Brayden Mims

Business Transformation Intern — Niagara Bottling, LLC

Diamond Bar, CA

• Standardizing 1,870 raw supplier IDs into 430 simplified parents, cutting supplier-master complexity by 77%
• Engineering Power Query pipeline on 3M+ records powering enterprise supplier variation analysis

Strategy Consulting Extern — PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

Chicago, IL (Remote)

• Analyzed Illinois donor trends to identify key behaviors, enabling outreach projected to increase donations by 30%
• Developed four donor personas to drive targeted engagement and motivated giving across the regional market
• Synthesized research into a 15-slide deck, chosen from top 11% of externs to present to the client's executive board

Associate — In-N-Out Burger

Rancho Mission Viejo, CA

• Led monthly safety briefings for 100+ employees, using trend analysis to lower incident rates for a record 8 quarters
• Directed a 30-person team and optimized inventory as Level 6 Associate (2nd youngest in store history)

Spring Analyst — Hillmann Consulting, LLC

Irvine, CA

• Designed a centralized cost-tracking database for 200+ projects that reduced weekly budget analysis time by 15%
• Secured nationwide adoption across 24 U.S. sites by presenting a standardized tracking system to regional managers
• Automated reporting with macros, saving 3 hours weekly and accelerating ~30 monthly RFPs to boost satisfaction

Director of Professional Development — 180 Degrees Consulting at UCLA (< 3% Acceptance)

Los Angeles, CA

• Automating a manual deadline-monitoring process for ~100 members, saving an estimated 40 hours per year
• Coordinating end-to-end logistics and design of 3 tiered mock cases for a 4-round Superday with 20 participants

Assistant Project Manager — Make-A-Wish America

• Drafted a student content-creator program to re-engage ~16K at-risk alumni in under 2 hours monthly staff time
• Created a 12-point benchmarking rubric across 15+ nonprofits to surface gaps and anchor client strategy

Strategy Consultant — Special Olympics

• Examined 24 country reports across 6 regions, building an ROI framework to rank next-cycle funding priorities
• Presented final recommendations and ROI methodologies to regional directors and the Chief Education Officer

M&A Spring Case Competition (1st place) — Haas Business Student Association (HBSA)

Berkeley, CA (Remote)

• Proposed a strategic AI acquisition for a Fortune 250 firm, leading a 5-person team to 1st of 275+ participants

Leadership Academy -- Imagination Campus (1 of 20, faculty selected) — The Walt Disney Company

Anaheim, CA

• Guided a 4-person team in presenting a go-to-market strategy for a fictional product to industry professionals