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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

West Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Long Term Contract (recognized strong performer, multple organization projects)★ Serving as Project Manager for Vendor Selection including Check and Print outsourcing for muliple business groups: Treasury, Accounting, Client Excellence, and Marketing.★ Serving as Project Management for Treasury operations new banking connections across multiple banking and financial services organizations

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Long Term Contract (recognized strong performer, received 3 contract extensions)★ Serving as Project Management Professional to Multi-Campuses Remote/Hybrid Employee Strategies & infrastructure, Professional Names, and LinkedIn Learning Implementations

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Long Term Contract (recognized strong performer, received 4 contract extensions)★ Serving as Project Management Professional to Institutional Asset Management. Strategic, Product, Business, Operation, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Risk, Compliance, Data Management, Program Development, and Business Execution.

★ Strategic Planning / Profitability Modeling / Digital Marketing/ Program & Project Management

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

★ Aligned business and development teams toward key corporate/financial objectives through analytical assessments of financial data and positioning of projects in multi-faceted roles, including operations strategy, program coordination, business architecture and business management.★ Developed a comprehensive/strategic roadmap for investment management operations, and developed/implemented a plan to assess external vendors to deliver technical solutions to incorporate a cost/benefit analysis, assisting the executive management team in driving the team's short/long-term strategic direction.★ Drove the strategic transformation program roadmap to develop and implement campaigns to deliver on the strategic vision, identifying best-fit approaches for streamlining middle-office operations.★ Drove the assessment of investment management operations to deliver current-state analysis, capability assessments and business model development.★ Directed a cross-functional team leading strategic recommendations to assess vendor engagement and solutions, gaining leadership buy-in for full campaign implementation and a $40MM funding requirement.★ Project managed the implementation of a future state operations model to incorporate functional alignment, organizational design, SLA, resource planning, process improvements and procedure management.★ Served as the business architect for directing initiatives in support of data operations and data governance.★ Collaborated with IT, business and finance teams, serving as the primary consultant in a major application rationalization for enterprise-wide, mission-critical applications.★ Developed and implemented an operations plan for investment management operations, including accounting (IBOR), performance, reporting and data warehousing surrounding middle and back office operations/platforms.

New York, Ny, Us

★ Promoted growth and operational success through the delivery of comprehensive project management, including data mapping, control and process development initiatives for capitalization and expense processing for a $184MM internally developed software project.★ Served as a liaison between IT project managers and financial leadership to identify, research and convey software costs for major investments.★ Structured analytics to properly track and identify projects as complete, in progress or incorrectly identified, launching the database structure for future business requirements.

New York, Ny, Us

(Institutional Asset Management, Strategic Asset Technology Solutions)★ Provided project management, re-engineering, and business system analysis for complex, sensitive and strategic projects for a $1TR in assets under management global business with projects including current state/ future state development, business requirements and process re-engineering for shared functional systems for billing, compliance, sales/marketing, and strategy and development, CRM and financial applications.Solution to Concept to Execution: ★ Implemented a financial reporting engine for tracking, budgeting and forecasting seed capital and revenue across 120 products and 14 subsidiaries resulting in an increased response and tracking time by 50% and improved control by almost 30%. ★ Implemented an “OLAP” software environment for divisional finance, including software and hardware acquisition, business case development, service level agreements and testing/coordination.Teaming and Collaboration: ★ Successfully partnered with sales, marketing, client service and business development to set the vision and requirements for a MAM Enterprise View of customers, accounts, products and distribution across 21 diverse subsidiaries. ★ Partnered with divisional IT management to implement the SDLC process and develop strategic priorities and processes for the newly formed Strategic Asset Technology solutions.Process Re-Engineering, Centers of Excellence★ Successfully lead the future state requirements for an enterprise Global Asset Management regulatory compliance engine for Institutional Asset Management. Designed model, templates and process to support global reporting from weeks to days.★ Drove the development of business requirements for the corporate center of excellence for client billing and customer service, and combined three billing operations into one scalable state-of-the art billing department.

