Mark Forester Email & Phone Number

Virtual

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Served as program manager for all internal compensation and equity related projects• Managed full life cycle projects, stakeholder/executive engagement, budget management, resource allocation and integration with PMO, resulting in eliminating 10,000 manual work hours annually, over 99.99% payroll accuracy, and a significant reduction in operational risk• Integrated compensation and equity projects with other HR functions such as payroll, talent acquisition (recruiting), and performance management• Led a program of 4 to 6 projects with teams ranging in size from 5 to 50+ employees/contractors• Created and managed budgets up to $8.5M on an annual basis

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Managed Human Resource related projects for the Fleet Boston, MBNA, US Trust, LaSalle, Countrywide Financial, and Merrill Lynch acquisitions• Worked extensively on acquisitions as part of assessment and implementation teams, resulting in millions of annual cost savings• Managed the integration of acquired companies’ processes and technology into target state across HR functions• Created and managed budgets up to $10M• Managed project teams of up to 15-50+ employees/contractors while managing a program of up to 7 projects simultaneously

Mooresville, North Carolina

Co-founder of management and systems consulting business primarily focused on financial systems implementations• Managed client implementations onto an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application resulting in significant annual cost savings, substantial reduction in errors, and extensive reduction in manual process steps• Grew business to approximately $1M a year in annual revenues• Grew client base to six clients spread over four states. Clients included Fortune 1000 companies and mid-size businesses (annual revenues from $100M to $1B)• Conducted sales and marketing presentations. Worked primarily with Chief Financial Officers, Controllers, Chief Information Officers, and other executive management positions• Negotiated contracts with clients, subcontractors, and vendors

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Basketball team; Athletes Care Team

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, General Business Administration