Allan R. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Rolling Meadows, Il, Us

Directing global infrastructure initiatives and engagements with IT departments across the company.Seasoned PMP with executive experience establishing Information Technology Roadmaps, Work Plans, Strategies and Team Development for long term sustainability and Strategic Organizational Development.

London, Gb

Seasoned Release Director with experience in highly matrixed environments, establishing efficient data analytic metrics, operational processes and procedures, Information Technology Roadmaps, Work Plans, Strategies and Team Development for long term sustainability and Strategic Organizational Development.Directs Operation, Transformation, Global Help Desk as well as Business Intelligence, Finance and Budget Tracking for Programs with Geographically Distributed Teams as well as 3rd party vendors using various Methodologies like AGILE, RBPM, SDLC, RAD, Waterfall, DevOps or Client Proprietary in a wide range of technology platforms.Expertise in Project and Program Management for Applications and Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Dimensional Analysis, Data Mining, Data Lakes, Business Intelligence, KPI’s, Client Requirements, Analysis, Design, Testing, Implementation and Ever-greening of Information Systems, PeopleSoft ERP, Service Economy Supply Chain and Distribution, Supply Chain Finance, ATM solutions, Telemarketing, e-commerce, Portal and Web based applications, Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, Centers of Excellence. * Excellent Communication across all Management levels, divisions and functions * Executive Leadership - Influences others even without a direct line of reporting * Strategic and Tactical Thinking, Motivated, Fast Learner, Great Interpersonal Skills. * Agent of Change - Bridge gaps between Business and IT, ensuring Organizational Portfolio Integrity. * Trilingual, English, Spanish and French

London, Gb

Directed the Technical Execution of a Flagship Transformation Program (Greenfield) in charge of the IT Project Managers and interacting with Business Stakeholders, Sr. Management and CIO directs. The execution of this role included an initial assessment of projects from all Lines of Business supporting the Transformation, as well as developing analytics and metrics for Executive management, Software Development corrective actions and coordinating complex plans with over 4000 deliverables across 35+ teams represented by 40 PMs and Tech-Leads supporting Estimation, Analysis, Development, Testing and Change Control Governance to implement the new Core Banking System, which involved a total of 150 applications (Group, US, Vendor) modifying 104 and converting 53 MF Apps to its new Gold Stack with over 500 connections (Online & Batch) across Unix, iSeries and Main-Frame Platforms.

London, Gb

Worked as Release Director and Joint Head of Software Delivery in HSBC Latin America for divestiture initiatives reporting to CIO, Executive Directors and Board of Directors, identifying opportunities and proactive resolutions, while Provided risk assessment on a fast paced environment with Technical and Legal constraints.Directing up to 25 IT Project Managers (Software Delivery, Operations, IT Security & Risk) in addition to contractors to develop and execute Cut-Over / Back-out plans supporting Divestitures for specific lines of business. Liaison between IT Teams and upper management understanding the Big Picture.Developed metrics and Provided analytics to both IT and Business executive management as well as CIO and COO.

London, Gb

Head of QAO (Quality Assurance Office) for diverse HSBC international software projects identifying risks on complex group projects as well as providing mitigations.Coordinating Project Plan Validations & Pressure Test across multiple IT work streams for distributed and Main Frame platforms while Advising Executive Directors (CIO) on Risk, Mitigations and identifying opportunities & proactive resolutions. Provided recommendations and Best practices to QA Testing Teams.Developed metrics, KPI’s and provided analytics to upper management

London, Gb

Directed Implementation, Operation, Change Control and Help Desk Support for Global Regions at the “Center of Excellence CoE” for the Finance Transformation Program (FTP) to evolve the North America software into a Group Standard Platform, incorporating improvements, guiding implementations, upgrades and best practices to support HSBC regions worldwide. In charge of resource planning, architecture design, KPI metrics and Data Analytics, SOX compliance and Risk Assessment for Global Platforms (Multi Country Implementation).Managing Relationships between IT CoE and North America Finance, Hong Kong, Malaysia and UK, while coordinating the creation and maintenance of Project Plans to improve code delivery process and procedures across IT teams, as well as Identifying risks and propose mitigation actions.

