Thomas Raley Email & Phone Number

United States

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Milwaukee, Wi

Directed and managed learning and development, communications, early talent, change management and program governance-risk-compliance (GRC) for IT operations. Delivered business value thru people, process, and technology while developing strategies to transform to a digital mindset, enabling innovation, speed and agility.• Established a change management model designed to aid in the transformation of IT to a digital mindset. • Delivered a communication strategy to support scale and speed of critical IT digital programs.• Streamlined and optimized IT GRC processes and implemented tools to meet compliance requirements.• Established a business capabilities management practice to aid IT in investment decisioning and program prioritization

Directed and managed the PMO to ensure IT programs and projects met organization goals and compliance requirements. Developed and implemented processes, policies, tools, training and methodologies that enabled the IT organization to deliver programs and projects that add business value. Provided direction and guidance to program and project management staff. Set governance model and assured compliance. Monitored and reported on health of financials, scope, risk and delivery of the IT Capital portfolio of $300M to $350M annually. • Transformed the IT organization from a predominantly Waterfall model to an Agile model, improving speed and quality, while lowering costs.• Streamlined PPM processes to enable Agile; implemented Agile tool sets using Planview and Jira.• Deployed new Project Management training program.• Established processes to assure regulatory compliance; met 100% from 65% compliance 3 years running

Directed and managed the IT Infrastructure project portfolio for the eCommerce and Logistics business units. Led and delivered projects on time and on budget. Managed project execution from project approval to project completion. Participated in project planning with business partners, created and executed work plans and revisions to meet changing needs and requirements to deliver business value by balancing resources, scope and time. Successfully managed a $40MM infrastructure project portfolio. Completed all on time and within budget.• In a seven-month period refreshed the entire eCommerce website infrastructure. This included all servers, network hardware and operating systems that support the web application, shared services, and database layers of the eCommerce website.• In a four-month period built and deployed the IT infrastructure required to operate a new 1MM sq. ft. eCommerce order fulfillment center.

Managed the IT Infrastructure portfolio for Kohl's eCommerce and Logistics.

Progressed through the organization, managing all activities of the 24 x 7 data center production processing and support areas, to include PMO for IT infrastructure strategic initiatives, business analysis, computer operations, automation, help desk functions, information security, disaster recovery / contingency planning, and facilities planning and maintenance.

Certification, I.T. Project Management

Business Management

Computer Programming And Business Management