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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Us

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for leading several project streams tied to the implementation of a third party Loan Origination System (LOS). Project streams range from real-time integrations between the LOS and third party providers, installation and configuration of software packages related to general ledger activities and the mapping of LOS functionality to life of loan process flow to identify system gaps. In addition, I am assisting in the interviewing and hiring of the full-time IT team that will support Spring EQ after go live.

Responsible for eight cross functional development teams supporting the day-to-day software development needs and management of small – medium projects for thirteen unique business areas. In addition, participated in the development of several IT leadership programs to improve depth of leadership across Quicken Loans IT.

Led efforts to restructure IT so that individual business areas have their own independent software development team.Was responsible for all software development and software product rollouts for QL wholesale channel.Led team of 30 software engineers, BA's and PM's located across two different Quicken Loans sites, and remote work from home locations.

Charlotte, Us

Responsible for all technology decisions related to company’s internal IT infrastructure, as well as overseeing the build out of the LoyalNation PRIDE (Promoting Recognition, Incentives and Driving Engagement) Platform. In addition, was responsible for developing and managing internal operations tied to customer support and inventory management. • Worked with LoyalNation President to establish IT strategy for the LoyalNation organization.• Assisted LoyalNation President in the development of the business strategy and product offerings.• Acted as Project Manager, BA Lead and QA Lead during the entire SDLC of the development of the PRIDE platform. Platform provided functionality for recognizing employees through spot recognition as well as metrics based activities through posting to a closed loop social network and awarding “points” that could be redeemed for millions of redemption options that were aggregated from e-tailers across the web as well as internally offered options such as company branded clothing, days off, etc.• Acted as Project Manager, BA Lead and QA Lead during the development of a SalesForce based inventory management system used for the LoyalNation annual service award product offering.

New York, New York, Us

Responsible for building USA delivery and support capabilities center to service North American client base. This included maintaining strong communication with clients to manage expectations, to ensure client satisfaction and that project timelines were met. Additional responsibilities included building USA based teams from the ground up, establishing USA procedures within Dublin framework, while acting as hands on resource for managing and performing project management and analysis on product installations

London, Gb

HSBC IT Senior Relationship Manager for all Consumer Mortgage Lending (CML) originations and servicing units across North America. Responsibilities include: • Working with Business Senior Management to develop and execute on IT strategy for CML.• Work with various global IT teams to ensure alignment between strategies of HSBC Technology & Services and that of the CML business units.• Work with Global IT teams to identify and/or develop common platforms for all mortgage channels. • Represent CML interests within the "One HSBC" strategy to develop common, shared platforms across all global business entities.• Communicaton to Senior Management on status of all active technology projects

London, Gb

• Directed the shutdown of systems for the Decision One Mortgage channel of HSBC. The channel was closed in September 2007.• Maintained the relationship between HSBC IT and the Wholesale Mortgage Originations channels within HSBC N.A. Teams were responsible for the Business Analysis and PM functions across all wholesale mortgage origination channels. Responsibilities included:o Ultimate responsibility for a suite of as many as 20 plus active projects at any given time.o Working with business management across both channels to determine technology strategic direction.o Understanding complexities/challenges of the mortgage industry and working with business owners to design tactical IT solutions to address them.o Working with Global IT teams to identify and/or develop common platforms for all mortgage channels.o Defining and governing standard SDLC processes across all mortgage channels

London, Gb

• Managed staff of nearly sixty onshore and almost forty offshore resources. Direct reports included five managers with seven or more direct reports each. Team was responsible for all facets of software development for Decision One specific software. This included:o Project Managemento Business Analysiso Tech Designo QA Testingo Software Support for all end users• Worked closely with Decision One senior and middle management to develop strategic direction for technology to support end-user community of over 1,500 users located in twenty-two national and two international locations.• Responsible for managing relationships, internal billing, project scheduling and Decision One SLA's with all HSBC technology shared services teams. Teams included: o DBAo Network infrastructureo Desktop Supporto Information Securityo Internet Development• Responsible for $22 million dollar annual budget that covered all Decision One specific technology expenses

San Francisco, California, Us

Managed staff of 25-30 senior and junior-level systems and business analysts in day- to-day activities which included: o Gathering user requirements for all FUHEB new development and enhancements.o Developing analyst training plan.o Working with IT staff to develop and document technical solutions to satisfy business requirements.o Developing test scripts, performing integrated testing and organizing UAT for all system enhancements.o Maintaining system parm tables and document libraries.o Developing system prototypes and interim system solutions using Microsoft Access. Major accomplishments by FUHEB IT teams during my tenure in this role include:o Developed Broker and Direct-To-Consumer web sites.o Developed Loan Arranger Decision Engine. o Doubled functionality within the POLARIS system as required to support several First Union mortgage channels.o Partnered with IT department to develop a change-control and release schedule for the POLARIS application.