SUMMARY:

• Keen leadership of extraordinary technology teams
• Uniquely successful partnerships with executives and key stakeholders based on reliable delivery, excellent engagement and communication and powerful risk management
• Consistent achievement of corporate objectives on aggressive schedules delivered with grace and excellence
• Identification of corporate strategies that optimize productivity and result in significant budget savings
• Expert implementation of business process improvement and successful change management in challenging industries: money transfer, health/medical, retail, finance, investment banking, insurance, and most recently, global pharmaceuticals.
• Development of extensive on - shore, off-shore and hybrid technical, underwriting, actuarial, support teams
• Producing and presenting captivating ROI reports fueling critical briefings that trigger positive change
• Extensive experience in traditional software development and implementation, in parallel with same in agile methodology, risk management and numerous hybrid development strategies
• Optimization of merger and acquisition programs, and conversion, integration of new and legacy technology and business practices
• Dedication as a lifelong learner and mentor, PMP and PGM certified, two graduate degrees including a doctorate in leadership and education
• Success as professional researcher and content writer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Martinez, CA

Remote Senior Project Manager

Recruited to bring red status project in peril to green status and execute on shortened timeline to in time delivery. Accomplished goal of replacing obsolete legacy system with massive integration complexities with ShareCare solution and met go live date in time for fiscal in alignment with HIPAA requirements. Third but only successful project manager assigned to the project over the course of a year, delivering project within budget in less than 6 months.

Remote Senior Global Manager

Confidential

Lead multiple multi-million-dollar critical path 2017/2017 LEAN/Agile initiatives including GxP Data Archive Solution Project, and Manhattan Center Stone Global Corporate Space Integration Project, Audio Visual Global Conference Room standardization project, GEAR system management, expansion, upgrade and sunset protocol project, two massive new building projects, and Global Secure network project. Designed and developed GxP project manager training curriculum with strong emphasis on risk management for rollout in 2017. Advised numerous project teams and Gilead managers about business process improvements, agile/lean methodology and practical application of same in their parallel critical path efforts. Advised and educated Executive Steering Committees and Gate Review Committees about efficiencies easily achieved by adapting small strategic process changes.

Confidential

Senior Global Consultant

Providing strategic guidance and leadership in agile/DevOps conversion for global expansion including associated budget development, planning, and oversight, definition, education of executives and decision makers, execution of change management and culture evolution to support new position in competitive world software development market.

Confidential, Philadelphia PA

Remote Sr. Executive Portfolio Manager /TRAC Technical Program - CONVERSION - Global locations - USA, Asia, Europe Lead programs focused on design and implementation of enterprise critical conversion of five disparate plan management, disclosure, risk management, and payout systems to one aggregate with new data, workflow, and outputs. Lead initiatives design of converted inputs, traditional and innovative outputs, in aggressive timeframes and 5 time zones, with myriad resources and vendors around the globe. Managed dozens of senior program managers and teams of 50+ each, vendor relations, and the work of numerous local, national, and off shore resources and departments, to define and execute a plan for successful implementation. Led initiative resulting in development of customer and account rep mobile applications including APis for multiple specific major clients.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Remote Program Manager

Lead initiative for identification, implementation, recruitment/resourcing, training, and professional development of 4 global teams of international actuaries/analysts required to support core data modeling activities for the global organization, and definition of PMO office for same. Managed program teams in 4 different time zones resulting in excellent productivity and quality ratings by Business Owners. Led extensive global customer JAD sessions and planned strategy for in corporation of mobile application in account managers’ dashboard project. Facilitated successful change and risk management work streams keeping BAU in place when one major actuarial team was hired in total by an ACE competitor, and simultaneously closed former and opened new offshore offices while replaced team, without missing a single relevant deliverable.

Confidential . Iselin, NJ

Contract Business Technology Consultant serving the Fortune 500 including Tricon “Yum” International (Parent Company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell), The Copeland Companies, NYC Office Of Contracts, HIP Health Plan of NJ, HIP Health Plan of NY, PepsiCo International, General Foods Company, and America On-Line.