Thomas Bello, Mba Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Selected experience:● Global Retail Company: Zero-Based Tech Spend - Led 6-person team, engaged with Global CDO and CTO to identify $60M - $120M in potential savings across IT service areas. 70+ potential savings opportunities identified; of those 30+ were considered quick wins.● Leading Health Care Company: Zero-Based Tech Spend - Led 3-person team, engaged with CIO and IT Function leads to identify technology OpEx savings of $30M - $60M.● Leading Furniture Retailer: Cloud and Security Strategy – Led 8-person team, engaged with COO and CIO to develop 2-year cloud strategy, application optimization roadmap and value case increasing IT’s agility to meet business needs while reducing core IT infrastructure spend by 28%.● Leading Health Insurer: Tech Portfolio Optimization – Led 5-person team, assessed 800+ business applications to identify ~$50M in optimization and decommissioning opportunities.● $40B Global Agri-Business: Zero-Based Tech Spend – Led 8-person team, engaged with Global CIO to identify $65M in savings through technology optimization and sourcing strategies; contributing to $250M company target.● F500 Coffee & Bev. Co: IT Strategy Formulation – Led 5-person team, engaged with CIO to define a 4-year, $130M technology investment strategy and roadmap enabling their corporate strategy.● Top 20 Pharma Co: Zero-Based Tech Spend – Led 4-person team, engaged with CIO to identify $150M in IT cost reductions over 2 years; advised CIO how to reinvest $40M of savings to fuel top-line growth.● F50 Beverage Co: Technology Org Design – Led 4-person team (plus sub-contractors), engaged new global CIO to redesign a 3,500-person IT organization supported by a new operating model.● Global Alcobev: M&A Due Diligence – Led 4-person multi-national team in the UK supporting the merger of two of the world’s largest brewers by analyzing, identifying, and quantifying resulting technology synergies; developed a standardized enterprise architecture for the NewCo.

Selected experience:● Leading Grill Co: IT Strategy Formulation – Led 5-person team, engaged with CEO, CFO and new CIO to develop the company’s first “global” IT strategy and 4-year technology investment roadmap.● F500 Beauty Products Manufacturer: Digital Strategy & Operating Model– Led 11-person team, engaged with CFO and CIO to identify $85M in run rate savings over 3 years through process optimization, organization redesign, shared services, and new sourcing strategies while investing in new digital capabilities.● F50 Healthcare CGLM: IT Transformation – Served as senior IT advisor to the CIO and CTO; led 8-person team identifying $1.5B in IT benefits attributed to operational efficiencies, new capability creation, and process standardization. Benefits to contribute to $500M in net savings over 5 years.● F500 Tobacco Co: IT Strategy Assessment – Led 3-person assessment for the CIO and the BOD to identify opportunities to align IT services against future business needs in a declining industry.● F500 Breakfast Food Manufacturer: IT Strategy Formulation – Led 5-person team, engaged with CIO and business leaders to develop a 3-year global IT strategy and roadmap; optimized CIO's $200M+ budget.● F50 DYI Retailer: Architecture Strategy Formulation: Led 7-person team to develop an ERP and application strategy to enable go-to-market strategy. Defined architecture blueprint and roadmap.● Leading Global AlcoBev: M&A Due Diligence - Led 6-person multi-national team in Mexico identifying $50M+ of technology synergies, over 4 years, resulting from the acquisition.● F500 Global Hospitality Co: IT Process Transformation – Led 8-person team, engaged CIO to improve technology investment process and analytics, IT workforce effectiveness, establish EPMO, and diagnose root causes of poor development quality.

Selected Manger / Senior Manager experience:● $40B Global Agri-Business: ERP Assessment - Led 5-person international engagement (US, Brazil, Argentina, Europe), engaged global and regional CIOs to assess regional ERP implementations. Made actionable recommendations on how to improve the ROI of their $100M+ of ERP investments.● F20 Global Automaker: IT Process Transformation - Led 6-person team, engaged CIO to standardize IT processes globally and design new IT operating model. Focus on optimizing Business Relationship Management, IT Strategy, EA, Information Management and Program Management processes.● F20 Healthcare Co: Enterprise Architecture – Led 3-person team to analyze the client’s SaaS software business to address significant outages impacting their customers. Provided actionable recommendations to business lead and CIO.● Global AlcoBev: IT Organization Design and Operating Model – Led 7-person multi-national team in the UK to design a global IT organizational model, improved operating model, governance structure, and transition plan to enable the client's corporate and IT strategies. Presented to COO.● Leading US AlcoBev: M&A Synergy Strategy - Served as interim Chief Enterprise Architect (2008-2010) responsible for achieving synergies from client's joint venture. Developed a business-driven IT strategy and 3-year roadmap. Established EA capability and governance, investment portfolio management process, and led MS Exchange implementation for 14,000 users. ● F500 Financial Software Co: Enterprise Architecture - Led 5-person team, conducted performance improvement and stabilization effort addressing service outages of client’s online tax offering.● F100 Entertainment, Parks and Resorts Co: Workforce Optimization - Led 7-person team to develop a strategic labor system blueprint and roadmap, optimize labor efficiency, develop strategic staff planning and modeling, increase employee engagement, and improve insights and metrics.

Industry alignment: Financial Services

Industry alignment: Financial Services

São Paulo, São Paulo, Br

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Area Of Focus: Corporate/ Business Strategy

Study Abroad (Plymouth Business School), International Business Studies

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Dual Majors In: Information Systems & Operations Mgmt | Management & Marketing