John Rooney Email & Phone Number

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Lead team of Design and Product Management professionals in developing critical IBM.com applications and experiences that support client digital engagement with IBM.
• Lead the Digital experience team driving adoption of Adobe marketing platform.IBM.com Direct Reports:
• Director - Digital Design: Leading the creation of IBM.com design system based on Carbon.
• Product Owners: - IBM experience strategy. - IBM search and discovery systems. - Digital Client Experience measured by Net Promoter Score. - IBM Product Pages with focus on product discovery and purchase experience..
• Led team to reduce the IBM.com content footprint by 50% while improving click-through rates for search by 30% and achieving 5+ point improvement in NPS.
• Delivered a common registration experience across the IBM portfolio supporting millions of marketing responses and product trial registrations annually.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Led 20-person team to drive agile practices, organizational health, and creation of a technical program office supporting a 200-person agile engineering team directing IBM’s digital transformation - including the.
• Built and managed system to track the activity and business outcomes of 70+ Agile squads.
• Applied IBM Watson AI technology to develop a recruiting application matching candidates to job opportunities.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Collaborated with IBM Chief Information Officer and senior IT executive team to develop and deliver strategy for IBM’s internal operating environment.
• Created IBM iFundIT program to build an internal crowdsourcing platform with $7M IT funding.
• Led workforce and talent planning for IBM's global, 5,000-employee IT organization.
• Developed a global internship program with a focus on developing mobile applications.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Led transition from a decentralized strategic roadmap to a unified approach in support of the IT needs of all IBM units and functions.
• Formed the Technical Strategy and Architecture Board and collaborated with Chief Information Officer to create a cohesive technical vision and strategy for IBM’s IT environment.
• Partnered with product teams to leverage IBM technologies as the foundation of IT enablement.
• Represented IT on the cross-IBM Social Business Management Council directing internal use of social media.
• Led first enterprise wide HackDay to drive innovation across IBM’s global organization.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Created the IBM Social Media Aggregator, a digital hub for social activity at IBM’s leading brand conferences, earning Innovation Award from the Vice President of Software Marketing.
• Drove deployment of IBM Connections as the primary social business tool on IBM.com.
• Collaborated with HR, Marketing, and Legal to develop corporate policy supporting IBM employee use of social networks.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Developed corporate program to drive a culture of innovation and led the development of innovation processes and capabilities throughout the organization.
• Created the IBM Technology Adoption Program to manage community of 125,000 employees to propose, test, and provide feedback on next-generation technologies from IBM IT, product teams, and IBM Research.
• Managed $8M portfolio of software programs and a data center supporting innovation objectives.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Led development for IBM Intranet, recognized by Nielsen Norman Group as one of the best corporate intranets.
• Managed $16M budget and developed business cases to support technology investments.
• Reduced deployment cycles 25% while cutting $2M from budget through strong delivery focus.
• Received Manager Excellence Award from SVP of Transformation in recognition of team engagement and satisfaction.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Promoted to management in the Cambridge Technology Group to build a next generation development platform use Javascript in building desktop applications.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Introduced instant messaging to IBM for use by 200K+ employees in 56 countries.
• Developed technology prototypes to improve communication and collaboration across IBM.