Implemented and rolled out an Enterprise Project Management Office.Created portfolio management and portfolio review structures with Sound’s Executive Team.Created quarterly business plan updates and department updates for the board of directors.Developed and implemented basic project management methodology, tools, processes, and procedures at the Credit Union, including project governance & project oversight.Rolled out resource management for projects and IT operations.Implemented Vendor Management.Implemented a comprehensive testing program.Managed a team of Project Managers and mentored a team of self-project managers.Built the annual enterprise project budget.Relaunched and rebuilt the Business Continuity department and practice.Relaunched and rebuilt the Vendor Management department and practice.

Managed and mentored a team of project managers, business analysts and software developers.Helped build and restructure the Program Office, including alignment of resources in strategic business lines, methodology and project management software. Oversaw the firm’s project portfolio (300 active projects) and the strategy for the Finance, Human Resources and Practice Management departments (70 active projects). Owner and strategic leader of the firm’s innovation project portfolio which included development of cutting-edge software solutions for clients and practice groups, leveraging existing software to its fullest potential or combing existing cloud solutions with innovative development, recognized by the Financial Times and the International Legal Technology Association.Developed and rolled out Lean training for the firm and Project Management training for clients and employees.Rolled out Scrum / Agile to the program office and application development team.Developed and owned the project roadmaps for the beacon practice groups.Implemented various large scale financial and technical projects and process improvements, which included software solution implementations, system upgrades and system consolidations. Lead cross-functional teams and was the point person for executive management for key initiatives.Managed and continuously improved the firm's attorney compensation program for several years.

Developed and implemented the enterprise records management program governing electronic, paper and voice records. This program included new board policies and procedures, roll out of an email archive and simplifying the company’s records retention schedule.Worked directly for the General Counsel and prepared status reports for the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.Managed several large-scale Compliance efforts including a Tier A project for the Chief Compliance Officer. Deliverables were presented the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.After Washington Mutual acquisition by JP Morgan Chase I successfully managed and completed one of the largest data collection and retention projects in the history of banking with a budget of $10M. This included collection, archival and indexing Peta Bytes of user created dataTransitioned the Washington Mutual e-discovery processes to JP Morgan Chase and stayed on as Program Manager for large scale JP Morgan Chase litigation matters and all discovery related matters regarding Washington Mutual. Helped improving and implementing JP Morgan Chase’s antiquated eDiscovery and Litigation Management strategy.Frequently served as 30(b)(6) witness.Oversaw and development and Implementation of Legal matter management software, enhancements and upgrades.Implemented multiple technology, e-discovery and litigation projects on time and on budget.Managed and mentored several analysts and junior project managers.Managed multiple eDiscovery vendors.

Oversaw and managed the technology integration of a Credit Card Company and an Investment Bank as new business lines. Each program consisted of more than a dozen technology projects, including email conversions and integrations, network and human resources technology integrations and conversions, etc.Managed the overall technology integration budgets ($32M / $12M). Facilitated steering committee meetings with CIO (including program status and financial reporting), facilitated the senior management governance meetings, provided program status and financial report to the Corporate Program Office and represented the Technology Department in the weekly Corporate Program Office meetings. Oversaw, owned and produced project deliverables in compliance with the corporate project / program methodology such as project schedules, risk and issue mitigation, escalation, resolution etc.Managed a large-scale data center migration and decommissioned the outdated data center, oversaw project financials and owned project schedule as well as coordinated and managed issue escalation and resolution.

Was in charge of purchasing and developing an international financial administration / treasury software suite that handles all financial investments, loans and leasing contracts of the Lidl group.Was in charge of improving existing real estate administration by planning and designing an application to replace the existing real estate administration.The Lidl group owns more than 4,500 retail stores world-wide and has over $30 billion in revenue.

Started as a marketing intern for one of the top 3 commercial real-estate companies in the Gulf South region, and became a permanent employee after 3 months.Recommended to move the company from the paper into the digital age. Created efficiencies with introducing online databases to provide real time access to information for branches through the company intranet.Owned the training of the marketing staff in several branches. Accomplishments: Was awarded employee of the month and team player of the year.

Invested money for customers, managed monetary assets including stock shares, bonds and futures at the largest bank of the Hohenlohekreis region.