Subject matter expert on online and digital media. Advise clients on financing and guide clients through implementation of new businesses and products.

Managed alliances initiatives with a number of partners including HP and Intel• Prepared reports for executive level staff; reports were used to evaluate future potential alliances• Analyzed competitive landscape of IT vendors which was used to define alliance strategies

Evaluated developments in a number of complementary industries to identify key market opportunities• Created a knowledgebase for Product Strategy Team and other decision makers to tie key business decisions with market needs• Trained analysts to gather and analyze competitive information • Interviewed senior members of R&D, Sales, IT, and Product Management to devise an effective communication platform which resulted in collaborative strategic planning

Designed and developed technology solutions for Allstate Insurance agents and for the Asset-Liability Management (ALM), a finance department• Created strategic plan for building a $1 million customer service enhancing web project which cut costs through elimination of redundant work• Persuaded hesitant team to take complex but efficient new approach by demonstrating a successful proof of concept• Led a global team to correct software defects on a $3 million project, increasing the quality of service of our website, ranked top 4 among sites for financial professionals• Analyzed performance of industry leading financial modeling system and identified 100% performance increase opportunity which was implemented by multiple internal IT departments• Represented Allstate when working with 2 external software companies to implement changes to software for increased performance• Initiated effort to fix security risk of critical data breach and received Allstate’s highest security award, the Security All Star Award• Mentored department summer intern

Internal IT consultant to the ALM department• Developed methodologies for increasing organizational efficiencies by automating financial data flow• Presented actionable findings to management