SUMMARY:

• Seasoned technology executive with an extensive track record of progressive, profitable and cost effective leadership of consulting practices, IT operations and over thirty years of client - facing information technology project portfolio management (PPM) comprising IT PMO portfolio management and projects effecting transformation, SDLC software development, COTS packaged software and infrastructure migrations.
• Accounting and finance coursework including graduate financial and cost accounting courses Confidential leading universities (Hofstra, Columbia, Wharton and NYU) sustained by proven senior financial and operational skills Confidential leading Information Technology corporations, Financial Services corporations and their clients.
• Project Portfolio Management Methodologies and Products Experiences include decades or waterfall, agile and other project methodologies employing Confidential Cognos, VCS VPMI, CA Clarity PPM, ARC, SAP FieldGlass, MS Excel (e.g. dashboards, spend graphs), MS Project Enterprise and other leading resource, schedule and spend tracking tools.
• Senior PMO, Program, Project and Technical Leadership effecting Business Strategy and Policy through M&A Integration, Transformation, Outsourcing, Off-shoring, GMP / GRC Governance and, effecting Enterprise Technology Operations through Product Development, Global Migration, COTS Enterprise Licensing & Product Deployment e.g. 1)
• Led IT infrastructure PMO, dedicated team and portfolio of global migrations of storage arrays affecting 1000+ servers attached to 23 arrays on several continents, and, led IT infrastructure PMO, dedicated team and portfolio of regulatory and compliance app migrations Confidential, a leading investment bank; 2) Created plans, frameworks, roadmaps, dashboards and led the project portfolio infrastructure migrations Confidential Confidential, a leading healthcare company;
• Led a portfolio of SDLC application projects ranging from $500K to $3MM (a $60M portfolio) effecting new products / services, legacy consolidation and regulatory compliance in support the Confidential Inc. / Confidential merger, a Pharmaceutical Benefits Management leader; 4) Led IT infrastructure PMO, dedicated team and portfolio of electronic trading infrastructure migration projects for supporting the Confidential - Confidential merger, a leading investment bank, and driving next generation low latency architecture and affecting all electronic trading applications, and connectivity to market data, market access and clients; 5)
• As Chief Technologist & Lead Architect, led portfolio for strategic development, ongoing IT operations and client engagement pipeline for Confidential Application Hosting Services' cloud-based accounting and other software services - managed several accounting system, ERP, CRM and HRIS/HCM deployments; 6) As an Confidential &T Division CIO, led a portfolio of strategic projects (SDLC, COTS and infrastructure) and ongoing IT operations effecting POS, EDI, data warehouse, compensation, marketing analytics and call center for a Fortune 50 TelCo affecting $1B+ net retail sales.
• Senior Executive Experiences in Corporate Finance, Business Development, Financial Management, Technology Operations with Client Presentations up through Board-level and C-level and Client-Focused Relationship Management e.g. Instrumental in launching of three major consulting practices built from inception - Confidential &T Confidential, Confidential and Confidential
• Investment Banking experiences include financial analysis and valuations of operating business for mergers, spinoffs and acquisitions as a FINRA registered securities and investment banking representative (Series 7, 79 & 63) leading transaction teams through leveraged finance / cash flow loans supporting LBO's, recapitalizations, acquisitions, refinancings, financing strategies & structures, capital markets, audited reporting, risk & credit, market data, compliance, domestic and international banking products, and more.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Gap Analysis evidenced by proposals, process improvements (healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, hospitality, consumer products, business services and more), project portfolio budget management to $350M, and, team building and supervision to 1000 personnel.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology and Tools:30+ years Infrastructure PPM and Admin e.g., Servers (Compaq ProLiant, Confidential System i, Confidential System x, Confidential System p), Storage Systems (ProLiant, Confidential SSA, NASs, SANs, Tivoli, Quantum, EMC, Hitachi), Voice & Data Network & Switching Systems (LAN / WAN / VOIP, Confidential &T, CISCO, Lucent, Bay Networks, HP, 3COM), OSs / Clustering / Virtualization (Windows Server, SCO UNIX, Unixware, Netware, Vinca, Citrix MetaFrame, Confidential AIX, Red Hat Linux, VMware ESX), HPC (NCR/Teradata, Compaq/HP, Confidential ), data center general (UPS, KVM, racks, HVAC, electric, etc.)20+ years Middleware - Database / Data Warehouse (IMS, DB2, Informix, Ingres, Focus, Austec, Sybase, Oracle, MS SQL Server), Transaction Monitors (CICS, MQ Series, MS MQSeries, TOPS20+ years Office, Mail & Collaboration Tools - Microsoft Office (MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Confidential &T-NCR Rhapsody, Confidential Lotus Notes, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, Confidential Team Room)20+ years Enterprise Security Software / Firewall (e.g., CheckPoint, Symantec, McAfee10 years Digital Marketing: Web Analytics & Keyword Strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) & PPC Ads, Social Media (e.g. Facebook), Email Ads.10 years Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery ( Confidential )

