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Boston, Ma

Lead Project Management Office (PMO) team focused on execution and delivery of value-add solutions to support the Year Up mission. Manage development, governance, and implementation of processes, methodologies, and tools. Manage best practices such as risk and issue management, change control, quality management, status reporting, and retrospectives.Interact with students as a mentor, group facilitator, and advocate, participating in building a positive educational environment

Greater Boston Area

Led multiple CIO-sponsored initiatives ranging from workforce transitions to process improvements. Provided IT Portfolio Management support for 2 global divisions including multi-year planning, annual budgeting, and monthly project reviews. Designed and implemented strategic Workforce Transition program supporting global IT group with over 900 professionals located in 10+ locations across four countries. Managed projects to implement new IT Business Management processes such as IT Funding… Show more Led multiple CIO-sponsored initiatives ranging from workforce transitions to process improvements. Provided IT Portfolio Management support for 2 global divisions including multi-year planning, annual budgeting, and monthly project reviews. Designed and implemented strategic Workforce Transition program supporting global IT group with over 900 professionals located in 10+ locations across four countries. Managed projects to implement new IT Business Management processes such as IT Funding Governance, Work Placement suitability, and Cloud procurement. Show less

Participated on IT Transformation leadership team responsible for creating and establishing a future state Program & Portfolio Management capability using newly defined Agile methodology. Led an enterprise-wide effort to define and design common finance data interfaces between the Portfolio solution and the Finance Cost and Profitability systems to provide key information for the IT annual budget and ongoing IT cost recovery.

Provided leadership for two Enterprise Products (IT Governance and Billing Central). Defined and directed activities for an international team of 65+ professionals. Executed strategic plan for Enterprise ITG while building a global team of 50+ U.S. , Ireland, and India team members. Increased customer satisfaction 55% in first year by stabilizing production and initiating best practices

Led enterprise-wide program to define and establish the India IT organization in Bangalore. Initiated, designed, and implemented IT recruiting program to hire 100+ professionals in IT and the Shared Services functions. Delivered office space and infrastructure needed to support IT, and all Shared Services functions (Security, Finance, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Contracts, and Facilities)

Managed Production Services and Development groups responsible for distributing mission-critical market data for Fidelity business units. Provided program management for replacement of 1 of 2 market data feeds. Developed and implemented strategic and tactical plans for the production services organization.

Led projects for enterprise risk identification, audit/compliance support, and application readiness for Fidelity's Y2K program, spanning multiple business units.

Directed 50 engineers delivering financial software and technical support for external customers. Collaborated with subsidiary in Madras (Chennai), India to establish offshore delivery center.