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Led large scale global project to implement a strategic Energy Trading and Risk Management platform (Allegro) delivering significant value generation through streamlining processes and expanding trading capabilities• Partnered with subject matter experts in commercial, trading, risk, and controllers to develop system strategy and multi-year project execution roadmap• Established and led global team of 50+, consisting of cross-organizational staff and two third-party vendors• Led management of change (Prosci) for deployment of critical business application to 300+ global users• Facilitated multi-level governance to drive awareness and alignment across internal (executive, working) and external (vendors) stakeholders• Executed comprehensive system and vendor selection processes resulting in lowest Total Cost of Ownership vs. alternatives• Key liaison between IT support teams and business users, establishing robust test cases (1,000+), performance debottlenecking, and facilitating rapid incident response

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Portfolio Owner, Application Owner, and executive level Account Manager for Upstream Commercial & Trading business segment• Managed $20M annual budget, established robust portfolio management process for prioritizing portfolio to ensure delivery of highest value work• Developed and executed digital strategy, resulting in optimized business processes and data driven decision making• Managed global team of 20+ responsible for development and support of Commercial and Trading systems• Managed IT relationship with Commercial & Trading leadership team; Built strong working relationships with business customers to ensure their IT needs were being met and to uncover further IT enablement opportunities• Designed and executed organizational transformation, streamlining Commercial & Trading application development, support and account management

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Team responsible for the build and support of Production Surveillance and Hydrocarbon Accounting applications• Managed global team of 30+ across 7 countries, responsible for development and support of business-critical Production Surveillance and Hydrocarbon Accounting systems (200+ instances)• Responsible for staff development, strategic initiatives, base operations, and project resourcing• Developed monitoring and self-healing solutions to reduce downtime and after-hours support calls

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Executed $17M project portfolio, deploying global applications• Managed $15M global rollout, deploying Asset Performance Management software to 14 countries, delivering a step-change in equipment and inspection management• Implemented document management system for Australian affiliate and migrated legacy content• Managed 6 projects in parallel at $1.5M • Significant travel to Production facilities in Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, and Canada

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Providing PC services to one of the world’s largest petrochemical facilities• Led team of 20+ providing PC, printer, and asset management services to Baytown refinery• Centralized and harmonized ticket management and equipment procurement processes resulting in an improved customer experience and cost efficiency• Managed relationships with vendors and business

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Implementation and support of Network Management applications• Executed small scale projects, upgrading and replacing network management applications• Improved efficiency by automating configuration of network appliances and developing user request forms

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Coordinated application readiness and scheduling of upgrades to Windows XP