Rick Savarese Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

United States

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

The ECFMG promotes quality health care by certifying international medical graduates (applicants) for entry into U.S. graduate medical education, and applying for state licensure to practice medicine in U.S. Joined as IT Director, fast-tracked to VP/CIO and a member of the Senior Leadership Team accountable for strategic planning over a multi-location (6) IT Department (IT infrastructure, network, security, DBA, IT Service Management, Application Solution Delivery, DevOps); created shared vision to bake innovation into an old-line IT culture, and mentored others to lead the charge. Led all aspects of the 70-person IT Department in support of evaluation and certification of physicians and health care professionals; serving more than 1,000 employees. Managed $15M annual budget. Liaison to ECFMG Board IT Subcommittee.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Director (2011 – 2012) - BDO LLP, - Philadelphia, PA Practice leader for firm’s IT Advisory practice; provided clients value through critical leadership, direction, and vision over IT Security, Business Continuity Management, IT Architecture and CIO Advisory Services, PMO Advisory.Director (2010 – 2011) - LECG/SMART AND ASSOCIATES – Devon, PA IT Advisory Consulting Practice leader; provided leadership, direction, and vision for the firm’s IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Security services.Advisory Practice acquired by BDO LLP.Principal (2008 – 2010) - The GTM Group, GTM Risk Management, LLC – Radnor, PA Led all aspects of advisory, governance, and consulting engagements; led teams that delivered short and long-term service and growth; provided direction and vision for practice to push their level of success.Advisory client business assimilated into LECG/Smart and Associates

Devon, Pa

LECG (Formerly Smart Business Advisory & Consulting) IT Advisory Practice acquired by BDO

Greater Philadelphia Area

IT Advisory clients assimilated into LECG / Smart

Greater Philadelphia Area

Advisory and Consulting concentration included: , Program Management Office (PMO) implementation, IT Strategy, IT Security, IT Governance - ITIL and COBIT frameworks, Sarbanes – Oxley planning and attestation, business strategy, lean process improvement, package selection / system planning, application architecture, systems integration, supply chain optimization, ERP implementation and controls optimization, e-commerce strategy, technology architecture, and application development. Client experiences included: private equity start-ups to Fortune 500. Led up to five (5) teams. Promoted to Senior Manager in 2000 and Director in 2006.

ERP services, SAP implemtation, integration, and project management.

Ba / Bs, Accounting / Management Information Systems (Mis)

Activities and Societies: Alpha Iota Delta

Mis

Certificate, Technology Leadership

Core Class 2016