Curriculum Vitae

AustinArmstrong.

Generalist operator at the intersection of enterprise IT finance, AI go-to-market, and organizational change. I bridge technical and executive teams across health systems, AI startups, and founder-led product teams.

austin-armstrong.meaustin@austin-armstrong.melinkedin.com/in/austin-armstrong20Open to enterprise partnerships & advisory roles
Experience

Senior IT Business Analyst, Value Creation Team

Ascension
May 2025 — PresentRemote · Pittsburgh, PA
$35M
IT budget managed
  • Drove divestiture cost savings of over $35M in FY2025 across 5+ divesting sites and 100+ vendors
  • Ensured data integrity for over $500M in inbound Apptio data, correcting over $50M in unallocated spend
  • Developed executive dashboards in Apptio to track divestiture expenses, increasing executive engagement by 50%
  • Collaborated with finance, supply chain, and payables to optimize invoice tracking, saving 4+ hours per week per employee
TechnologyStrategyLeadership

Business Operations Specialist

Jaba AI
Mar 2025 — PresentRemote · Pittsburgh, PA
$1.2M
IT budget managed
  • Generated investor pitch decks targeting $1.2M seed round close in summer 2026
  • Lead strategic business development, sales execution, and CRM optimization for NIL industry AI startup
  • Built HubSpot reporting and workflow automation to surface high-signal accounts for founding team
  • Run targeted outreach to universities, athletic leagues, and sports marketing agencies managing full pipeline in HubSpot
  • Drove operational efficiencies elevating Jaba's engagement with key stakeholders across collegiate athletics and NIL landscape
SalesStrategyLeadership

Innovation Specialist

Autonomi (Autonomi Books + Doxci)
Jan 2023 — PresentRemote · Pittsburgh, PA
$100K
IT budget managed
  • Sold two enterprise contracts over $100K for Doxci, increasing year-over-year ARR by approximately 50%
  • Established white-label bookkeeping partnerships with CPA firms enabling 3-5x client capacity scaling without added headcount
  • Positioned Doxci as enterprise cognitive automation platform, redesigning product positioning and go-to-market strategy
  • Led customer success for VGM Group, validating 60% higher data-extraction accuracy vs prior solution
  • Developed Capacity Economics positioning quantifying hidden in-house bookkeeping costs as a margin driver for CPA firms
  • Built outbound pipeline via LinkedIn and
StrategySalesAI

Senior IT Business Analyst

Wellstar Health System
Jul 2022 — Jun 2025Remote
$250M+
IT budget managed
  • Built, executed, and managed a $250M+ IT budget across 50+ IT staff and 15 business units
  • Automated data migration for 40 cost centers into Apptio and optimized 10+ SQL Server data feeds into Apptio repository
  • Formulated 5 business-process automations for the annual budget cycle and produced 8 executive-level Apptio dashboards
  • Aggregated documentation for 20+ reports to accelerate user onboarding; developed 2025 Apptio roadmap for capital projects
  • Guided department managers and cost center owners through pre-budget meetings ensuring accuracy and shared understanding
TechnologyStrategyLeadership

Financial Analyst — IT Finance / HVI & Neurological Service Line

UPMC
Jan 2020 — Jul 2022Pittsburgh, PA
$400M
IT budget managed
  • Forecasted and managed a $400M annual IT budget, analyzing $40M in monthly expenses across 50+ projects totaling $75M
  • Automated 3 recurring financial reports using Robotic Process Automation; built advanced analyses in Power BI and PowerPivot
  • Partnered with operations and supply chain to drive $1M in incremental revenue on a key Heart & Vascular procedure
  • Consolidated large datasets into executive-level reporting across 3 service lines bridging clinical, supply chain, and finance
  • Monitored 50+ monthly transactions for GAAP compliance and delivered executive financial summaries with accounting counterparts
TechnologyStrategyLeadership
Core Competencies
Enterprise Relationship ManagementConsultative SellingGo-to-Market StrategyAccount ManagementRFI/RFP WritingContract NegotiationIT Financial ManagementFinancial ForecastingCost OptimizationVariance AnalysisGAAP ComplianceExecutive DashboardsApptioOnePower BIHubSpotApollo.ioLinkedIn Sales NavigatorSQLProcess AutomationRPAData MigrationAI / LLMsAI Positioning & MessagingCross-Functional Stakeholder AlignmentLong-Form WritingCapital PlanningFinancial Reporting
Certifications

Apptio Certified Practitioner: ApptioOne

Apptio

Certified practitioner in ApptioOne — the leading IT financial management and Technology Business Management platform.

Education

Triple Major: Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing

Gannon University

Focus on financial analysis, corporate finance, and quantitative methods.

Aug 2016 — Dec 2019

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