Amazon Professional ServicesHelping Amazon Web Services Customers transform their business by accelerating the uptake of Amazon platforms.Led 225 application and 7500 workload migration for a large media and communications firm introducing a new delivery model based on Amazon's 'two pizza team' approach. AWS services utilized AWS Managed Services - AMS, CloudFormation, EC2, S3, Lambda - Serverless,Led a AWS Data & Analytics project using Lake Formation, Redshift, Redshift Spectrum, S3 for a media and communications firmLed a AI/ML Data and Analytics project to establish data pools for data scientist using AWS Sagemaker toolset.

Independent IT strategy and consulting company defining, planning and implementing Business and Technology change. Assignments for Financial Services, Transportation & Logistics, High Technology, Defense firms and the Public Sector. Advisors to Technology firms and startups.

Capco – New York – Technology Strategy Lead Financial Services consulting firm providing management, digital & technology consulting and outsourcing services. Key accomplishments:• Created the ‘Buy, Build , Grow’ plan for the Digital & Technology Practice to double revenue to $200m by 2020.• Created Acquisition plans for the Digital & Technology Practice.• Led the creation of Digital offerings - Digital Strategy, User Experience, Digital Transformation, Data Science and Machine Learning.• Leveraged Innovation lab to showcase emerging technologies - Digital, Cognitive, Cloud, Blockchain solutions to prospective clients.• Delivered Agile assessment at a S&P 500 firm.

The largest Hedge Fund in the world. Responsible for transforming legacy technology for Corporate Services - Legal, Regulatory, Finance, HR and Facilities departments into secure cloud based solutions. Key accomplishments:• Created the Technology Strategy and Implementation Roadmap for the 2016 departmental plans to reduce costs by 20%.• Defined the secure Future State Cloud Architecture for Corporate Applications leveraging the Appian BPM and Workday platforms reducing cycle times by 33%.• Created Business Process and Technology Outsourcing plans for the Corporate Services departments reducing costs by 25%.• Led the Workday Integration for the Corporate Service departments streamlining business processes and reducing cycle times by 20%.• Implemented the Contract Terms DB platform from EXARI reducing Legal and Regulatory risks saving $1m a year in legal costs.• Implemented management metric dashboards using the Qlikview and Tableau tools reducing costs by 10%.• Defined the roadmap for the ‘Internet of Things’ for the engineering and maintenance functions reducing costs by 5%.

Responsible for building and leading the Financial Services Systems Integration practice. Key accomplishments:Practice Management:• Grew practice revenue by 60%; exceeded utilization targets and increased Headcount by 125%.• Streamlining the HR model for the 300 strong FS Technology Consulting practice – Recruitment, Talent and Demand Management.• Developed and rolled out the Technical Training Curriculum for the practice to a tight timeline of 9 months.Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management:• Sold and delivered the IT Strategy Project for a large clearing, settlement and client reporting service provider. Project budget of $1.5m.• Program Lead for the re-platforming of a client facing reporting platform at a large Hedge Fund saving $1m a year.• Implemented Managed Delivery process for the technology function at a large Hedge Fund reducing delays by 30%.

Capital Markets Lead - IT Strategy and Transformation• Created IT and Business Process Transformation strategy leveraging Centre’s of Excellence. Savings of $140m identified.• Implemented a Technical Architecture Co-sourcing model for an SOA transformation increasing capacity and capability by 50%.• Implemented a Collateral Management solution for an Investment Bank using an Agile Methodology reducing delivery time by 35%.• Development of the Client On-boarding Strategy and Roadmap for a global capital markets company reducing platforms from 8 to 2.• Led the Strategy and Implementation teams of a Reference Data solution for a global markets company. Project budget $2m.• Created the IT Architecture training program for a leading Investment Bank that trained 150 architects across the globe.Cross Industry Projects• Developed and closed $80M IT Application Outsourcing deal for large S&P 500 Transportation and Logistics firm.• Implemented iPhone package tracking application for a large logistics supplier. An Industry first with 1M hits year 1.• Sold and delivered $15M industry leading outcome driven Enterprise Architecture solution for large Public Sector client.• Defined the Enterprise Architecture business model for the services arm of the world’s largest software company. Created 5 new service offerings.• Defined the Strategy, Architecture and IT Governance Model for a national retailer with projected savings of $25m per year.• Led the Information and Meta-Data Architecture, Data Governance project for an electronics retailer reducing platforms from 3 to1.• Implemented the IT Governance and Capital Spending control processes for an S&P500 firm reducing ‘in flight’ projects by 33%.• Created the Technical architecture for the Web presence of the largest ‘on-line’ vehicle supplier. An industry first - 100,000 hits Year 1.

Responsibility: Global Sales Lead for Enterprise Architecture. Key accomplishments:Practice Management• Built a Global Sales and Marketing capability for the Enterprise Architecture practice. Achieved Industry analyst ‘first in class’ in 2005.• Produced Sales and Revenue Plans for the Enterprise Architecture practice. Targets exceeded by 100% in Year 1 and 400% in Year 2.