▪ Lead team of program and project managers responsible for management of projects in the Security, Infrastructure, Operations, and Business Applications area.▪ Completed 52 projects in FY23 focused on improved security posture, zero trust paradigm, cost savings, infrastructure improvements, Workday updates, and ISO audits.▪ Work with CIO and IT Functional Managers on multi-year strategic plans and technology roadmaps and the supporting plans to achieve those goals; Track, monitor, and report progress and assist in removing obstacles.▪ Improve IT team’s business expertise and program management skills through training programs and lessons learned in order to expand the customer base supported by the PMO.▪ Improve project management processes for resource forecasting and project risk classification and associated risk management, ensuring consistency across all portfolios. Implement consistent communication plans to focus on stakeholder communication and collaboration.▪ Establish and manage an employee-led training program called “Let’s Break to Educate” to share expertise within the IT team focusing on improving technical skills as well as presentation skills.▪ With a focus on collaboration, cross-train PMO team to ensure full coverage of IT portfolios and provide growth opportunities and variety for project managers.▪ Establish the governance standards for the Transformation Office PMO working with hired consultants to restructure and reorganize the R&D and PS teams, mature the Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to focus on the key performance indicators (KPIs), and revise the process for tracking action items and their successful completion enforcing accountability at all levels of the company.

Modified GTS PMO processes to enable more agility, developed PMO metrics for reporting in QBRs, simplified Workday project tracking to fit the more agile process and reviewed with Finance for capital projects, synchronized with Professional Services on IT project status and roles, standardized on project roles used in IT projects, maintained PMO portfolio scorecard and process.Provided program management and expertise to drive critical corporate programs, including: - Program management support for IT Security including maintaining initiative / project roadmap, budget drafts, tracking and maintaining operational projects and working with full team on program review updates.- Worked with hired consultants to establish a robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan for the corporation taking on the role of BC/DR Coordinator. Ensured annual testing requirements were met.- With diligence, attention to detail, and tenacity, improved cash collections by $90M in a quarter by helping the Treasury team to improve their business process and issue tracking for Customer Onboarding and Cash Collections teams helping the team collect an average of $1M/day in overdue payments. - Established the Environmental, Social, and Governance Steering Committee and managed that group’s inaugural publication of Cerence’s ESG report.

Focused on standing up back-office systems for automotive spin-off. Responsible for the Workday HCM and ERP modules, and global payroll solutions for 17 countries.

Responsible for portfolio of projects for Oracle E-Business Suite and other back-office applications. Delivered program management services such as project analysis, execution, and delivery for the IT PMO.Facilitated the restoration of 74 critical back-office systems attacked by malware. Worked vigorously on the restoration of ERP, product licensing, and reporting systems vital to corporate operations. Managed geographically dispersed teams with daily stand-up meetings. Removed impediments and roadblocks affecting the team’s progress. Reported progress to all levels.

Managed cross-functional new product introduction teams for OmniStack for Hyper-V and OmniStack Solution Installer. Also, managed cross-functional team Common Criteria and FIPS certification.• Launched Development Partner Program to provide pre-release software access to customers and prospects, tracked feedback and defects • Managed program for Federal certification of product line• Implemented pricing and discounting initiatives to reduce inventory overage and improve gross margin

Managed portfolio of projects for Oracle E-Business Suite and other back office applications. Provided program management services such as project analysis, execution, and delivery for the IT PMO.• Ensured that investments and initiatives were aligned with business strategy and priorities• Collaborated with business unit leaders and financial leaders to develop and manage program budgeting and cost estimation approaches, resource allocations and reallocations• Prioritized programs and projects based on changing functional needs, resource capacity constraints, risk exposure, and inter-dependencies• Monitored value metrics and delivery of business objects to enable informed decisions• Ensured adoption and implementation of project and program methodology through coaching• Communicated status of projects and program portfolio to stakeholders at all levels of the company

Managed team of project managers responsible for cross-functional projects for software releases under the Product Group PMO• Launched agile development methodology to the Product Group• Worked with outside consulting company and large cross-functional, internal team to develop the Product Planning Process• Presented corporate portfolio and project status to executive governance committees• Managed project risks by working with teams on mitigation plans and removing impediments• Managed strategic inbound alliances responsible for third-party embedded products and OEM contracts

Managed documentation team responsible for 4GL programming and business application development.

Wrote technical documentation on graphical tools for business application development.

Responsible for team of course developers and instructional designers. Team developed instructor-led and computer-based training for database design, 4GL programming, database management, and best practices. Courses deployed worldwide.

Developed courses on database administration and 4GL programming.

Taught customer education courses (parallel programming in Fortran and C) in the Advanced Computer division.

Taught UNIX courses in the employee education organization.

Worked primarily on Astra WP as well as various UNIX OS deliverables.