Having been blessed with the opportunity to take a voluntary redundancy, I was able to focus 100% of my energy toward being a daddy to our new daughter. During this time I was able to create a bond with my daughter that is beyond description. I was also able to improve my own personal skills in:Problem SolvingMultitaskingStakeholder ManagementNegotiating and Managing ConflictCommunicationProject Management

Responsible for portfolios across multiple business areas for the Enterprise, as well as the project delivery resources for all of EMEA and APAC, within a centralised delivery team. The role’s responsibilities include financial management, resource management, stakeholder management, career development and strategic planning and rationalisation. Large scale restructuring of organisational reporting lines to facilitate more effective delivery. • Earned several promotions to assimilate further responsibility related to driving the performance for numerous portfolios across a range of business units.• Directed a team of 60 to 100 partners in the delivery of multiple digital transformation initiatives while managing a $6M expense budget. • Coordinated globalisation of project governance standards.• Conceptualised, planned, and implemented large-scale change initiatives that aligned to business requirements and promoted project governance standardisation within the EMEA portfolio.• Owned responsibility for capital planning, reporting, forecasting/actuals, outcomes and benefits realisation. • Guided and supervised a team of administrators, business analysts, and project and programme managers in the development of new services and products.

As the EMEA regional manager for the enterprise program resourcing project management team within the global ePMO organization, my key responsibilities include:• talent development• resource placement for program and projects• developing and maintaining standards• sourcing• reporting & metrics

Manager of the Fund Administration Product Development Team for EMEA, focused in Transfer Agency and Fund Accounting standard governance and operating model.Created and managed a new active PMO team consisting of Programme Managers, Project Managers and Business Analysts and Administrators, through external hiring and internal restructuringIncreased team tenfold over a 3 year period to facilitate the strategic delivery of GFS product initiatives, including: • Integration of Bank of Ireland Security Services• Delivery of Exchange Traded Funds product• Rationalisation of core platforms• Client Change standard operating model• Ongoing platform upgrades to Multifonds, Icon Retail and Babel• Implementation of commercial regulatory mandates for KIID, AIFMD, RDRGlobal Programme Manager for Transfer Agency business.Managed multi-million dollar capital plans.

Managing the technical relationship and acting as advocate between The Northern Trust Company and the Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.• Re-established positive client relationship• Facilitated client’s issue resolution• Managed client delivery projects• Detected and capitalised on synergies between NZSF’s and NT's strategic growth• Liaised with the client's ops and tech management and Northern's systems teams • Provided technical consulting to the New Zealand Client Servicing team• Global interaction with Chicago, London, Singapore, Bangalore and Melbourne partners• Served as equal advocate for both the business and the technology teams

Manager of the Fees and Profitability, Strategic Development & Implementation Team• Managed a team of 10 developers and analysts• Managed strategic planning, execution and implementation for - Corporate & Institutional Services - Wealth - Asset Management• Designed and implemented off shore development model• Retooled existing development team to optimise talent• Implemented Quality Assurance model• Managed multi-phase project costing models• Implemented Mantis task management and workflow system• Implemented Service Level Agreements for change

Manager of the Investment Systems Trade Architect and Investors Workstation systems development team.Manager of the Investment Systems Applications PMO.

Business development, recruiting and placement, as well as providing technology consultative services for various financial services and insurance clients in the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas.

Part of the Thompson Securities Information Services team.Applications developer, delivery of speeds engine and pricing delivery for Asset Backed Securities.