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Bedford, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for providing secure, high-performing, and cost competitive technology environments. This includes strategies, roadmaps and plans, architecture, solution delivery and IT operations covering Infrastructure, Security and Applications. Accountable for $120m+ budget and 300+ staff in 18 countries- Developed and currently implementing Infrastructure, Applications and Security Operations standardization and centralization strategy and roadmap, transforming the multi-national organization into a global enterprise enabling differentiating business and technology benefits and saving over $4m per year when complete in 2020- Completed detailed Global Infrastructure & DevOps organizational design and responsibility matrix to support global standardization, traditional IT, Agile and the DevOps practice. Currently in the implementation phase- Architected, developed and maintain AWS cloud foundation in US, Dublin, Frankfurt, Singapore, India and China – Developed CI/CD pipeline, security and automation tools, executed training for 25% of employees and secured legal and privacy approvals- Executing plans to replatform, rehost, replace and consolidate of over 1,200 applications and 3,000 server instances in 2 years, saving 31%, $20m per year - enabling business agility, built-in cloud innovations, elasticity, pay per use pricing and financial transparency- Responsible for global Azure AD and a single tenant with multi-geo Office 365 implementation - reducing run costs by 15%- Partnered with Legal counsel, Privacy worldwide to identify, analyze and manage country-level Legal and Privacy Regulations, including GDPR, New York DSS, PCI, in order to leverage global services, and appropriately handle data residency- Responsible for Infrastructure, Applications and Security Operations; ensuring SLA targets are met, took corrective actions when falling below, while driving automation and efficiency, reducing run costs by 10% year over year

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for Global Security and IT Application and Infrastructure standards compliance across 20 countries- Partnered with the business and all areas of IT to assess and ensure secure business solutions were delivered at minimal risk- Developed and rolled-out global Information Security validation and verification program for all country operations meeting ISO, PCI and EU Data Directives to ensure all businesses are operating with stable and secure Business Applications, Infrastructure, and business environments- Attained and maintained global compliance achieving Verizon/Cybertrust secure enterprise certification globally - Wrote the Information Security Policy for International, subsequently adopted by the entire Liberty Mutual group- Architected and implemented internal cloud Security operations people, process and technology significantly increasing the security posture of the organization and decreasing security incident rates- Developed Information Management lifecycle processes and templates in order to ensure Information asset inventory, designation of ownership and classification to preserve global brand reputation and enhanced competitive advantage- Worked across SBU and with Legal to address PCI compliance requirements, timelines and compliance globally

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for governance and oversight, and selection of strategic business solutions for country operations- Directly managed the successful, business critical, $15m+ selection and implementation of Hyperion System 9 and arcplan Dynasight global financial reporting and consolidation solution. Achieved outstanding results by managing, motivating and coaching a team of over 300 direct and indirect reports in over 20 countries. Overcame significant product and business challenges whilst ensuring that all milestones and deliverables were always met, on time and budget. Responsible for all aspects of the project including; legal and financial negotiations, custom software development, testing, global training, SLA’s, Helpdesk and 24x7x365 support.- Launched a greenfield China operation including requirements definition, planning, design and outsourcing the production data center with capacity to add 10 planned branch operations over the next 5 years- Directed the 3 year planning process. Partnered with each country’s executive management team to define the Information Technology strategy, driven by the strategic business objectives, and provide governance and oversight as well as subject matter expertise, architecture, engineering and support- Created and established nine global standards to ensure a measurable minimum environment and replaced the undefined practices in place. Achieved a significant reduction of outages and downtime, facilitated proactive ongoing maintenance, maximized resource utilization, eliminated audit findings and achieved a solid foundation for current and future growth

Responsible for defining and heading the IT group of this short lived Mellon Financial startup subsidiary- Planned long term Information Systems organization and transitioned legacy services from The Boston Company Asset Management- Defined the strategic direction of IT working with the business to achieve and maximize long term business benefit- Renegotiated contracts and pricing with current vendors. Evaluated alternate vendors to deliver increased business value, functionality and quality while reducing long term expenses and increasing PTOI- Responsible for comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans and end-to-end testing

Boston, Ma, Us

Managed business analysts, systems personnel and project managers across a broad range of business applications, corporate systems and Infrastructure, including OS/390 IBM mainframe, UNIX and Windows NT / Server 2000- Responsible for a systems team of 11+ associates developing and supporting 30+ applications on multiple platforms- Managed analysis, technical support and project managers, ensuring project success and managed Key Process Areas. Adhered to Capability Maturity Model process and Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies

Managed a worldwide team of business and systems professionals. Analyzed, implemented, developed, supported and managed systems including multiple mission critical applications, business processes, and end-to-end infrastructure for 1000+ users globally- Evaluated ERP systems, selected and implemented SAP initially in North America for 9 subsidiaries. Converted from 26 legacy systems in 7 cities in 6 states and completed in 6 months. Completed the remaining 59 global operating units in 9 months resulting in annual direct costs savings and a bottom line profit increase in excess of $1 million- Launched and actively supported a 24x7 global datacenter and office, architected and built with a hands-on approach from the ground up. Achieved ongoing support cost savings in excess of 300% and provided 99.999% worldwide system availability- Responsible for Human Resource system implementation and support to manage complex operations globally

Responsible for all financial, HR and back office business systems, client support, infrastructure and systems administration. Achieved and exceed business goals through hands-on design, subject matter expertise and management. Implemented and maintained 15 global SunSystem Financial systems and supporting infrastructure. Completed several global multi-currency Hyperion software (and associated technology) implementations

Provided and managed budgeting, planning and reporting, financial and management accounting, cost benefit analysis and asset accounting. Provided financial advice and oversight to CEO’s through to Managers company wide. Responsible for desktops, servers, applications, LAN. Provided support, administration and responsibility for an AS/400

Worked, and gained extensive experience, in all sections of finance and accounting. Assisted with the set-up and support of terminals, hardware, software and networking initially on DEC systems. Built and supported the company's first PC LAN