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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Lead the Company global Security Risk and Crisis Management function, including risk management, major crisis response, physical and event security, travel security and intellectual property protection. Leader of Company Crisis Management Team; executive team member on significant investigations, including those involving US and foreign governments. Company representative to the US government for its Industrial Security Program. • Direct Corporate Air Transport, ensuring safe and efficient non-commercial flight operations for GE business encompassing 2,000+ hours per year. Conduct sensitive business flight ops domestically and internationally without incident, establish operational metrics in confidential/proprietary information environment.• Maintain standards and functional effectiveness as GE transforms into three separate companies.

Fairfield, Ct / Boston, Ma

• Operations Lead for Security, Risk, and Crisis Management across 180 countries, reporting to the Chief Security Officer. Coordinated resources, programs across multiple regions as team increased 300%. Managed 6 direct reports, mentored business and regional resources in a 140-employee security force plus third-party contractors. • Authored and standardized practices for GE’s first comprehensive Crisis Management Program to respond to world events, including protecting employees and assets, and preserving the Company’s assets and reputation. Designed the structure, roles, and recovery protocols. The resulting standard work was utilized successfully during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima nuclear event, Banda Aceh tsunami, and Arab Spring I and II. • Created new Corporate Security leadership structure to drive subject matter excellence and improve partnerships with other internal functions. Effectively shortened time to resolution for sensitive investigations, reduced the risk of workplace violence, and clarified rules around law enforcement engagement.• Absorbed Corporate Air Transport leadership responsibility in 2015; enhanced service and ultimately re-built function from company-owned plane and hangar model to contractor provided fractional/charter service. Reset team job responsibilities, sold capital assets and enhanced client service. Instituted metrics-based performance as the company decreased in size. Final operating costs reduced by more than 75%.

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

• In addition to Security role, assumed facility leadership of GE’s 600,000 sq. ft. global headquarters campus, including a 26-room onsite hotel. Led onsite maintenance, food services, building utilities, cleaning services, capital projects, and ground transportation services for 800+ office residents. Managed 8 direct reports, a team of 80+ indirect personnel.• Recruited Marriott to assist/consult with the redesign of onsite hotel rooms. Adopted key insights and practices from the global hotelier, installed a new room standard, and reduced initial estimated contractor costs by >50%.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led GE’s in-country installation of $20M in energy, healthcare, and lighting products/services to hospitals and clinics across Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda. Collaborated with national health officials and onsite contractors to ensure a quality installation and effective use of donation post-installation: developed care-effectiveness measurements in partnership with government leadership.• Planned and executed the company’s first multi-business response to a large natural disaster following Hurricane Katrina. Coordinated GE business leaders and corporate resources to deploy products and field engineers to restore critical U.S. oil distribution and electrical power infrastructure. For the first time in its history, GE earned recognition by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Quality Leader, GE Corporate Legal: Mentored Company legal staff in process improvement projects using statistical process control; results included $1.44 million increase in first-year licensing revenue, and 50% reduction in Annual Report preparation steps• International Sourcing Leader, GE Capital: Instructed and mentored local sourcing leaders across Western Europe, achieving $25MM first-year cost savings. Identified areas for separate businesses to combine buying power, authored training course for new Sourcing Leaders to build functional capability. • Program Manager, GE Power Systems: Reduced average customer problem resolution time by 75%+, Implemented a marketing plan for engineering services, Created the company’s first cross-business field service center

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering