Mark H. Griesbaum Email & Phone Number

Oak Brook, Il, Us

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Greater Chicago Area

The purpose of affinITy4U ( www.affinity4ullc.com ) is the following:1). Assessing and developing the careers of Technology Professionals in the CIO (Chief Information Officer) level and their Direct Reports2). Consulting with companies on IT Strategic projects that are focused on transforming their company or specific areas of their company to achieve excellent operational results.3). Philanthropic and Volunteer on Boards of the following focused areas: Education, and Executive CIO professional associations

Rlf Programs - Midwest

Key Professional representative responsible for connecting existing and potential sponsors and participants with the nationally-renowned RLF program, an exceptional leadership development experience. Under the auspices of the Society for Information Management (SIM), the RLF program is a nine-month journey that equips 21st century leaders with the learning, adaptability and self-discovery to better lead themselves, lead others and lead the organization. More than 4,400 leaders have completed on of RLF's multiple programs nationwide. For more information, please visit: www.rlf-leadership.com

Greater Chicago Area

• Co-chair of the TCS ES realignment in 2011 for organizational simplification resulting in record-setting revenue and surplus the past 3 years; • Oversaw Marketing, Admissions, International Services, Operational Integration, Information Technology, Online Learning course development and learning platform technology, Academic Operations, and Student Services• Transformed Information Technology to enhance the delivery of student services and learning systems;• Created a student services unit that improved retention and applied best practices at the campuses; grew the online student population from 350 to more than 1,200 students across all colleges;• Created an operating culture of collaboration and inclusion that drove successful program management and delivery of enterprise-wide systems and human resource practices• Led system-wide operating reviews and • Developed a process for the successful integration of additional schools into TCS ES.

Greater Chicago Area

• Established all technology integration required in the creation of a new University - Ellis University • Established metrics to measure student recruitment, retention, profiling of students, lead vendor performance and implemented "real-time" eMetrics as central source of reporting• Grew student population from 0 to 1,300 students in less than 1 year• Responsible for the student recruitment operation for Cardean Learning Group• Established standard enrollment processes and practices• Led significant effort to re-engineer overall process improvements across Cardean Learning and Ellis University• Reduced infrastructure costs through careful analysis of capacity necessary and through newly negotiated contracts.• Implemented key controls to stabilize the infrastructure while investing wisely to scale the operation for future growth

• Envisioned and implemented 5 year technology strategy to meet the business growth strategy. This enabled the growth of company revenues from $200 million in 1999 to $2 billion in 2005, which supported the growth to service over 18,000 employees and 100,000 students• Implemented centralized student information system and all customer-facing web applications for over 80 schools located worldwide in 5 countries. Initial implemention was on time and budget within 15 months.• Implemented centralized Financial system in 6 months converting all schools to a new PeopleSoft system.• Implemented centralized HR/Payroll system• Developed best practices across company for such functions as project mgmt and change mgmt, recognition programs, job descriptions, job grades, career paths• Co-chaired the company's 2006 annual Leadership meeting• Developed key technology partnerships with major companies to deliver technology services to CEC (PeopleSoft, Cisco, AT&T, HP, Unisys, Acxiom, Dell, Apple, Campus Mgmt)• Ensured compliance was attained by implementing and investing in the technology and processes necessary to meet Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements • Managed the well-disciplined growth of the department, incorporating over 200 professionals, consultants, partners, into a cohesive team to provide outstanding services to the our schools, students and enployees

• Responsible for 2 major customers (Waste Management and Montgomery Ward) - $40 million annual revenue• Drove the successful migration of information technology to the Acxiom service center from these customer's data centers while transitioning over 100 employees to Acxiom

• Responsible for Asset-based Lending Business systems, and all Corporate based systems including Financial, Treasury, Legal, Corporate Credit. Implemented major Reengineering effort with Finance department related to month end close, budgeting/forecasting, year end close. • Implemented startup operations systems with our Asset - based Lending business which began business in 1993. • Implemented major reengineering initiative and new applications for the Finance Department - reducing the financial close process from 14 days to 2 days per month• Integrated the acquisition of First Capital Corporation into the Heller Infrastructure• Led a major initiative to change the skillsets of the staff within Information Technology to better meet the needs of our customers.

• Responsible for Cash Management Services Systems (Check Processing, Wire Transfer, Trust, Private Banking) and a staff of 100 application development professionals. • Enterprise-wide implementations included: Fully Integrated Trust Services system, Comprehensive Private Banking system, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Financial Consolidation, Purchasing/Inventory, Budget, Cost Accounting, and Profit Planning systems.

Mba, Finance

M.B.A, Finance

Bs, Finance / Mgmt

B.S, Finance/Management