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National Board of Medical Examiners ($160 Million Medical Skills Assessment) – Interim CIO/CTO and SVP of IT - Led the operations and transformation of the IT organization comprised of approximately 132 full-time staff supporting both core IT functions and product engineering. Zebra Technologies ($3.6 Billion Hi-Tech Mobile Device and Printer.

Crystal Lake, IL, US

Zoduna Corporation offers an innovative data management solution offering developers a single solution that supports data architectures for SQL, key value pair, object, index DB, and web DOM. The solution is supported across embedded, IoT, mobile, desktop and server platforms with more than 100 million licenses in use in 58 countries. The platform offers.

• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fintech and mortgage company providing a platform for real estate and mortgage brokers, providing brokerage and wholesale origination as well as servicing operations and shared service.
• Worked with investors and CEO to create residential lending rollup company;
• Led build out and hosting of scalable cloud infrastructure supporting millions of transactions;
• Developed new, web-based software to support the streamlined flow of residential real estate and mortgage transactions in an integrated franchise, independent operator, and in-house broker model;
• Established a business off-shore center for data entry of real estate and mortgage applications;
• Established base M&A business operations and IT infrastructure platform;

Austin, Texas, US

• Tier 1 consulting operation, implementing Oracle business and advanced technologies. Contracted to revitalize services operations, which had declined over previous two years. Met recovery objectives in 18 months.
• Led P&L and revitalized operations, growing from $80 million to $126 million annual revenue with over 720 staff across North America and 600 staff in international off-shore centers in Asian and South America.
• Leveraged off-shore outsourcing teams in India, Peru, Mexico and Canada, reducing operational costs.
• Outsourced client IT and managed infrastructure, business systems, maintenance and operations.
• Led commercialization of 11 products originally developed through projects.
• Led global application reengineering practice moving client legacy systems to modern technology.

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

• Company, providing mobile software for inventory management, asset management, asset maintenance, field service, and inspections (safety, environmental, quality) for retail, consumer products, food products.
• Led P&L and company turnaround. Assessed all parts of the operation and completed the following: Reengineered corporate governance, product management, marketing and product engineering; Added new senior management.
• Through signed partner agreements, company grew 300% over 5 years.

Global, US

• Second largest publicly traded Indian IT services firm in 1998 with $850 million in revenue, providing software products, technical services and managed services.
• Managed the P&L of three divisions:
• Led turnaround of an education software products division (27 universities and 78 K-12 customers);
• Led start-up of global ERP and CRM integration services division;
• Led startup of outsourcing and managed services division.
• Developed centers in India, Canada, Philippines, and U.S.

• Financial Management and Business Advisory (FMBA) practice supporting 25 industries, provided business process improvement, business advisory, business strategy, M&A, divestiture and transformation services for clients.
• Led Office of the CFO advisory services: Business process compliance and outsourcing strategy advisory services; Financial close best practices and chart of accounts design; Finance and accounting strategy.
• Developed and led Office of the CIO advisory services: IT strategy & planning advisory services;  Master data architecture and documentation services; Process engineering and governance model advisory services;.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Consulting operations management, software engineering, advisory services, integration services and outsourcing services. Led services supporting primarily consumer products, food, and apparel manufacturing, distribution, logistics and retail. Also, led services for telecommunications, high-tech, education, government, insurance and financial markets.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Led the product sales, sales engineering, installation, and implementation services for retail, wholesale, consumer products, transportation and logistics;
• Led a tri-state business unit turn-around and rapid growth of a product and services business to $21 million, a 79% growth over the previous year, during year of deteriorating sales and market share for IBM;
• Recognized by IBM CEO for outstanding work turning around business unit despite organization opposition;
• Received local awards for excellence, customer services and as #1 contributor in the region;
• Receiving awards for exceeding sales and service objectives. Was in top 3% in the Mid-Atlantic Region;
• Led new account sales and large account partner management for the niche; and

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Led $30 million expense accounting and $1 billion cash management processing operation for three years. Managed the Chemical Bank relationship and contract for banking services. Also, led the development of expense accounting systems and the transition of these systems from a legacy architecture to a new application platform for a $2 billion procurement.

Washington, DC, US

Processed over $250 million in loan consolidations and repayments. Managed political risk and financial risk research for the loan and insurance committees and facilitated risk discussion for loan reviews. Led banking systems review and requirements gathering.

Masters, Business

Systems Engineering, Computer And Information Sciences, General

Bs, Accounting / Economics

Aa, General

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