William Freedman Email & Phone Number

West Hempstead, Ny, Us

New York, United States

Provide consultative services, business case calculation, client deliverables, marketing materials and business development efforts for Stratify IT's Industrials vertical.

Greater New York City Area

BOROUGHCON 2/16-6/17: CTO for new entertainment event; grew web site to one of the 1m most popular in 11 months; built following across social platforms; used MailChimp, Cvent, WooCommerce and Market Samurai; managed CMS developers, designer, social channel managers and content contributors.SAFE HORIZON, 4/15-P: Advise client on project portfolio management. Document processes and workflows for knowledge base. Perform market research on prospective enterprise software… Show more BOROUGHCON 2/16-6/17: CTO for new entertainment event; grew web site to one of the 1m most popular in 11 months; built following across social platforms; used MailChimp, Cvent, WooCommerce and Market Samurai; managed CMS developers, designer, social channel managers and content contributors.SAFE HORIZON, 4/15-P: Advise client on project portfolio management. Document processes and workflows for knowledge base. Perform market research on prospective enterprise software purchases.ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, 7/16-P: Advise client on project portfolio management. Customize tools and processes to improve senior managers' visibility into project status and resource constraints.MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NYC, 3/16-7/16: Performdc business analysis of key processes, documenting current state and facilitating discussion of how these processes can be improved in futureTOM'S IT PRO, 2/14-P: Author an occasional series of features outlining how to make a business case for particular IT infrastructure investments. Provide Excel and PowerPoint templates.ECOLANE, 10/15-P: Blog about national trends in transportation as the first person to cross America on local transitMETROPOLITAN CORPORATE COUNSEL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEK, 4/16-P: Provide magazine content on legal, business and IT managementNEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1/15-5/15: Provided IT business management expertise. Facilitated discussion and coordination between IT service management, business analysis and technology domain specialists to ensure optimal design and delivery of ServiceNow solutions. Ensured ITIL, PMBOK, COBIT and other best practice models were studied and adhered to. Performed project management tasks and communicated progress to senior management.SMART DOG, 2/15-3/15: Provided content for Kickstarter campaign to fund prototyping of technology to enable de-mining dogs Show less

Greater New York City Area

Manage IT finance for Project Greenfield, Bank of America's software-defined infrastructure transformation initiative, serving at the senior vice president level. Report to Technology Infrastructure COO, managing a team of six business, financial, and data analysts identifying cost reduction opportunities in a ~$2 billion budget. Work closely with strategy, migration, and technology operations team leads, as well as the PMO, the CFO group, product managers, and executive leadership. Communicate… Show more Manage IT finance for Project Greenfield, Bank of America's software-defined infrastructure transformation initiative, serving at the senior vice president level. Report to Technology Infrastructure COO, managing a team of six business, financial, and data analysts identifying cost reduction opportunities in a ~$2 billion budget. Work closely with strategy, migration, and technology operations team leads, as well as the PMO, the CFO group, product managers, and executive leadership. Communicate financial goals to the technical leads who would be responsible for delivering against those metrics. Responsible for creating a baseline business case and tracking it longitudinally from 2014 through 2018 to ensure forecasted 50%+ cost reduction is actually captured while forecasted costs are not exceeded. Lead the creation and implementation of a dynamic pricing model, as well as the showback tool that draws on it. Show less

Worked in France, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and South Africa as well as in roughly half the states in the U.S.Further IBM Intellectual Capital Development Experience: Authored six technique papers in support of the GTS Method, including Basic Financial Analysis for ITO, Basic Financial Analysis of Facilities Costs for ITO, Basic Financial Analysis of Network Costs for ITO, and IT Cost & Value Tools for ITO. Co-wrote with distinguished engineers Using the IT Optimization… Show more Worked in France, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and South Africa as well as in roughly half the states in the U.S.Further IBM Intellectual Capital Development Experience: Authored six technique papers in support of the GTS Method, including Basic Financial Analysis for ITO, Basic Financial Analysis of Facilities Costs for ITO, Basic Financial Analysis of Network Costs for ITO, and IT Cost & Value Tools for ITO. Co-wrote with distinguished engineers Using the IT Optimization Network Hypothesis Decomposition Framework, describing the process for deploying a new network data collection and diagnostic tool. Presented highlights of these papers in a series of global teleconferences. Developed the Voice Consolidation ROI/ TCO for ITO tool to support VoIP convergence engagements, along with its technique paper, pitch, SOW and presentation template. Developed CIO-level briefing material for CBM-BoIT. Developed engagement models for two different IT Resource Optimization (ITRO) offerings. Instructor and co-developer of two one-day IBM Global Campus courses: Business Case Fundamentals and IT Cost & Value Offerings. Show less

