New York City Metropolitan Area
Passionate and accomplished IT Executive with global experience managing technical resources in Business Transformation efforts. Manage technical teams responsible for acquisitions, ERP conversions, and global collaboration tools in both the finance and distribution areas. Drive major gains in productivity while reducing cost and increasing team morale. Recognized for successful mentoring of future technology leaders. Areas of Expertise: Cross Functional Leadership / Strategic Initiatives | Business Team / Customer Focused People Leadership / Mentoring of Top Talent |
Leading a team of approximately 90 employees and consultants my responsibilities include the management, technical oversight, and 24/7 support for Synchrony Bank. I manage the delivery of technology solutions for both the core banking platform as well as the digital front end applications.
Providing IT consulting in the finance and distribution industries assuring success in the areas of: - Large complex business transformation efforts - bridging the business and technology teams - Program Management - leading the efforts to keep multiple projects on schedule and within budget - Infrastructure Leadership - manage the resources and implementation of platform improvements
Supported global environment consisting of 7.5K users in over 400 branch offices worldwide. Supervised teams of up to 65 IT professionals in infrastructure, global collaboration, ERP, and data center consolidation projects. Managed associated budgets for each effort. Maintained project budget ranging from $5M – $20M while also heavily contributing to, and managing, overall $50M IT budget.
GE Money (now Synchrony Financial) was the consumer finance division of GE. At GE Money I managed the build and support teams responsible for application development for customer service and collections businesses for GE Money Americas. Owned IT budget across multiple GE Money businesses. Led international cross-functional IT team, comprising of over 50 onshore, offshore, and vendor resources.