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Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, United States

Optum Technology (IT) Finance Leader – Own and lead Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function for Optum Financial Technology (OFT) and the Chief Digital Office (CDO), two key Optum Technology delivery organizations, each with their own CIOo Finance Lead for 3,200+ employees/contractors, 75+ departments, and $650M+ in revenue (internal) from across the UHG enterpriseo Accountable for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and financial problem solving for the IT P&L’s o “Seat at the table” on the leadership team for both CIOs o Financial governance over all SG&A expenditures and associated contracting, including hiring and business case / cost benefit analysis for capital investments o Define, implement, and maintain standards and approach for resource planning and financial modeling for IT labor and integrate into financial forecasting systems

Irvine, California, United States

Optum Technology (IT) Solution Delivery Portfolio Leader – Led technology solution delivery for Optum Financial Technology (OFT) in support of the Optum Financial Services line of business and the Optum Banko Accountable for delivery of $150M+ annual IT labor, including capital labor programs and ongoing operations, support, and maintenance o Managed team of 20+ IT program managers and Agile practitioners o Partnered with the Optum Financial Services business, including Product and line of business leaders, to define product development roadmaps and execute both traditional “waterfall” and Agile delivery methodologies o Responsible for all financial planning and status reporting, including resource planning and financial modeling for IT labor o Supported OFT day-to-day workforce management and operations processes, including integration of new IT personnel following business acquisitions o Served on the senior IT leadership team, reporting directly to CIO, CTO, and COO

El Segundo, California, United States

IT Program Director for Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Implementation – Led and directed $52M multi-vendor, cross business unit, global project team to deliver globally aligned product lifecycle management business processes and supporting technology solutions leveraging Oracle Agile PLM and Tibco integration technologiesIT Business Portfolio Lead – Led IT project portfolio planning and delivery across multiple business functions, including Product Quality, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Health and Safety, and Global Procurement

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Select client engagement experience includes the following: Project Director @ California State Automobile Association (CSAA) – Led and directed multi-vendor global project team to deliver improved cross-functional business reporting and analytics capabilities via implementation of a custom data warehouse and business intelligence solution across five data source systems leveraging Oracle, Informatica, and IBM Cognos technologies Project Lead @ EnergySolutions – Led and managed project to deliver improved business reporting and analytics via implementation of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) using Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBI Apps) and Oracle Reports 10g technologies as part of overall implementation of Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) R12 Solution Development / Delivery Advisor @ Sun Microsystems – Led leadership advisory team in support of Oracle based Business Intelligence implementation (OBIEE and Oracle Discoverer) undertaken as part of Oracle 10.7 to 11i upgrade by multi-vendor global solution delivery team Project Manager @ Allergan – Managed global project to deploy enterprise standard portal platform (Oracle BEA and EMC Documentum technologies) and create a new employee intranet in order to establish a single point of online access to tools/information, enable cross department collaboration and communication, consolidate existing obsolete and redundant sites, and reduce cost to deploy web applicationsWeb Publishing Process Lead @ Apple – Led global assessment of process, organization, and governance models driving product information management and merchandising functions for global eCommerce consumer store and developed recommendations to optimize and consolidate functions as part of rollout of new custom publishing tool Project Lead / Testing Manager @ CA State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)Project Lead @ VisaEnterprise Content Management Advisor @ First American

El Segundo, California, United States

Select client engagement experience includes the following:Project Manager @ FileNet – Led implementation teams spanning multiple projects to design and develop internet and intranet websites, enhance search engines and other productivity tools, and enable automated workflow solution to support website related business processes as part of overall corporate strategy to increase website usage, improve effectiveness for customers, partners, and employees, and showcase company’s technologyTesting Manager @ Cisco Systems – Managed global team of 50+ testers through multiple test cycles to complete testing of Quote-to-Cash business processes within Oracle 11i as part of multi-year effort to upgrade aging and unsupported Pricing, Order Management, and Billing applications from Oracle 10.7 to Oracle 11iDeployment Lead @ NBC Universal – Led deployment thread team to complete testing, conversion, and cutover activities during implementation of SAP R/3 FI, CO, PS, and ECCS modules as part of large enterprise application integration effort following merger between Vivendi Universal and NBCTechnology Solution Lead @ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Served as subject matter expert for document/records management technologies as part of transformational effort to provide improved online information and services, and led client team of 30+ through selection process for document/records management software productHuman Resources Solution Lead @ FileNet – Led client HR team through design, build, test, and deployment of Recruiting and Employee Self-Service functionality as part of overall implementation of PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3 to support core HR, Benefits, Payroll, and Recruiting processesTechnology Assessment Lead @ RBC Liberty InsuranceSupply Chain Process Analyst @ Hewlett-Packard