Business Consultant
Red Phoenix Business Solutions
Directed and supported business architecture and process reengineering initiatives from initial design to project closure to senior management. Lead, analyzed, defined, and recommended improvements that impact business performance; ensured workable solutions, control plans, and quantifiable performance management tools. Recognized as a change agent, skilled in negotiating and influencing executive management with persuasive business cases and strong communication.* Lead 25 lean six sigma projects and Kaizen workshop with matrix teams resulting in a total cost saving of $750K and 35% improvement in performance management on service delivery and customer satisfaction using new balanced scorecard and dashboards for monitoring.* Lead 6 member team in a corporate web redesign project utilizing Lean UX 1) Improved external customer forms library 2) enhanced marketing material 3) improved platform design for improved responsiveness.* Lead Global Desktop and telecommunication RFP review with cost benefit analysis involving 800 employees, 12 offices and a corporate budget of $500K. Desktop outcome was 1) new vendor contract 2) a 3yr desktop refresh process 3) streamlined hardware order process 4) cost saving of $100K. Telecommunication outcome was 1) new vendor contract 2) cost saving of $90K 3) deployed new mobile devices (500 units) 4) centralized contracting.* Lead 5 Kaizen and root cause analysis sessions while managing the installation of a new IT Service Desk software (Avaya) and developing the ITIL Service Delivery processes in service level management. * Lead 8 members of a matrix team that examined functional needs, overseen requirements planning/analysis, specification (system) development, strategic planning and process re-engineering with a budget of $750M within 8 months utilizing value stream mapping, six sigma and system development life cycle (SDLC)