As a WGroup Principal, I provide C-suite IT executive advisory consulting services to Fortune 1000 organizations striving to reduce operational expense while driving transformational service improvements. We are an independent technology management consulting firm, and since 2004, we have been helping IT leaders align IT with business outcomes, accelerate digital transformation, and enhance technology capabilities to increase revenue and reduce cost. The unique part of our business model is that our consultants are exclusively former CIOs and IT executives. Our services include:1) IT Strategic Planning: Transformation Management, IT strategy, cloud strategy, sourcing strategy2) IT Cost Optimization: service benchmarking, M&A integrations and splits, applications and infrastructure rationalization3) Service Delivery Transformation: Sourcing advisory (ITO strategy, RFP lifecycles, renegotiations and re-competes of contracts, TSA elimination governance, transition), vendor management, IT service management, IT governance and demand management, organizational design, cloud strategy4) Operational Improvements: organization design, BRM, vendor management, governance, demand management We work in small teams, as an extension of yours, with a non-prescriptive and practical approach to your unique challenges. For more information on WGroup, please visit http://thinkwgroup.com.

FUTURE-FOCUSED ENTERPRISE IT CAPABILITIES COST SAVINGS & OPERATIONAL ROI► Centralize, automate, and digitize business functions, enabling cost savings, platform standardization, and service delivery.► Spearhead digital transformation and business improvements, including first enterprise IT team, Enterprise Technology Services, hybrid cloud infrastructure, consolidated IT functions, new data centers, service management, collaboration, and service delivery; built outsourcing, security, and consolidation strategy, plus stakeholder consensus.► Established divisional CIO and services leaders; direct140+ member team and CIOs supporting 290+ locations.► Appointed to top executive team as first CIO engaged in strategic planning.► Build IT governance processes, Security Working Group, and IT Steering Committee.● BI Strategy: Facilitated revenue growth with RiskMatch data and analytics solution – supplying competitive advantage to Sales.● New ITSM Strategy: Enabled evolution into shared services, governance, and risk management with enterprise IT Service Management and Service Now.● Enterprise Security: Met NY Department of Financial Services guidelines with SecureWorks, incident management, compliance strategy, and Security Working Group representing all business areas.● Platform & Purchasing Initiatives: Realized cost savings with purchasing portal; implemented enterprise networking, desktop, and ticketing solutions.● Outsourcing Solution: Boosted average speed-to-answer 24% and issue resolution 92%+ from outsourced enterprise service desk.● Enterprise Vendor Relations: Mitigated risk with first Vendor Management program; saved licensing costs using Microsoft EA.

OPTIMAL TECHNOLOGY SPEND, IT STRATEGY, & EFFICIENCY MODERNIZATION & COMPETITIVE BUSINESS ADVANTAGES► Drove technology strategy to reach revenue, growth, and compliance objectives as executive team member and first CIO.► Produced quality service, customer responsiveness, new business capabilities, and top IT talent; staffed, reengineered, and matured 37-member IT organization.► Strengthened systems reliability and IT capabilities, supporting trading organization and brokerage operations.► Served on Executive Advisory Board and Risk Working Group(chaired by CEO);built and chaired IT Executive Steering Committee.► Won approval for business cases demonstrating cost avoidance, systems uptime and modernization.► Managed development team building trading platform, eCustody, BI, data warehouse, process automation, and workflow systems.● IT & Governance Leadership: Created first 3-year strategic IT plan, ensuring infrastructure standardization for growth, plus robust budget, IT operating model, governance, and resource strategy. Built centralized IT purchasing and IT Steering / Risk Committees.● Security Strategy: Established Information Security Standards and practice – ensuring regulatory compliance, safeguarding assets, and protecting data with new policies, procedures, and InfoSec tools.● Vendor Management & Savings: Secured savings by negotiating Microsoft EA and vendor discounts; established vendor scorecards and brought all software licenses into compliance.● Client Onboarding Efficiency: Expedited new-client processes and automated money movement with Business Process Automation.● New Trading Floor: Grew Wall Street presence with 125-seat trading floor in NY.● Growth-Centric Changes: Brought systems availability to 99% with state-of-the-art data center andinfrastructures.● Regulatory Compliance: Supported growth and met regulatory requirements with SalesLogix, Autonomy, and Actimize governance and compliance tools.

TRANSFORMED UNDERPERFORMING GROUP TO TOP 100 ORGANIZATION WON COMPUTERWORLD LAUREATE FINALIST HONOR► Administered $246M project portfolio and 90 - Member Distributed Computing Team; Managed $45M DC Budget► Leveraged innovative Microsoft and Cisco technologies – creating efficiencies culminating in SouthTrust acquisition by Wachovia.► Led operations strategies for LOB customer support, BPO, and offshoring.► Strengthened service quality, timeliness, and talent in delivering network services nationwide. ► Managed offshore teams (India and Philippines).► Reengineered 300 - member Network Services for stronger reliability.● Global Expansion: Globalized Network Services to support growth (6 continents, 42 countries: Europe, LATAM, APAC).● Business, Cost, & Efficiency Gains: Led first Network Services quality management implementation; cut MTTR ~76% in 6 months. Boosted SLA performance to 97%, cut PC hardware TCO 37% (exceeding Gartner benchmarks).● Strategic Services Leadership: Positioned IT as supplier of choice with optimum quality, cost, and delivery. Led executive team in vision / strategy; launched customer-centric CMMI, Six Sigma, and high-performance teams.● Cost Savings: Delivered millions in savings in collaboration with LOB customers, plus additional savings via global cost initiatives and largest Cisco telephony region implementation to date.

IS BU Leader, Corporate Headquarters & Acquisitions; Manager, Communications & Operations; Lead Telecom Engineer► Managed delivery of all Information Services to corporate HQ, plus application and web development for corporate and acquisitions.► Built and implemented acquisition integration strategy.► Led telecom operation, maintenance, and migration for corporate datacenter, including global communications infrastructure.► Implemented 200-seat call center; supported e-commerce, web hosting, and salesforce automation initiatives.Additional Experience:Metretek, Inc.: Software EngineerWestinghouse: Senior Engineer / Program Development Center Manager Boeing Aerospace Operations: Artificial Intelligence Specialist