Roger M. Buss Cpa Mba Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, NV, US

Troy, MI, US

Serving as Client Partner, providing support and oversight of client implementations and upgrades.

Dallas, TX, US

Served as Program Manager for a large Florida-based personal lines insurance company, overseeing a major core system implementation.

Walnut Creek, CA, US

• Senior IT executive responsible for implementation and management of systems in support of business objectives for $130M insurance company focused on personal lines in the states of California, Arizona and Utah.
• Reorganized IT function to encompass IT needs across the enterprise, not simply those relating to the core processing system. This included hiring of new staff and adding business-critical support for Finance and.
• Stabilized entire IT team through strong leadership.
• Orchestrated development of new agency quick quote capability for homeowners.
• Completed implementation of new agent onboarding and producer maintenance system to replace existing solution.
• Conducted review of existing IT contracts and achieved cost savings by eliminating redundant, overlapping and unneeded services and vendors.

Dallas, TX, US

Served as Program Manager for a large insurance software vendor based on the east coast (client of ITS), orchestrating systems implementations for major insurance clients. Completed several large implementations and upgrades successfully.

• Senior IT executive responsible for implementation and management of systems in support of business objectives for $40M commercial lines insurance company focused on the small business market in the state of California.
• Improved stability and resilience of entire back-office processing platform, by upgrading/ replacing servers at end of service life, resolving deferred maintenance issues, and re-hosting 30-year-old in-house built.
• Reduced recurring IT costs 23% over 12 months by proactively renegotiating vendor services.
• Provided protection against cyber threats by implementing cyber security program with employee awareness training and IT security policies.

Plano, TX, US

• Partner in national professional services firm providing IT turnaround and interim leadership services to clients, including business strategy-IT alignment, cyber-security and cloud assessments, IT governance and.
• Started up Los Angeles practice for Fortium. Developed referral sources to trigger lead flow, including CPA firms, law firms, bankers, insurance brokers and private equity firms.
• Created ISO 27001-based cyber security program for large paper manufacturer to provide protectionagainst cyber threats, employee awareness training, and IT security policies.

Westlake Village, CA, US

• Senior IT executive responsible for implementation and management of systems in support of business objectives for $75M workers compensation insurance company focused on the state of California. Responsible for.
• Reduced IT costs from $11M to $7.5M while holding SLA'S by proactively reviewing vendor contracts and renegotiating vendor services.
• Streamlined insurer's workers comp payroll reporting process and reduced costs significantly, by implementing electronic payroll reporting portal.
• Eliminated 50% of Claims call volume, facilitating staff re-deployments, by implementing claimant portal with check status information.

Honolulu, Hawaii, US

• Senior IT executive responsible for implementation and management of systems in support of business objectives for multi-line property casualty insurance company focused on the state of Hawaii. Managed IT staff of 50.
• Halted erosion of personal auto market share and increased new business by rapidly implementing new policy processing platform with web portal within aggressive 12-month timeframe.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Partner in national professional services firm providing IT leadership services to clients, including IT governance and controls, business strategy-IT alignment, PMO and project management best practices, and interim.
• Implemented strategic ERP platform to support future company growth by gathering requirements and performing software selection, followed by implementation oversight.
• Achieved single-day financial consolidation for large oil field equipment supplier, by implementing financial consolidation platform for 100 reporting locations globally.
• Performed IT assessment and created IT strategic plan for large physician practice group facing significant challenges scaling their operations and achieving their business objectives.
• Assisted client to achieve first-year Sarbanes-Oxley 404 IT readiness through implementation of IT control requirements and compliance techniques.

Chicago, IL, US

• Senior IT executive responsible for implementation and management of systems in support of business objectives for $650M multi-state, multi-line property casualty insurance company. Managed development staff of 130 in.
• Increased new business submissions 5x and improved personal lines combined ratio 20 points by implementing and rolling out a web-based agency portal to 10,000 agents across 30 states.
• Achieved single processing platform for combined business by migrating and integrating acquired $100M portfolio onto company systems.
• Realized $10M savings in loss costs and LAE in first year by implementing Claims cost containment and litigation management platform.

Peoria, IL, US

• Managed IT staff of 25 and annual budget of $4M. Responsible for both application development and infrastructure operations for entire company.
• Successfully eliminated expensive and risky legacy processing platform by executing strategic migration to new WINS core system for 10 underwriting offices.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• Managed staff of 40 analysts and programmers grouped into five development teams. Responsible for all budgeting, career pathing, training, recruiting and staff development for applications development function.
• To meet current financial business needs, replaced seven aging home office mainframe applications with combination of J.D. Edwards financial suite and new custom-developed systems.
• To position company for growth and cost-efficiency, concluded major multi-year project to replace old Abbey “store” system with new branch office system, supporting order entry, inventory management, billing, and.

Deerfield, Illinois, US

Manager of Manufacturing Systems for corporate information technology group of leading global health care equipment and supply manufacturing and distribution company. I was responsible for maintenance of existing systems and development of new systems in support of business objectives.

Manager of Systems for Abbey Home Healthcare unit within American Hospital Supply Corporation, a leading global health care equipment and supply manufacturing and distribution company. The Abbey Home Healthcare unit provides durable medical equipment and supplies, and respiratory therapy equipment for the home. I was responsible for maintenance of existing.

Senior IT auditor to corporate internal audit function for leading global health care equipment and supply manufacturing and distribution company.

London, GB

Senior Consultant in Management Consulting Services practice of Ernst & Young, based in the Chicago, Illinois, regional office. Performed variety of consulting and IT audit engagements for clients in the banking, savings & loan, manufacturing, and state government verticals.

Mba, Information Systems And Marketing

Bsba, Accounting And Information Systems