Leda Csanka

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Owner and Principle Consultant @ Strategic Tech Consulting
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Idyllwild, California, United States, United States
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About Leda Csanka

I help other executives, business and career professionals solve both professional and personal challenges. I bring a variety of experiences and expertise to the table to find solutions and help create sustainable success.Accomplished Financial Services IT Executive, 30 plus years of experience with a strong foundation in application development and architecture combined with more than fifteen years of team, project, program and executive management. Experienced with the due diligence process associated with mergers and acquisitions and the detailed planning and execution of corporate divestitures. I am available for independent consulting and strategy work and possibly full-time employment for the right opportunity.I have been part of an executive management team responsible for selling a division of ING to a private equity firm and responsible for defining and executing the IT separation strategy, replacing all IT functions provided by ING to support the creation and growth of Cetera Financial Group as a privately held stand-alone company. I was responsible for leading programs as large as $35 million and up to 150 people across multiple physical locations. I have extensive experience in staffing and creating teams to implement strategic projects and a proven ability to lead the strategic planning and technical road-mapping process for a 900-employee organization. I started Strategic Tech Consulting in January 2017 to work with two firms that had previously been competitors to the firm I had been part of starting and participated in supporting one of them in a focused leadership role to separate from AIG. The initiative afforded me an opportunity to leverage my experience by effectively executing this type of corporate “spin-off” a second time. I have published my book, "How to Lead a Corporate Spin-off" in addition to completing both my Certified Professional Coaching Certificate and Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor with the Chopra Center and added Executive and Life Coaching, as well as Small Business Consulting to my portfolio of services.More recently, I have been supporting a large merger and acquisition effort at Advisor Group helping to integrate the Landenburg broker/dealers purchased in early 2020 and helping Advisor Group build and move their data center. In Oct 2020, I joined the board of CalPrivate Bank, a boutique community bank in Southern California serving high net worth clients.I have taken on Co-Chair position for CalPrivate’s Technology & Innovation committee.

