Vp Infrastructure & Architecture
Managed a team as large as 135 IT professionals (system, network, database, desktop, helpdesk, data center operations) and established an Enterprise Architecture practice. Strong vendor management and negotiation skills, and a high communicator leveraging mediums from enterprise reporting to daily blogs. Bringing solid financial, project management, disaster recovery and infrastructure leadership skills.• Successfully led, negotiated, and executed 4 offshore outsourced agreements saving $8.3M annually and providing wider support coverage and improved performance metrics. Implemented an ongoing “shift left” discipline allowing staff to focus on strategic value (design, architecture, strategy, complex projects) with greater offshore leverage. • Negotiated a $7.4M telecom vendor reduction on a $12M project, allowing the savings to fund other projects ahead of their planned starts. Created $400K vendor cost reduction plan for 2018 execution.• Major contributor and teacher for firm-wide cultural development program that significantly raised employee engagement through the Financial Crisis beginning 2008. • Created Enterprise Architecture organization that, (1) Integrated EA disciplines and SOA into all development projects through standards and service components, (2) EA community structure developed to maturity that connects EA throughout Technology department, (3) Introduced data virtualization structures, allowing real-time website updates to customers and increasing fund sales by nearly 20%.• Continuous organization evaluations often providing open headcount to peers as my groups optimize performance, nurturing successors to advanced positions (34% staff reduction over 4 years).• Established annual strategic planning with a 3 year outlook for infrastructure innovations, based on multiple sources from CEB and Gartner to key vendor partners.• Created annual discipline to maximize budget spend through various methods and leverage.
