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I am the Director of Technology Consulting for the Wealth Management Global Family Office business at Northern Trust. In this role, I work with Prospects and Centers of Influence in the Family Office space to showcase Northern Trust’s suite of data and digital tool solutions and to advise on best practices. I take a non-partisan approach to insightful sales consulting through storytelling and product demonstrations. While walking prospects and clients through the breadth of Northern Trust technology solutions, I utilize live conference environments, prospect meetings as well as online webinars and video conferences. I am closely aligned with Sales and Product Development to collaborate and enhance the solution set offered to Family Offices and their advisors, ensuring the offerings provide operational efficiencies to current and future clients, so that Northern continues to be seen as best in class in data and digital offerings.

In this role I was managing the team of consultants who work directly with the UHNW Global Family Office clients. The consultant team provides training and support for many of Northern Trusts Technology solutions available through the Wealth Passport portal. This includes customized reporting solutions, downloads to third party vended products, consulting on best practices, and providing client and self feedback on product enhancements.

• Deliver technology, reporting and operations portions of sales presentations to high profile Wealth Management prospects ranging in size from $500 Million to several billion dollars in total assets.• Provide support to top tier Wealth Management clients and Family Offices. Create reports and deliver data on a customized basis.• Provide ongoing training and support to clients regarding effective software usage.• Function as liaison between clients and in-house technical personnel for software enhancements and problem resolution.

• Presented innovative solutions to clients, partners and management. Developed project plans, managed timelines and communicated status to appropriate personnel. Identified processes and technology improvement opportunities. • Supervised a team of 15 business analysts and programmers on projects ranging from Data Downloads to Customized Crystal Reports.• Performed feasibility studies. Designed system requirements for complex information technology projects. Managed prototype development efforts.• Participated in strategic information technology business planning sessions.

• Educated Corporate and Institutional sized clients on automated systems for account monitoring and management. Provided support to approximately 20 clients with custody of assets ranging from $3 Billion to over $80 Billion.• Liaised with internal technical team to develop custom applications for clients. • Provided full life cycle project management for the development and deployment of institutional trust and custody product solutions.

• Interacted with multiple business units to evaluate, determine and support automated systems.• Managed prototype system development efforts. Wrote test plans and user acceptance criteria.• Conducted needs analysis with partners and clients to ensure business needs were met.• Analyzed existing systems and provided recommendations for improvements.• Defined user requirements, conducted feasibility studies, and designed applications. • Generated project status reports.

• Managed and trained an accounting operations team of 16.• Functioned as liaison with internal and external auditors.• Developed numerous processes and procedures that improved productivity. • Monitored account activity and participated in client meetings. • Trained clients on the use of Passport and Management Reporting, an on-line desktop reporting system.• Delivered presentations to clients representing approximately $13 Billion in value.

• Managed and trained a team of 7 analysts.• Designed, prepared and audited a highly customized income valuation for a $2 Billion defined contribution client.• Verified complex transactions and portfolio reports. Researched and resolved associated discrepancies.• Liaised with account administrators, clients and bank staff regarding the analysis and management of accounts.• Audited investment reports and cash statements to ensure data was correctly posted and transactions properly classified.• Served as Chairperson for the DOL/5500 Expert Committee.

• Verified diversified transactions, performed audits and researched discrepancies for employee benefit trust accounts.

• Functioned as Operations Manager for William M. Mercer’s Daily Valuation Recordkeeping Division.• Ensured that correct Net Asset Values were sent by custodian banks prior to calculating flows in and out of thousands of investor accounts.

Bachelor Of Science, Finance

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