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• Provide executive-level consulting experience for critical projects and programs for small-to-medium enterprises (SME) and larger organizations including: IT technology and systems implementations, systems strategy.
• Clients: Gridpoint Inc., Neurotrax, GE, Innovative Precision Health (IPH), Maquarie Capital (multiple subs including Accelecom)

Mclean, VA, US

• Senior executive in a fintech startup; responsible for implementation and operational excellence of numerous functions including IT, Customer Onboarding, Engineering, and DevOps
• Involved in all aspects of product launch and customer implementation of three (3) Top 10 banks and one large insurance carrier to the company’s payments platform
• Added DevOps management on top of my other responsibilities after a key vacancy needed to be filled. Duties included optimization and transformation of implementations, product launch / rollout, and all service.

US

• Responsible for all aspects of a growing multinational software company in the healthcare industry with a focus on strategic planning, operational excellence, and customer relationship management
• Grew gross profit by 400%
• Expanded company into new markets, launched partnering opportunities, etc. while lowering expenses and maintaining top line revenue

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Responsible for strategy, implementation, and service operations for all back-office information and financial systems for a international, $300m company
• Oversaw Technology and Systems implementation and service operations including the creation of new cybersecurity program
• Program Managed a post-merger implementation of a major acquisition that had not been executed 18-months post-close removing numerous redundancies and providing significant operational and financial improvements

Phoenix, AZ, US

Responsible for teaching numerous classes in the Management and IT arenas. Primary focus is on the 6 course Project Management Certification program (CPMGT).

• Expanding global presence of custom commercial Audio/Visual (AV) provider into N. and S. America; establishing offices in NY, CA, and Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Responsible for all strategy, implementation, and operations of new markets through process optimization and transformation which resulted in growing a non-existent P&L at the end of FY2013 to an estimated $12m in FY2015
• Added or expanded business from a number of Fortune 500 companies including Google, Facebook, EA Sports, etc. for Pixel around the globe
• Quickly become the operational center of excellence for the company often propping up other divisions globally through improvements in implementation process, planning, and execution

Liverpool, Merseyside, GB

Taught various courses in UoL project management program to students around the world to include Europe, Africa, and US.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Initially responsible for apply project / program management best practices to improve company's overall processes to include strategic planning, technology and systems implementation, and overall operational excellence.
• Was promoted to CIO and was responsible for all information services (strategy, implementation, operations, etc.) at this $1billion/yr telecommunications company
• Oversee global IT standardization and operation
• Responsible for daily IT operations for all production and back-office systems for PTGi’s International Carrier Services (ICS) division and corporate headquarters

Clients: Comverse Technologies, GridPointAreas of expertise: Process and program management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Process Re-engineering; Offshoring / Outsourcing

Reston, Virginia, US

Provide business analysis, operations improvement and product oversight for NeuStar’s Next Generation Messaging (NGM) division -- working with internal users and functional areas -- to re-define, re-engineer and implement business, system and internal processes resulting in enhanced capabilities, efficiency, capacity and accuracy. Additionally participate.

US

• In charge of all functions and activities within technical operations area. This included management of the Quality Assurance and Testing, Technical Communications, and Distribution groups consisting of 25 Testing.
• Team provided complete functional and regression testing, documentation, and product delivery for 100+ releases per year
• Responsible for the creation, direction, production and distribution of all technical communications materials for a 350+ personnel Health Information Management company with a customer base of over 1400 health.

Reston, Virginia (VA), US

Progressed through increasingly responsible positions. As Senior Program Manager, responsible for instituting project portfolio management and overall organizational project management activities for a $500 million dollar-a-year division. Developed methodology for evaluation/approval (to include budgeting), development, and deployment of all projects..

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• As the staff Operations and Infrastructure manager for an in-house business incubator, performed business operations support such as management of sales staffs, budgeting, and creation & operation of web presence for.
• Ensured project goals were accomplished, that all contractual obligations were met (both by product teams and vendors), monitored or oversaw all outsourced vendor relations, and provided guidance on budget/contract.
• Performed market and technical assessments of new business opportunities and technologies presented to the in-house business incubator for consideration

Arlington, Virginia, US

Dm, Organizational Leadership

Phd, Engineering Management

Ms, Technology Management

Bs, Information Systems

Computer Science