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Windsor, Berkshire, Gb

Manager of Portfolio Governance: Lead the coordination of major technological corporate initiatives to support the successful implementation of new applications and systems based on business and customer objectives. Oversee portfolio of major initiatives and cross-portfolio integration to resolve issues and risk across programs and projects. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders with differing requirements and expectations, establishing consistent project management practices across the portfolio, developing a solid investment governance framework, project idea intake & prioritization management, and leading enhancements to the project management toolset.

Chicago, Il, Us

Strive Consulting is a national business and technology firm helping industry-leadingcompanies transform their organization by solving complex challenges through ourdeep expertise in Management Consulting, Technology Enablement and Data &Analytics. Our unique blend of strategic advisory, project delivery and staffing services,enables our clients to scale and grow. Founded in 2006, with offices across the U.S.,Strive Consulting has continually been recognized as a great place to work. We’veearned various accolades in all of our markets and we have been nationally named aBest Place to Work by Glassdoor.Client engagements: Lead a highly complex GRC Tool implementation program (Governance, Risk, Compliance) for a Healthcare industry leader affecting numerous departments and consisting of multiple work streams. Managed vendor and internal deliverables & schedule, scope, cost, risks, issues, process design, change management & communication, and lessons learned through Program Increments, Epics, and Stories using a SAFE Agile delivery model.Lead Commercial Portfolio transformation program for a global financial services company: Weekly portfolio review meetings with Head of Commercial, VPs, directors, and key stakeholders in the business (operations, marketing, communications, sales) and was the business engagement lead for project portfolio integrations with technology transformation program schedules.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

Performed two key roles as a consultant:Hired to lead the integration management program for the Transitional Service Agreement (TSA) between McKesson and Change Healthcare, a $4B+ planned divestiture. Lead the formulation of integrated roadmaps for application migration and prioritization of company TSA obligations based on confirmed dispositions. Collaborate and coordinate across organization barriers, peers and executive leadership in TSA management planning, identification of technical integration dependencies, risk identification and mitigation, and facilitate analysis of required infrastructure platforms for 250+ affected applications.Lead the transition of the CRM Applications suite and Development Tools applications suite from McKesson to Change Healthcare, including relocations of on-premise apps, replacement of legacy apps, and decommission of legacy apps. Develop plans and manage resources to fulfill TSA commitments while minimizing disruptions to business operations.Upon completion of TSA Exit program -Provided project portfolio management and program management leadership for BI Analytics department by structuring 12 product managers, 30 work streams and 50-60 active projects into an effective project portfolio through partnership with the business, product development, and release train engineering.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Established early wins in stakeholder trust by demonstrating command of project portfolio and leadership of PMO and direct reports. Influenced product management leadership by providing project pipeline insight from inception through delivery to ensure product alignment to strategic goals while leading professional services implementations. Lead and managed direct reports through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.Expertise: Portfolio and program management, PMO, benefits realization, strategic risk, release management, cross-functional team leadership, performance management, Six Sigma and process engineering, influencing leadership decisions, executive dashboard reporting.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Drove innovation through building bridges between business and technology by creating and maintaining the project portfolio lifecycle through a defined methodology for project management and business analysis, instantiation of portfolio governance, and product portfolio investment prioritization. Steered C-level leadership decisions through active management of the Technology & Operations project portfolio

Produced independent feature film Polypore.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Developed and grew automotive advertising portals to drive revenue and sales leads with key automotive partnerships: BMW, Ford, Nissan, and Edmunds.com. Led cross-functional direct reports through coaching, mentoring and performance management: software engineers, interaction designers, product managers, report developers, BA and QA analysts.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Leadership for the best team in the shop who are responsible for z/OS Architecture, Software Configuration Management, and Change Configuration Management across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) by the administration of source code management, meta-data repository management tools and additional development tools to provide excellent service to the mainframe development community.Defined strategic software development vision and restructured team dynamics to support 200+ software developers. Introduced new software development lifecycle and tools for the developer community to improve efficiency and effectiveness of application development to meet business requirements. Challenged direct reports and consultants through individual coaching and creation of avenues for career growth alignment with technology and business strategies. Led prioritization of demand for mainframe architecture release calendar aligned with business strategy and vendor roadmaps.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Supervised and implemented complete development cycle for numerous large and small projects. Utilized Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies in management of cross-functional projects throughout the business verticals of infrastructure, software architecture, quality assurance, software configuration management, and Six Sigma. Architected and implemented release management discipline within the SDLC for more than 100+ infrastructure projects. Educated project managers and superiors with project management seminars on resource forecasting, work breakdown structures and project risk analysis.

Marietta, Ga, Us

Teach, mentor and inspire students during, and outside of, class hours who are working toward a technical degree. Organize, prepare and deliver lessons, assignments, tests on a weekly basis during a semester-long, lecture-format Computer Science course.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Associate'S Degree, Journalism