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Plano, Texas, United States

• Enterprise Transformation- Enterprise IT Stability, Resiliency and Self-Healing- IT Process Re-engineeringApplications Problem Management:Investigate enterprize IT issues to:- Proactive and reactive problem management.
• Lead the creation and build out of Informatica's data mastering and data quality enterprise solutions that resulted in Freddie Mac winning Informatica World's 2017 global innovation award

Mclean, VA

• Complete program leadership for a complex SharePoint 2013 platform based portal redesign effort totaling over $7 million and used daily by 250,000 team members
• Manage multiple vendors including Microsoft, PwC and TCS. Full program management responsibility including B2B contracts, P&L, SDLC delivery, customer relationships and quality management
• Served as primary for technical, budget, personnel, and special-project related issues
• Delivered all functionality on-time and on-budget on January 5, 2015 to the accolades of all senior corporate executives
• Won the Hilton Spirit Award for the Lobby program
• The platform is being evaluated for a global Nielsen award for top SharePoint site in 2015https://fd.hilton.com/idp/startSSO.ping?PartnerSpId=LobbyLite&TargetResource=%2f

Herndon, VA

Managed the development of technology solutions that support new products and services for the Dealer After Sales Group.

Reston, VA

• Solutions and Technology ImprovementsQuovidion is a full service IT technical services and solutions company based in the UK serving Global 1000 Corporations.
• Provided project advisory services.
• Wrote proposals and negotiated contracts with fortune 1000 companies for outsourcing application software development, system integration and business process improvement.

Ashburn, VA

• Technology Leadership and Innovation AchievementsPerceptive is a software product provider that serves over 300 Global 2000 corporations and government agencies with fast, “intelligent”, ETL of unstructured documents.
• Ran the global professional services division of 20 staff and 5 partner vendors that deployed $40 M of annual product sales. Improved profit margins from 13% to 40% in 8 months. Increased deployment capacity by 200%..
• Established Quality Assurance, IT Development, Professional Services, Training/Support, Documentation departments that improved internal processes and enhanced productivity.
• Spearheaded management of the primary product stack redesign effort which resulted in new Cloud based products and helped increase revenues by 50%.
• Instituted previously non-existent project management guidelines within organization to improve ability to meet time lines, budgets and business objectives which resulted in a 300% increase in profitability and 80%.
• Created an international network of integration vendors that expanded our market penetration by 30%.

Leesburg, VA

• Technology Consulting and Business ManagementDeveloped and deployed technical solutions for clients to meet their business objectives. Assessed client ‘as is’ states through requirements definition. Developed strategic.
• Fulfillment House, LLC Herndon, Virginia. January 2008 to March 2008. Developed technology for a company providing direct mail marketing systems to nationwide clientele. Provided version control management, functional.
• APEX Herndon, Virginia. October 2007 to December 2007. As interim GIS Program Manager, directed software engineering and operational support of 6 domestic vendors and 3 offshore engineering teams totaling 600 staff..

Dulles, VA

• Web 2.0 Products and Services Creation and DeploymentRecruited in as a change agent to transform AOL’s Digital Services program management office into an effective forward-looking product and delivery organization..
• Provided leadership over the Program Management Office staff functions: Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Metrics and Reporting, Financial Management, Governance, SDLC/Toll Gate Process and SOX.
• Lead the delivery of large-scale consumer facing software products. Managed projects through the entire Software Development Life Cycle. Accountable for meeting delivery, operational and financial performance SLAs..
• Successfully managed the launch of multiple eCommerce projects and features that generated $600 million revenues. The Division encompassed five market segments: Mobile, VOIP, Digital Music, Safety and Security, Web.
• Defined project scope of work, financial plan, its goals and deliverables.
• Tracked project deliveries using project management tools.

* Maximized efficiencies through development, delivery, and maintenance of custom $500M ERP system for National Car Rental and Alamo; three tier system which managed all aspects of the business* Successfully reduced customer’s total cost of IT ownership spending in half, and eliminated all single points of failure across the enterprise* Optimized.

Reported to the COO. Identified, evaluated, and coordinated new business opportunities. Provided strategic and tactical business and account planning, oversight, control, and execution. Responsible for developing value propositions, reviewing presentations and proposals for client communication, and structuring operational support for client engagements.

• Managed a section of the product development and implementation aspects of the loan originations and servicing group that created over $3 billion in loan origination volume and disbursements yearly.
• Provided Divisional oversight for prioritizing, budgeting and monitoring technology product enhancements at the largest student loan organization in the U.S., representing over 500 man-years of systems development.
• Re-engineered the leading student loan origination system to increase customer service levels by reducing borrower funds disbursement timeframes for new loans by 50% from 1992 to 1995.
• Transformed the poorest performing development units through fast track development protocols into top performers and reduced average software deployment durations from 1 year to 3 months.
• Developed bank education lending programs for Chase Bank and Bank of New York.

Founded a technology products and services company. Increased annual revenues from $100K in 1986 to over $3M by 1988. Developed business plans, sales forecasts, client base, and administered client accounts.

Managed the product development of the Expanded Telco Billing system which was an accounts payable application that was used to process over $5 billion of annual disbursements to Telco's.

Provided sales support, strategic sales planning and lobbying services for DoD programs, Clients included General Motor's Military Vehicles Operation, Jet Propulsion Labs, Perceptronics gunnery targeting systems and the Ingersol Rand Corporation.