Officially retired. Now enjoying my time continuing to learn about so many aspects of humanity in pursuit of an enriched path in life, spending quality time with family and friends, traveling all over the globe, playing golf, hiking, fly fishing, focusing on fitness and health and best of all; spoiling grandchildren!Formerly, a successful leader, innovative problem solver, developer of strategies, and implementer that delivers improvements that produce increased revenues and reduced expenses. Industry expertise in financial services, credit card/electronic payment systems, software development, telecommunications, manufacturing, banking, supply chain and call center outsourcing (BPO). Leadership strengths include building and redesigning organizations and processes to deliver improved performance while maintaining high levels of employee satisfaction and improved collaboration between IT and business groups. A visionary leader who produces results due to the satisfaction realized from improving organizational effectiveness and business growth. Steve's corporate experiences have provided him with International business assignements with corporations such as IBM, BankAmerica, ROLM Corporation/an IBM Company, Visa International, American Express and Gartner.Specialties: Specialities include alignment of IT and Business strategies, resource optimization through effective outsourcing and offshoring, development of people, contract negotations, organizational restructuring to improve effectiveness, cost reductions for development, maintenance and support, data center consolidation specialist, business continuity and disaster recovery specialist and a mentor to developing professionals.
Listed skills include It Strategy, Vendor Management, Program Management, Outsourcing, and 22 others.