Leda Csanka's Current Company Details
Strategic Tech Consulting

Strategic Tech Consulting

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Leda Csanka Work Experience Details
  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Owner And Principle Consultant
    Strategic Tech Consulting Jan 2017 - Present
    Idyllwild, California, United States
    I am currently available to take on large projects. I excel in driving large complex multi-million dollar programs and helping you build the team to execute successfully. My specialty areas are technology, integration, mergers, consolidation, corporate stand-ups, and carve-outs. I am strong on both business and technology efforts and provide your team with the needed temporary executive talent without having to permanently add to your staff.
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  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Strategy And Integration Portfolio Consultant/Executive At Advisor Group
    Strategic Tech Consulting Dec 2019 - Present
    Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    As the Enterprise Technology Integration Portfolio Executive, I am involved in planning, scoping, and driving the execution of a large portfolio of projects related to the purchase and merger of these two firms.
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  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Principle Consultant, Ezra Group And Axa Equitable
    Strategic Tech Consulting Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
    Idyllwild, Ca
    Led the analysis, study, and recommendation for the Compensation System Strategy and Roadmap
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  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Consultant And Advisor At Advisor Group
    Strategic Tech Consulting Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
    Provide strategy and advise on the EPMO Maturity Program.
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  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Project Management & Technology Executive Team Coaching At Securities America
    Strategic Tech Consulting Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
    Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    As a Principal Consultant, I provided executive consulting and support on retainer for a variety of senior initiatives at the firm working on a variety of projects including preparation for the integration of shared services, presentation of materials for preparation for acquisition, and assisted senior management in defining a technology roadmap for legacy applications and facilitated the selection of a Strategic Partner to upgrade existing systems.In addition, we provided the SAI project and management teams coaching on their strategic effort to upgrade Advisor Compensation systems. We provided executive support through project review meetings, steering committee meetings, issue resolution discussions, management coaching via one on ones, and participating in Vendor Management.
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  • Strategic Tech Consulting
    Interim Chief Technology Officer At Advisor Group
    Strategic Tech Consulting May 2017 - Oct 2017
    Joined the firm to aid in the spin-off of Advisor Group from AIG and stand up IT Services for the stand-alone firm. Participated in Management Strategy, Program Management, Staffing, Team definition and structure, and overall technical consulting on all aspects of the technology separation.
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  • Calprivate Bank
    Board Member
    Calprivate Bank Oct 2020 - Present
    San Diego County, California, United States
    Board Member of Holding Company PBAMBoard Member of CalPrivate BankCo-Chair of Technology & Innovation Committee (T & I )Member of Enterprise Risk Management & Audit Committee (ERMA) Member of the Compensation, Governance, and Nominations Committee (CGN)
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  • Leda Csanka - Transformative Coaching
    Executive Coach For The It Director For The City Of Minnetonka
    Leda Csanka - Transformative Coaching Dec 2019 - Present
    Minnesota, United States
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  • Leda Csanka - Transformative Coaching
    Certified Professional Coach
    Leda Csanka - Transformative Coaching Jul 2018 - Present
    Idyllwild, California
    www.ledacsanka.comTransformational Coaching for Executives and Mid-Level Managers. I work with people to find their passion and purpose for both life and work. We build a vision of the life you are trying to create and see how your career is just a piece of that. I help you set a vision, create a strategy on how to get there, and break it down into a series of 90-day goals. Then we work together to identify any limiting beliefs or blocks that are preventing you from achieving what you want out of your life.
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  • Sageview Advisory Group
    Senior Consultant For Vendor Product Selection
    Sageview Advisory Group Mar 2022 - Jul 2022
    Remote
    As a senior consultant with EZRA Group I am participating in various projects at SageView Advisory Group
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  • Cetera Financial Group
    Chief Technology Officer
    Cetera Financial Group Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
    El Segundo, Ca
    After four years as CIO with Cetera, I have transitioned to a newly created position to bring focus to Cetera's advisor facing technology. I am responsible for defining our strategic roadmap and technology capabilities for all the software, implementing a robust technology practice management program for field and being the Advisor advocate for influencing the technology and product roadmap of the industry software vendors.
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  • Cetera Financial Group
    Sr. Vice President, Chief Information Officer
    Cetera Financial Group Jan 2010 - Jan 2014
    El Segundo, Ca
    Led the IT organization through an aggressive divestiture from ING to becoming an stand-alone entity. The scope of our project included replacing all components of IT infrastructure, replacing our data center, telephone systems, all computer equipment, HR systems, Accounting Systems, implementing an IT help desk, and replacing the shared service platforms that had been provided by the old parent. I was part of the team that sold of the company, was personally responsible for defining the separation plan, estimating the cost of this effort, contributing to the creation of the companies Pro Forma's by defining the end state operational budget for all IT services and leading our organization through the execution of the plan. I am proud to say that we completed this ahead of schedule, on budget. To accomplish this we added nearly 50 people to our team for a total of 150 IT professionals working on all aspects of this effort in parallel.An inspirational story of teamwork that I am proud to have been a part of. We are now focused on making our Platform the most referable platform in the industry by providing tools and technology to both employees and our field to help our customers service their clients and grow their business.
