Provide consulting services in an eclectic range of fields including corporate guidance, event planning, fundraising, product launches, sales and marketing and volunteer coordination.Key Accomplishments:· Extensive consulting experience across multiple industries evaluating service quality, performance, brand compliance and the customer experience to improve satisfaction and sales. Conduct market research and operational oversight using revealed and unrevealed audits. Clients include grocery chains, technology and cellular stores, casual and fine dining restaurants, retailers, hotels, casinos, spas and financial institutions.· Coordinate events, develop fundraising programs, create strategies to increase contributions, recruit sponsors, participants and volunteers for non-profits.· Assistant Producer of the three stage Far West Fest green music festival which benefits various community causes. Volunteer Coordinator managing recruiting and scheduling of over 120+ volunteers. · Acted as Interim General Manager for a boutique hotel and event center. Responsible for all daily hotel activities, scheduling of events, marketing and social media · Launched a Sales Rep firm that places consumer electronic brands at major retailers. Responsible for creating processes, procedures, budgets, identifying innovative brands, sales calls and attending trade shows.

Chief Technology Officer/Director – Capital Markets & Sales Technology Responsible for the technical direction of the business lines by executing enterprise wide initiatives in a highly-charged, fast paced and heavily regulated environment. Robust experience integrating people, technology and processes, and managing day to day operational functions.Key Accomplishments: - Managed 200+ international resources with full responsibility for strategic direction, project execution, production support, supply chain, vendor relationships, P&L and personnel actions. - Successfully managed a $5+M annual budget within a 3% variance. - Extensive experience building/managing offshore teams and supporting a global 24/7 client base. - Daily collaboration with C-level executives defining new technology strategies to reduce the cost and complexity of the Operating environment. Senior Technology Manager/Director – Global Markets Program Management (2008 to 2009)Successful track record leading a wide variety of programs across multiple areas including finance, strategy and information technology to drive business results, efficiencies, revenue and productivity. Proven ability to direct mergers/divestitures, innovative financial and technology solutions, including technology and operational risk management. Established and maintained strong relationships with senior executives to identify needs, provide guidance, and seek business solutions between key stakeholders.Key Accomplishments: - Led the BackOffice Program Management Office by providing guidance and direction to successfully integrate 250+ applications/processes and projects related to the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. - Directed the creation of a new corporate technology platform which included the best applications from each company, plus new vendor and in-house developed applications. - Expertise in all segments of the system implementation lifecycle following Six Sigma DMAIC methodology.

Senior Technology Manager/Principal – Global Markets & BackOffice Technology (2003 to 2008)Oversaw all aspects of technology for multiple Global BackOffice Operations, Treasury and Accounting applications including a combination of vendor products and in-house developed systems. Responsible for initiative prioritization, development, implementation, governance, change management, disaster recovery and SDLC compliance. Managed a team of Business Analysts, Project Mangers, Quality Assurance, and Senior Software Engineers.Key Accomplishments: - Successfully designed and implemented offshore operations in India, activities included site selection, recruiting all levels of staff and management, budgeting, creating processes and controls. - Significant accomplishments delivering multi-business initiatives, applications, resource management, budgeting and forecasting plans, workplace design, and disaster recovery efforts. - Skilled at evaluating RFPs, leading negotiations, finalizing SLAs and creating vendor contracts.Technology Manager/Vice President – Cash Securities Technology (2001 to 2003)Successfully led transformational technology developments to generate measurable efficiencies, achieve strategic key performance indicators, and improve productivity. Demonstrated an ability to make decisions in a complex, high volume, and fast-paced environment. Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager – Cash Securities Technology (1999 – 2001)Responsible for implementing cost-effective technology solutions by determining the requirements of a project, communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners. Consulted with clients to maintain the company’s competitive advantage and improve performance across a wide array of programs.

~Managed team responsible for valuation of 50 equity and fixed income index funds valued over $20B.~Business lead responsible for coordinating the testing of BGI's proprietary accounting database for Year 2000 compliance (Total Assets Under Management were approx. $600 Billion).~Team Lead responsible for redefining global trading, portfolio management and accounting processes. This required interfacing with all levels of management to compile systems specifications and business requirements.~Analyzed accounting software packages to find new global accounting solution to replace BGI's proprietary system. Presented system capabilities and shortfalls to BGI senior managers.