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# Christopher Horton

**Headline:** Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst
**Profession:** Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst
**Location:** Chicago, Illinois, United States

## About

Christopher Horton is a Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\. He focuses on portfolio strategy, product\-market fit, and international growth opportunities, applying market sizing, competitive analysis, financial analysis, and data\-driven decision\-making to complex business problems\. Christopher has experience identifying the product features, initiatives, protocol requirements, and pricing considerations needed to succeed in new markets, including price\-sensitive markets\. He has helped shape an EMEA expansion strategy for a product with limited remaining North American runway by assessing market size, competitors, and commercial opportunity\. His analysis identified feature gaps and requirements, including support for the Dimetro protocol, and influenced product\-roadmap decisions\. Christopher quantified a $50 million revenue opportunity associated with this expansion work\. Previously, he was a Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications and a Strategic Partnerships Intern at GoHealth\. At GoHealth, he analyzed new and existing partners, supported financial forecasts and data integration, coordinated information across legal and relationship\-management teams, and prepared client pitch materials and reporting\. Christopher earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, Class of 2022, and is proficient with Microsoft products, Java, and SQL\.

## Highlights

- Serves as Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\.
- Previously served as a Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\.
- Drove international expansion strategy into EMEA for a product with limited North American runway\.
- Analyzed EMEA market size, competitors, and opportunity to support expansion strategy\.
- Quantified a $50 million revenue opportunity\.
- Identified product feature gaps and protocol requirements for EMEA market success, including the Dimetro protocol\.
- Influenced product\-roadmap decisions through market and product\-requirements analysis\.
- Determined product features, initiatives, and pricing considerations required for market success, including in price\-sensitive markets\.
- Developed strengths in market sizing, competitive analysis, and identifying market opportunities for product expansion\.
- Performed strategic analysis of new and existing partners as a Strategic Partnerships Intern at GoHealth, focusing on financial forecasts and data integration\.
- Managed coordination between legal and RM’s at GoHealth to support proper client data transfers and compliance contracts\.
- Provided the corporate strategy team with information needed for quarterly and year\-end reports at GoHealth\.
- Collaborated with senior associates at GoHealth to prepare pitch materials and deliverables for client off\-site visits\.
- Filtered and combined financial\-report spreadsheets for reporting, strategic purposes, and market research at GoHealth\.
- Earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance, General, from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, Class of 2022\.
- Is well versed in Microsoft products, Java, and SQL\.

## Experience

- **Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications** (2023\-03\-01–present)
- **Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications** (2022\-07\-01–2023\-03\-01)
- **Strategic Partnerships Intern at GoHealth** (2021\-06\-01–2021\-08\-01) — Performed strategic analysis on new/existing partners focusing on financial forecasts and data integration • Managed the relationship between legal and RM’s to ensure that clients had proper data transfers, compliance contracts, and our corporate strategy team had the necessary information to be included in quarterly and YE reports • Collaborated with senior associates in preparing pitch materials and deliverables for client off\-site visits • Filtered through financial reports and combined different sheets to be used in reporting, strategic purposes, and market research

## Education

- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, General — Miami University (2018\-01\-01–2022\-01\-31)

## FAQ

### What does Christopher Horton do?

Christopher is a Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\. He works on portfolio strategy, market opportunities, product\-market requirements, and expansion analysis\.

### What are Christopher’s core professional strengths?

Christopher’s strengths include market sizing, competitive analysis, financial and data analysis, process improvement, project management, customer service, and applying technology to solve complex business problems\. He also identifies the product features and commercial initiatives required for success in new markets\.

### What is Christopher’s current role at Airbus DS Communications?

Christopher serves as a Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\. His work includes evaluating growth opportunities, product requirements, market conditions, and portfolio strategy\.

### What was Christopher’s earlier role at Airbus DS Communications?

Before becoming a Senior Portfolio Strategy Analyst, Christopher was a Portfolio Strategy Analyst at Airbus DS Communications\.

### What did Christopher accomplish in EMEA expansion strategy?

Christopher helped drive an international expansion strategy into EMEA for a product with limited North American runway\. He analyzed market size, competitors, and opportunity, and quantified a $50 million revenue opportunity\.

### How has Christopher influenced product roadmap decisions?

Christopher identified feature gaps and protocol requirements needed for EMEA market success, including the Dimetro protocol\. His analysis influenced product\-roadmap decisions\.

### How does Christopher approach product requirements for new markets?

Christopher has experience determining the features, initiatives, and pricing considerations required for market success, including in price\-sensitive markets\.

### What did Christopher do as a Strategic Partnerships Intern at GoHealth?

At GoHealth, Christopher performed strategic analysis of new and existing partners, with a focus on financial forecasts and data integration\.

### How did Christopher support partner operations and reporting at GoHealth?

Christopher managed the relationship between legal and RM’s at GoHealth to help ensure clients had appropriate data transfers and compliance contracts\. He also made sure the corporate strategy team had the information needed for quarterly and year\-end reports\.

### What client and reporting work did Christopher support at GoHealth?

Christopher collaborated with senior associates to prepare pitch materials and deliverables for client off\-site visits\. He also filtered and combined financial\-report spreadsheets for reporting, strategic purposes, and market research\.

### What is Christopher’s education?

Christopher earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance, General, from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business\. He was in the Class of 2022\.

### What technologies does Christopher use?

Christopher is well versed in Microsoft products, Java, and SQL\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/christopher\-horton\-82028b172

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