SUMMARY

• Senior entrepreneurial executive that created and grew a boutique Business/IT management consulting firm that has been delivering high impact solution for 25 years.
• Exhibiting an unusual blend of creative thinking, problem solving, leadership, and interpersonal skills that when combined with cross industry knowledge provides clients with quality deliverables completed on time and within budget.
• An accomplished, strong leader that pulls from a background in IT, Education, and Organizational Dynamics to help move organizations forward as they evolve along their maturity curve.
• Program/Project Management (PMP) Strategic Planning Business Process Improvement (BPI & SixSigma)
• Business Needs Analysis Organization Dynamics Staff Development and Motivation M&A Business
• Integration Contract and Price Negotiation Change Management Product Management C Level
• Presentations and Relationship Management Solution Development (SDLC) Sales and Business
• Development P&L Management Account Management 3 rd Party Relationship Management
• Consulting Practice Methodology Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago

CEO/President

Responsibilities:

• Confidential is a management consulting and technology services company. Their management and information technology services help clients achieve a competitive and financially rewarding advantage by aligning their Business, Organizational, and Information Technology Strategies.
• Lead the operations, growth, and strategic direction with full responsibility for business development, 3 rd party relationships, and service offering/methodology development. Provide account management activities for all client engagements. Participate in the delivery of engagements that required strategic leadership, program management, and organization change skills. Implement a sub - contractor/employee model which provided flexibility to bring unique area of expertise to the table to address clients’ needs. Define engagements that deliver solutions not just expertise which differentiates RGB from staffing firms.
• Expanded the firm into Confidential to address the increased demand for Dynamic Web Publishing and Content Management.
• Created methodologies and consulting practices based on Organizational Readiness, Group Dynamics, and Industry Best Practices.
• Developed and maintained a loyal client base to generate over $25 million in sales through successful business development and marketing activities.
• Increased the effectiveness of several client organizations by mentoring them in the area of IT organizational, management, and staffing issues.
• Successfully managed relationships of 3 rd Party solution providers to increase sales.

Executive Management Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engagement management off the operational post-acquisition teams.
• Helped analyze the impact of the change on the acquiring organization.
• Created the overall post-acquisition program plan
• Assisted with the evaluation of key executives that were impacted by the acquisition.
• Provided risk assessment and critical problem resolution.
• Worked with the senior executive teams from both companies to bring about a 2 years successful business integration and relocation.
• Program Managed an integration Program that consisted of Legal, Compliance, Application Technology, Infrastructure, Premises, Marketing, HR, and Core Business Projects.
• Managed the deployment of an Interim Solution that moved the Bank’s business to the newly acquired Firms office and infrastructure until a longer-term solution could be defined.
• Provided the guidance required to properly identify and analyze the existing processes and technology infrastructure, defining the new/integrated processes, gathering the new business requirements, and creating a Long-Term Solution.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided the Program Management that led a team of consultants and client Subject Matter Experts through a Business Process Re-engineering effort that reduced the cycle time to hire a contractor from 8 - 10 weeks to 10 days and reduced invoice payment from 3 months to 2 weeks.
• Assisted with the development of a business and information architecture that supported the future state of the newly formed procurement organization.
• Defined the business and technical requirements that lead to the selection of new information support systems.
• Facilitated the process by which new operating principles, policies and procedures were developed and deployed.
• Conducted the analysis of the rates being charged by the client’s Professional Service and Contract Labor suppliers.
• Provided the framework to help the client meet their SOX/COBIT objectives.
• For 3 consecutive years, facilitated the development Strategic Business/IT Plan which led to re­prioritize their IT related projects, changes in their IT leadership team, and helped business management advance up the IT Maturity Curve.

Confidential

Area Strategic Consulting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and marketed a $4 mil management consulting practice and managed the team of senior industry consultants.
• Assisted with the facilitation of Planning, BPR, Vision, and Critical Success Factors client engagements.
• Evaluated and adapted new consulting methodologies and practices.
• Integrated management consulting practices into DEC’s sales account planning process.

District Sales Support Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the industry and technical resources associated with supporting the DEC sales team.
• Facilitated the identification and closure of $5 mil in consulting related projects and helped sales integrate support services into their sales strategies.
• Assisted with the creation and delivery of sales presentation to strategic customers.
• Won the DEC Excellence Award for Superior Performance.

District Software Development Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the software development team, SDLC, for the Midwest focusing on solutions for the Process Industries.
• Generated the highest revenue out of all development teams across the US.
• Ranked in the upper 5% of all development teams worldwide.
• Won the DEC Excellence Award for Superior Performance two years in a row.