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Anaheim, Ca, Us

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Oversee incoming requests, assist senior management with continuous portfolio management (status, projections, resource planning, new request monitoring), ongoing budget reviews, cost projections in the future across the portfolio.Facilitate the project forecasting process for assigned teams and provide revised forecasts and variances to management on a monthly basis.Deliver the project portfolio on time and within budget, ensure that business outcomes are achieved and risks are effectively resolved or mitigated.Work with onshore and offshore IT delivery, support and vendor teams to successfully deliver the portfolio of work.Manage the portfolio of projects through the full project management and software development lifecycle, complying with the internal policies and processes for IT project delivery and change management.Ensure consistency and best-practice methodologies for project delivery are followed across all platform teams within the portfolio.Determine appropriate resource, technology, culture changes to effect improvements, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency.Collaborate with other IT, Transformation, and Business leaders to fulfill the IT vision of delivering a world-class integrated information and technology platform for growth to enable UL’s mission.Develop a strategy for enabling a culture of career progression for the development of incoming talent to enable a competitive cost model.Lead and develops an IT roadmap for Revenue Management that is fully aligned with the overall function/business strategy and enterprise needs.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Managed a portfolio of programs with a budget ~$10M to ensure on time, high quality, on budget delivery.Oversaw a global team of program managers, developers, QA testers, business analysts responsible for the development of a number of applications that support the UL’s Field, Consumer Technology, and Global Market Access businesses.Led a cross-functional technology team responsible for end-to-end development, implementation, and support of a portfolio of applications.Provided leadership, guidance, and development across the team, supporting a culture of ownership, accountability, and customer service.Developed and maintained project plans, risk assessments, and performance metrics to support implementation activities, completion of tasks, and scope control for assigned projects.Assisted with business cases, modeling, and applied best practices. Sought new ways to add value. Increased detail knowledge and practice of standard internal processes and procedures.Ensured the project scope remains “in alignment” with stated departmental objectives, clients' business needs, and budgetary measures.Conducted project performance reviews as well as ongoing assessment of strengths/weaknesses. Secured the training necessary to ensure optimum job performance.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Performed M&A pre-deal due diligence and managed post-deal IT integration for a variety acquisitions to ensure a seamless integration into UL's technology offeringServed as Program Owner of fulfillment applications Flex, Labware Web Interface, and Financial Force Professional Services Automation (FF PSA) for UL’s TIC and Advisory Services business.Partnered with executives and cross-functional teams to align product vision with strategies, roadmaps, and featured that increase user adoption by 15% YoY and increased Net Promoter Score by 10 points YoY.Guided and motivated a team of Project Managers to align operations with best practices at all phases of the project management process; aimed to meet project objectives with measurable ROI.Mentored Digital and IT program managers to adhere to the Global Program Management (GPM) methodology to ensure program delivery is consistent and measurable with benefits attained.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Managed post-M&A functions to operate newly-acquired businesses on UL’s ERP platform to leverage of UL’s global scope long-termStreamlined quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay and business workflows using LEAN Six Sigma methodologies to maximize operational and financial efficiency of newly acquired businesses Launched a global quote-to-order process per best practice methodologies that lessens UL’s variability of diverse business methods and promotes a consistent customer buying experienceStrengthened UL’s energy business by fording a support framework for future shared service platform; garnered approximately $5M in cost savings as a resultFueled change management across business transformations targeting all levels of management; seek to promote positive staff behavior and minimize resistanceCreated the M&A ERP Integration Playbook and IT Integration Playbook to foster consistency and repeatability; decreased the time it took UL to fully integrate acquired businesses from two years to 3-6 months on average, a project continued when promoted to a Senior Program Manager roleDevelop and guide a change management team that integrates best practices across business transformation activities; also act as a mentor to these change agents

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Transformed e-commerce site to allow pilot clients to buy online; cut quote turnaround time by as much as 50%Trained and motivated a global staff to adopt an ERP solution to bolster efficiency of employee processes Led the successful conversion of over 10K existing orders in independent systems to a new ERP platform across global legal entities to maintain customer continuity between both Developed new enterprise quoting best practice process flows that sets a common platform for different divisions in UL to promote work sharing and creates a “one UL” experience for customersPartnered with Senior Leadership, IT, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, to successfully lead global training seminars centered on new ERP solution reached a total of 6K employeesLed a global team to deploy a “quote-to-order” ERP solution across five diverse business units, 250 locations, 30 countries and 50 legal entities all within a very aggressive two-year timeframe

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Managed projects for UL clientele while working with senior management to increase business workflow efficiency. Ensured product safety compliance to U.S. and international standards for a variety of large and small companies

Olean, Ny, Us

Mba, Strategy

Bs, Ba, Electrical Engineering, Economics