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Wausau, Wi, Us

Merrill, Wisconsin, United States

Develop, manage, and direct all activities related to the EPMO, Continuous Improvement, Workflow Management, Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, and Strategic Execution and Alignment. Improve organizational performance by creating consistent, measurable, and repeatable processes and disciplines.

Merrill, Wi

Collaborate with senior officers to align, direct and ensure successful planning, management, execution, resource allocation and implementation of strategic initiatives and enterprise projects. Oversee delivery and management of the EPMO and corporate program portfolio. Align strategic planning and objectives with project and resource planning process. Establish framework for process improvement, governance, financial and operational organizational value. Collaborate with and support cross-functional business stakeholders.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Major Engagement i.e.'s: Church Mutual Ins. Co., ConvergeOne, Thrivent Financial, ECMC, Ecolab, Bemis, Agribank, Allianz Life, MGK, Private Equity companies.Web: JarnowStrategic.comTwitter: twitter.com/jarnowstrategicStrategic affiliate companies: Foster Avenue LLCBaldridge Quality Excellence Award Evaluator I help organizations optimize. My focus is on operational effectiveness, strategic formation, enterprise level programs, IT and Business integrations and migrations. I employ a highly disciplined process with a unique blend of customization matched to your specific needs. *My processes, experience, and capabilities have helped organizations:-Create aligned strategies-Identify and implement business process improvements-Improve project management processes-Analyze and execute business integration and business architecture -Analyze and execute business separation-Execute major program initiatives-Conduct market research and analysis*Program Operations and OptimizationPI360 Evaluation- A strength finder for your project management practice; an objective and quantitative diagnostic evaluation. A robust analytical process, to pinpoint your REAL proficiencies and deficiencies. Before you implement an organizational change, deploy a new PM methodology or tackle another major program, improve your outcomes and partner with us for an independent diagnostic assessment. *Strategy Development O2S(sm) Optimal Organizational Strategy- Is a disciplined framework that helps maximize organizational effectiveness by refocusing how to think about “strategic planning” when preparing for the future. The proprietary process will guide you to effectively turn growth desires into an achievable, continuous, actionable and aligned plan. Your Strategy will be distinctive, have foresight, be progressive, be adaptive, be innovative and integrate with execution. Call me, let's talk.

Minneapolis

As a strategic organizational leader, I designed, developed, managed and delivered asset accumulation and income distribution products for defined contribution (DC) plans, including liability management of the proprietary participating variable annuity trust. My experience extends to proprietary fund line-up review, institutional group plan design and management, financial wellness programs, group life insurance, and long-term care. I effectively delivered through market and customer research, predictive modeling, behavior analysis, financial modeling, operational implementation, investment management, metric development. Provided continuous communication and strategy recommendations with the Executive team. I drove solutions that achieved 208% improvement over the target and implemented asset attrition mitigation strategies resulting in greater than 150% success

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Deliver client value through strategy development, product development, program management and process improvement.Major delivery listed below and include. United Health Group, CHI Equity, Allianz Life, Siemens Energy, Thrivent Financial.

Program manager for large-scale enterprise-wide programs, including integration of HIPAA regulatory changes into legacy business systems. Created, implemented and managed the Quality and Risk Management Process. Effectively communicated with senior leadership and executive management. Established a stage gate review process for project management and application development.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

CFO for holding company. Directed all aspects of business establishment, financial structure, strategic management and resided over product launches. Developed expertise with distressed debt analysis and private capital funding.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Created and executed research, market analysis for strategic evaluation and 5-year market forecast models. Focus was in DMS (Demand Management Systems), DR (Demand Response) and EMS (Energy Management Systems) markets.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I owned the resolution of internal compliance and external audit responses for Insurance and annuity product management. I created and implemented operational controls for enterprise cross-functional initiatives. Performed change management for re-alignment of operational process and completion of cross-functional enterprise agreements.

Performed market research, merger and acquisition (M&A) targets and financial analysis for strategic positioning for “Smart Grid” initiatives. Identify and recommend targets for strategy execution. Engaged and lead discussions with potential opportunities. Interacted with the international executive team.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Program manager for delivery of initial online variable annuity product illustration platform. Integrated actuarial design, marketing, wholesaling, training, technology and configuration of vendor systems. Reduced costs and improved delivery scope of business requirements. In addition to defining detailed business and technology requirements. Managed internal cross-functional teams and third party vendor product development. Established executive communication and phase approval process. Developed measurable metrics for both technology and business effectiveness evaluation. Performed product design training at a national level to licensed representatives.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for end-to-end management and success of annuity products, including product design, development, delivery, support, distribution, and maintenance. Successfully led the analysis, development and management of multiple enterprise level funded strategic initiatives, including products, new business units, product support systems, distribution strategies, asset attrition mitigation, registered fund conversions and variable annuity exchange programs. Managed sub-advised investment management partnerships, stochastic and optimization modeling, statistical analysis and predictive modeling. Managed third party relationships and contract negotiations.

St. Paul

Implementation and delivery of financial services through strategic alliance relationships. Created agreements and metrics to ensure financial success and business development objectives. Led the development of market research and created a psychographic and demographic segmentation marketing campaigns.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Product manager for Norwest Funds (now Wells Fargo) with a focus on distribution through the Trust management channel. Executed conversion plans and training programs for acquired bank trust departments on proprietary mutual fund objectives and structure. Developed detailed and comprehensive knowledge of fiduciary management (roles and boundaries).

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Equity portfolio manager for employee benefit accounts and defined contribution plans. Managed common and collective trust funds using fundamental analysis; consistently outperformed index benchmarks.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Leadership

B.B.A., Finance