Technology Cao
Boston, Massachusetts, Us
• Plan and lead quarterly Technology townhalls for the COO• IT Governance - Monthly outage reporting, EOL Tracking and Management, DeveloperPractices, and Data Governance• Manage staffing strategies including regrettable talent losses, job title alignment, andorganizational structure• Application Decommissioning - managed strategy of 120 applications under review fordecommission after Aladdin, a BlackRock Product, implementation• Additional duties include overseeing all contingent labor, Disaster recovery planningand testing scheduleSpecial Projects: Vendor Management and Tech Finance Workstream Lead for Project Caterpillar• Multi-Boutique Re-organization of 530 Billion in AUM and 560 in FTE resources• Managed reallocation of business services, cost, and contracts• Oversaw ~70 Million in Vendor EngagementsMicrosoft 365• Migrated 500 users in 45 days to meet the decommission deadline of blackberry work to multiple domains and different account setups• Managed business requests and prioritization while accounting for team-level continuity• Enhanced security requirements, upgraded User experience, cloud-based backups CaterpillarAladdin Contingent Labor Project• Proposed competitive bid options, owning 3 of 5 proposals. Receiving initial approval for 2.5M for 14 headcount• Project expanded to 31 in headcount across 7 managers for ETL and .NET Developers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Trading Specialist Developers with two FTE Conversions. • Managed full onboarding and contractor lifecycleCOVID remote work initiative• Managed transition of 600 resources to 98% remote work within two months including tracking business continuity approved technical requirements• Initiated and implemented the first remote hiring user experience including credential and technology management and communication