Stephen Johnson - Mba Email & Phone Number

United States

Dunnellon Florida

My company sells luxury preowned and new Swiss timepieces that buyers can enjoy in the moment that have the potential to appreciate in value over time.

Dunnellon, Florida, United States

Routinely deliver an annual $10M+ portfolio of Communication projects resulting in $40M+ in increased revenue and cost avoids for Business partners.Staff size 100+ professionals.Executive level interaction & presentations.Mentor & coach Technical Product Owners and Delivery Managers

Dayton, Minnesota

My company specializes in Project and Program Management for hire. I have worked as a consultant at Ameriprise Financial, Allianz, & now Express Scripts. I am now associated with Modis and have 20 years experience. I normally work 1099 (Corp to corp) and I am always open to new opportunities.CURRENT STATUS: My contract with Modis and Express Scripts/Cigna.

Bloomington

Delivered 15 single and multi app projects ranging from $.050M to $2.5M respectively for multiple clients.Developed and deepened client relationships to form lasting and loyal partnerships. Helped upgrade two clients from red status to green status.Assisted Express Scripts with their Waterfall to Agile transformation.Mentor & coach new Delivery Managers.

Bloomington MN.

Successfully delivered 26 waterfall projects over my tenure. Project duration was between 2 months to 1 year.Project delivery range was from 1 to as many as 32 releases per project.Project application exposure was from 1 to as many as 11.Worked between 2 to 6 projects simultaneously.Project work included experience with Infrastructure, Networks, CRM.

Anoka MN

* Conducted market research and concluded cigar bar would satisfy a unmet need in the community.* Developed business plan to obtain initial funding.* Negotiated lease and supplier terms. * Executed retail store build out including, store atmosphere, fixtures and inventory selection. * Developed company branding and market positioning strategy.*.

Ameriprise Financial

Led a major $5M+ program for the Annuities area.The objective of the project was to add 3 managed volatility funds & install a streamlined change capability into three separate Annuity record keeping systems.Established project budgets and tracked expenditures.Determined project schedules and maintained timeline with proactive adjustments to.

Ameriprise Financial

• Led a major work stream for the Service Delivery back office function as part of the country’s third largest brokerage conversion project.
• The objective of the project was to migrate 2.5M customer accounts from a Sungard system (Phase 3) to the new Thompson Reuters platform (Thompson 1).
• Responsible for the operational readiness of 12 business areas. Deliverables included: training for new Thompson 1 application, business process changes related to 5+ major products and 2 product re-launches (AI &AP).
• Completed the May 2012 implementation (Wave 5) which migrated about 800K Brokerage accounts.
• Completed the August 2012 final conversion (Wave 6) to migrate 1.4M accounts.
• Provided work direction and oversight to 4-5 Sr. BA’s.

Allianz

• Managed a NAIC compliance project involving annuity training and product suitability.
• Provided work direction and oversight to 2 BA’s.
• Optimized the then current state implementation process into a BAU process.
• Implemented eight states and resolved all key issues then transitioned back to the business.

 Designed and built an internal project management office structure from the ground up. Implemented necessary processes to intake, size, prioritize, track and manage the finance project portfolio reducing costs and optimizing project management resources. Planned the Finance 2009 project agenda by working with key stakeholders to determine individual.

 Managed major cross organizational Product Development & Business Process Reengineering projects (>$2 million) from inception through implementation.  Extensive vendor acquisition/management experience. Strong Six Sigma & Business Process Design/Development experience. Coaching, mentoring & development of project team & PMO employees.

 Led modest Business Development (Marketing type) projects (<$1 million) from inception through implementation.  Project Management/Ownership experience.  Field experience (Advisor Marketing).  Oversight of all operational aspects of the Workplace Services Program including the Payroll Deduction Utility. Business Analysis - Marketing effectiveness and.

Mba, Business Adminstration

3.6 out of 4.0 GPA.

Bs, Business Management

Academic Distinction GPA 3.5 - 4.0