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Texas, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Senior executive behind financial, operational, and technological change within the Global Tech (GT) Infrastructure organization of the world’s biggest bank; overseeing senior IT teams to deliver end-to-end enterprise services strategy, including public cloud migration efforts. Actively engaged in driving strategic investment decisions, mergers & acquisitions, and driving firmwide technology cost and productivity optimization efforts. Supports and improves the Global Technology infrastructure organizational governance and planning process, enables improved workforce management for technology leaders, improves tooling and reporting on tech initiatives.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Pennymac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI), the 2nd largest non-bank mortgage loan originator in the U.S.Recruited to rapidly scale operations of the Wholesale Lending Division.I led teams of professionals in enabling the day-to-day business management of operations of the fastest-growing division: ensuring successful delivery of key performance objectives, service quality enhancements, resource planning, hiring, training and implementation of automation technology solutions to deliver on productivity commitments, as well as spearheading business process outsourcing (BPO), and other initiatives to improve key mortgage operations efficiency and ensure customer success.

Geode is a global management consulting firm which offers strategic and operational advisory services to Fortune 500 and other large companies.I guided executive teams in evaluating business goals and issues, analyzing and defining value-driven strategies, and ensuring the roll-out of platforms, processes and tools to enhance the growth and profitability of Fortune 500 and other large companies with domestic and international locations. -Served in interim officer roles such as Chief Operating Officer and operational Chief Financial Officer in technology, commercial real estate, and financial services companies.One of the most notable engagements during my tenure with Geode was when I was chosen to act in an interim capacity as a Chief Operating Officer to turnaround fledgling profitability, declining growth, high operating cost, low employee retention and low customer retention for a professional services company.Select Accomplishments:* Grew EBITDA within 18 months through business process re-engineering, demand management, and strategic sourcing.* Succeeded in enhancing revenue growth by conducting a value-creation assessment, identifying and prioritizing high-impact opportunities, and executing a few key initiatives which included identifying and attracting more profitable customers.* Lowered expenses by rightsizing the organization, lowering payroll, closing unprofitable locations, and renegotiating key real estate and other contracts.* Propelled change and executed complex organization and sales process transformation efforts by mobilizing and aligning 20+ resources and vendors.* Evaluated leadership potential and fit of department leaders by conducting in-depth assessments; followed up with specific action plans and recommendations for nurturing or replacing staff.

Arcade is a leader in enterprise software that applies a patented gamification approach to assist Fortune 500 corporations to maximize the productivity of their sales teams.As a well respected independent Board Member and first-line adviser, I partnered with the entrepreneurial CEO and executive leadership team in building an effective board with efficient board meetings focused on strategy.

Webster Financial Corporation, a publicly traded (WBS) holding company for Webster Bank, a commercial bank (~180 branches across the Northeast) and HSA Bank (top Health Savings Account admin in the U.S.), based in Connecticut with $1.2 billion in revenues and >$20 billion in assets. As a direct report to President & COO, I formulated and executed enterprise-wide shareholder value-enhancement efforts through leading strategy development and transformation projects, business process re-engineering, demand management and strategic sourcing across $20+ billion banking P&L portfolio to ensure maximum returns on invested capital and consistency with the overall business strategy. Select Accomplishments:* Won Connecticut Magazine's 40 Under Forty award which recognizes top forty executives.* Strengthened EBITDA $20M+.* Governed execution of key transformation projects by establishing and managing a PMO.* Cultivated productive relationships with CEO, CFO and executives across all Lines of Business (LOBs).

The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) is a Fortune 500-ranked diversified financial services holding company, providing various investment and insurance products for consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide.Promoted to manage teams working on strategic and highly visible M&A initiatives for the President of Property & Casualty business.Select Accomplishments:* Consistently earned highest performance ratings and top 10% executive leadership ranking throughout 8-year tenure.* Attracted, recruited, and developed high-potential employees.* Hired, coached, mentored, and deployed all of staff to internal promotions; maintained an employee turnover rate of 0%.* Achieved department high employee satisfaction scores in Engagement, Leadership and Career Development (2010).

Promoted within two years to manage $500 million insurance P&L portfolio of this insurance blue-chip; identified key issues and led core initiatives to improve operational performance of organization.*Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) audit management * Named one of “40 Under Forty” award winners by the Hartford Business Journal.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance