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Charlotte, NC, US

San Diego, CA, US

• Project and Program Management
• Portfolio Lead and management of RTE’s, Scrum Masters & Project managers running SAFe Agile Practices
• Managed multi-million-dollar portfolio of programs and initiatives.
• Working with EVP/SVP Product, Technology and Business partners.
• Responsible for budget governance and reporting 27MM+
• Manage intake and planning in preparation for delivery phase (including dependency mgmt. routines)

Charlotte, NC, US

Balancing Business, Technical and Project Management experience to deliver IT solutions to Global Corporate Security Services of the bank.Role demands driving Applications Management, Vendor management, Risk Governance, Solutions Architecture the development of support processes.Manage the processes of Technical and Business requirements, Development and.

• Managed the delivery of the enterprise level, multi-million dollar Corporate Functions Systems portfolio. This included the first time implementation of systems for the new start up; Human Resources, Procurement, Tax.
• Technology Platforms included: SAP (S/4 HANA, SuccessFactors, MDG, Concur, IA, FSCD, FSDM), Blackrock (Aladdin), Birst (reporting), Kyriba, Corptax, Vertex, BondEdge, Blackline, GEP Smart, FIS Prophet, TAI, RegED.
• Managed a portfolio repository of 70+ active, on-going projects with total budget in excess of $100MM
• Provided business strategies and tactical plans for the upcoming fiscal year; supported the key investment strategy, prioritization, supporting business cases and financial investment decisions; presented direction.
• Analyzed key performance metrics from various sources, performed complex analysis such as cost projections, feasibility studies, benchmark comparisons and other reports; present results to leadership; develops action.
• Interprets and supports entire Governance process including implementation and preparation of recommendations and presenting options that detail impacts of potential and final investments decisions

New York, NY, US

• Associate Information Officer (AIO). Brought on board to develop plans, budgets, and resources. Lead strategic planning initiatives in collaboration with IT and Business executive management and developed processes.
• Financial Planning: $35M Budget – financial planning and negotiation
• Portfolio Management: Establish portfolio road map aligned to corporate goals, negotiate priority and ROI with Business and IT stakeholders.
• Resource Planning: Project Manager management – onboarding, allocation, workflow and governance
• Global Roll out (impact 34 LOB’s within 26 countries covering NAM, EMEA, APAC, LAC)
• Agile Adoption: Process development with vendor, establish tracking and measurement metrics, Governance and standardization for requesting, approving, and scheduling projects and resources

Holon, Israel, IL

• A Professional services and consultancy company to the financial industry. Directed numerous projects and proof of concept (POC) initiatives providing consultation expertise and developing technology solutions for.
• Led in-house and international business and technical professional client/vendor teams in the analysis, design, visualization, simulation, and implementation of business logic that drives financial operations and.
• Governed the internal PMO initiatives to standardize templates and processes for sales, project management, and delivery operations.
• Led Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
• Provided Implementation Services (COE, Project Management, Technical & Architecture oversight, Modeling, BA/SME support, interfaces & migration)
• Deployed Sapiens DECISION to dramatically change the way mortgage organizations manage their businesses, by modernizing traditional business rules management with a new and emerging discipline called decision management.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Hired to lead a team of business analysis to migrate from numerous legacy General Ledgers to a single SAP (eLedger) platform.
• Performed project management activities relating coordination of resources and activities to remediate downstream systems in line with the new GL platform.
• Lead the team of business analysts to develop business requirements and functional specifications affecting a number of key Systems of Record (SOR’s).

Gogarburn, GB

• Hired to head the implementation of a replacement Indirect Auto Loan Finance decision and Loan processing system (COTS), with internal IT development, QA/UAT and implementation teams. Budget $15M with team approx. 50.
• Business strategy and requirements development working closely with executive level business sponsors and 3rd party vendors.

• Senior Project Manager working in partnership with IT, operations, business and vendor stakeholders/partners leading initiatives that span multiple product lines and delivery channels including projects such as:
• Involved in projects related to the PNC merger with RBC Centura bank
• FHLB/FED pledge – an update to the processes applied in providing pledge collateral for liquidity funding with Federal Home Loan and the Federal Reserve banks.
• QRM FTP phase 1 and 2 – an update to the application and processes surrounding QRM product relating to profitability and interest rate risk forecasting.

• Provide portfolio summary/loss mitigation analysis and reporting services to top tier banks (PNC, National City, VISA).
• Business analysis and project management expertise to elicit, document, and control development of reporting tools for portfolio summary, loss mitigation and recovery activities for Banks.
• Collaborate with executive and portfolio managers to determine business scope and document business requirements.
• Develop tools and processes to support reporting and analysis needs.
• Work with bank UAT and internal QA staff to develop test plans, validation processes and testing needs.
• Overall project management and day to day monitoring and reporting activities.Primary technologies: SAS, OBIEE, Oracle, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, FDR, ILS

Provide business, management, and technical expertise in the selection and implementation of a full end-to-end Loan Origination and Fulfillment system. This new system handles both consumer and real estate products in a centralized underwriting environment.Primary technologies: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, Mercury Test Tools, Appro.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Developed risk mitigation strategies at corporate level for a number of major US and UK financial institutions including GE, Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, Citibank and Providian.
• Developed program strategies for new business acquisition and ongoing account management.
• Evaluation of customer business strategies, technical platforms and technologies, for the further penetration of company’s core products and services within the customer environment.
• Conducted sales support activities including Business Case Preparation, Business Cost Benefit Analysis/ROI, Business Definition Requirements, SOWs, Contract negotiations, RFPs and Formal Business Presentations.
• Perform post sales account management functions including cross sell and up sell opportunity identification, change control and market analysis studies.
• Designed technical requirements for new or enhanced product and program development Coordinated compliance with FDIC regulations such as REG-B, Sarbanes-Oxley, FACT, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, etc.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

• Directed several manager and project manager led teams in the design, development, delivery & installation of complex large-scale application software solutions to the financial industry. Functional teams included.
• Constructed relationships with various internal organizations with an emphasis in product development and delivery, CRM analysis, product growth initiatives, new technology introduction, and resource growth/retention.
• Responsible for selection and evaluation of third party solutions.
• Performed operational leadership for product management, project management, development, QA and customer support groups.
• Instigated project office with resource development including recruitment and training.Primary technologies: Web (Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, and IIS) and Mainframe (MVS, COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM)

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Design, build, test, and deploy risk strategies on a number of IT platforms including but not limited to: Mainframe, Client-Server, UNIX, and Windows utilizing a number of IT technologies such as Cobol, CICS, C++, C#, and Java.Perform project and client control through project management methodologies and direct hands on client communication. Direct the.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Plan and manage project schedules, evaluate company’s core software and personnel competencies for project inclusion. Highly visible project manager with proven success in completing projects under budget, on time, and meeting or exceeding quality expectations.Coordinate efforts of clients, business analysts, industry consultants, and technical staff to.