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Seattle, Washington, US

Bellevue, Washington, US

Guidacent is a management consulting firm specializing in project and program management, product management, and business analysis to achieve technology and business outcomes. Guidacent works with our clients to understand their ultimate outcome, create the conditions for success, plan initiatives and lead them to completion.Nordstrom – Senior Technical.

Redmond, Washington, US

• At Microsoft’s Executive Briefing Center (EBC), executives and engineers brief customers and partners on strategic technology challenges in areas such as cloud, big data, social enterprise, and Digital Transformation..
• Defined the Product Strategy for product owners across Microsoft to demonstrate their products to customers at Microsoft’s Executive Briefing Center’s and Microsoft Technology Centers.
• Managed a program that spanned cross-functional stakeholders (incl. Marketing, Sales, Research, Development, Partners, and External Stakeholders) to develop cutting edge technology demonstrations for the executive.
• Managed a cross-functional program developing immersive technology demos of Microsoft’s leading technologies, such as Azure, Internet of Things (IoT), Windows 10, AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, Connected.
• TPM at Microsoft’s Executive Briefing Center (EBC) - executives and engineers’ brief customers and partners on strategic technology challenges in areas such as cloud, big data, social enterprise, and Digital.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Digital Media team utilizes the Enterprise Video Platform (EVP), which is a cloud-based enterprise-wide and global video distribution system, to stream live broadcasts and on-demand video content to Microsoft's.
• Developed turn-key processes with clear roles, responsibilities, and agreements to provide quality, reliable live and on-demand video services for Microsoft.
• Management of EVP Change Control process Program Managed various projects for developing, managing, and continuously improving the service.
• Refined, operationalized, documented cross-group fulfillment processes
• Defined and documented a cost & revenue model for video services, including model description, rate card, initial cost measurement, and plan for ongoing cost measurement
• Designed, implemented, and operate listening systems to assess effectiveness and opportunities for innovation

Redmond, Washington, US

• Entertainment & Media Solutions is responsible for preparing movie, television, and music video content for download onto the Xbox and Zune. The team processes, compresses, encodes, and performs quality control for all.
• Manage applications, tools, and technology for video encoding
• Managed FutureLab team which was responsible for communicating the future direction of encoding. My responsibilities include: designing and developing the QC Tracker application, process documentation, defining tools.
• Project Managed user acceptance testing on the initial release of Media Factory, which was the front-end for Microsoft’s Windows Media Encoder. Defined requirements for quality assurance tools, tested the final.

Founded and managed a recording company focused on studio and mobile recording. Built from the ground up, responsible for designing, building, equipping, and running a commercial grade studio. Performed music production, analog & digital recording, live/location recording, mixing, mastering, midi production, consulting, and training; also acted as a studio.

Plymouth, MN, US

• Senior member of the IT organization responsible for future IT direction for the $2.5B company as well as management of large-scale business and technology projects
• IT Strategy: Created and managed the long-term IT strategy, assessed the business value and risk/reward of emerging technologies and developed a roadmap for achieving the 5-year vision
• PMO & Business Analysis Organization: Managed a 35-person team of business analysts and project managers across multiple locations responsible for partnering with the lines of business, prioritizing business.
• Organizational Benchmarking and IT Transformation: Worked with key OneBeacon business and IT stakeholders to assess the current delivery capabilities and areas for improvement. Researched IT organizations at other.
• Vendor Sourcing Strategy: Developed OneBeacon’s multi-sourcing strategy. Centralized all vendor contracts and vendor management processes to reduce risk and to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. Consolidated.

Stamford, CT, US

• Director of the Insurance Services team for META Group Consulting focused on performing risk assessment and project delivery assurance reviews for e-business, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship.
• Strategy: Assessed the full spectrum of organizational risks and requirements (business, operations, infrastructure, human capital management, etc.) to develop corporate e-business strategies. Performed.
• Delivery Assurance: Assessed the health of e-business, CRM and ERP initiatives in various lifecycle stages. Performed risk assessments and reviewed the program management offices, business/IT alignment, organizational.
• Package Selection: Facilitated the evaluation and selection of ERP packages (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, etc.) from requirements definition through evaluation matrices, demonstration scripts, vendor scoring.

Dublin 2, IE

• Manager in the Insurance Industry practice which enabled organizations to proactively meet business objectives through business process redesign, improved business/IT alignment, and technology projects.
• Business Development and Delivery: Sold over $3 million of project work and directly managed over $3.2 million in project revenue in two years. Managed several proposals over a four year period with a 66% closure rate
• Interaction with Executive Management: Brought a business perspective to technology projects that both educated executive management and ensured the proper level of commitment to key business initiatives
• Project Management: Performed all project management tasks for teams up to 120 resources including project planning, budgeting, scope management, schedule/cost tracking, and risk management

Developed three systems for the Commercial Banking area (letters of credit, funds transfer, and cash management). Acted as the system architect and lead developer for all three products

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Managed several projects within the Product Announcement marketing unit. Managed the requirements definition process and designed detailed technical architectures.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Information Technology

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Management