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AboutAs a collaborative and culture-focused executive, I am known for transforming concepts into actionable strategies. I elevate organizational capacity to advance and sustain growth by establishing trusting stakeholder relationships, creating an execution mindset while minimizing risk, and developing infrastructure to scale for growth. I enjoy building and coaching high impact teams. As a senior leader at Trean, I played a key role in facilitating 840%+ company growth over 8 years via executive leadership, strategic planning and execution, M&A due diligence and integration, risk management, digital transformation, change management, and continuous process improvement. FACILITATING GROWTH & CHANGE THROUGH VARIOUS COMPANY STAGESLed the technical due diligence and integration phases for the acquisition of 8 companies. Established offices nation-wide to support organic and M&A growth. Streamlined processes and procedures to prepare for a successful IPO. Managed a global project team for the divestiture of a ~$300M business unit.SCALING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTHExperienced in facilitating strategic planning, vetting new ideas, and leading strategic initiatives from concept to go-live implementation. Collaborated with operational leaders to provide insight and tools to drive business results, modernizing technology, business applications, data management and processes. BUILDING AN EXECUTION MINDSET While with several companies, I established, led, and operationalized a business-driven Project Management Office (PMO) from the ground up, enhancing the company's capacity to execute strategic initiatives effectively. Also mentored leaders in drafting and refining business cases for proposed strategic projects.MINIMIZING ORGANIZATIONAL RISK/CYBERSECURITYDeveloped, launched, and matured an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program from its inception, including chairing the ERM committee. Created and implemented a cybersecurity program, bringing the company into compliance with cybersecurity laws, modernizing its cybersecurity environment, and opening opportunities for growth.DEVELOPING & LEADING HIGH IMPACT TEAMSI have been consistently successful in building and leading functional and global cross-functional teams tied to business strategy, enterprise risk management, information technology, and company culture initiatives.
Echopoint
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Founder And PrincipalEchopoint May 2024 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaEchoPoint provides fractional strategy, risk, technology, & cybersecurity leadership.Strategy Leadership: We work WITH you to understand your business and help identify the right initiatives to focus your scare resources on. More than just proposing solutions, we find and drive forward the RIGHT solutions tailored to your specific needs. Risk Leadership: Got monsters (aka risks) circling your business? Every company does. At EchoPoint, we work WITH you to identify the risks that pose a real threat to your company and do something about them. Technology Leadership: Technology can indeed be a game-changer for small businesses. However, understanding which tech solutions align with your business strategy can be challenging. That's where EchoPoint comes in. We work WITH you to understand your technological needs and identify the most suitable tech solutions, aligning them with your overall business strategy. Cybersecurity Leadership: As cybersecurity threats continue to rise, we at EchoPoint are here to help. We understand you may find the topic overwhelming and fear-inducing. That's why we're eager to work WITH you to understand your unique cybersecurity needs, cut through the hype and fear, and help protect your business in a practical and manageable way.
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Advisory Board MemberCloudtruth Jun 2024 - Present -
Head Of Strategic ConsultingArtificial Intelligence Risk, Inc. Jun 2024 - Present -
Chief Information & Security Officer (Cio/Ciso)Trean Corporation Dec 2021 - Jan 2024- Led executive & leadership teams in developing, implementing, and maturing a collaborative strategic planning process across all 30+ business units/departments. Partnered with leaders to develop 3-yr strategic plans, goals, & KPIs for their business units and departments to drive continued 19%+ annualized growth.- Mentored leaders in drafting & refining business cases for proposed strategic projects; taking ideas, problems, or opportunities from concept to committee approval, revealing increased value & a clearer understanding of risk.- Developed and matured an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, chaired the ERM committee. Resulted in significant risk reduction (15%+), strategic planning alignment, and was pivotal in the preparation for the company's IPO.- Established and led an IT department from its inception, fostered a culture of servant leadership that focused as much on how things are done and what was accomplished, being curious, learning from failures, and operating with respect, honesty, and accountability. Managed a $12M+ budget, grew the department from 1 to 27 members in a hybrid environment across 5 teams including a project management office (PMO) & cybersecurity team, and digitally transformed all aspects of the company, significantly enhancing the company's capacity to execute strategic initiatives effectively.- Developed & implemented a comprehensive cybersecurity program, brought the company into compliance with cybersecurity laws, modernized cybersecurity culture & environment, & opened more opportunities for growth.- Launched, chaired, and grew a Learning and Development committee, implemented a company-wide learning tool with curated content and development paths, and established monthly learning hours tied to curated content.- Led the successful technical due diligence & integration phases for the acquisition of 6 companies.- Integral member of the team driving strategic initiatives to position the company for a successful IPO. -
Chief Information OfficerTrean Corporation 2018 - Dec 2021
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Vp Business TechnologyTrean Corporation Apr 2015 - Oct 2018
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Senior Manager - Project Management OfficeMmic Oct 2012 - Mar 2015- Established, led, and operationalized a business-driven Project Management Office (PMO) from the ground up, significantly enhancing the company's capacity to execute strategic initiatives effectively.- Established and chaired a Project Management Steering Committee to strategically vet every major project across the portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and that the right projects were executed at the right time, while maturing project management culture across the company.- Led multiple project teams to facilitate acquisitions, business growth in new states, product launches, process improvements, and business application implementations.- Directed the comprehensive due diligence and integration phases for the acquisition of 2 companies, focused on strategic and operational alignment, ensuring successful outcomes.
