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Leading GE’s digital technology team responsible for supporting HR Shared Services technology used by >1.5M prospective, active & ex-employees of GE. Portfolio features software supporting HCM (Workday), Talent Acquisition & Management, HR portal, chatbot, service management, HR Data, travel & mobility, contingent worker management, and more.

•Direct a team of 7 employees to strategically and operationally maintain and continuously improve critical technologies like Employee and Service-Team facing HR Portal, Virtual Assistant, Service Management, and Knowledge. Enable ~1.3M GE employees (current & former) to access HR Shared Services subject matter expertise at every critical point in an employee’s lifecycle.•Partner with HR counterparts to drive clarity and focus across the channel landscape, ensuring clear goals and expectations and then collaboratively define the path to meeting those goals through the balance of innovation, technology and process. Coach teams through the simplification of the channel landscape driving priority based and cost conscious decision making that brings the most valuable impact across the persona based experience. •Mobilized a volunteer group of 10 GE employees to motivate 300+ GE employees to dedicate their time to personal development. Implemented a collaborative, peer-driven learning approach to accelerate LEAN skill adoption.

•Product owner for GE’s main digital entry point to HR serving ~1.3M users. Led cross-functional team of 20 to redesign GE's HR Portal in support of a major Workday implementation. Redesign project delivered 200 new features to improve persona self-service and decrease load on HR Shared Services call centers. •Researched industry-best HR portal, service management, and content products. Leveraged knowledge to assess potential technology strategy and ecosystem simplification.

•Led a group of 15 to define a strategy for cultural transformation to adopt industry standard product management and Agile delivery mindsets. Delivered enabling tools, performed skills assessments, and educated employees on mindset shifts required. •Facilitated delivery from CIOs, finance, sourcing, HR, and communications to form a new, 300-person organization. •Developed expertise in eCommerce processes and tools. Published a GE-internal whitepaper on "Non-Traditional eCommerce Models" such as marketplaces and B2B connections. Applied developed expertise in GE Renewables use case by facilitating an eCommerce Marketplace software evaluation.

•Manage Power & Water's branch of one of GE's premier leadership development programs. Recruit, hire, manage, and coach ~20 entry-level leadership program members globally through this two year program. Partner with HR, CIOs, and IT leaders to provide development opportunities for program members over the course of multiple short-term rotational assignments focused on IT project management, IT operations, and building technical skills. Also own US & Europe-based summer intern program to build an IT talent pipeline.•Lead recruiting efforts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for GE Information Technology Leadership Program by partnering with faculty and students. Conduct information sessions and interviews to inform and attract top talent.•This role is a 50% effort executed in parallel with other IT team leader roles.

•Lead team of 3 IT Team leaders with19 total IT project management employees and ~75 contracted technical resources in the organization to deliver $2M-$5M annually of Oracle ERP eBusiness programs and execute on $5M annual operational support activity •Establish and execute on platform strategy for complex Oracle ERP environment to meet businesss requirements in functions such as finance, supply chain, and services as well as comply with technical multi-generational requirements from GE governance organizations as well as Oracle Corp.•Actively mentor & guide employees to fulfill business needs while striving to meet individual career goals

•Provide career coaching and mentoring for 10-15 entry-level leadership program members. Train new managers and coordinate with CIOs to ensure leadership program success.•Lead recruiting efforts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for GE Information Technology Leadership Program by partnering with faculty and students. Conduct information sessions and interviews to inform and attract top talent.•This role is a part-time effort executed in parallel with other IT team leader roles.

•Manage team of up to seven IT project management employees to deliver $5MM annually of IT programs for streamlining Wind Parts fulfillment, Field Services Productivity, & configuration tracking processes•Coordinate overall measurement & report-out of IM programs to enable >$15MM in annual productivity & cost savings leveraging Oracle ERP, mobile, and other custom and enterprise IT technology•Actively mentor & guide employees to fulfill business needs while striving to meet individual goals

•Led definition, design, & delivery of 19 Oracle ERP application enhancements spanning seven production releases bringing $12MM in benefits to business. Program manager for major initiative leading a matrixed organization of ~20 cross-functional GE FTEs to execute on a $2M initiative to execute a major version upgrade. •Owned & managed $400K budget for key cost-out initiative, aimed at reducing communications costs; delivered on or under budget for two consecutive years•Built expertise in Oracle ERP project management by leveraging & improving on best practices

Information Management Leadership Program member. Four six-month rotations aimed at:•Planned & implemented data archiving & purging strategy for six power generation shop floor systems across three sites•Developed documentation & process standardization to bring critical nuclear production planning, order entry, & other applications into compliance with Sarbanes Oxely Act 404•Drove execution of critical business process validation/testing for oil & gas services Oracle ERP rollout working with functional & technical team of 40+ expert resources to execute 200+ test scripts•Facilitated implementation of advanced technology architecture changes for Energy Parts customer-facing order entry tool to enable seamless & scalable integration with multiple source systems/ERPs