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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Mitsubishi UF Group ( MUFG) Americas 4/19 - Present Managing Director, Head of Enterprise Program Management Office for AmericasSenior Management Executive for Operations and Technology Americas reporting to the CIOO responsible for the delivery, management and governance of enterprise initiatives for technology and quality engineering (testing) in a highly matrixed and global organization. Portfolio consisted of over 200 projects and programs representing $1B in spend for transformation, business as usual, and regulatory initiatives. Developing a fit for purpose approach of Agile, Hybrid and Waterfall methodologies as well as a test-driven development approach. Initiatives primarily support America’s (Canada, US, Mexico, Brazil) and Global initiatives (Asia, Malaysia, EMEA, and Australia). Accountable to Executive Committee members, Board of Directors, Global Executives in Tokyo and Regulators, relative to progress and issues across the portfolio. Accountable Executive for Core Banking Transformation, BCBS Data Warehouse, Data Center Move, IBOR Program and the Quality Engineering Transformation resulting in $45M in saves.

San Francisco, California, Us

Senior Level First Line of Defense Risk Leader selected to be a part of the technology risk transformation team to identify processes, metrics, and implement a model of accountability to drive an improved risk-based culture among technology and line of business areas. Responsible for all operational risk functions for Wells Fargo Consumer Banking Technology and Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovation Technology which includes Digital Retail Technology, Deposits Technology, Operations Technology and Enterprise Contact Center Technology. Lead the planning, management and execution of critical FLoD risk functions in alignment with the Corporate Risk Model and Enterprise Technology Risk Framework.

Hartford, Ct, Us

Member of the Executive Management Team reporting to the COO of the bank.Responsible for all the technology platforms, applications and third party providers that support Retail Banking, Consumer Lending, Commercial Banking, Virtual Banking, Payment Operations, Contact Center and Corporate Infrastructure and the security and processes that govern the IT operations.Co Leader of merger of equals to form one of the largest community banks in New England. Focused on IT Operations and development of a scalable infrastructure that would support the banks growth strategy. Led system selection for technology and business solutions, identified and executed cost save initiatives and development of metrics to track efficiencies ands service levels.

Greenville, Sc, Us

Senior Executive reporting to the CEO of the bank, responsible for the core processing platforms and technologies that supported Retail Banking, Treasury, Online Banking, Deposit Operations, Mortgage and Corporate technology. Povided integrated technology support for SBA Lending, Wealth and Investment Bank as part of a SaaS cloud strategy. Additional responsibilities included the development of deposit products, strategy and tools for mobile banking, digital media, customer experience and payments, information security and IT risk and governance.

San Francisco, California, Us

Senior Technology Executive reporting to the CIO of Information Services. Responsible for developing the IS Strategic roadmap and the Integration Office to provide oversight for a technology portfolio of 2000 programs and projects as a result of the Wells Fargo/ Wachovia Merger. Provide daily operating processes for managing a $850MM portfolio that represents technology merger activities in Community Bank, Investment Bank, Wealth and Retirement, Wholesale Banking, Operations, Corportate Technology , Consumer Lending and Real Estate Lending.

San Francisco, California, Us

Senior Technology Leader within Mortgage Technology Services. Responsible for the Program Office, Risk and Compliance, Audit, Divestiture, Testing and Shared Services for Mortgage, Home Equity and Golden West Technologies. Managed a $30MM portfolio of initiatives for mortgage and education lending. Also led the Target Operating Model due diligence for the mortgage platform selection as part of the Wells/Wachovia merger.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Senior Technology Leader reporting to President of Card & Payment Services. Accountable for managing the overall technology delivery and operations that supported CPSG. Responsible for defining and identifying technology solutions that aligned to the overall strategic unified infrastructure strategy for the Bank, including development activities. Co-managed the Technology Advisory Council for CPSG and was a member of the PCI Advisory Council for Wachovia Bank. •

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Technology Executive (CIO) for Credit Card and Merchant Services. Accountable for managing and directing teams responsible for executing key strategic initiatives and the development, operations and performance management of 22 integrated card platforms, including merchant services and business lending technologies. Working in a matrix environment to ensure the safety and soundness of related technologies and processes working with key stakeholders.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Change Management Executive reporting to the Consumer Card Executive, managing and leading a team of 170 resources responsible for designing, management and delivery of initiatives for Consumer Card, Small Business, Card Operations, Government Bank, Military Bank, ATM and Debit Card. Responsible for a portfolio of 150+ Initiatives per year representing a $20MM to $60MM investment.Earned Six Sigma Green Belt for new product launch for co-branded credit/debit cards that reduced the time to launch a new product by approximately 50% and reduced cost by 50%. •

Dublin 2, Ie

Senior Manager, Energy and Natural Resources Market Unit Senior Manager, leading business transformation for Global Fortune 500 companies and universities as part of the Oil and Natural Resources practice. Led the process re-engineering, technology development, full SDLC life cycle, business consulting, project management and program management for enterprise wide initiatives. Projects ranged from $3MM to $70MM and from 10-150 members worldwide.Responsible for Client Management, Strategic Development, Process Design, Software development ,C-Level relationships and overall delivery.Launched one of the largest B2B Exchanges for the Oil and Petrochemical industry with capabilities that included content management, auctions, and integrated solutions to member's ERP platforms for seamless transactions.

Responsible for the management of the Mid-West Regional System Engineers that provide pre-sales and post sales client support, implementation design and execution for IBM mid range platforms and large scale automated storage solutions.Worked with product developers to provide input to designes of next generation product.

Provide onsite technical expertise to International Sales offices in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia for system automation software for mainframe and mid-range computer systems.Presenter at global seminarsDesigned and managed the implementation of automated software.Provided input to product development for future product designs

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