Provided financial expertise on early-stage engagements at a European insurer, a German chemical-and-pharma conglomerate, two New York banks, an African petroleum company, a U.S. power utility, a U.S. publisher, and a U.S. university-affiliated hospital. Provided methodology support for a framing engagement at an Italian publisher. Helped the German conglomerate construct its chargeback model. Assisted a large U.S. healthcare provider to determine its budget for its data center move. Performed… Show more Provided financial expertise on early-stage engagements at a European insurer, a German chemical-and-pharma conglomerate, two New York banks, an African petroleum company, a U.S. power utility, a U.S. publisher, and a U.S. university-affiliated hospital. Provided methodology support for a framing engagement at an Italian publisher. Helped the German conglomerate construct its chargeback model. Assisted a large U.S. healthcare provider to determine its budget for its data center move. Performed sensitivity analysis to support a large U.S. retailer select a new data center site. Show less

Served as global core team leader for the IT Business Management community of practice. Provided financial expertise to IBM’s CIO organization as it ventures into cloud computing. Blogged about business justification for cloud computing projects. Designed a service catalog-based chargeback tool and process for a large African bank, also supervising the service catalogue work stream. Provided cost-and-value expertise as part of the team that developed the IT Optimization Strategy & Planning… Show more Served as global core team leader for the IT Business Management community of practice. Provided financial expertise to IBM’s CIO organization as it ventures into cloud computing. Blogged about business justification for cloud computing projects. Designed a service catalog-based chargeback tool and process for a large African bank, also supervising the service catalogue work stream. Provided cost-and-value expertise as part of the team that developed the IT Optimization Strategy & Planning methodology and toolkit. Worked with senior management to develop a business case tool for IBM’s new Enterprise Modular Data Center offering. Taught the IT Cost & Value Management workshop in Frankfurt, Madrid and Atlanta. Led the financial team at a financial services clearinghouse from the sales cycle through the assessment and design phases. Managed a benchmarking study at a separate financial services clearinghouse. Led the financial team on a Global Business Services cost-and-effectiveness study for a worldwide hospitality company. Updated the Component Business Model for the Business of IT (CBM-BoIT) engagement portfolio and project plan. Developed return-on-investment calculator for non-intrusive storage migration software. Developed business case methodology for migration to Linux on Series z, piloting tools and techniques at a U.S. financial services firm. Provided financial subject matter expertise on a key account in the healthcare industry, contributing to the turnaround of a troubled project. Show less

As a member of IBM's "Scorpion" server consolidation assessment team, worked at a European automaker, a state department of transportation, a state university, a European food supply company, a major national grocery chain, a U.S. financial and travel services provider, a U.S. telco, a U.S. specialty retailer, a U.S. credit reporting service, a U.S. electronics manufacturer, a German conglomerate, a U.S. biotech firm, a U.S. reinsurer, a U.S. catalogue company, and a large mutual… Show more As a member of IBM's "Scorpion" server consolidation assessment team, worked at a European automaker, a state department of transportation, a state university, a European food supply company, a major national grocery chain, a U.S. financial and travel services provider, a U.S. telco, a U.S. specialty retailer, a U.S. credit reporting service, a U.S. electronics manufacturer, a German conglomerate, a U.S. biotech firm, a U.S. reinsurer, a U.S. catalogue company, and a large mutual fund firm. In addition to acting as financial analyst, managed a highly successful engagement at a European temporary employment agency, which has led to an ongoing relationship between that enterprise and IBM. Show less

Supported strategic moves by several clients of an IBM consulting subsidiary in the chemical process industries; many of these deals exceeded $1 billion in value. On loan to Global Services, served as tools-and-training lead for a contingency planning engagement for a large U.S. city government.

Assisted analyst covering North American major chemicals

Covered equity research and M&A for 40,000-subscriber trade journal, reporting from New York and London. Served two National Press Foundation fellowships.

Assisted members of the Management faculty specializing in cross-cultural leadership and organizational theory

Mba, International Business, Finance Track

Activities and Societies: Research fellow in the Management department Research fellowship in Management Department, Master's Scholarship.

Ba, Communication Arts

Activities and Societies: Zeta Beta Tau (dance marathon chair); WRHU-FM (news director); Guilders literary magazine (founding editor).

Education record

Pursuing Full Stack Web Development Certificate, Computer Software Engineering