Coo, Senior Vice President, Global Technology
Current- Drove $200M+ in cost savings through development and execution of an integrated technology strategy across all News Corp companies including Dow Jones, HarperCollins, NY Post, News UK, News Australia, Storyful, Foxtel, Realtor.com, and REA. - Established a global portfolio management function and led a team of ~800 resources to drive all key strategic programs including AI, modernization, cybersecurity, help desk optimization, data center migration, video platform development, application rationalization, and cloud migration. Completed 95% of programs on time and on budget.- Achieved $10M in run rate savings through effective management of Global Corporate Enterprise Systems including migration to enterprise platforms designed for scalability including SAP S4 Hana, HighRadius, Workday, Archer, Cornerstone, Jira, Planview, ServiceNow, Proofpoint, Axonious, LeanIX etc. - Drove AI adoption efforts to reduce software development effort by ~25% (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Backstage) as well as enable business growth and efficiency via automated news headline and text to speech generation.- Drove $30M+ in efficiencies through establishing PMO, demand management, software development standards, budget management ($1.2B), architectural review boards, vendor management, Agile adoption, performance management, and employee engagement functions. Best-in-class processes were rolled out to ~5000 global resources.- Served as lead to establish News Corp's first global operations shared services company designed to consolidate, rationalize, and improve Human Resources, Procurement, Finance, Technology, and Real Estate functions across nine business units. This initiative yielded $100M+ in annual run rate savings.