New York, Ny, Us

★ Managed Operations Planning with Senior Management for GSS Operational Strategy Group in determining operational strategies, efficiencies and operating leverage for Mellon Global Securities Operations, Mellon Investment Management Solutions and Mellon Analytical Solutions.★ Recognized as a Six Sigma Green Belt Champion in 2006. ★ Championed six sigma methodologies for Mellon’s Global Securities Operations, including corporate actions, reconciliations, income processing, back-office outsourcing and asset assignment. ★ Led a project with 15% reduction in manual processing, enhanced auto-sourcing capabilities for US Depository Reconciliations. ★ Developed the governance, templates and processes for operational transformation activities for GSS Operations. ★ Organized and led a GSS Operational Transformation Map Project for nearly $45MM in expenses.★ Developed and delivered a framework of value-creating activities for $1BN in operating expenses across multiple product lines and businesses with the resulting model challenging the firms to reduce expenses company-wide by $20MM in shared services and utilities.

New York, Ny, Us

(Corporate Strategy and Business Development)★ Established framework and decision criteria for “build” vs. “buy” and “inorganic” vs. “organic” growth opportunities as part of the annual strategic planning effort. ★ Led best practices for multiple sales/marketing teams across multiple Investment firms in updating external consultant databases, improving speed and accuracy in updating marketing, sales and firm data from weeks to days.★ Researched and developed business cases and market dynamics for targeted products, including ETFs, SMAs, CEFs for industry growth (CAGR), industry trends, key players, current market intelligence and strategic impact, providing insight into future market opportunities and strategic gaps in current product portfolio.★ Developed the governance, templates and processes for merger and acquisition activity reporting, including template to model closing terms, 10-year cash projections and maximum expected future payouts. ★ Served as the financial analyst for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting for 10K reporting.

New York, Ny, Us

★ Served on the corporate SWOT team for Senior Management, planning, steering, delivering of “Challenge Initiatives” to improve effectiveness and efficiency across major business lines.★ Re-engineered Mellon’s Capital Investment Process: Tools, Templates, Process, System, Business Case and Reporting. ★ Improved decision making, reporting and the website for the company’s major investments.★ Worked directly with Senior Management in planning and analysis of “Challenge Initiatives” to improve effectiveness and efficiency across Mellon’s major business lines, identifying $20MM in savings.★ Provided consulting support for the Mellon Trust’s Strategic Opportunities Project, working with a “Big Six” consulting firm to identify and segregate $800MM in Mellon Trust operating expenses into various “value chain” models.★ Developed “Centers of Excellence” and business synergy websites to support internal business group marketing efforts and identify opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

★ Designed “corporate-wide” solutions for executive information reporting of Key Business Synergies and Balanced Scorecard Metrics across Mellon’s major divisions, addressing customer satisfaction, operational and financial performance in addition to technology innovation. ★ Organized and led technology assessments and industry research for key business applications across Mellon Trust providing consultations to include corporate-wide applications for time and billing (Buck Consultants), E-Learning, Balanced Scorecard, CRM/Sale Force Automation and Sales Reporting.★ Delivered customer profitability models for Mellon’s Global Securities Lending and Employment Benefit Solutions businesses. ★ Engaged in key analysis to identify key business and profitability dynamics, unit costing and profitability improvement initiatives.★ Delivered an enterprise-wide time and billing solution for a professional service firm (Buck Consultants), including vendor and software selection, requests for proposal, business requirements and coordination with the executive steering committee. ★ Identified a scoring and prioritization methodology for business and technology assessment that improved collection time and control for a $40MM, multiple-location process.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

(formerly Packard Electric Division)★ Provided marketing analysis and competitive intelligence for General Motor’s high technology applications, including fiber optics, sensors and data transmission across various engineering and product management teams.★ Recognized as a top analyst for Sensor’s intelligence and manufacturing knowledge.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

(Formerly Packard Electric Division)★ Served in a variety of Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production Systems and Process Simulation activities that supported divisional operations in the United States and Mexico. ★ Recognized as a peak performer company-wide that consistently provided solutions for divisional operations.★ Delivered a computer-based animation model to improve a $7MM automotive sensor manufacturing facility.

★ Developed incentives and standards for steel operations.

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Industrial Engineering