Deliver PMO, technology strategic & financial planning and process improvement services.✓ Collaborate with IT, Finance, HR and Business stakeholders to prioritize and optimize technology requirements and investments.✓ Manage overall solution selection process from requirements definition to vendor evaluation to business case development.✓ Implement tools, processes and policies for selection, valuation and execution of technology investments to minimize risk and maximize return.✓ Build and refine PMO teams, processes and tools.✓ Streamline project planning, strategic planning and FP&A processes.✓ Champion organizational and process change to realize intended benefits.

Built from the ground up a Financial Planning and PMO team to support a Technology department that experienced continuous organizational change, tripled in personnel and quadrupled in budget within 3 years.✓ Reporting to CTO and CFO, created 5 Year Strategic Roadmap, annual operating plan (AOP), capital plan, and forecasts for department of 400 people with annual spend of $100M.✓ Performed Technology project portfolio prioritization, investment analysis and resource tracking across the Studio.✓ Championed and streamlined project authorization request (PAR) process; reduced unapproved spend from 41% to 16% of project budget and increased “billable” hours by 50%.✓ Increased financial accountability by emphasizing total cost of ownership/benefits analysis, consistent reporting and monthly project reviews with stakeholders; improved forecast variance from 31% to 1%.✓ Collaborated with Technology Executive Leadership to promote common processes and documentation across teams (with many teams transitioning to Agile).✓ Regarded as primary source of consistent and impartial data analysis across Technology.

Partnered with C-Level executives to direct strategic planning activities and execute Technology restructuring.✓ Drove solution selection for a Project/Portfolio Management (PPM) tool for the Studio; championed adoption of a common tool across company.✓ Aligned IT initiatives with business strategies by facilitating project definition and prioritization workshops with executive stakeholders.✓ Designed and implemented project management processes and templates (e.g., risks/issues, charters, etc.).✓ Restructured and consolidated finances across disparate Studio (e.g., film, home entertainment, post-production, etc.) and non-Studio (e.g., interactive media, new technology, etc.) technology departments..✓ Instituted “financial hygiene”; introduced financial controls, streamlined headcount approvals/on-boarding process and reshaped capex/opex planning.✓ Oversaw implementation of Cognos planning tool with integration to SAP.

Developed IT strategies, instituted process improvements and conducted solution selections for numerous Entertainment Technology clients while helping to grow start-up consulting practice that doubled in staff over 3 years.Walt Disney Studios – IT Strategic Planning and Anti-Piracy✓ Developed analytical strategic framework, investment prioritization strategies and investment roadmaps.✓ Established and operated a Program Management Office (PMO).✓ Focused on continuous improvement through IT performance metrics and a 5 quarter forecast.✓ Designed and executed cost and staff restructuring plan as part of Studio-wide reductions.✓ Uncovered pioneering insights and strategies to combat emerging area of pirated television content.20th Century Fox - Tech Services Work Order System Solution Selection✓ Led feasibility analysis and vendor selection to consolidate 6 standalone highly customized work order systems.✓ Facilitated executive workshops to document current state and envision future state business processes spanning Operations, Finance, Accounting and IT.✓ Constructed use cases, processes/system impact assessments and comprehensive requirements document.Sony Pictures – Digital IT Strategy and Royalty Solution Selection ✓ Led royalty solution selection in support of a new video download service over the Internet (pre-iTunes).✓ Created business strategy for investing in technologies needed to accommodate business growth in digital space.✓ Provided holistic division-wide assessment of business and technology environment for a group of business units that had traditionally made independent technology investment decisions.CAA - Talent Deals & Payment System✓ Collected business and system requirements for a custom deal tracking and talent payment system.✓ Identified process improvement opportunities; created current and future process flows and uses cases.✓ Designed future state with improved financial controls, accuracy and availability.

Management consultant for the Entertainment & Media practice. Specialized in change management in support of technology implementations. Built and led teams to deliver IT assessments and implement IT and process solutions for Sony, Warner Brothers, Universal, AT&T Wireless, Paramount, DreamWorks, Fox, Disney, Samsung and Siebel.✓ Developed analytical strategic frameworks, business cases, technology roadmaps, project plans and timelines, resource/cost estimates, gap analysis, and high-level IT architectures.✓ Enhanced level of rigor into project planning and funding scrutiny by reengineering project prioritization and rationalization process focusing on capability gaps and overlaps.✓ Built and led cross-functional teams consisting of accounting/finance, technology developers and architects, business operators, consultants and suppliers.✓ Developed financial Key Performance Indicators to help realize benefits of a Studio SAP implementation.✓ Designed and built first automated workflow application of any major studio to track coverage of feature film scripts.