Amber Powers Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

• Hands-on consultant to navigate a plan that tackles your challenges
• Strategic partner to optimize processes
• Harnesses the potential of a whiteboard session that dissects your existing processes
• Uncovers solution that are robust enough to handle growth of 3x, 5x, or even 10x
• Build seamless cross-departmental communication

-Strategic Promotion - Orchestrated a rapid transition from program manager to Director of Operations within three months of being hired, tasked with building and leading investor relations operations team.-Team Empowerment in Process Redesign and Technology Optimization -Collaborative Establishment of Robust Business Controls-Business Intelligence.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Sailpoint Security Identity - Revitalized a struggling cyber security implementation program, redefining vision and roles. Achieved a 50% reduction in development cycle time.-Initiated leadership roles for enhanced cross-collaboration.-Convened engineers and administrators to identify opportunities to reduce operational workload and spearheaded the.

Rosemont, IL

Special assignment during the acquisition of MB Financial by Fifth Third Bank to manage a team of four Information Security contractors. Act as a second line of defense to protect customer and proprietary data. Report directly to Chief Information Security Officer.

Rosemont, IL

Managed 10 projects simultaneously from planning to execution. Team sizes ranged from 5 to 60 people. Project durations were between 3 months and 3 years. Projects included development of a new in-house Operational Data Store with cloud technology and organization-wide system upgrades. Chosen as second-in-command to lead data migration during Fifth Third’s.

Managed 6 projects concurrently that often had varying priorities and competing resources. Projects included enhanced physical security of banking centers and process development for a new regulatory report.

Rosemont, IL

Established and monitored financials for newly created Project Management Office for over 75 projects. Completed work with the finance department to integrate financial tracking with Accounts Payable system.

Rosemont, IL

Responsible for modeling and analyzing individual bond portfolios ranging between $2-50 million. Experience in trading government, corporate, and municipal bonds for client portfolios. Researched selected energy stocks for the proprietary large cap equity portfolio.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Finance, General