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Program / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led and worked on behalf of PMOs comprised of diversified global resources (cross functional onshore & offshore program / project teams) and assets to deliver client facing PPM services to key Confidential clients • Collaborated with Confidential (leading investment bank) and Confidential senior leadership to build a dedicated team supporting regulatory and compliance app deployments budgeted Confidential $4M and drove risk and compliance application deployment support projects e.g. CCAR Analysis Review, CCST / DFAST (Dodd Frank) Stress Testing, Basel III, AML, KYC, Risk Governance, others, and, led 2 phases of global storage migrations for Confidential ’s EOSL PMO servicing Confidential, a leading investment bank.
• Included several projects budgeted Confidential $5M annually exclusive of capital equipment and operational support staff (e.g. data center). Identified process flaws and substantially improved migration process productivity • Worked with Confidential (Healthcare leader) and Confidential senior leadership to build an infrastructure PMO including a dedicated team, a self-developed factory model, roadmap and project portfolio for refreshing infrastructure of all federated businesses (e.g. 33,000 servers) • Worked with Confidential INC. and Confidential senior leadership to facilitate merger ( Confidential Health and Confidential ) through process and technology transformations into the resulting $94B Pharmaceutical Benefits Management
• Distribution and Healthcare Company and consequently led portfolio of 40 Waterfall and Agile SDLC /SCRUM projects budgeted Confidential $60M ($1MM to $3MM per project) from concept through warranty including legacy consolidations, compliance, Medicare / Medicaid (CMS) regulatory mandates and general enterprise consolidation including gap / requirements analysis, project charters, phase gates, budgets, resource planning / staffing / forecasts, dashboards, JARs, / JADs, system integration, change control boards and QA effecting claims processing / adjudication, Medicare / Medicaid programs, insurance plans, client (carriers, consumers) eligibility / benefits, point-of-sale (POS), retail, client facing internet / web technologies (CMS frameworks, ESB architectures), carrier / Confidential t web portals, order management, procurement, requisition, payment, data warehouse and more servicing hundreds of clients and millions of Confidential ts.

Confidential, New York, NY

Managing Director

Responsibilities:

• As principal corporate officer, developed a PPM deal pipeline • leveraged 30+ partner relationships including Microsoft, Confidential, SAP, eVault, Computer Associates, Hoovers, off shore technology partnerships (e.g. India and China) and new business development with senior executives of small, medium and large enterprises (e.g. Financial Services, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Entertainment, Consumer Products, clients) • negotiated and delivered process and technology transformation programs and projects • analyzed client business goals / challenges • led global cross-functional culturally diverse teams (USA onshore, India / China off-shore, subject matter experts, architects, business analysts, PMs, software developers, IT infrastructure, quality assurance) through requirements, design, development and implementation (SDLC, COTS enterprise software, IT infrastructure, diverse methodologies)
• OEM products / packaged enterprise solutions (e.g. ERP, CRM and Business Intelligence / Analytics), web portals / frameworks / CMS, Ecommerce websites, sales / distribution / logistics, and other processes • effected marketing initiatives, operating / business process improvements (BPO), analytics, supply chain management (SCM) improvement and enterprise solutions
• PPM EXAMPLES include • transformation programs Confidential Ltd. Contract a leading Caribbean hospitality / private island resort / meeting center and villa properties comprising a global distribution strategy, off-shore (India) SDLC development and enterprise application integration (website / CMS / digital media, property management system, Global Distribution System / GDS, e-Commerce, call center), wireless LAN / WAN / VOIP switching network infrastructure, go-to-market (e.g. market research, competitive analysis) and digital marketing (e.g. Clickstream analytics tools, SEO & SEM) transforming global image and marketability by improving their Global Internet Rank and Reputation and strategic focus achieving top 5 listing for targeted searches with leading SEs including Confidential
• Led infrastructure and application software migration projects for Confidential - Confidential consolidating and relocating the Electronic Trading operations of Confidential Securities and Confidential including the trading applications portfolio, market access, market data, customer connectivity and LAN / WAN to new very low latency trading infrastructure, resulting in an $80M annual operating cost reduction • Led SDLC ecommerce development and integration projects for BOSS Records to transform an entertainment company and record label and improve internet presence for an established entertainment company / record label with retail website including merchant services and CMS framework leveraging intellectual assets including a music catalog, partner websites and social media
• developed strategy, policies and operations for Creditcore Group Investments a Master Card Consumer Credit Startup providing consumer credit recovery program comprising Confidential ( Confidential ) / Confidential ( Confidential ) that acquired and securitized medium-to-high risk consumer debt portfolios (CDOs - credit card & other unsecured loans, and CMOs - residential mortgage obligations), collateral backed Master Card credit card services and a proprietary process for vetting financial risk and debt recovery.