Kathleen Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

London, London, Gb

Oversees the successful execution and delivery of projects from initiation to completion within the Gas Business Unit. Develops and manages annual forecasts, budgets, and product/program plans by building strong cross-functional partnerships among engineering, product, and operations teams at all levels. Balances workloads, resource skill sets aginst project requirements. • Hired, based on the recommendation of NG’s consultant and former EMC colleague, to address an 18-month development backlog and to bring the application development team’s $500M budget back on track following a series of acquisitions• Selected as the sanctioning authority for implementing and budgeting for a governance methodology that would ensure integrity for an enduring operating model while remaining responsive to changing business need• Developed the process to migrate construction invoicing contracts into National Grid system • Launched the Gas Enablement Program, which had been in development since 2017, in RI in 2020, NY in 2021 (following debugging), and MA in 2025 (pending operations department readiness)

Boston, Ma, Us

Established and maintained partnerships with critical business lines to define and execute IT applications plans to address cross functional demand. Ensured alignment of the application solutions strategy to the Bank’s overall strategic plan. Sourced and managed outside vendors to execute application deployment, configuration, data migration, and quality assurance. Developed policies, standards, procedures, and training programs to support IT project, applications, and program management. • Spearheaded a Workday implementation in 2017 for all 12 Federal Reserve Bank locations nationwide. Project required one direct report in each of the eleven remote locations. Served as the primary point of contact for the Deloitte implementation team• Consulted on the procurement and implementation of a cloud-based SaaS financial vendor product through a third-party integrator, including the request for proposal (RFP), evaluation of vendor products, and creation of required documentation• Developed a multi-year resource plan for project teams serving a wide variety of geographic locations and business areas to promote a unified vision

Boston, Ma, Us

Directed a staff of 5 within the technology Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure that the appropriate products were released on time, on budget, and to customer expectations. Supported development of strong project management approach, including project plan development, performance tracking, identification of risks, and mitigation strategies. Managed daily operations of maintenance programs and capital improvement projects.• Recruited by the VP of IT, a former EMC supervisor, to introduced governance on how projects were managed in all areas of the bank’s IT operations. Up until this time, business units had not been formally budgeting IT projects, resulting in the department failing to plan appropriately or demonstrate its impact• Upgraded the competency of the PMO by requiring all project managers to obtain a PMP certification and embrace Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to standardize practices and terminology across all projects • Matured PMO by standardizing processes and best practices for managing development in both waterfall and agile frameworks. Areas of focus were project prioritization, status templates, project budget estimating guidelines, and forecasting costs• Established and implemented a work intake process designed to improve project prioritization and resource demand management for Bank’s IT department. The result enabled IT to chart a multiyear forecast for project delivery

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Managed multiple Software developement teams consisting of business analysts, software developers, and QA resources. Streamlined execution of multiple projects to achieve timeliness, budget, and quality goals by navigating resource constraints and critical path contention issues. Executed all aspects of employee performance management including training, onboarding, professional development plans, and delivery of annual performance reviews.• Led the initiative to configure the Salesforce environment to meet rapidly changing business requirements.• Awarded responsibility to develop front end applications for EMC’s proprietary support network.

Master Of Business Administration, Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services