IT manager overseeing (7) IT workstreams on $9M Product Data Infrastructure program building reporting and data capabilities for Vanguard's International division.Includes people management for (1) Agile workstream and "dotted-line" responsibility for other workstreams.Interests and responsibilities include developing people, Agile & Lean maturity, Test Driven Development, migration towards DevOps processes and technologies, internal NPS (Net Promoter Score), Strengths-based development, Gallup engagement survey.

As a Six Sigma Blackbelt I am charged with helping create, refine, and advance a complex agenda with varied, sometimes competing, goals involving multiple stakeholders. I lead high-profile cross–functional teams across a significant geographic footprint to implement strategic initiatives. Additionally, I mentor and train colleagues of all levels on Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.Selected Projects:IT Maturity Assessments: Analysis of various IT teams to identify waste and improvement areas in service to IT's sourcing agenda and partnership to realize gains.Institutional Systems' 20 Mile March: Determined IS’ expense ratio, identify prioritized cost drivers, and potential ways to lower cost.IT Scorecard: Helped design and implement Software Application Development Productivity and Delivery on Commitment dials.IT Process Excellence: Reviewed existing industry standards to determine VGI IT’s position.DAT Dashboard: Created a comprehensive dashboard for VGI IT Application Development following an inputs, process, output model.My Plan Manager Leadership Retrospective: Data analysis & action group facilitation on best practices and process opportunities across IT & IIG program.Institutional Systems Plan Sponsor Activity Productivity Analysis: Data analysis of 2014 project patterns and opportunities. Led review of findings and facilitated 2015 planning.Global Technical Operations Process Analysis: Consulting on program development and value stream mapping activities.DMAIC Greenbelt Mentorship: Mentor Greenbelt candidates through DMAIC project.

Strong passion to lead change and make a difference by leveraging data, processes, and practitioner voices.Assisted subdivision head & department heads in development, implementation and communication of strategy. Developed and maintains a broad knowledge and awareness of investment industry technology, competitive environment, and key, relevant needs of clients. Employed information from a variety of internal and external sources including, but not limited to, direct employee and client feedback, business partners, external information providers, and primary research. Provided project management, leadership and direction. Identified potential impacts to business planned, evaluated and made recommendations and presentations to business principal, steering committee members, and senior staff as required to ensure plans were maintained well in advance of implementation activities. Prepared materials and engaged discussion of key topics with stakeholders to arrive at decisions in a timely and organized fashion.Independently worked closely with relevant stakeholders in project planning, project analysis, implementation schedules and resource planning. Independently monitored the activities and progress of all aspects of the program phases to ensure program activities are tracking to plan. Proactively identified, elevated, and proposed resolution to "roadblocks" which may occur from time to time in the various program phases, including requirements, organizational impacts, channel or pricing strategy decisions, scope or priority issues, etc.Provide line of sight to IT VUE(Six Sigma, Lean, Continuous Improvement) Program for IS Crew 'from dashboard to desktop.'Managed and maintained Institutional Systems'(IS) Portfolio Dashboard. Advises IS departments on their respective dashboards. Advises process owners on improvement initiatives. Global Kaizen product owner.

Drove and developed the packaging and/or bundling of business capabilities, including a detailed understanding of each capability, in support of business and client objectives for multiple disparate IT projects spanning multi-year, large-scale, distributed teams.Managed the process of development and delivery, working with IT, business process owners, and client segment owners to ensure projects are identified and documented, and meet the needs of IS clients. Significant experience working closely with business project managers, leads, and sponsors with project strategy with a proven track record of success.Strong ability to see issues from both business and technical perspectives. Experience coupling those perspectives to identify opportunity and risk.Successive years of increased responsibility leading project teams through requirement elicitation, scope definition, and creating custom technology solutions.Experienced at prioritizing project goals and features to closure.At ease presenting to technical and business teams at any level.Produced requirements, scope, & established prototypes for discussion, and then led exploration of project value in terms of impact, risk, cost, etc. Recipient of IT Peer Recognition Award in this capacity.

Experienced through the entire lifecycle of J2EE N-tier systems development in both Waterfall and Agile serving or aiding in all capacities (Architecture, BSA, UCD, Development - Host, MidTier, & UI, to Testing.)

Helped Computer Associates re-purpose and ensure brand consistency / quality across multiple user guides for companies and flagship products it had recently acquired.

Inspecting engineer for multiple construction crews on the JFK Light Rail AirTran project.

Autocad, drafting, GIS programming, surveying, traffic calculations.