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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

New York, New York, Us

Lead strategic alignment and value management, drive innovation, enable business productivity and predictably deliver best fit IT services.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Led IT for five of 11 game development studios.• Hands-on Program Director for the successful construction and fit-out of a green field cloud-based (AWS) game development studio in San Diego, CA.• Directed demand management for studios including support, operations backlog, studio projects, IT projects and enterprise projects.• Core team member for the enterprise initiative to transition studios from a studio centric IT operating model to a centralized service-delivery oriented model.• Program director for the enterprise initiative to create the studio of the future that is cloud based (AWS) and studio agnostic.• Studio director and design member on the enterprise return to office initiative to allow employees to permanently work from the office, their home or both while retaining productivity levels and containing costs.

Burbank, California, Us

Hands on program management while leading governance, methodology and 'ownership driven' program and project management services to align Business and IT strategies, develop architectures and deliver services through agile, traditional and hybrid practices and exceptionally engaged teams. Specializing in transformation, process re-engineering, development, infrastructure, SaaS and M&A integration programs and projects.

Provided consulting services on IT strategies, application architectures, project portfolio governance, project and program management and acquisition due diligence and integration.• For $19B Architecture, Engineering and Construction firm, developed global strategy and framework for 'fit for purpose' project delivery tools and procedures for their construction business.• For SaaS provider, defined strategy and architecture for safety training app that reduced the time and cost associated with training while easing certification compliance.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Led global client-facing team managing architecture, strategy, PMO, development, system and project delivery support and M&A for Architecture, Engineering and Construction CAD for Jacobs’ Aerospace, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Mining & Minerals, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Consumer Products, Power, Automotive, Infrastructure, Water, and Buildings clients.• Directed IT Operations PMO with P&L responsibility for the IT portion of all engineering and construction project contracts globally including bid and proposal, mobilization, customization, support and close-out services• Directing IT R&D PMO program, created competitive advantage with integrated project collaboration, document management and engineering deliverables system• Drove business and digital transformation for Process Industry and Buildings and Infrastructure Industry leveraging On-premise, Cloud, BIM, and Mobility tools to improve efficiencies and margins• Managed several large, global due diligences and integrations for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs delivering efficiencies ranging from 25 to 45% across all IT services.• Instituted Business Relationship Managers providing service delivery demand and performance management for each global region that was fully integrated into business operations• Established “key vendor” strategy to increase influence over development plans, priorities and risk sharing• Negotiated global agreements with Intergraph, Autodesk, and Bentley saving $4M

Dallas, Tx, Us

Led global team responsible for corporate PMO and strategy, development and support for back-office business systems including Finance, HR, Safety, Sales, Quality, Communications and Legal.• Developed enterprise cross functional Business and IT alignment strategy, light-weight governance, prioritization, tracking and reporting processes leveraging an architectural roadmap• Instituted enterprise PMO portfolio management and compliance confirmation processes delivering objective strategically aligned, hard value based IT investment decisions• Created several innovative standards for scheduling, costing and measuring systems delivery results averaging in the mid 90s• Designed development and delivery SDLC utilizing Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid processes to deliver secure, high-performance systems more efficiently with higher quality• Developed project register and project review process that mapped to “gates” in our SDLC to improve project visibility and compliance• Drove Enterprise Architecture to provide roadmap driven portfolio management• Program managed multi-year multi-program global integration initiative across 34 countries around single instance Oracle EBS, completing early most times with exceptional client satisfaction. Included HR, financials, timekeeping, payroll, CRM, legal, project controls and supply chain• Delivered Sarbanes-Oxley compliant applications achieving zero deficiencies• Established off-shore development and support center in India producing 80% savings• Negotiated global agreements with Oracle, Hexaware (India), others saving $10M