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Senior Project ManagerCargill, Inc Sep 2011 - Oct 2012- Led a Dodd-Frank financial compliance project for a global non-bank swap trading business unit with 5 core and 24 total project team members.- Led the global project team for the $1.6MM I/T portion of the divestiture of a ~$300MM business unit with 30 project team members across 4 regions.- Led an agricultural processing plant disaster recovery project encompassing 8 plants with 17 project team members.- Co-led a project managers' skill session group encompassing 5 project management groups & 23 project managers. - Managed the group’s demand portfolio and mentored project managers in best practices. -
Global Project Manager (Jde World Upgrade Project)Cargill, Inc Jul 2010 - Sep 2011- Led a $13MM software upgrade project with 27 team members across 4 regions and directly managed the North America regional 8-person project team.- Led the planning and execution of all global work for the 8-month, $1.5MM planning phase of the project. Won an award for global leadership on the project.- Led the financial planning and scheduling for the next 8-month, $5MM phase of the World Upgrade project, setting up the project for success.- Led organizational change by being a continuous improvement change lead for North America.- Led and mentored the other regional project managers on the Cargill project methodology.
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Senior Project ManagerCargill, Inc Apr 2004 - Jul 2010- Led numerous multi-functional projects managing cost, schedule, scope, change management, risk/issue management, resource management, and stakeholder/sponsorship management. - Led weekly project audits that provided coaching & feedback to other project managers.- Developed and continuously improved tools to manage & monitor projects.- Led 22 multi-functional projects including finance, sales, technology upgrades, application upgrades, and disaster recovery ranging from $25K to $1.8MM in size.- Led a project that closed the operating margin gap of $8.7MM between Cargill Salt’s One World ERP and their data warehouse.- Managed a team of 9 consultants to deliver on 4 application migration projects with a combined budget of over $1.8MM.- Led a project that re-aligned all of Cargill Salt’s salesperson territories involving organizational change management, software upgrades, & application configurations.- Took over leading a software upgrade project and reduced overall schedule by 5 months and budget by $100K without affecting scope.- Won a 2006 Cargill Salt Diamond Crystal award for the electronic Bill of Lading project team
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Senior Technical AnalystCargill, Inc Oct 2001 - Apr 2004- Provided end-to-end technical support for OneWorld ERP system and associated applications throughout project & SDLC lifecycle, including server builds, software & hardware upgrades, overall hardware maintenance & monitoring, code development, builds, deployments, restorations, technical change management, and data migrations.- Project manager and technical lead for a disaster recovery initiative encompassing the OneWorld ERP and its ancillary systems, as well as for a comprehensive project involving server replacements and application migrations across 70 servers and 40 applications.
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Technical Consultant (Jd Edwards Oneworld)Born Information Systems Mar 1999 - Oct 2001Served as a technical consultant in the medical device, retail, engineering, data storage, retail machine goods manufacturing, food manufacturing/distribution, real estate management, business-to-business consumable goods manufacturing/distribution, and computer chip storage manufacturing industries. - Supported successful 'go-lives' for 4 companies on OneWorld Xe, and installed/upgraded OneWorld Xe across Windows, AS/400, and Unix platforms for 20+ companies.- Designed and implemented technical change management systems and security systems, including a security model adopted by JD Edwards.
Matt Spencer, Pmp Education Details
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Business Administration And Management, General -
Quantitative Methods In Computer Science
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Matt Spencer, Pmp works for Echopoint
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Matt Spencer, Pmp's current role is Fractional Leader | Chief Information Officer CIO | Chief Information Security Officer CISO | EOS Integrator | Board Advisor.
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Matt Spencer, Pmp attended University Of St. Thomas, University Of St. Thomas.
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