Christopher S.

Information Technology Leader and US Marine Corps Veteran

Lake View, New York, United States

About

Marine Life: 2nd battalion 8th Marines (2/8): 1993-1997 - notable, Operation Purple Star, Operation Joint Endeavor. 8th tank Battalion, 1997-2000. Business life: Innovative business and technology leader, offering nearly 2 decades of professional experience in Information Technology Project Management, Implementation and Consulting, Leadership, Human Resources Management Systems, and Software Development. Aspire to lead the business operations (including project portfolio and finance) within a global IT function. Have worked within multiple Fortune 500 companies managing teams and large, complex IT projects and infrastructure. Teams managed range in size from 4 to 20. Technically-astute and analytical business leader eager to contribute interpersonal skills, strategic planning expertise, and problem solving abilities toward delivering innovative technology solutions for the organization. Exceptional blend of communication, managerial, documentation, and prioritization skills; committed to achieving accuracy and efficiency in daily activities.

Experience

  • Technology leader at M&T Bank
    Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Director Information Technology Operations at Person Centered Services Care Coordination Organization, LLC
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Information Technology Project Manager at Centene Corporation
    Jun 2020 - Apr 2021 · 11 mos

  • Project Manager at TEKsystems
    Nov 2019 - Jun 2020 · 8 mos

     Brought onboard as a contract Senior Project Manager to implement a strategic program (new product) within a newly established portfolio.  The new product when implemented is estimated to help grow revenue from less than $10m to over $100m.  Position is a leadership role, but more influencer than previous PM roles have been.  Role is to build the team, set a working rhythm and maintain a high consistent level of communication.  The team works in agile methodology for engineering, but also utilized components of waterfall as well as vendors.

  • Senior Technology Project Manager at HSBC
    Sep 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

     Worked with US AML IT Head to set department policy and intake process  Collaborated with business owner, transformation, and IT to establish annual operating plan for the US AML IT portfolio  Establish an approach for assessing current state, defining target state and roadmap to achieve the specified goal  Aligned with Big Data platform and migrated systems to Cloud technologies  Created budget and ensured that project work did not exceed established budgets  Established and set efficient capacity & resource utilization metrics