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Fractional Project Management Office / Project Management ConsultingNeed a Project Management Office, but do not have the time, budget, or resources to build one?Divisional PMO is your tailored solution. Move to a consistent, predictable, repeatable, and quality-driven project delivery approach to begin controlling the project management chaos within your.

Stamford, Connecticut, US

• Managed up to 100+ project personnel and budget of over $50M. Recruited as a Technical Program Manager and was promoted to Vice President to provide IT, PMO leadership and Project Portfolio management to the company’s.
• Created a team-oriented environment. Established structure, goals, vision, project strategy and objectives, change management processes, resource management and allocation, as well as Standard Operating Procedures.
• Migrated client to full API based, AWS private cloud application delivery, away from outdated legacy infrastructure.
• Accelerated digital and contactless user experience for the client in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. Launched contactless plastics, contactless - instore account lookup, contactless – text to apply – instore credit.
• Spearheaded EMV conversion project for the portfolio, reissuing 11M cards, beating card association mandated deadline, built infrastructure to accept EMV Chip technology, assisted in preparing 3,000+ client stores to.
• Managed deconversion of 11M plus accounts and the Transfer Service Agreement for the Gap Inc card portfolio after sale to Barclaycard.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Led cross-functional, multi-site teams through the development and delivery of large-scale global projects across a diverse portfolio consisting of Global Card Services, SVB Wine, and SVB Investments.
• Created physical and virtual UK Card Program, resulting in new Credit and Debit card program coinciding with the launch of SVB UK Bank in London; this included 100+ internal employees and 3 vendors worldwide.
• Led a cross-functional team to launch a new Wealth Management Platform for Private Bank in 10 months vs. a 12-month deadline, resulting in $7B in AUM within the first year.

Duluth, Georgia, US

• Oversaw strategic planning, development, and execution of Visa Signature Concierge Travel Program, which consolidated 7 separate programs from APAC, EMEA, US, and Latin America to single global program.
• Developed PMO practice from ground up to drive project management principles, to improve project implementation time 15% and save $600K over life of the program; served as PMO Committee Chair.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Bling Nation was a mobile payments Fintech startup.Recruited as the company’s 16th employee, owned client relationship and onboarding management, solution implementation, and integration of mobile contactless payment.
• Launched mobile contactless payment system in 3 separate markets within a strict 6-month timeline, including onboarding 1,000+ merchants and providing payment capabilities for 10,000+ customers

San Francisco, California, US

Integral part of PMO team tasked with the integration of disparate call centers following the merger of Wells Fargo Bank and Wachovia Bank.

New York, NY, US

Retained following the acquisition of WAMU to serve as a member of the M&A team, including leading the conversion and integration of WAMU Card Acquisitions and customer systems to JPMorgan Chase. Devised project roadmaps, budget, and timelines. Converted the underwriting program in 3 months, and finalized integration on schedule on time and on budget.