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Troy, Michigan, United States

Remote

Lead, advocate for, and to coach a team of approximately 25 remote Delivery Services consultants. Responsible for elements of hiring and onboarding, staffing and capacity planning, ongoing performance and development of team members, and ensuring their success and continued growth at Guidewire.• Responsible for line management of a cross-section of functional and technical consultants, business architects, project/program managers, and account managers (we call them delivery managers).• Onboard new consultants, conduct quarterly (performance) check-ins, request/deliver feedback, and create/track individual development plans• Provide necessary coaching, ensure team members are receiving project mentoring, training and enablement• Engage in capacity/resource planning in coordination with staffing resource manager• Own the recruiting process for hiring assigned roles and participate in candidate interviews and hiring decisions• Manage performance issues and any arising internal conflict to resolution

Okemos, Mi

Led the budget, procurement and human resources processes for a 200 member IT department, providing leadership and talent development, process improvement, and direction

Lansing, Michigan Area

Directed IT strategy and operations, developing organizational structure, strategic plans, leadership and talent development, operational policies and procedures, disaster recovery planning, financial management and vendor and contract management. Facilitated all corporate strategic and tactical planning activities.• Transformed the IT department into a trusted business partner by directing the implementation of Agile practices, increasing productivity, and improving delivery times which substantially increased customer satisfaction.• Spearheaded the internal development of an intuitive policy administration system on an Enterprise Java platform, leading to an increase of new policy submissions of over 20% in the first year. • Established and strengthened internal IT governance, bringing rigor and discipline, enabling IT to deliver business value and meet corporate objectives.• Created an environment of trust and accountability by setting a tone of collaboration, encouraging autonomy and independence, while establishing performance expectations.

Provided project management and consulting services to Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company to implement a Policy Administration System for Commercial Lines division. Provided leadership and facilitated collaboration between groups. Fostered effective working relationships with vendors and negotiated purchase agreements. Established an IT Governance process, engaging all levels of the organization in IT project selection and prioritization.

Managed several application development projects simultaneously. Maintained and tracked project budget of $10 million. Instituted the Project Delivery Process methodology in IT and other business units in order to promote consistent use of project management processes and procedures.