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Lake Forest, IL

• Horizon Pharma plc is a bio-pharmaceutical company focused on improving patients' lives by identifying, developing, acquiring and commercializing differentiated and accessible medicines that address unmet medical.
• Commanded a multi-million dollar company-wide strategic initiative to identify current capabilities, assess the maturity of those capabilities and align them with the executive teams’ targeted growth blueprint. This.
• Directed multiple facets of Horizon Pharma’s merger and acquisition of Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc., including operational integration, initial integration of information technology platforms and renegotiation of.
• Drove platform assessment of executive compensation and employee stock purchase program capabilities and vendor negotiation on systems to meet rapid growth in personnel and targeted multinational participation. Large.

Riverwoods, IL

• Reported to Chief of Staff, Banking & Lending; supervised staff ranging from 6 to 10. Led the Program Management Office for Discover’s banking portfolio; business areas included Personal Loans, Student Loans, Home.
• Led portfolio prioritization for projects, including critical compliance-required projects of over 1M annual hours of technology development and multiple outsourcing partners.
• Key projects delivered included launches of online checking and home equity as well as tax reporting for new core banking platform replacement.Banking & Lending Cross Functional Program Management | New Bank Platform.

Mettawa, IL

• Trusted adviser to senior management of both the region and lines of business. Managed complex consulting engagements, providing thought leadership to support well-reasoned decisions in strategic, organizational.
• Defined and managed the compliance remediation of a bank regulatory finding regarding vendor risk management, avoiding a $350M federal fine.
• Conducted a strategic evaluation of US Mortgage Corporation operations, business process efficiency and competitive positioning; identified business process improvements and potential for external partnerships, saving.
• Using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies, identified initiatives to improve and consolidate disperse bank correspondence systems and standards, achieving over $30M in annual savings.

Greater Chicago Are

• Provided project management, strategic analysis, and financial planning for businesses to address critical needs and new technology development.Executive Program Manager & Consultant Selected accomplishments include:
• Achieved $1M annual savings delivering Allstate’s Marketing Support Systems feasibility analysis, including detailed user requirements, IT architecture/software modifications, and project plan. Integrated Customer.
• Provided subject matter expertise in the establishment of Allstate Marketing Division’s ($115M budget) unified IT Program Management Office (PMO), including the creation of detailed program management standards.
• Conducted Allstate Motor Club strategic review that delivered an action plan, including a competitive benchmarking, IT architecture/outsourcing gap analysis, and high-level framework for user interface.

Associate Partner – North America 1998 – 2002Directed client development and delivered engagement services in the $450M Communications and High Technology Market Unit. Defined specialized market offering, which developed next generation architectures and integrated business/operational support applications for communication providers. Developed key.

Ms, Industrial Engineering (Operations Research)

Bs, General Engineering

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