Managing Director - Head Of Technology Strategy, Risk, And Governance
Developed a forward-looking IT Strategy and roadmap aligned with organizational goals, incorporating a clear vision, business cases, and continuous improvement focus. This led to key KPI improvements, including an increase in Business Engagement Scores to 88% and a notable balance shift between KTLO activities and innovation. Created a global resource strategy, optimizing the use of service agreements, independent contractors, and internal/external staffing across geographies. This alignment created $4.8M in ROI savings and enhanced collaboration among global IT teams, while ensuring workforce diversity, effective risk management, and alignment with company growth. Built strategic partnerships with C-suite executives and key stakeholders, establishing a central intake and scoring system for prioritizing and delivering work. This alignment, supported by data-driven decisions and agile methodologies, resulted in a 98% project delivery rate. Drove profitability and sustainability by identifying operational improvements, achieving a $20M annual cost reduction through strategic partnerships, FinOps, cloud-native refactoring, and SRE practices. Improved Technology Integration Management (IMO) processes reduced M&A integration timelines by 60% and boosted productivity by 50%. Revamped IT asset management program, saving 40% and ensuring regulatory compliance. Negotiated an $8M Oracle contract savings. Created firm’s first ever Technology Risk function, promoting transparency and collaborative risk-based decision making. Launched a risk and controls framework to identify and mitigate technology risks (Data Governance, Enterprise Systems, Infra, Cyber, SDLC, etc.). Ensured global and industry-specific compliance, facilitated internal audits, and provided key risk and aggregated risk position insights to the Board, focusing on digital trust and risk mitigation.