Dahlonega, Georgia, United States
Solutions focused program/project Director with proven experience and ability implementing and leading Enterprise Project Management Offices (EPMO) and very large global projects comprised of many tracks staffed with hundreds of people. Merger and Acquisition experience gained by managing over 18 M&A events from due diligence through to final implementation including acquisitions larger than $500 million. Strong global IT compliance experience managing Sarbanes Oxley audits, controls and remediation, ISO 9001, and 27001 certification testing. Experienced working with Audit Committees, Internal/External Auditors and all C band positions. Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), IT Audit and Compliance, Program Management, Project Management, Content and Document Management, Knowledge Management, Management Consulting, Call Center Design and Management, Retail Systems
Direct responsibilities for the EPMO and IT Compliance. Personally manage and actively lead program, project portfolios and larger projects. Completed a formal EPMO assessment and implemented recommendations from that assessment. Recruit and staff the EPMO with qualified project managers. Annually perform Sarbanes Oxley testing, remediation across IT globally. Design and implement global Risk Management for IT. Project manage the largest M&A event in the history of the company consisting of over 12 separate work-stream and hundreds of resources globally.
Key responsibilities included management of the IT Application Development team and the Business Optimization team. This covered in-house custom developments, integrations and reports for all business applications. Also lead a team of project and process managers in driving improvements into key business processes and applications. Personally project managed the largest projects undertaken by the business
Key responsibilities included management of the knowledge and document management applications. Performing necessary upgrades, configuration, training and coaching. Maintained communities of practice related to both systems to ensure standards and processes were properly implemented and executed. Project managed critical projects impacting key financial systems. Managed a team of project and process managers that drove improvements into the business to reduce costs, improve efficiencies or improve adoption of technology.