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Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

New York, New York, US

• Directed the execution of projects within the portfolio; work with project managers to ensure projects stay aligned to the approved business case, and the committed timeline.
• Lead the annual project intake/planning process and prioritized projects based on value propositions.
• Influenced executive leadership within the business areas to create and maintain alignment around the PMO business objectives, measurable benefits, success criteria, scope, and constraints impacting PMO delivery.
• Evolved organization IT finance best practices and drive financial discipline.
• Drove industry best practices for demand and capacity management, portfolio planning and create data-driven insights for decision-making.
• Provided guidance and mentorship for 13 project managers in the successful execution/delivery of ~70 projects.

• Partnered with IT Services, Business owner, and Finance to understand and determine project budget, resource needs and capacity planning.
• Monitored project scopes, schedules, costs, resources, quality, and risk to ensure project activities/tasks are occurred as planned and any variances are identified and mitigated.
• Executed analysis & reporting on IT financials to understand variances to plan and key drivers of variances and make recommendations for improvements when necessary.
• Assisted with sourcing, negotiations, and contract finalization with consulting partner.
• Coordinated with Finance to ensure that expense accruals and amortization transactions are correctly processed.
• Partnered with the Client Technology Finance team on the roll out of new tools for Budget Planning.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Lead and directed the PMO to deliver project deliverables & committed scope on time and within budget.
• Partnered with Finance to ensure project financial reporting and forecasting were aligned with approved budgets.
• Reviewed internal project management processes, drive continuous improvement changes, communicate changes with senior leadership, and implement appropriate processes.
• Built stakeholders relationships with key customers providing PMO delivery leadership representation.
• Ensured PMO negotiations across multiple functions to resolve project conflicts and competing priorities.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

• Developed and managed the Global IT operating and capital budgets of $45+ million including variance reporting and forecasting.
• Managed vendor selection and negotiations and contracts as needed to complete project delivery.
• Implemented the IT Program Management office framework and established associated governance and tools structures.

Schenectady, NY, US

• Responsible for approximately $3.5B direct material and $1B indirect material sourcing expenditure.
• Managed the contract execution and vendor payment for a $1.5M outsourced Purchasing Center in Mexico.
• Drove the planning cycles and financial management execution across nine business operations to include OP Plan, S2 and quarterly estimates.

Found $2.3 mil error in the 2003 fiscal year financials…. implemented an internal cost allocation process to reduce the reoccurring potential of this error.- Originally contracted to manage 1 cost center and was given 19 additional cost centers (Functional business within IM)- Directed the financial alignment and consolidation of seven GE Energy.

• Advised Division Marketing Directors on their market strategies to increase sales.
• Allocated and distributed variable marketing funding per planned quarterly initiatives.
• Managed the execution and allocation of the Sales, Marketing and Operating budgets and provide monthly financial reports to the Southeast Region leadership team.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Created and successfully executed the deliverables of eight Cost Centers for the IT Organization.
• Managed the Operating, Capital expense and headcount planning and forecast.
• Managed the budget creation process and ensured that the operating and capital budgets were linked to the company’s strategic objectives.

• Collaborated with E&Y consultants in the merger of Scottish Rite Children’s and Egleston’s Children’s Medical Center’s.
• Lead the reporting process and validation of the business units realized synergy savings and provided status updates to the Board of Directors.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Managed the execution of a $5 billion TRICARE Managed Care Support Contract.
• Ensured SLAs were aligned with contract stipulations and approved monthly payments to contractor.

Mba, Business Administration

Ba, Business Administration

Program Management