Ellen O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

- Serves as Chief Administrative Officer to the Head of Operational and Technology Risk. - Develops and coordinates senior staff sessions, client conferences, staff events (i.e. Town Halls),planning sessions, training and product briefings- Serves as a key advisor to Senior Executives in the development of goals- Manages Senior Risk Committee as Committee secretary preparing agendas, schedules and meeting materials, packaging and preparation of minutes; fielding request for agenda items and ensuring packaged materials are accurate, complete and compelling for senior executive review- Coordinate and create risk reporting for State Street President and Chief Operating Officer and management team

Greater Boston Area

- Led Global Regulatory Reform initiative, providing coordination with executive level management staff on regulatory issues- Recruited to serve as Global Program Manager Lead for Regulatory initiative providing oversight across the organization globally- As senior member of the Program Management Office, promoted project management methodology across multiple business lines and implement project management discipline globally- Prepared program status presentations for use by senior management at Executive Management Committee (EMG) meetings

Greater Boston Area

Implementation Senior Consultant, Global Services Information Technology (2007- 2011)- Recruited by the division Executive VP to provide oversight across the organization’s resource pool to successfully align the assignment of resources to the highest prioritized initiatives- Successfully managed the prioritization of strategic projects to ensure that the organization focused on initiatives aligned with strategic business goals- Provided direction in the planning, organizing and managing of a $125 million discretionary portfolio budget - Recruited by department Sr. VP to team with executive business partners to identify tactical cost reduction opportunities within the business and IT; Successfully identified opportunities through LEAN initiatives Senior Strategy Consultant/Chief of Staff, Office of the CIO and Wealth Manager Services (2001-2007)- Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, as Chief of Staff for the Wealth Manager Services IT organization responsible for resource management planning & deployment, financial management, governance, issues and risk management and audit- Managed administrative and project management staff - Key coordinator for meetings in support of Executive Steering Committee, Project Review, and CIO Offsite.- Teamed with senior members of the business and technology units across the company to coordinate multi-year business and technology planning effortOther Leadership positions held at State Street:Department Manager, Corporate Information Security (2000-2001)Senior Project Manager, Resolution 2000 (1998-2000)

As manager of CAS Testing practice, designed, evaluated and implemented test environments, established roles and responsibilities for test engineers and full time testers, conducted training for staff on proper testing techniques and evaluation criteria, introduced Summit D project lifecycle methodology, implemented testing strategy and framework for Y2K compliance effort, wrote proposals for new business ventures.

Managed and shipped two robust version of Lotus 123, while managing staff of 20 developed testing strategy of specific Lotus development projects, evaluated and implemented automation tools for Windows environment, Lead Alpha and Beta testing phases of products under development, maintained quarterly goals and objectives for Quality Engineering and Development staff, Monitored the release process and managed the maintenance and upgrading of the network. Developed and implemented a benchmark plan for performance testing.