• Lead contract negotiations on all Business Applications technology supplier contracts (MSA, Saas Agreements, SOWs, Amendments, Order Forms, NDAs) with focus on commercial terms, value extraction, and risk reduction in general terms and conditions.• Responsible for stakeholder engagement, supplier management, and value creation. • Draft, review, negotiate and execute technology contracts.• Manage ~60 Technology renewals• Negotiate contracts in preparation of confidential Mergers and Acquisitions as technology stakeholder for Procurement.• Provide mentorship and subject matter expertise to other Contract Managers.

• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals and reduced Technology Category spend by 10% in 2021 totaling ~$4M.• Developed and executed IT category strategy resulting in year over year budget reductions.• Led all corporate Technology/IT RFx's. Notable examples include Digital Experience Platform and Customer Data Platform for Digital Marketing, Merchant Services Credit Card Processing for Finance, Workday AMS and Physical File Conversion for HR, Transportation Management System for Travel and Logistics.• Managed ~90 IT and Technology renewals including Microsoft EA, Oracle EBS and Cloud, SAP, Amazon Web Services, Workday, Master Control, Autodesk, PTC, VMware, Cisco Smartnet, Data Center services, Adobe ETLA, LinkedIn, Tableau, BMC Remedy, Magento, IBM Merge.• Led contract negotiations on all Corporate Technology supplier contracts (MSA, Saas Agreements SOW, Amendment, Order Forms, NDA) with focus on commercial terms, value extraction, and risk reduction in general terms and conditions.• Negotiated contracts in preparation of confidential Mergers and Acquisitions as sole Technology stakeholder for Procurement.• Leveraged spend across global operating companies, creating and executing strategic cost savings projects and driving out cost within Technology Category with specific focus on ERP, Software, SaaS, Digital Marketing, Hardware, Infrastructure, and related Professional Services.• Evangelized the Procure-To-Pay process and served as the Indirect Procurement order gatekeeper ensuring compliance with Procurement policies and consolidation of preferred suppliers.• Initiated, coordinated, and led budget review/savings workshops with senior leadership and budget owners resulting in savings funnel/project generation.• Led supplier audit efforts as sole point of contact in collaboration with internal owners and stakeholders• Ensured alignment to all FDA regulated standards and Quality Policy.

(Promoted into role through global organizational restructure, ended when structure was reverted)• Lead, mentor, manage the North American Indirect Procurement team.• Conducted savings project pipeline review with direct reports• Served as escalation point for customer service issues, provided clear and actionable solutions with timelines resulting in de-escalation.• Provide creative solutions and guidance to direct reports with respect to stakeholder management, bandwidth concerns, alignment to management requirements and corporate vision.

• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals for 2017 with a 16% increase over the prior year.• Lead on over 20 Request For Proposals (RFP), for all business units, resulting in either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Notable examples include a $600,000,000 strategic initiative directed by the Chairwoman, Credit Re-engineering at the direction of Executive Leadership, COBRA Administration Services for HR, SEO and Consumer Experience Services for Retail Banking, Online Mortgage Application solution for Retail Banking, Windows OS deployment for IT, Desktop hardware refresh for IT, Fraud Detection Solution for BSA/Compliance, Attorney Consolidation and Legal Services for Legal Department.• Delegated department lead in support of corporate divestitures. Utilized project management and team collaboration skills to solicit weekly updates on contract work assignments among our department. Created and maintained master tracking list and reported to Senior Management, Project Teams and other stakeholders. Negotiated with vendors to provide Transition Services to divested organizations and drafted amendments and notifications.• As delegated owner of the Corporate Contract Database and Repository, passed OCC regulatory review during Vendor Management examination.• Reinforced and educated CIT, the acquiring company, on the value and necessity of conforming to a request-to-pay process. Facilitated and assisted business units with the process from negotiations, contract and SOW creation, through invoice submittal and payment. Positively reinforced early engagement with Contracts and Procurement by exceeding expectations of internal clients.• Negotiated and drafted 55+ vendor agreements or related documents (MSA's, SOW's, termination, non‐renewal notices, etc.) in support of initiatives across all business units.

(Promoted to Associate)• Upon the acquisition of OneWest Bank by CIT Group, became specialized to conduct all RFP’s for entire CIT organization.• Lead on over 20 corporate RFP’s, for all business units, resulting in either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Significant examples include; Consolidation of Lights On IT Managed Service Providers, Infrastructure Architecture for IT, Brand Development and Industry Research for Marketing, QAR for Internal Audit, Merchant Services for Treasury Services, Penetration Testing for Information Security.• In 2016, exceeded assigned cost savings goals and contributed 17% of departmental goal.• Reduced or consolidated over 20 vendor contracts across all business units as a result of integration. Examples include Sourcefire, Symantec, WebSphere and Tripwire and the requests ranged from termination of redundant contracts, request for shorter terms, honoring pricing on expired quotes and elimination of reinstatement fees on late renewals.• Delegated owner of the Corporate Contract Database and Repository which houses 1400 contracts from all departments. Added 500 CIT contracts as there was no previous process for tracking and storing third party contracts. This was accomplished by proactively meeting department heads and illustrating the value in a centralized repository and tracking system.• Led transition of Corporate Travel program to CIT’s Head of Travel Services and transition of Unclaimed Asset Recovery to CIT’s Tax Department. Required proactive relationship building with department heads, coordination of timelines and meetings, knowledge transfer and ongoing historical support.• Drove over 25% of departmental goal in diversity spend. Involved continual education of internal budget owners and attending Minority Business Development and Community Reinvestment Act related events.

(Acquired by CIT)• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals by over 50%.• Shared resource for all Business Units to perform product research, assessments and configurations as well as to assist with quoting and coordination of delivery. Primary contact with SVP’s, EVP’s and Department Heads.• Lead on over 10 RFP’s, for all business units, with results being either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Examples include; Janitorial Services for Facilities, ATM Maintenance for Bank Technology, Payroll and Time Management Services for HR, Courier Services between bank branches and corporate locations, BSA-AML Solutions for Compliance, Processing and Output Solutions for Retail Banking Group, Derivatives Trade Management Platform for Financial Modeling• Ownership of Enterprise Security and Information Technology software licensing and support renewals calendar that required proactive and timely engagement with the business units and vendor negotiations.• With no prior experience, recovered $288,964 in Unclaimed Assets and created a repeatable process for claiming as sole resource in the organization performing this task. Included on-boarding and managing third party asset recovery vendors and coordination with the FDIC.• Support for 30+ RFP's administered by others on our team by creating cost and response summaries, and coordinating as well as administering 60+ vendor meetings or conference calls.• With no prior experience, successfully managed the corporate travel program and vendors upon departure of Corporate Travel Coordinator until acquired by CIT.• Buyer responsibilities included technical sourcing, purchase order creation and placement within Peoplesoft Financials, process helpdesk requests, vendor on-boarding, E-waste disposal & HDD destruction, assist Accounts Payable with invoicing issues.