20+ years of progressive experience, with my most recent assignment as CIO.Career Achievements Include:Cost Control / Budget & Expense Management• Successfully reduced recurring IT expense 31% by driving an innovative top-down review of IT cost center.Project Management - PMO• Saved $10 million investment through a PMO turnaround to recover failing software implementation. • Led team that completed highly complex set of projects on time and 38% under budget. ($22MM project) Startups / Turnarounds / Restructures / Carve-Out / Spin-Off • Effectively managed 350% IT growth, delivering a complete carve-out in less than 12 months. • Supported 300% increase in LOBs in 12 months by extending complex IT systems and services, including mission-critical operational and point-of-sale platforms. Contract Management / Vendor Negotiations• Reduced 1MM dollar early term exposure on a key contract by 76% through careful contract review and open vendor negotiations.• Secured ERP software-licensing discounts of 73% through a highly competitive and open bidding process. Team Development / Motivation• Retained and motivated 90% of critical core IT teams operating under stress of a pending buyout and merger.• Architected business aligned IT team leveraging creativity and innovation to engage the business Multifunctional Collaboration / Leadership• Maintained 100% operational capacity during a natural disaster, protecting millions in revenue by developing and executing a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan. • Coordinated the synchronous efforts of multiple departments during the relocation of a 24/7 mission-critical ops center. Maximizing Data Reliability / Communication• Virtually eliminated outages and obtained 99.9% system reliability across all critical IT platforms and data centers. SOX / PCI Security Standard Implementation• Instituted COBIT architecture resulting in 100% pass rates on internal/external audits.