Wesley Cole
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Senior Director and SVP - Corporate Project Office and IT Business Office at First Citizens Bank
Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States 13 work roles 1 school
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Wesley Cole is listed as Senior Director and SVP - Corporate Project Office and IT Business Office at First Citizens Bank, a company with 17773 employees, based in Cary, North Carolina, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Wesley Cole.

Wesley Cole previously worked as Senior Director & SVP - Corporate Project Office & IT Business Office at First Citizens Bank and Manager - Energy Delivery & Security Projects at Duke Energy Corporation. Wesley Cole holds Bs, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Virginia Tech.

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PMP-certified IT professional with over 30 years of technology and business experience. An accomplished, results-oriented leader with a proven track record of building and leading top performing teams, developing and executing enterprise strategies, improving processes, and reducing operational costs. Demonstrated leadership in bringing together diverse groups of people to design, execute, and deliver high-value solutions through the use of technology. Experienced in multiple technology disciplines including:- IT Business Office Operations- PMO and Project Management- Enterprise Planning and Governance- Application Development and Support - External and Internal Web Portals- Customer Information Systems (CIS)- Customer Contact Center Operations- Data Center Operations- Telecommunications- Merger and Acquisition Integration

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First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank
Senior Director and SVP - Corporate Project Office and IT Business Office
Cary, NC, US
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17773
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Senior Director And Svp - Corporate Project Office And It Business Office

Cary, NC, US

Senior Director & Svp - Corporate Project Office & It Business Office

Current

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Leads First Citizens’ technology Project Management Office. PMO responsibilities include:- Oversight of business application and infrastructure projects (including annual product programs)- Project portfolio reporting- Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) tool administration- Maturing project processes leveraging on PMI, Agile, and CMMI best practices.

Nov 2012 - Present

Manager - Energy Delivery & Security Projects

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Named leader in Duke Energy’s IT PMO following completion of merger between Duke Energy and Progress Energy. Responsible for demand driven application projects for Energy Delivery, Energy and Distribution Management, Supply Chain and Work Management, and IT Security lines of business. Supervised team of 18 project management professionals. Responsible for.

Jul 2012 - Nov 2012

Manager - Application Pmo

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Directed Application Development PMO responsible for managing all demand driven application projects. PMO comprised of 13 PMP certified project management professionals. Annual project portfolio in excess of $10M. Facilitated the Enterprise IT Governance & Planning working group responsible for reviewing and authorizing over $7M in IT application.

Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

Manager - Sharepoint & Internet Solutions

Led a team of 10 direct reports responsible for development and support of Progress Energy’s external web site, web self-service applications, content management system, and internal portal (Microsoft SharePoint).Directed the IT portion of multi-million dollar strategic initiative to study, design, and implement a redesigned external web site.

Oct 2009 - Apr 2012

Manager – Customer Contact Channels

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Led a team of 14 direct reports responsible for enhancing and supporting a CIS system serving over 1.3M customers (residential, business, and industrial) in North Carolina and South Carolina. Team responsibilities also included support of Interactive Voice Response technology (IVR), E-mail Management, Paperless Billing (eBill), customer-facing web.

Mar 2009 - Oct 2009

Manager – Open Systems Engineering

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Led a team of 13 direct reports responsible for enhancing and supporting Progress Energy’s server infrastructure (both physical and virtual), server O/S (Windows, Linux, Unix), and storage infrastructure (NAS, SAN, and physical tape environments). Served as Storm/Crisis Manager for IT. - Coordinated IT response during significant power outage restorations..

Feb 2008 - Mar 2009

Manager – Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Led a team of 10 direct reports responsible for enhancing and supporting Progress Energy’s web infrastructure (IIS), e-mail infrastructure (Exchange), Active Directory environment, middleware infrastructure (WebSphere and webMethods) and systems monitoring (Formula, SCOM, and Tivoli).

Apr 2007 - Feb 2008

Manager – Infrastructure Project Management

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Selected to establish and lead Progress Energy’s first formal Telecommunications and Infrastructure PMO. Built team of 11 project managers to manage data, voice, wireless, transport, and structured cabling projects. Infrastructure PMO completed over 300 projects during tenure, including the implementation of telecom infrastructure for two multi-story.

Aug 2003 - Apr 2007

Manager – It Customer Service

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Led team of 10 direct reports responsible for enhancement and support of applications used by the Customer Service Center and Distribution Control Center personal. Technologies included Automated Call Distributor, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Email Management, Computer Telephony Integration, Outage Management, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data.

Mar 2002 - Aug 2003

Project Manager / Business Analyst / Application Developer

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Carried out application development and project management in support of Progress Energy’s CIS and other supporting customer applications. Selected to lead key technology initiatives including:- Implementing Progress Energy’s first electronic (paperless) billing system. - Development of an innovative browser interface for legacy mainframe “green screen”.

Aug 1993 - Mar 2002

Business Analyst / Application Developer

Greater Philadelphia Area

Designed and implemented a new student financial system.

Aug 1991 - Jun 1993

Senior Consultant

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Designed and implemented a new financial tracking system for a state government.

Jun 1988 - Aug 1991
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What company does Wesley Cole work for?

Wesley Cole works for First Citizens Bank.

What is Wesley Cole's role at First Citizens Bank?

Wesley Cole is listed as Senior Director and SVP - Corporate Project Office and IT Business Office at First Citizens Bank.

Where is Wesley Cole based?

Wesley Cole is based in Cary, North Carolina, United States while working with First Citizens Bank.

What companies has Wesley Cole worked for?

Wesley Cole has worked for First Citizens Bank, Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy, University Of Pennsylvania, and Accenture.

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Wesley Cole's colleagues at First Citizens Bank include Doug Smith, Justin Varga, Rhonda Faircloth, Josh Stanley, and Sierra Harris.

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Wesley Cole holds Bs, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Virginia Tech.

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