London, Gb

Working as Sr. Manager in charge of Analyst & Development Teams to determine Business needs to Architect and Implement a Rules Business Interface (Ru.B.I) Engine in PeopleSoft (EPM) to resolve complex business rules and be leveraged by other ERP platform modules, thus, eliminating code maintenance allowing finance end users to store and re-use reference data values supporting Dimensional analysis reacting to market conditions and country based regulatory changes supporting the Service Economy Supply Chain & Supply Chain Finance and Distribution.The objective of this Financial Transformation Programme was to Implement a new Financial Platform utilizing PeopleSoft (GL / EPM / FTP / GA / Portal) so other regions worldwide could adopt it later.

London, Gb

Sr. Project Manager of MIS (Management Information Systems) in charge of Architecting & Implementing Data Warehouse & B.I. solutions (Oracle 9i, Unix & COGNOS Power Play, Discoverer) providing Insurance & Banking Executive Boards in Mexico/LAM the ability to perform dimensional analysis to detect new business opportunities with over 100 different metrics utilizing B.I. Tools to derive cubes and Basic metric reports.Directed Key activities of the Rebranding Flagship Project over the Acquisition of the BITAL-ING Group Joint Venture by HSBC Group. In charge of Flagship Projects such as, Telemarketing systems, ATM Solutions (pioneer in using ATM as point of sale for Bank-Assurance products), E-commerce & Web portal where Bank Branches Nationwide provided On-Line Quotes to retail and commercial customers on Insurance Products; This Platform allowed Real time charge accessing DDA Bank Accounts and Credit Cards, while at the same time allowing Business to perform configurations to include new products without the need of Re-Coding nor waiting for QA test cycles.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Working as IT Project Coordinator responsible for Leading the analysis, design and conversion of the Legacy ING AS/400 Mainframe based accounting system (MCBA) to the PeopleSoft Financial (GL) under Oracle 8 RDBMS as a result of the ING-BITAL Joint Venture.Responsible for analysis, design, development and testing various enhancements and performance tuning of ING APEX / ESFINGE P.O.S. software running under Windows NT on Mobile Laptops for ING agents workforce; Redesigned the Web site and portal for ING Mexico implementing web based projection tools to analyze financial needs and propose investment alternatives based on input parameters. This was achieved based on the analysis of the ING group standards working in conjunction with CANADA Headquarters.

Working as a Techno/Functional Lead, designing and implementing testing scenarios for CSC software applications (VantageOne), using SQL and component interface and Access to validate the Model Office.Team Lead Responsible of the analysis, design, data architecture and implementation of the Management Information System (MIS) for the Pensions company under INFORMIX, Power Designer and UNIX, using DBF Files to create quick access Summary and management information allowing dimensional analysis using business established metrics and reports; Design and Implemented the Web based system to publish the sales & Ranking information of the Pensions Company Nationwide using HTML, JavaScript, and INFORMIX.

México, Df, Mx

Working as Technical Project Lead in charge of obtaining Business Requirements to Complete the Design, and perform SQL Optimizations of a Customized IMAX Information System for the I.N.D.A. (Copyright National Institute) which included a P.E.D (Phonetic Engine Definition) in Forte language utilizing phonetic, grammar and synonyms engines to determine similarities and patterns in words, while ensuring activities were properly distributed across the team. Created technical specifications and test plans for integration testing.

Business Administration Bachelor Degree, B.B.A Degree – Masters In Business Administration

Computer Sciences Engineering Bachelor Degree, It

Advanced Consulting Skills, Business/Corporate Communications

Certification Diploma, Data Warehouse Design

Training Courses, Db Admin, Advace Plsql, Store Procedures, Db Architecture, Tunning, Bi & Data Mining

Diploma, Data Warehouse Design, Rolap & Molap Solutions.