Global VP of IT Applications for P&C Insurance and Financial Services in the Los Angeles area. Lead teams of 60 people with a $15MM budget. Known as “The Finisher” because I complete the most challenging strategic projects with zero critical defects. Optimize the business with digital transformations to increase profits and customer/employee satisfaction. I develop high-performing customer-centric teams.Leverage technology, business, and emotional intelligence expertise to provide strategic and tactical direction and execution, improving sustainability, costs, revenue, and profits.Demonstrate customer service, quality, and continuous process improvement. Proven ability to build strong relationships using negotiation skills, persuasion, and commitment. Strong motivational leader able to drive team results above individual performance levels, consistently exceeding clients’ expectations.Art’s blog - IT Leadership: https://ArtTorres.com/blog ✔ LEADERSHIP: Strategic Planning, Budgets, Execution, Digital Transformations, Negotiation, Strong Relationships, Executive Reports and Presentations, Business Acumen, Prioritization, Business Liaison✔ MANAGEMENT: Agile Project Management, Program Management, PMO, PMI PMP, CSM, Scrum, Collaboration, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Customer Service, Meeting Facilitation, Metrics, Cost Savings, Coaching, Mentoring, Outsourcing/Offshoring, RFP/RFQ, SOWs, Proposals, Open Communication, Critical Thinking. Recruitment, Development, and Training to retain top talent✔ TECHNICAL SKILLS: Guidewire InsurnaceSuite, GuidewireInsuranceNow, PeopleSoft ERP, Salesforce CRM, Quality Assurance (QA), Mortgage, Analysis, Design, Application Development, DevOps, Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI), Cognos, Power BI, Dashboards, Reporting, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Governance, SOX, HIPAA, FDA, Regulatory Compliance, Requirements, Testing, Process Automation, Process Reengineering, Continuous Process Improvement, User Experience, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Change Management, SDLC, Methodologies, ITIL, ITSM, Six Sigma, CMMI, Scrum, Waterfall, SLAs, Policies and Procedures, Standards, Guidelines, Documentation, Problem Solving, User Experience (UI/UX)Chief Information Officer | CIO | Vice President Information Systems | VP Information Technology | MBA | PMP | CSM | CSQA | Professor