•Developed relationships with senior leadership as a trusted advisor for Sourcing and Vendor Management•Served as Negotiating Lead for complex strategic sourcing activities/projects •Identified and coordinated sourcing project teams, conducted market analysis and applied industry knowledge to sourcing strategies and recommendations•Executed supplier negotiations for engagements that are high-dollar, complex, or high priority by leveraging multiple negotiation methodologies to achieve desired outcomes in a consistent methodical manner•Partnered closely with business and other subject matter advisors to ensure that the best interests of Capital Group are represented in negotiations•Developed complex contracts for sourcing engagements and maintained on-going vendor relationships and ensures vendor accountability

Joe spent nearly 9 years with EY where he left as a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young Advisory Services. The majority of his experience was in the Financial Services industry providing program management as well as defining strategic solutions to customers. Joe has earned the respect of his clients and colleagues as a thought leader and innovative problem-solver. Some key experiences included:-Inception phase for for a full suite Policy / Billing / Claims Administration package (Guidewire InsuranceSuite) where he was responsible for managing program delivery . This required that he identify and recommend delivery process improvements with C-Suite and product owners to establish and manage implementation strategy. -Joe also served as Engagement Manager responsible for delivery of a $35m program to implement an new Policy Administration solution (Guidewire PolicyCenter) for 12 insurance products. This required that he successfully direct the efforts of over 80 resources amounting to over 86,000 hours through development/testing/deployment phases.Specialties: Project Management Professional (PMP®), Agile, Business Analysis, Strategy Consulting, Transformation Consulting, Insurance, Guidewire InsuranceSuite, PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenterKey client experience includes: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), Nationwide Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Island Insurance, AAA Insurance Northern California

Joe previously worked with the Strategy & Transformation Consulting practice at Capgemini Consulting. During this time he worked with CIOs and business leadership of insurance companies to evaluate industry and technology trends to establish a rationalized view of benefits, duration, investments, dependencies, and sequencing for initiatives being pursued. This included spending two years as a Functional Lead with a large commercial insurance client with their Claim Strategy Program centered on Guidewire’s ClaimCenter solution. Key client experience includes: Farmers Insurance, CNA Insurance; GMAC / Ally Bank; First Data International; Mercury Insurance