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Boston, Ma, Us

London, Gb

Planning and Business Management leader, primarily focused on IT financial management, vendor management and coordinating cross-functional teams to drive strategic IT programs. Key programs include global Managed Print Services, Mobility and IT Value Added Reseller.

London, Gb

Developed and implemented global sourcing strategies for the End User Services team representing over $100M in annual spend. Key sourcing initiatives included End User Computing, Mobility, Print, Office Productivity Solutions, and Service Desk.Partnered extensively with senior IT leadership to refine the IT strategy and ensure alignment with business goals and sourcing initiatives.Lead the process to select and manage vendors, driving annual productivity improvements in each spend category, generating run-rate savings, and mitigating risk across the category portfolios.

London, Gb

Category Manager for End User Computing, Mobility and Service Desk. Analyzed existing global contracts and collaborated with Aon's End User Services leadership team to develop strategies to standardize, simplify and control the products and services we procured for our colleagues in these categories.Key projects included leading a global PC RFP in which I became a key influencer for defining Aon's global PC specifications and standards. Also led a global Service Desk RFP to consolidate colleague help desks, reduce costs and introduce new technologies to promote a self-service environment. Combined, these efforts resulted in 35% savings for the firm.

London, Gb

Category Manager for Enterprise Storage and Mobility. Led data analysis and contract negotiations to transition legacy data storage environment to a consumption-based model.Renegotiated corporate mobility contracts yielding 25% savings and led a global RFP to select a new mobile security platform.

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

Managed and strategically expanding the IT, Contingent Labor and Construction contract portfolios for Mercy's Resource Optimization and Innovation (ROI) Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) membership. Focused on maximizing service and quality while minimizing cost via contract consolidation, standardization and compliance efforts.

Worldwide, Oo

Created an IT assessment framework to document and evaluate client’s current people, process and technology capabilities.Planned and executed a data quality analysis and governance project which reviewed eight million records resulting in a prioritized data clean-up strategy which focused on 71 key target areas. Also, recommended process and system improvements to prevent future data quality issues.Managed a three member team that created a customized, service-oriented Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for a client transitioning from a legacy mainframe enterprise application.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Led several Operational Excellence initiatives including: a Green Belt project which reduced employee on-boarding time to the high performance computing cluster from three weeks to approximately three days; achieved $1M in annual IT contract support savings via vendor negotiations, de-scoping applications and off-shoring resources; managed the IT infrastructure schedule and budget for the build-out of a 100+ person brownfield facility in Puerto Rico; managed the creation and publication of the monthly Aerospace IT Newsletter.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Utilized Six Sigma tools and methodologies to develop SAP R/3 interface strategy. Also, participated in a group project to analyze and define corporate desktop standardization strategy.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Designed five custom, real-time EDI Internet interfaces between a client and Wal-Mart utilizing industry standards; all interfaces had automated failover capabilities to a VAN.

Gb

Led a five member sub-team managing the development of 50 interfaces between SAP R/3 and approximately 20 legacy systems.Designed and implemented a SAP R/3 material master data conversion strategy for five corporate divisions during a two-phase implementation; methodology reduced development time by 50%.Designed, constructed, and implemented a sales order interface with a sub-contractor utilizing RosettaNet messaging standards. Interface eliminated four manual touchpoints.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Monitored worker productivity and examined machining methods; recommended process improvements.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) With Honors, Engineering Science And Mechanics