Mike Gray

Retired SVP/Senior Technology Manager.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

About

History of successfully managing and integrating new and existing vendors, internal technology teams, vendor and internal solutions, technologies, processes, and teams across multiple businesses and departments within businesses focused on using technology to better met business needs.

Experience

  • Citi (14 yrs 11 mos)
    • Retired SVP
      Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

      Retired. Expert in many disciplines.

    • SVP Senior Advisor (Technology, Workflow Automation, Restructures)
      Aug 2011 - Jan 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Member of an extended management team reengineering key operational processes. Driving global consolidations. Improving risk and control processes. Designing and providing systems development oversight for automated request, approval, and processing mechanisms. Standardizing global communications. Improving project and technical teams support efforts.

  • SVP/Group Manager Information Security at Citibank (South Dakota)
    Aug 2006 - Aug 2011 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for information security units in US Citi Consumer Businesses. Designed and implemented new workflow around a leading commercial vendor's product. Determined and set policies and best practices based on regulatory and business requirements. Consolidated staff into fewer sites, implemented cross site support, improved quality and service from a two week turnaround to a two business day turnaround concurrent with improving audit results. Managed the merger of five units the first year. Integrated another major unit the second year and a third in year three concurrent with the consolidation of over 300 other ID management systems.

  • Citicorp (13 yrs)
    • FVP/SVP Information Technology Information Security
      Aug 1999 - Jul 2006 · 7 yrs

      I managed teams that specialized in ID Management and ID System Support across multiple US locations supporting a global user base. My unit was created via the merger of two existing teams then continued to grow through further consolidations and mergers with other teams. I drove standardization on best practices significantly improving service quality and auditability across all businesses.

    • SVP Information Technology
      Aug 1993 - Aug 1999 · 6 yrs 1 mo

      I managed teams that specialized in ID Management and ID System Support across multiple US locations supporting consumer banking busienesses. My unit was created via the merger of two existing teams then continued to grow through further consolidations and mergers with other teams. I drove standardization on best practices significantly improving service quality and auditability across all businesses.

  • VP at Citibank
    Aug 1984 - Jan 1993 · 8 yrs 6 mos

    Managed the US Citi Cards Continuity of Business unit and the Citi South Dakota Cards Data Center and was a Senior Mainframe Systems Software Support Analyst/PL. I established software environments at three companies prior to Citi and in Citi's SD, NV, and MD Data Centers. I also designed, wrote, and implemented multiple utilities and processes including the one that enabled (two hour) warm recoverability between Citi Cards data centers.

  • Senior Systems Programmer at Red Owl Stores, Inc
    May 1983 - Aug 1984 · 1 yr 4 mos