionHR's CEO in a one-on-one meeting.
- Tested, validated, and documented each solution to support usability and stakeholder adoption.
- Salesforce
- Salesforce Flow
- Lightning App Builder
- Power BI
- DAX
- Power Automate
- SOQL
- SQL
- Claude
- Claude Connectors
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Visio
Feedback from DecisionHR Leadership
Reflections shared by members of the DecisionHR team following my summer internship.
It was great hosting you this summer! The problems you helped solve are already helping others in their day to day role. I’m glad you were exposed to different experiences and environments and it had a meaningful impact on your career development. Keep it up, the sky is the limit!
Tucker ToenjesBusiness Process & Automation Analyst, DecisionHR · Direct Supervisor Congratulations on wrapping up such a strong internship, Savanna! It's clear how much you accomplished this summer and your work is appreciated. Wishing you continued success as you head into your next chapter
Dan McHughVice President, Products & Services, DecisionHR These comments were shared publicly on LinkedIn following the internship. They are informal reflections, not formal LinkedIn recommendations.
Supported a relationship-based wealth management practice and learned how advisors build strategies around client goals, risk tolerance, and long-term financial outcomes.
Key contributions
- Analyzed retirement strategies involving Roth IRAs, 401(k) plans, and annuities to understand their roles in client portfolio construction
- Used Guardian's Living Balance Sheet planning platform to model debt and savings forecasts and illustrate potential long-term financial outcomes
- Participated in three client meetings and observed how advisors communicate recommendations and build long-term client relationships
- Developed a stronger understanding of retirement planning, risk considerations, insurance solutions, and holistic financial decision-making
- The Living Balance Sheet by Guardian
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial-planning software
- Microsoft Office
Worked within corporate financial operations at the headquarters of a high-volume logistics organization, focusing on credit, billing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
Completed concurrently with the Westshore Financial Group internship.
Key contributions
- Analyzed accounts payable and accounts receivable processes covering invoicing, collections, billing, and financial reporting
- Observed how financial operations support a business serving more than 10,000 customers across more than 60 locations
- Developed an understanding of how credit, billing, and cash-flow processes operate in a high-volume corporate environment
- Strengthened my ability to interpret financial information and follow cross-functional business processes
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Financial reporting tools
- Accounts payable/receivable systems
Selected Work
Financial, analytical, and operational projects.
Selected work demonstrating how I use data, automation, and information systems to address business and financial challenges.
Professional Project
Salesforce Client Health Monitoring & Process Improvement
Completed · DecisionHR · Collaborative project
- Business problem
- Leadership already had access to client health information, including green, yellow, and red status indicators. The opportunity was to improve the accuracy, reliability, and consistency of the Salesforce data behind those statuses.
- What I did
- Collaborated with my supervisor on a Salesforce client health monitoring initiative focused on improving the accuracy and reliability of existing client relationship data. My contributions included reviewing and validating important Salesforce fields, such as last contact dates, and supporting workflow automation associated with the Client Health Check Ups process.
- Salesforce
- Salesforce Flow
- Lightning App Builder
- Power BI
- Data modeling
- Requirements gathering
Professional Project
Embedded Client Communication Flows
Completed · DecisionHR
- Business problem
- New-client implementation specialists prepared welcome and scheduling emails manually, looking up contact details for each message, and scheduling a first call took repeated back-and-forth over availability.
- What I did
- Standardized new-client communication inside Salesforce so specialists could send accurate, personalized emails from the record they were already working in, with Calendly added so clients could book a first call directly instead of exchanging availability.
- Salesforce Flow
- Screen Flows
- Lightning App Builder
- Dynamic email templates
- Calendly
Professional Project
Power BI Operational Dashboard
Completed · DecisionHR
- Business problem
- Leadership was assembling operational information manually and wanted client-health trends easier to read at a glance, with alerts when specific patterns appeared in the data.
- What I did
- Structured Salesforce reporting data into a Power BI model with DAX measures and columns, organized the visuals around the questions leadership asked most often, and added trend-based warning logic so concerning patterns surfaced without someone hunting for them.
