Brian Bolliger, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Naperville, Il

Provided Project Management leadership, support and expertise on a variety of projects in the heavy machinery manufacturing and medical device manufacturing industries. Led a mulit-year factory relocation project across multiple states and external suppliers meeting all critical business milestones.

Greater Chicago Area

Strategic advisory services to increase business productivity and profitability by combining business strategy, technology innovation, program delivery and client services. Proven leadership experience in bringing complex solutions to market and in positioning them for long-term revenue creation. Strategic Business Adviser | Business Planning | Project Management | Risk Analysis | IT Strategy | IT Operations

Naperville, Il

Provided high-level strategic advisory services to help clients with strategic planning, budgeting and ROI analysis. Showed companies the impact of their technology decisions, identified business risks, and created roadmaps for long-term business strategy results. • Captured client system requirements and use case scenarios to ensure effective solutions.• Ensured projects and programs were implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner.• Ensured day-to-day IT operations provided… Show more Provided high-level strategic advisory services to help clients with strategic planning, budgeting and ROI analysis. Showed companies the impact of their technology decisions, identified business risks, and created roadmaps for long-term business strategy results. • Captured client system requirements and use case scenarios to ensure effective solutions.• Ensured projects and programs were implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner.• Ensured day-to-day IT operations provided high quality services and timely resolution to incidents. • Identified, scoped and positioned incremental project revenue.• Successfully managed the on-boarding of clients.• Managed vendors and partners to increase impact on productivity and security.• Ensured proper technology alignment to increased efficiency and business profitability.• Reviewed client’s security postures & risk analyses to adapt to changing market threats. • Led analysis and evaluated compliance to industry standards (HIPAA, PCI, NIST, etc.). Show less

Managing Director / Senior ConsultantLed analysis of customer positioning, sales strategies, and business alignment evaluations to increase business value creation. Identified process improvements and organization restructuring recommendations to remediate business challenges. Leveraged business process modeling and work flow analysis to identify more effective solutions and improved quality.• Developed Cloud based Systems Engineering practice and managed the day-to-day operation of… Show more Managing Director / Senior ConsultantLed analysis of customer positioning, sales strategies, and business alignment evaluations to increase business value creation. Identified process improvements and organization restructuring recommendations to remediate business challenges. Leveraged business process modeling and work flow analysis to identify more effective solutions and improved quality.• Developed Cloud based Systems Engineering practice and managed the day-to-day operation of engagements to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of services including establishing project scope, timelines, budgets, deliverable schedules, and allocation of resources. • Global Infotainment OEM Manufacturer: Led client engagement and subsequent project extensions of outsourced project work associated with the systems engineering capture of customer requirements for next generation, embedded infotainment system. • Global Internet Equipment Provider: Led feature planning and requirements capture process improvement initiative resulting in improved visibility and predictability of the release planning of customer commitments. Show less

Directed cross-account sales planning and global business development initiatives on a multi-hundred million account in the telecommunications industry vertical segment. * Identified and qualified revenue growth opportunities (including RFPs) in target industry segment to build multi-year, multi-million revenue pipeline. * Addressed barriers and challenges with sales initiatives that enabled sales team members to achieve strategic revenue goals. * Improved quarter-to-quarter… Show more Directed cross-account sales planning and global business development initiatives on a multi-hundred million account in the telecommunications industry vertical segment. * Identified and qualified revenue growth opportunities (including RFPs) in target industry segment to build multi-year, multi-million revenue pipeline. * Addressed barriers and challenges with sales initiatives that enabled sales team members to achieve strategic revenue goals. * Improved quarter-to-quarter revenue linearity by managing program revenue models to track achievement and identify multiyear customer spending trends. Show less

Identified new market opportunities for Sun Microsystem’s IT products (servers, storage & software) and services with telecom equipment providers. * Created business case model used to position new technology platforms with customer that drove multiple $million in incremental business in emerging markets.* Sales achievement of 100% - 122%.

Director - Wireless Marketing & Strategy: Directed global marketing activities and market strategies for 3rd Generation wireless solutions resulting in increased awareness of Lucent’s next generation wireless portfolio. * Identified key market segments and business strategies necessary to achieve business unit revenue targets by leveraging global wireless market analysis of capital spending trends. * Led market research effort into end-user needs and requirements to identify… Show more Director - Wireless Marketing & Strategy: Directed global marketing activities and market strategies for 3rd Generation wireless solutions resulting in increased awareness of Lucent’s next generation wireless portfolio. * Identified key market segments and business strategies necessary to achieve business unit revenue targets by leveraging global wireless market analysis of capital spending trends. * Led market research effort into end-user needs and requirements to identify specific services that business users would adopt to drive global acceptance of 3rd generation high speed data. * Focused program management team on features that grow service provider’s end-user revenue to achieve the greatest impact on business case profitability. * Delivered multiple major, high impact industry trade shows and marketing communications programs at or below budget. * Championed portfolio review to drive product synergy via common platforms and solutions that resulted in significant R&D savings. Show less

Managed systems engineers and market planners responsible for the application of the Lucent wireless product portfolio for Personal Communication Services (PCS) providers. * Principle member of Lucent’s wireless marketing team that established CDMA as a legitimate air interface standard and established a multi-billion dollar market opportunity for Lucent. * Extended Lucent’s market reach by establishing customer solutions in emerging markets (India, China, Brazil, etc.) resulting in… Show more Managed systems engineers and market planners responsible for the application of the Lucent wireless product portfolio for Personal Communication Services (PCS) providers. * Principle member of Lucent’s wireless marketing team that established CDMA as a legitimate air interface standard and established a multi-billion dollar market opportunity for Lucent. * Extended Lucent’s market reach by establishing customer solutions in emerging markets (India, China, Brazil, etc.) resulting in Lucent achieving over 60% world wide market share. Show less

Responsible for system engineering requirements, product architectures, and customer proposals. * Lead system engineer on Lucent’s CDMA network solution resulting in Lucent achieving #1 worldwide market position with highest quality CDMA solution. Co-author of 3 wireless patents with CDMA Architecture patent recognized by Lucent in 1998 as “Most Economically Significant”.* Lead author of numerous produce requirements documents covering a wide range of applications and system… Show more Responsible for system engineering requirements, product architectures, and customer proposals. * Lead system engineer on Lucent’s CDMA network solution resulting in Lucent achieving #1 worldwide market position with highest quality CDMA solution. Co-author of 3 wireless patents with CDMA Architecture patent recognized by Lucent in 1998 as “Most Economically Significant”.* Lead author of numerous produce requirements documents covering a wide range of applications and system features. Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Mba, Business Administration, Kellogg School Of Management

Masters, Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering Technology