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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Durham, Nc , Us

Consultant specializing in Advisory Consulting, focusing on IT strategy, IT operating models, vendor management, M&A, and contract negotiations.

Oakland, Ca, Us

Developed Clorox’s first comprehensive enterprise technology strategy, long-term roadmap, financial plan, and playbook, representing a company-wide, multiyear effort in partnership with the CIO team and senior executives. Solidified innovation and growth objectives for seven enterprise functions.⇨ Develop and execute the overall enterprise technology strategy, portfolio prioritization process, and business integration⇨ Led a team of consultants to conduct an enterprise-wide initiative to reduce global spending; assessed the company’s structure, organizations, functions, vendors, and technology, then presented recommendation to the CEO and board of directors⇨ Introduced new company-wide IT investment portfolio dashboard, giving performance visibility for financial planning

Oakland, Ca, Us

Built an all-new IT sourcing and vendor management organization, a key priority for the CIO’s organizational transformation initiative. Developed organizational structure, mission, strategic plans, and roadmap, along with recruiting 10 new employees.⇨ Defined and implemented new processes for sourcing and vendor management, including RFP, NDA, SOW, and MSA templates⇨ Reduced vendor spending by implementing new processes and internal controls that accelerated ongoing technology cost-saving objectives⇨ Saved millions of dollars by renegotiating and streamlining large outsourcing agreements

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Built, mentored, and developed a cross-functional global team (50+ employees at four sites) to deliver platform features and functions. Established and trained the first full-scale Agile Scrum teams at Lenovo.⇨ Completed multiyear initiative to deliver a new global platform for the consumer and B2B/B2C eCommerce business⇨ Estimated, planned, designed, and implemented the project release plan, including schedule, budget, priorities, and resource allocation

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Managed the M&A practice within the CIO organization. Spearheaded all IT-related due diligence and integration activities for more than eight mergers and acquisitions valued between $2M and $2B. Traveled and worked on programs and deals in 13 countries, including Japan, UK, China, Brazil, Argentina, France, and Germany.⇨ Represented the CIO and Lenovo in all transactional communications, change management, and negotiations for complex, global deals⇨ Created and refined the IT M&A playbook and overall IT strategy on integration (timelines, budget, templates, and solutions), allowing rapid integration in value-add areas with minimal business disruption ⇨ Enabled joint venture with and buy-out of NEC (Japan, 2011 and 2016) and acquisition of Medion AG (Germany, 2011), Motorola (U.S., 2014), and IBM Servers (U.S., 2014)⇨ Partnered with C-level executives across multiple business functions to evaluate, analyze, and make recommendations on deal decision-making

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Grew the global IT vendor management operation from a three-person, U.S.-only team into a 20-person global organization, with accountability for all IT procurement and vendor relations. Completed year-long assignment in Beijing, China, to stand up, train, and run the Asia-based global vendor management team.⇨ Managed top global strategic partners with $100M+ contract value.⇨ Owned the relationship between Lenovo and IBM for five years; planned, integrated, and migrated all IBM legacy PC business systems for hundreds of millions in cost savings⇨ Led strategy, negotiations, and implementation of a multimillion-dollar global multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network replacement project, completed at 70+ offices in 15 countries in 10 months⇨ Secured significant savings by implementing a global HR system; led all strategy, vendor negotiations, and rollout across dozens of countries, which streamlined nearly all HR processes⇨ Reduced spending on China-based consulting vendors by 20%

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As a member of the senior leadership team, defined IT strategy and roadmap for the start-up company’s initial network security offering (ReadyARM). Led a multidisciplinary development team to create, maintain, and continually enhance the product based on market intelligence.