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San Jose, CA, US

Nashville, Tennessee, US

• Led technology and back office diligence for large and small acquisitions on both sides of the table as buyer and seller. Deals included a pro forma annual revenue of $3.4 billion new company formation resulting from a.
• Technology decision maker on the deal for timelines, tactical elements and implementation.
• Defined Chief of Staff role, created framework and methodology for organization of 1K+ R&D staff.
• Successfully integrated $900M healthcare deal to provide business value and meet synergies.
• Built out technology M&A framework to define due diligence playbook including technology acquisition rationale, value drivers, and business objectives.
• Trained and leveraged project management teams to deliver on integration plans in a timely, cost-effective manner.

San Jose, CA, US

• Led due diligence and integration efforts - from introductions to implementation - of M&A deals in the company. Deals ranged from talent acquisitions to on-board key staff, to large, complex, international acquisitions.
• Built sustainable integrations considering both business growth and human capital.
• Created scalable technology business models to define deal metrics, integration framework and plans and Build vs. Buy analysis.
• Improved acquisition execution and time to market through risk mitigation and swat-team issue resolution.

San Jose, CA, US

• Managed the global program office for consumer goods, and part of the 6-member core leadership team who delivered the largest release in PayPal history. This included the implementation of Agile for 240+ staff and the.
• Owned Tier 1 program to address customer issues and build business value, one of largest PayPal initiatives in 2012.
• As chief of staff, defined international business operations for entire consumer engineering team, including M&A, budget, staffing and expenses.
• Led decentralized PMO governance team to build standards, tools and processes for the 120+ engineering project managers.

San Jose, CA, US

• Created new team to build resource planning and project management processes for 160+ staff.
• Led site operations activities for large M&A deal including hardware and software deployment to new data centers, which processed more than $40 billion in total payment volume in 2004.
• Managed finance and cost cutting initiative savings double year over year original commitment.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Project managed IBM ebusiness distribution system, a $7.9 million web-based solution.
• Trained in IBM Project Management methodologies.

US

• Responsible for delivery and management of all US Professional Services projects.
• Management of growing organization of programmers, project managers and designers.
• Implemented key project management processes to ensure successful project completion.

Dublin, OH, US

• Defined competitive positioning, acquisitions, and long-term market strategies.
• Responsible for presenting market findings and strategies to executive management staff.
• Managed market research analysts ranging in experience from six months to 18 years.
• Led team in $2.1 million remotely deployed NT system. Project managed internal systems such as firewalls, routers, PBXs, and voice mail systems.

Ba, English

Mergers And Acquisitions Executive Education

Women’S Executive Leadership Program

Pmp, Project Management

Project Management

Project Management Certification, Project Management

Advanced Project Management Certification, Project Management