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Coopersburg, Pa, Us

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Responsible for comprehensive strategic and tactical leadership regarding the development, implementation, risk assessments, testing and execution of global crisis management, security and business continuity planning for as many as 120 global locations. Proactively monitor global risks and threats to advise executive stakeholders and board members, protect company employees and assets and lead incident responses along with pre and post-analysis. Establish and maintain detailed business continuity and security policies and procedures. Coordinate activities with local, state and federal agencies as needed. Deliver training to a team of roughly 100 Corporate Incident Management and Pandemic Team Members. Collaborate closely with IT security, disaster recovery and human resource departments.► Independently established, validated and standardized all processes related to business continuity and crisis management, which has resulted in a best in class program.► Requested to consult with clients and vendors in implementing business continuity programs based on prior success in this area.► Selected to represent the organization at industry conferences and events including ISMA meetings, Flagg Management Business Continuity Conference NYC, DRJ (which included conducting a table top test), Institute of Supply Chain Management’s Supplier Forum, and Business Continuity and Crisis Management hosted by The Conference Board.► Developed thorough plans related to the Olympic Games, the NATO Summits, G8 Meetings, global protest and other high-visibility events without incident or disruption to business.► Established strong and trusted relationships with executives around the world, as demonstrated by being provided with full autonomy related to enterprise-wide security correspondence and communications. _______________________________________________________________________________

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Supported the global operations and administration of this $760M business. Reviewed and analyzed European accounts to determine exposure in countries with a high risk of terrorism. Led an internal investigation into the company’s Middle Eastern business regarding possible trading improprieties. Revised corporate policies to reflect NASD changes related to proprietary information, and coordinated compliance and audit activities across more than 100 locations.► Uncovered personal employee identification risks within a critical trading application. __________________________________________________________________________________

New York, Ny, Us

Transferred to plan and execute critical internal initiatives such as relocations and construction projects valued at up to $600M. Managed the complete project lifecycle from gathering requirements to allocating resources, monitoring and reporting on progress and ensuring the on-time attainment of milestones within projected budgets and scope. Regularly communicated all migration project highlights and risk assessment information to senior management.► Successfully migrated more than 5.4K employees and 8K pieces of equipment to the new Hopewell location without any business interruption or unscheduled downtime.► Following the 9/11 attacks, relocated over 1K employees and 900 pieces of equipment from New York to New Jersey.► Assumed responsibility for negotiating 12 separate Hopewell Construction project contracts, thereby enabling senior executives to focus on more strategic aspects of the initiative.__________________________________________________________________________________

New York, Ny, Us

Promoted to oversee a project to determine the efficiencies of reorganizing the Branch Technology Support function. Managed relationships with multiple vendors and created a service measurement database to evaluate performance. ► Split the Branch Technology Support into multiple segments, which saved $3M and improved responsiveness.► Research and selected new technologies including a voice recognition system which was rolled out to 50 offices, thereby substantially reducing labor costs.► Automated technology cost analysis by branch office size and technology type, thereby cutting the time to generate accurate estimates from weeks to near real-time.__________________________________________________________________________________

New York, Ny, Us

Promoted through multiple roles based on performance in optimizing profitability through cost reduction. Provided leadership, training and supervision to as many as 400 employees at 62 branch offices across four states. ► Saved $400K by coordinating off-site storage for 14 Service Centers being closed.► Decommissioned 14 Service Centers, consolidating operations in Somerset, NJ and Denver, CO, thereby saving $375K.► Improved budgeting and productivity by evaluating each process to determine process improvement opportunities resulting in a $2M overall cost savings.__________________________________________________________________________________