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Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led a cross functional team consisting of technical project management, financial planning and procurement with an intense focus to efficiently plan and deliver a wide range of solutions for all massDOT lines of business (SaaS, AWS, Office 365, ServiceNow, Agile, etc.). KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Improved the quality, content and frequency of reporting on a large scale technology project portfolio for a key line of business that processes over $1.2B in transactions annually. Improvements allow for better senior management decisions via greater visibility into project status and risk profile, detailed resource utilization and overall portfolio rationalization. ► Proposed and gained approval to retire a costly legacy Project Management Portfolio tool that will result in savings of $100k annually while at the same time standardizing technology on the ServiceNow platform.► Delivered Agile training to 300+ employees and established the foundations of Agile project delivery both within and outside the technology organization. This has resulted in 50% of the overall portfolio being delivered in an iterative method with solutions being deployed within 6 months or less vs. the historical multi-year projects.

Weston, Ma, Us

As a technology leader during a period of massive change, I have steered mission-critical, global projects to drive efficiency, cost savings, and company growth. I have also led diverse teams focused on employee retention, career path development, and disaster recovery planning.Navigating multiple challenges – including a time of explosive growth followed by an historic economic downturn and a complete corporate reorganization – I guided a seismic shift in the company’s global business technology infrastructure, turning a tactical, reactive culture into a more proactive and strategically focused organization.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Led efforts to cut technology costs, freeing up funds to fuel expansion into 4 additional countries. Tactics included restructuring the organization, realigning teams for optimal efficiency, and putting more effective managers in place.► Managed all technology-related aspects of global migration from Siebel CRM to Salesforce, impacting 2,500 users in 30 countries. Streamlined processes and application mobility to increase productivity. Achieved unprecedented levels of efficiency and flexibility.► Led 15-month, multimillion-dollar upgrade to new version of Oracle EBS to improve financial and human resources operations impacting 500 users in 17 countries.► Collaborated with peers on transition from waterfall to 100% agile development with bi-weekly sprints to facilitate achievement of earnings and cash flow goals.SCOPE: Global responsibility for business systems in sales, service, finance, and HR across 30 countries and 3,000 users │ 85 employees in 8 countries │ Systems strategic planning, design, and development │ Financial planning and analysis │ Accounting support │ Contract administration │ Capital equipment planning │ Disaster recovery planning │ Change control │ Software licensing compliance

Weston, Ma, Us

Shortly after my first year of hire, I was promoted to direct financial planning and analysis, project management, capital equipment planning, hardware deployment scheduling, and disaster recovery coordination for Monster’s global technology infrastructure.During a period of significant technology investment and development, I led planning for the creation of a global technology infrastructure organization to optimize consistency and stability in delivering and managing infrastructure.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Overcame resistance, winning buy-in for a new Project Management Office and Operational Analysis team to centralize budgeting and project management functions.► Spearheaded numerous multimillion-dollar projects, delivering on time, within budget, and with zero legal exposureNOTABLE PROJECTS:» Launched 2 new 12,000 SF data centers and relocated existing data center.» Built call centers supporting 600+ sales and service staff in North America and Europe.» Led global disaster recovery build-out for all technology infrastructure.» Expanded storage, database, and site infrastructure.

Weston, Ma, Us

Recruited to Monster by the Senior Vice President of Technology Services, I was charged with developing financial models to help C-level leaders better understand and manage cost drivers. Led initiatives to act on analysis results, driving down costs by outsourcing IT support, optimizing contracts, and automating processes.KEY CONTRIBUTION: Hand-picked by the Chief Information Officer to take the lead on an abandoned, major project that had to be rebuilt from the ground up on a very tight timeline. Successfully delivered on-time, on-budget technology split of data center, office, and site infrastructure for 2 major divestitures impacting 1,300 employees in 50 offices.

Provided oversight of all financial planning and analysis, credit and collections, order administration and general accounting functions. Drafted and enforced all policies and procedures for financial planning, credit approval, order acceptance, international logistics (Japan, China and Europe), inventory costing and control, and revenue recognition.

North Reading, Ma, Us

Held full responsibility for financial planning and analysis of key business line, established and managed cost of goods metrics, improved accuracy of monthly close function, developed and managed inventory controls, established and grew branded leasing program to drive sales, reduce exposure to credit risk and improve cash flow, rebuilt and managed global credit and collections, and produced adhoc analysis for CFO and CEO as well as formal EPS forecasts and board of director presentations.

Managed the collection activities of a large team of sales representatives across major business territories on the East and West coasts.KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:► Established credit lines for multimillion-dollar receivables portfolio► Presented collection results, advising sales and finance executives on overall credit risk.► Trained sales representatives to strengthen understanding of credit terms and conditions, and how to achieve DSO targets► Resolved complex credit issues involving large-scale construction projects► Built customer relationships via face-to-face meetings to optimize sales and minimize risk.

Mba, Financial Management

Bachelor Of Music, Compostion