Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Executive with over 18 years of experience in a broad spectrum of business disciplines including; information technology, operations, corporate treasury, and fund administration. Strategic business partner with the ability to effectively manage across business lines while driving decisions. My goal is to balance innovation with a realistic approach of advancing technology by integrating strategy with a sound service delivery model.
Executive IT leader providing strategic guidance by balancing innovation with a realistic approach to advancing technology by integrating vision with infrastructure and overall mission of the organization. It's important for any organization to focus on what, why, who, and by what means they will deliver technology. I focus on the following 4 areas. People. By investing in our talent we are able to provide opportunities for our most important asset to develop and sustain the skillsets necessary to not only endure but to proactively manage ever changing technology. We are in a period where technology has seen tremendous growth over the past 5 years. We have to educate our staff to be prepared to tackle technology as it exists today and provide the insight into how they will manage it in the future. Plans. Aligning organizational technology objectives with overall strategic vision, while aggressively managing increasingly limited technology budgets. The days of maintenance are a concept of the past. Proactive planning while delivering realized value through projects is the concept of the now. This is achieved by truly aligning business and technology – we are one with aligned vision and mission. Customers. Understanding your customer base and more importantly customer needs, then aligning them to your delivery. This concept sounds simple but as any leader knows this is one of the most challenging aspects of managing a successful IT organization. My strategy involves listening, communicating, prioritizing via demand management, delivering, and learning (by listening again). Risk. Simple – whatever we do proactively manage risk. Everything has a risk factor, it’s my job to prioritize and mitigate any technology risk to the organization.
Senior department manager providing executive leadership within the Data Center and throughout Franklin County. Accountable for establishing and executing the strategic direction of project planning and delivery within the Program Management Office. Responsible for leading a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Quality Assurance Specialists to ensure high quality projects are delivered on time and within budget. Implemented the Program Management Office and Agile based principals within the Data Center. This challenging endeavor resulted in a culture shift throughout the organization. The shift within the Data Center includes gaining the necessary direction and knowledge required to consistently deliver high quality projects, while proactively managing risk. Accountable for recruiting top talent, budget management and planning, relationship management, demand management to set project priority for the County, and implementing new standards. This strategic leadership has been integral in assisting the Chief Information Officer execute our mission and vision. Program/Portfolio governance to key Countywide projects including efforts to provide necessary reliability and redundancy to our network, establishing true disaster recovery framework (including migration to a new disaster recovery site), and proactive security integration to create an overall sound infrastructure.
Head of project planning and delivery with oversight over portfolio, program, change, and project management teams. Focused on developing and refining delivery standards to ensure sustainable products are delivered. Accountable for recruiting, budget management, program governance, and establishing department goals that aligned with the overall vision of the organization. Provided key contributions in identifying and executing cost savings initiatives to decrease ongoing operating costs. Focusing on overall decrease in total cost of ownership throughout the global market. North American product manager responsible for Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency, and Fund Administration product suite. Worked closely with clients, sales, operations, technology, relationship mangers and vendors to ensure product growth and differentiation among competitors. Responsible for implementing functional work streams and staff augmentation to create operational efficiency.
Treasury project manager responsible for documenting and testing controls in adherence to regulatory requirements including Sarbanes-Oxley (‘SOX’) 404 and 302. Assisted in delivering corporate initiatives, including operational risk and the alignment of capital assessments with risk management objectives. Including serving as audit coordinator in charge of spearheading internal and external audits pertaining to the finance division of global banking. Project manager responsible for end-to-end management and delivery of a web-based global cash management system. Strategic project manager responsible for developing and implementing procedures that reduced the average daily suspense balance by $100 million.