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Auburn Hills, Mi

Lead projects in the Corporate and Enterprise Risk technology domain

• Manage projects for the Regulatory Enterprise Project Management Office• Conducted an analysis project to identify quick-hit opportunities to optimize business processes and recommend long-term strategies to automate key Federal Reserve Bank reporting• Lead a project to identify solutions that can be delivered to capture beneficial ownership information within a federally mandated deadline for all commercial account opening systems and related business processes• Manage a project to implement a third-party ASP solution to automate employee personal securities trading and gift tracking • Use Clarity to manage project resource allocation, assignments, cost plans and health indicators • Prepare all documentation and present at methodology gate reviews, change control board meetings, and steering committee meetings • Responsible for vendor relationship and liaison for contract negotiation

Manage and coordinate regulatory agency relationships, exam planning and responses to regulatory reports and information requests from the OCC, CFPB, FRB and various GSEs. • Build a Regulatory Affairs Department staffed with junior and senior analysts to respond to over 30 regulatory examinations and GSE audits per year, acting as primary liaison between examination teams and business units bank wide.• Establish a regulatory life cycle framework incorporating standards, processes and best practices to promote a consistent and streamlined approach to responding to regulatory agency requests.• Collaborate with business units to develop action plans to remediate findings and recommendations arising from regulatory examinations, supervisory letters and enforcement actions. Develop a tracking and reporting process for activities to remediate regulatory findings.• Meet weekly with senior managers in Compliance, Risk, Audit, Technology and Legal to report on examination trends, areas of examiner interest, and progress on all regulatory deliverables.• Report monthly to the Compliance and Risk Committees of the Board of Directors on remediation status and key risk indicators. Compile quarterly reporting to the bank’s primary regulator on status of findings and enforcement actions in compliance with a consent order.

Manage a team of FTE and consultant program managers responsible for executing projects that align with strategic corporate initiatives, adhering to Change Management standards and best practices.• Provide leadership and direction to project managers for the newly created Change Management Department for the mortgage line of business.• Established processes and standards to ensure projects adhere to time and budget commitments and meet business needs. Actively manage constraints and ensure any changes are communicated and approved appropriately.• Program Manager for the largest Flagstar corporate project to select and implement Black Knight (formerly LPS) Mortgage Processing Servicing system with program oversight for a $22M budget, six project managers, and an overall team of 180 employees and contract resources to integrate new technology with existing systems.• Oversight for a strategic mortgage process improvement program to address business operations and processes from origination through closing with a focus on core processes to improve efficiency, increase revenue generation and improve quality. Presented weekly progress to executive management, reporting on project status, challenges and KPIs for seven initiatives.

Responsible for leading projects in preparation for the LaSalle Bank to Bank of America systems transition. Led the LaSalle team in an early partnership with Bank of America to create a technology bridge providing LaSalle customers with the ability to use Bank of America ATMs prior to full systems conversion. Accountable for a $500K budget with a team of 30. Delivered project according to aggressive timelines, successfully meeting transition milestones. Managed the vendor-to-vendor transition of consumer prepaid gift card servicing to achieve an early implementation date.

Oversight and accountability for the delivery of projects comprising the residential mortgage line of business including wholesale and retail mortgage origination, imaging, eCommerce and loan servicing. Led a team of 18 consultants and employees at multiple locations with average yearly budget of $22M. Hired/staffed for all project management positions and responsible for program financials. Participated in the prioritization and planning of projects with a blended team of technology managers and business clients. Communicated progress, spend, critical risk and issues to all stakeholders. Successfully executed program delivery in accordance with off shoring and outsourcing initiatives. Championed an initiative to reduce the time to market for new mortgage products by 30%. Shut down the project portfolio driven by the Citibank purchase of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, transitioning functionality to third party vendors, reconciling financials, and releasing resources.

Responsible for managing technology projects from concept through implementation, specializing in vendor software and hardware integrations. Prepared proposals, developed scorecards to evaluate products, conducted proofs of concept and contributed to contract negotiations. Led initiatives to identify technology solutions for a business rules engine and a residential appraisal management system. Prepared steering committee recommendations and technology costs. Managed a $3.5M project to integrate a third-party decision engine with existing wholesale loan origination systems. This strategic initiative positioned business to own rules defining mortgages, moving away from reliance on technology and reducing the cost of originating new products. Successfully managed a project to consolidate two Fidelity loan servicing environments into a single, multi-corporation environment resulting in a 50% reduction in licensing and hardware costs.

Master Of Arts, English

Master’S Certificate, Project Management

Bachelor Of Arts, English