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Columbia, Mo, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

Direct technology and program / portfolio management for a traditional core systems transformation, including management of 35+ direct reports and a multi-million program budget organized into operational costs and project / program costs that make up portfolio of expenses, assets, and resources. Work with leaders to develop and manage annual roadmap of initiatives, including management of project and operational financials.Lead IT department in serving Commercial Lines pillar with focus on newly launched Commercial Lines products. Oversee development / application administration groups as well as, performed systems analysis, project / program management, and portfolio management (including financial management). Support other technology areas and business areas as needed. Manage all facets of application development, financials, and related contracts.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Direct technology and program / portfolio management for newly launched greenfield start-up company, Motorists Insurance (MI), including management of 55 direct reports and $150 million program budget organized into operational costs and project / program costs that make up portfolio of expenses, assets, and resources. Work with leaders to develop and manage annual MI roadmap of initiatives, including management of project and operational financials.Lead IT department in serving Commercial Lines pillar within MIG with focus on newly launched Commercial Lines products sold within MIG. Oversee development / application administration groups as well as, performed systems analysis, quality assurance, organizational change management, project / program management, and portfolio management (including financial management). Support other technology areas and business areas as needed. Manage all facets of technology, financials, and contracts daily.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Provided leadership for 25 full-time and 8 consultant enterprise datawarehouse team, IT financial management analysts and project / program managers. Managed functions that included project / program management framework, standards, tools (Clarity, Rally and MS Project), and process, templates, with $1.5 million hard dollar annual budget. Oversaw annual IT division $35+ million budget, expenses, variance management / reporting, contract management, asset management, and vendor management, as well as IT financial management lifecycle framework, tools (Excel, Eracent, and databases), standards, processes, templates, and reporting. Executed IT Division financial and portfolio reporting. Served as business relationship manager between IT and Business departments. Developed and managed corporate roadmaps. Managed all IT Division contracts. Served as primary vendor manager. Conducted project needs analyses, negotiated new contracts for services / products, and supervised retirement and destruction of legacy assets.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Engaged in business management, project / program management, test management, quality management, and process governance. Managed and motivated teams. Engaged in strategic technology planning and analysis, as well as enterprise test management. Developed policies and procedures and trained team members.

New York, New York, Us

Provided business management, tools / processes management, and portfolio / project management services to all IT and business departments with combined annual budget of $12 million. Managed efforts to in-source failing applications team from Moscow and fully integrated 3rd party developers with employee developers. Assisted in successfully rejuvenating the deteriorating 3rd party vendor shareholder and fund accounting, addressing both Run and Build performance issues; pre and post sales direct client interaction for delivery and new/existing application development opportunities including the creation of a new client portal; re-engineering the back-office capabilities for transformational workflow automation for shareholder and fund accounting.

New York, Ny, Us

Technology Performance & Business Manager (2005-2007)Provided business management, tools / processes management, and portfolio / project management services to 3 Enterprise Systems departments with combined annual budget of $14.8 million. Maintained inventory of all Enterprise Systems related initiatives. Worked with department managers to make decisions to increase / decrease resource levels based upon monthly forecast vs. actual data. Generated monthly risks and opportunities based upon monthly spend vs. budget. Worked with vendor management and senior management to obtain additional resources.Additional JPMorgan Chase RolesTechnology Program Manager, iCTO Organization (January 2005-October 2005)Technology Program Manager, Architecture & Risk Management Organization (August 2004-December 2004)Enterprise Test Manager (March 2004-July 2004) | Project Manager (January 2004-May 2004)Project Manager (October 2003-February 2004) | Enterprise Test Manager (September 2003-March 2004)Project Manager (January 2003 – July 2003) | Enterprise Test Manager (December 2002-August 2003)Technology Project Analyst (December 2001-November 2002)

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Performed duties of programmer, business analyst, technical analyst, and design team member on State of Ohio - SETS (Support Enforcement & Tracking System) Program. Developed code in COBOL, Delphi, Visual Basic, SQL, and QARun. Worked with internal and external customers to create user test requirements, test scenarios, and test scripts. Researched and facilitated resolution of technical issues encountered during testing. Researched and recommended new software; reviewed system requirements documents, technical design documents, and testing incident report documents.