• Lead negotiations with Mobile Telecom providers for entire Asia Pacific region • Own on-boarding process for Asia carriers & merchants• Develop Regional company set up; legal entities and tax considerations to ensure cost effectiveness• Build stronger partners relationships in region that were challenged by US & Europe time zone issues

Owned Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program for Asia Pacificr, Japan, China, & Globalization. Lead Consultant to APJC Senior Leadership on cross-functional business risks.Developed program goals & strategy aligning with ERM sponsors (CFO, EVP Ops, & CGO) meetings. Trained individual functions & business units on framework to implement risk management programs.Guided cross-functional risk organizations on standardizing management processes creating greater visibility of… Show more Owned Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program for Asia Pacificr, Japan, China, & Globalization. Lead Consultant to APJC Senior Leadership on cross-functional business risks.Developed program goals & strategy aligning with ERM sponsors (CFO, EVP Ops, & CGO) meetings. Trained individual functions & business units on framework to implement risk management programs.Guided cross-functional risk organizations on standardizing management processes creating greater visibility of activities across Cisco managing risk.Lead risk and opportunity management activities for new business models, recent acquisitions, country transformations, and large events including: o Developed assessment goals & plan of action; obtaining executive sponsorship for both. o Recruited, trained, and managed a cross-functional team to conduct executive interviews.o Lead cross-functional teams to address enterprise wide risks.• Asia Pacific lead for program to expand physical footprint of Global Demo Loan program (3 Billion USD per annum business unit). • Managed two Customer Operations/Service Delivery teams including 15 direct reports in five countries.• Owned all sales & service booking & delivery responsibility for Asia & APJC Global Enterprise regions. • Enabled change management; migrated from reacting to business demands to proactively seeking out business requirements and creating solutions to meet those needs.• Redefined high touch partner engagements to increase Cisco value add & delivered 12+ Million USD quarterly inventory reductions (improving financial ratios)• Lead initiative for standard process adoption across six regional teams within Customer Operations. Progressed initiative to outsource transaction oriented tasks to BPO organization. Show less

Kicked off the in-region engagement for the MCI & then Verizon partner program to launch an IP-VPN network via Middle East based partners in 9 countries, including UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Lead customer meetings highlighting the advantages of the Verizon network in the Middle East versus the competitors.

Drove the administrative side of the Business for HNWI investment products on a wholesale basis focusing on Independent Financial Advisors, Investment Companies, and Bank Treasury Departments.

Planned the Global Network for MCI Worldcom focusing on the Asia Pacific region.

Launched Network Planning department in promotion 9 months after hire, expanding staff to include 4 planning analysts. Handled negotiations with the regional Bell operating companies and local suppliers of fiber and long distance fibers for local loops. • Crafted an electronic workflow system simplifying work order transmission among internal departments. • Drafted monthly analysis report outlining $3M in network costs for submission to management.

Performed surprise operational & financial Audits for largest group of car dealerships in the US.