Jerry Powers Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Managing Partner - United Powers LLC.- Kissimmee, FL . 06/17-PresentProviding company clients business development consulting in the areas of:Software Sales(On Prem and SAS Products), Consulting Service Sales(System Integrations and AWS), Staff Augmentation Sales, Deal Closing, Sales Process Creation/Update, Lead Generation, and Market Position Strategy.Past and current clients: PwC, PCMS, NTT Data, Stratus Consulting, Specialty Foods, SimpleSolve.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Providing a platform as a service for building enterprise software applications to large insurance clients.

San Francisco, California, Us

Strategic IT and Insurance Consultant – October 2015 – Present (Independent)Guidewire Consulting Services. Providing Business IT consulting services to confidential C-Suite level executives in strategic markets. Those services include: Building and reviewing strategic roadmaps; Evaluating current and future IT spending models; Implementation of Value IT processes; Creation of proper sourcing models; Skill evaluations of IT staffs, and reviewing vendor relationship efficiency.

Grow the consulting services business by engaging C-Suite level in large, mid-size, and small P&C carriers inside the Guidewire Insurance Suite platform. Those services include full scale implementation, integration, application development, PMO and Project Management, BA/BSA services, Production Support/Devops, and performance enhancement.

Merrill, Wi, Us

Wisconsin (May 2014-September 2015)An IT senior executive responsible for infrastructure, operations, security, DR, and maintenance application development for a mid-sized speciality commercial carrier. Organization consisted of 50 reports, sourced consultants from the U.S and abroad. 17 million dollar budget.Key Responsibilities:Influence C-Level Executives to establish IT direction Development a three year infrastructure implementation plan.Increased work productivity levelsDeveloped a succession plan for the 25% of the retiring work force from 2014-2017.Built, led, and directed large cross functional teamsCreated IT sourcing model that fit the IT and organizational cultureIT Dev Ops and Major Completed Projects:Replacement of Network Infrastructure – Replaced the entire legacy network infrastructure switches, routers, wireless, internet pipe, and SAN switch. This project took thirteen months to complete including security sign off. Transition of insurance policy administration application and infrastructure to Indian outsource vendor – Another one year project and the first major sourced initiative for the organizationDisaster Recovery – Completed the company’s first ever full DR test with Sungard. This was a 14 month initiative.Upgrade of I-Series (AS/400)

Columbus, Ohio, Us

As a strategic leader for a two-billion dollar P&C organization, I have been in charge of multiple departments and managed employees and consultants. I define and maintain a value proposition when creating an enterprise architecture vision that ensures both solution and process delivery. Received Leadership Performance Bonus 2010, 2011, and 2012Key Responsibilities:Partner with the executive circle to align business strategies with IT strategies and prioritize initiativesAssist in the development of long term strategic portfolio roadmaps, resource plans, and cost projectionsImplement strategic program initiatives across all lines of businessEnsure IT Projects that enter the PMO are worthy and show a substantial ROICArchitect and deliver innovative, stable, and cost effective technology solutionsProvide enterprise development teams the proper tools for project deliveryCreate and manage capitalization, expense, and project budgetsProvide testing tools and services for all Quality Assurance teams across ITIT Project and Portfolio ManagementProduct Life Cycle Management for new and legacy systemsMajor Project Portfolio:Claims Processing – Large outsource effort with PwC to implement GuideWire ClaimCenter V7 to eventually phase out the legacy mainframe based systems. This is 20+ million dollar project for both personal and commercial lines claimsCommercial Lines – Business Insurance Evolution projectService Desk Outsource Initiative / ITSM Tool ImplementationExternal Agency Portal - Led teams in the upgrading of our agency portal known as Stateauto.com This system is utilized by diverse customer base including independent agents, MGA’s, policy holders, as well as internal business customers. Data Center Implementation – Involved with the consolidation of corporate data centers in Indianapolis, Columbus, and Minneapolis into one large facility in Delaware, OH.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Responsible for the monitoring, maintenance, performance management and disaster recovery of all production data housed in the SQL 2000, 2005, & 2008 environments as it relates to various P&C insurance applications. I am also responsible for the architecture of cross platform hardware and operating system solutions to meet current and future capacity needs for a 2 billion dollar P&C company. I am also involved with our “Ease of Doing Business Objectives” to entice greater agent sales. Received Individual Performance Bonus – 7/2008Assisted with the physical to virtual migration of all SQL Servers within the organization utilizing VMware 4.0 and SQL 2008. Received cash bonus for individual performance – July 2008

Principle Agency Owner - Began my own full time insurance agency selling personal lines and commercial lines insurance products as well as variable investment products. My sales territory was the Northern Cincinnati market. Job functions included selling, marketing, recruiting, policy processing, as well as other duties involved in a sole proprietorship. During my time as an agent, I attended agency management school, personal lines school, and received commercial lines training. P&C, Life, Health, Series 6, & 63 licensed.

Supported day to day infrastructure and disaster recovery issues for a 2.5 billion dollar P&C company. The position is also responsible for the implementation of business continuity objectives. Successfully maintained the backup infrastructure which consisted of a Storage Tek L-700 Robot and the Brightstor Enterprise Software. The infrastructure was Microsoft, Novell, Linux and AIX. Received cash performance award bonus for agency support.

Technical responsibilities included overseeing the daily operations of the corporate and remote infrastructure for a successful specialty retail organization. Windows and AS/400 I series based architecture. Many other key responsibilities included: Network infrastructure management for 54 satellite locations; Project management of all major telecommunications and infrastructure projects; Creation of the corporate and remote disaster recovery methodology; and new technology research for business process enhancement. Point of sale and all system rollouts were also a crucial responsibility.Managerial responsibilities included development of the annual IT purchasing plan, budgeting, forecasting, vendor management, and various hardware and software contract negotiation with fortune 500 companies such as Dell, NCR, and CDW. Day to day supervision of help desk employees and the infrastructure engineers was also required. Performance reviews and employee mentoring were also critical components. Other key responsibilities included management of the entire help desk, maintenance of the ticketing and tracking system and the support of fifty four Honeybaked Ham store locations.

Mba, International Business

Bachelors, Management Science; Information Technology