- Power BI
- Salesforce Reports Connector
- DAX
- Data modeling
- Data visualization
Professional Project
Agentic AI Business Project
Completed · DecisionHR
- Business problem
- The organization needed an accurate, current organizational chart for approximately 160 employees, which is slow and error-prone to assemble and maintain by hand.
- What I did
- Used Claude connectors with Lucidchart to organize employee information into a complete organizational chart with correct designations and profile images, then presented the business application of the approach directly to the CEO.
- Claude
- Claude Connectors
- Lucidchart
- AI-assisted workflow design
- Data organization
Additional Analytical and Product Work
Flight Delay Risk Tracker
Completed · Personal project
Built a Python analysis that organizes flight data and classifies delay risk across factors such as weather, departure time, and distance, then visualizes the resulting patterns.
Real Estate Acquisition Research
In Progress
Supporting an early-stage family real estate venture focused on land, commercial, and residential acquisition by researching potential acquisition opportunities and helping organize properties for initial review. My involvement has included sourcing prospective deals, reviewing available property information, and developing a better understanding of the early stages of real estate acquisition.
Skills
Financial, analytical, and technology capabilities.
Tools and methods I have applied in professional projects, alongside areas I am currently developing through coursework. Items marked as coursework in progress are course topics, not mastered professional skills.
Business Analysis & Process Improvement
- Requirements gathering
- Stakeholder interviews
- Process mapping
- Process improvement
- Testing and documentation
- Microsoft Visio
- Lucidchart
Business Intelligence & Analytics
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- DAX
- Data modeling
- Data visualization
- Operational reporting
Enterprise Systems & Automation
- Salesforce
- Salesforce Flow
- Lightning App Builder
- Power Automate
- SOQL
- Workflow automation
Finance & Risk Management
- Financial analysis
- Cash-flow analysis
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Credit and billing operations
- Retirement-planning fundamentals
- Risk management (coursework in progress)
- Real estate finance (coursework in progress)
AI & Emerging Technology
- Claude
- Claude Connectors
- Agentic AI applications
- AI-assisted workflow design
Technical Skills in Development
Coursework and self-directed learning. Proficiency labels are honest, not aspirational.
- Python (developing)
- pandas (developing)
- Matplotlib (developing)
- HTML (developing)
- SQL (foundational)
- Unix (introductory)
- Database concepts (foundational)
Professional Direction
Where I hope to create value.
I am drawn to work where finance, information systems, and business strategy meet: understanding how an organization actually runs, and helping it run better.
Business & Technology Consulting
Helping organizations understand operational challenges and implement practical improvements.
Digital Transformation & Process Improvement
Exploring how enterprise applications, workflow automation, and emerging technologies can improve business operations.
Business Analytics & Decision Support
Using financial reasoning, business intelligence, and data analysis to support strategic decisions.
Risk Management & Business Resilience
Understanding organizational risks and developing practical strategies to manage them.
Beyond the Résumé
A few interests outside of work that keep me curious and give me perspective.
Piano and Classical Music
I play pieces from La La Land alongside Liszt and Debussy. Music has taught me patience and the value of building a skill gradually.
History, Philosophy, and Literature
I enjoy the Library of Alexandria, Greek mythology, classical literature, and the ideas that shaped civilizations.
Astronomy
I have been fascinated by space for as long as I can remember and still follow astronomy and planetary discovery.
Movement and the Outdoors
Walking, Pilates, and tennis. Time outdoors is where I do my clearest thinking.
Film and Storytelling
La La Land, the Marvel universe, Star Wars, and Harry Potter. I am drawn to stories about ambition and finding purpose.
Friends and Campus Life
As a member of Alpha Gamma Delta at FSU, I value the friendships and community I have found on campus. I enjoy spending time with friends, whether we're getting coffee, attending campus events, or simply catching up between classes.
Contact
Let's connect.
I am seeking Summer 2027 internship opportunities in business consulting, technology consulting, business analytics, digital transformation, information systems, business process improvement, and related finance and technology roles. I would welcome the chance to connect with professionals and organizations helping businesses work smarter.