SUMMARY:

• Business and IT/Technology sourcing / procurement - large scale platform purchases (ex. Confidential ’s first commercial product platform, Ohio National’s largest platform to date, and Confidential Global ERP, e-Business, and Credit Card marketing and platforms), including vendor management matched to rare skills in business side project management and problem project troubleshooting. Requirements design and vendor selection / sourcing, including RFP, RFI, and RFQ. Highly proficient in negotiation and drafting.
• Integral in sales process - sales complimentary. Strong relationship bonds internally, as well as building strong bonds with vendors and customers. Formal business management/ operations management skills and matched to such as handwalking/handholding 200 plus start-up businesses A to Z through their first year. Experience includes a host of practice areas from IT / Technology to Real Estate/Facilities/MRO, Manufacturing (ex. ATM manufacture), and staffing. Experience with Agile and Scrum, as well as Waterfall.
• Project & Program Management
• Negotiation
• Vendor & Supplier Management
• Process Improvement - Turnarounds
• Cross Functional Team Leadership
• Contract Drafting
• Strategic Cost Mgmt. - Financial Mgmt.
• Strategic Sourcing
• Dispute Resolution
• Purchasing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Administrator for Information Technology (IT)

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted master contracts, amendments, statements of work, and maintenance agreements ranging from $20K to 40 MM representing 50 vendors and 5 plus active projects in software / hardware supporting new business ventures (including large scale roll-out for new Insurance platforms - requiring substantial upgrading to all existing systems), plus staff augmentation.
• Project management troubleshooting and guiding problem project implementation.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Project Management for Treasury Department

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of uniform credit card processing platform/system across all University entities.

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Consulting Strategic Sourcing Manager for Information Technology (IT)

Responsibilities:

• Sourced, negotiated and drafted master contracts, amendments, statements of work, and maintenance agreements ranging from $ MM representing 75 vendors and 20 plus active projects in software, hardware supporting new business ventures (including roll-out for new Health Insurance Marketplace product requiring substantial improvements to all existing systems), telecom, utilities, cabling, facilities, and design / development consulting, plus staff augmentation.
• Project management troubleshooting and guiding problem project implementation. Continuous Improvement Process. Managed vendor relationships. Vendor cost reductions - 18%. Ariba/SAP.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted new and renewal physician contracts including enterprise agreements, master agreements, and work orders for this 1500 physician consulting base, including R&D and .

Confidential, Los Angeles, New York City

Vendor Management, Vice President // Corporate Officer

Responsibilities:

• Sourced, negotiated, drafted, and business side project managed $2.2 billion in annual enterprise agreements, master agreements, and work orders ranging from 7K to 300MM with 75+ key vendors representing 1000 active projects - software, hardware, telecom, utilities, cabling, facilities, staffing, and capital equipment (IT, e-Business, R&D, and Shared Services).
• Supported 1,000 technology products including products and services from Confidential &T, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, and others.
• Project management troubleshooting and guiding problem project implementation matched to project management in sourcing and procurement.
• Mergers & Acquisition / Divestiture - contract negotiations and implementation process design.
• Contract negotiation and implementation for Confidential Credit Card entities/relationships including Confidential ’s Club, Confidential, and Confidential ’s (Processing systems and Marketing programs).
• Contract negotiation and drafting for Confidential ’s Global Inter-Affiliate shared services product sales and licensing deployed in 140 countries worldwide.
• Continuous Process Improvement. Implementation of advanced project management systems.
• Managed/maintained vendor relationships.
• Strategic Cost Management Leader - Developed strategy and negotiated $250 million vendor cost reductions representing an 18.5% improvement across all global business lines.
• Facilitator/overall business management - moving business forward.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Consulting Attorney

Responsibilities:

• Confidential Confidential ( Confidential ): Co-Managed discovery for large scale class action in healthcare services and insurance.
• Confidential: Managed discovery and co-managed litigation for a $100 million construction project with a $36 million net revenue stream.
• Confidential ( Confidential ): Managed discovery for environmental litigation.
• Confidential: Contract drafting and negotiation of UC Hospital clinical trial agreements.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Attorney

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted contracts for business management, purchasing, and sourcing of capital equipment. Provided vendor contract dispute resolution.
• Mergers & Acquisition - contract negotiations and implementation process design.
• Hand walked 250 plus start-up businesses through their first year // Extensive turnaround experience.
• Negotiated and drafted contracts for real estate transactions. Provided owner’s side real estate representation, dispute resolution services, and execution of high-end commercial and residential transactions, new construction and build-outs, due diligence, and closing preparation.
• Provided estate planning and probate administration, including attracting clientele.
• Managed law firm administration including supervision and of top-performing legal support staff, paralegals, administrative assistant staff, law students, and summer associates.
• Managed firm’s mixed use downtown office building, including contracting for maintenance services.