John Griggs Email & Phone Number

Blue Springs, Missouri, Us

John currently serves as the Chief Information Officer of Fike Corporation. Fike is a 75+ year old, family-owned global business, which specializes in protecting people and property from explosions, fires and pressure-related hazards. As CIO, John is charged with developing, planning and implementing the information technology strategy that supports Fike’s vision and goals.John and his team of talented professionals are responsible for supporting the company, employees and customers from a technology perspective. They focus on providing a world-class experience for their internal and external customers while looking to provide opportunities for continuous improvement through process and technology.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Successfully built a scalable operations organization from the ground up to support an annual growth rate of 25% while reducing operations cost per gross policy by an average of 7% per year.

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

Launched the Financial Division's Lean Six Sigma team that became DST's corporate Transformation Team. While in this role, led the integration of Boston Financial Data Services with DST Financial Services achieving 168% of the synergy target, directed a 12-week program with more than 10 Lean process improvement projects for DST’s international business, and drove an organizational design initiative across the entire US based company (more than 12,000 employees) identifying $30M in expense reduction.

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

Managed an operating budget of $35M and led a staff of 700 across multiple sites in the US and India to support over 100 mutual fund and alternative investment clients. While in this role, merged two operating departments, standardized over 400 processes and executed an 18-month transformation of the BPO that increased productivity by 52% and saved $5.6M (16%) in annual operating expenses.

Successfully completed engagements with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.

Frisco, Texas, Us

Designed an operating model for more than 1700 patient access associates across 55 client hospitals. (Left due to family reasons).

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Led a region of 170 locations and 2500 tax professionals to successfully deliver on our $50M P&L targets for the first time in over five years despite over 70% market penetration.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Led the project management office and a team dedicated to driving process excellence. While in this role reengineered the IT PMO, managed a technology transformation program including a three-year IT strategic roadmap that saved $6M in annual expenses, partnered with the IRS to modernize the electronic filing of taxes and established the digital tax customer experience program.

Boston, Ma, Us

Managed and mentored a team of 15 Black Belts in the US, Europe and India. While in this role, managed Data Integration for a $55M SAP project replacing ten financial systems through out North America, Europe and Asia and led the integration of GE Insurance and Swiss Re Finance departments.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Norwalk, Ct, Us