Walter Gunter (He/Him/His) Email & Phone Number

Danbury, CT, US

Woonsocket, RI, US

• Lead a dynamic team in implementing comprehensive leadership development programs for both early-career professionals and experienced leaders in finance. Strategically focused on recruiting, engaging, and retaining top.
• Led the integration of expanded leadership development programs with ~100 participants following $70B Aetna acquisition to drive distribution of top early and mid-career talent throughout the organization to improve.
• Optimized engagement and compensation strategies, resulting in a 100% growth of the early career program size over a span of 5 years, while concurrently enhancing retention rates.
• Delivered #2 ranked finance internship as rated by Vault in 2023
• Oversaw the development and implementation of a strategic learning curriculum for leadership development program
• Directed a company-wide cross-functional initiative to develop an interactive inventory of all leadership development programs during the rollout of the organization's new intranet platform.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Led team of five supporting revenue, resource, incentives, and sales expense management for an $11B business unit
• Drove disciplined expense and headcount management process that helped achieve targeted 30% resource reduction
• Raised team performance and quality of analysis through consistent investments in coaching and mentoring
• Assessed leadership skills of top global finance and operations talent as a Management Assessment Program evaluator
• Selected to participate in Design Thinking workshop to improve recruiting, retention, and development of finance talent

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Facilitated clear communication and priority alignment between Corporate HQ and $25B Software business unit
• Delivered metric based projection of software business performance to serve as comparison point vs. business unit forecast
• Led creation of comprehensive decision framework to prioritize consolidation of fragmented global software development sites
• Engaged CFO and Controller with key analysis to evaluate external segment reporting change
• Served as a mentor with Women in Finance and Seizing Every Opportunity (SEO) Interns

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Directed a team overseeing Investor Day, Board of Directors, and Strategic Planning cycles for IBM's largest strategic accounts, collectively valued at $90B and spanning over 175 countries.
• Proactively engaged with Corporate HQ, worldwide brand leaders, and geography leaders to provide an integrated, balanced operational plan
• Enhanced analysis by augmenting depth and clarity in revenue, margin, and expense breakdowns by geography.
• Led team of 8 Emotional Intelligence facilitators, delivering courses averaging 99% instructor effectiveness and 96% satisfaction
• Successfully project-managed the development of Global Markets finance learning plan content, contributing to the enrichment of organizational knowledge and capability.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Marketing