  • Ing
    Head Of Applications For Ing Advisors Network
    Ing Jan 2006 - Jan 2010
    Head of IT Applications for four Broker/Dealers. Applications include a web-based broker dealer workstation/portal using .net technologies, a distributed commisions engine, suite of general business applications built both in legacy technologies and web based technologies, and oversight of the data warehouse and reporting marts that are developed from that warehouse.Responsibilities include oversight of a team of 40+ employees and Sourcing contractors. In this role, I drove the advancement of our offshore team and helped drive the size of our offshore team from one individual to a team that is 20+ strong at this time.Our broker/dealer workstation is an online portal that integrates applications from several venders including: Pershing NetxPro, Albridge Wealth Management and Reporting, Morningstar, MoneyGuide Pro, MarketWatch, Amicus email and commissions, and several others.
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  • Ing
    Program Director -Enterprise Portal And Content Management
    Ing Jun 2004 - Dec 2005
    Created the vision and business case to convince five business units within the US to invest in an enterprise project that would implement Websphere Portal and Stellent Content Management Server as enterprise shared services to create customer facing websites and applications. Responsible for all project execution once funded, built a team of 70+ team members across five business units and led project through the first three sets of deliverables on time and within budget. Success with early phases of this project resulted in the transition from Program Management to Head of Strategic Planning and Architecture to begin setting the strategic direction (2006 and beyond) for the rest of the EBusiness department in partnership with the Head of EBusiness until my transition from the East Coast to West Coast office and shift in responsibilities to the Director of Applications that I now currently hold.
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  • Ing
    Software Application Director/Enterprise Information Program Management
    Ing Feb 2003 - Jun 2004
    Assumed responsibility as the Head of Enterprise Information Program Management with the program severely behind schedule and over budget. Reorganized into deliverables and rebuilt project team to execute the project management, quality assurance testing and implementation of the first three enterprise deliverables for the EII platform. Platform included an enterprise ODS, an enterprise Data Warehouse, and the first Data Mart to be built on top of the new enterprise information platform. Managed program financials, responsible for staffing, and established program controls to facilitate cross team communication. Established quality metrics within the team to measure progress and provide factual based information to support work effort estimates for each phase of the project
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  • Ing
    Business Systems Delivery Manager/Department Manager
    Ing Jan 2002 - Feb 2003
    Managed four development teams, a total of 23 people in the day to day production support of over 25 web based applications and utilities, 8 voice response applications, and 4 software applications specifically designed to support a Call Center’s command center. All applications are to support the ING-Worksite Defined Contribution Customer Contact SystemsPartnered with business managers from Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Product Develop team, Field distribution, E-Business and Sales support to evaluate competitive product features on those applications. Set Strategic Vision for both the business capabilities and the technical transformation required to support those new features for both the Internet and VRU applications. This vision included the migration from Websphere to Weblogic and the building of shareable software components to support not only Web and VRU, but also a legacy C++ desktop application.
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  • Ing
    Business Systems Delivery Manager/Program Manager
    Ing Dec 1999 - Dec 2001
    Led to create an environmental scan of all New Business applications and technologies to establish a strategic application suite based on web technologies for use by both internal and external constituents.Responsibilities included managing both the Business and IT through obtaining project funding for the $2.5 million effort and led the company through a series of interrelated projects.To accomplish this project I trained a group of business analysts with the use of Use Case technology as a method for capturing and defining those requirements, managed the vendor selection RFP and evaluation for the On-Demand Kit Project that allows the field and sales force the ability to print enrollment materials on demand via the internet eliminating storage and printing of thousands of enrollment kits per year and was responsible for creating the integration strategy that required leading the programming staff both within ING and at the Vendor.
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  • Ing
    Business Systems Delivery Specialist/Project Manager/Lead Architect
    Ing Jun 1989 - Nov 1999
    Began career as a developer, consistently being placed in new opportunities every 18 to 24 months. This resulted in hands on programming experience in the following technologies : Cobol, CICS, JCL, SAS, C, VAX, UNIX, C++, Visual Basic, VRU technologies, LU62 protocals between mid-teir servers and mainframes, Client Server, 3-Teir applications, N-Teir applications, CORBA, Java, MFC, Rational Unified Process, Object Oriented Design, SQL, UDB, Sybase, Data Warehousing. My career led to application architecture and design after about six years of success on state of the art projects. A natural extension for me was to move into team leadership and management of strategic projects. My combination a technical background, combined with strong vision and understanding of the business was the foundation for my success at implementing several very large strategic projects, each time with state of the art technology.
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