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Omaha, Ne, Us

Omaha, Ne, Us

Successfully implemented SaaS solution to support Procurement intake solution that framed the enterprise processes that supported new technology purchases and overall purchasing solutions that enabled Extended Enterprise Management. Developed consistent vendor management for support of Risk and Law Operations applications where existing vendor relationships had been deficient. The renewed engagement enabled successful major system upgrades.Lead, coached, mentored, and utilized performance management metrics with support team to further development of their skillset activities. o SAFeo Engineering Skillset Developmento Leadership

Omaha, Ne, Us

I administered a $300M budget for the IS Operation. Facilitated transition from Capital Expense (CAPEX) to Operating Expense (OPEX) cost management while remaining aligned with continuous process improvement best practices.Key AccoladesSuccessfully reestablished the credibility of deliverables to the IS leadership figures. Produced a tangible, positive impact by directing and streamlining the $296M IS operations annual budget encompassing labor, capitalization, operating expenses, presenting findings, status, and resolutions to upper management on cost savings initiatives.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Coordination and communication of all facets of Mutual of Omaha’s I/S Operations Annual Budgeting process. Labor, Capitalization, Operating Expense for an annual budget in excess of $270M.Served as the lead negotiator for the private pricing addendum (PPA), delivering initiatives with gathered data formulated to be presented as cost optimization strategies for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Championed implementation and continuous functioning for Cloud Business Office (CBO), patterned from AWS transformational strategy with a Cloud Center of Excellence (COE), supporting cost optimization of public cloud services consumption.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Manage hardware, software, support, and services for Midrange, Intel Servers, Printers, and Personal Computer environments with a $10+ million annual operating budget.Negotiate and manage multi-million dollar contracts for BMC, Computer Associates, Oracle, IBM Hardware Maintenance Agreement, IBM Enterprise Licensing Agreement and Microsoft Enterprise Agreement.