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Braintree, Ma, Us

A boutique consulting group, supporting clients ranging from nano-cap to the Fortune 50, to identify efficiencies in people, processes, technology, and data, and provide reporting and implementation services. Leading full P&L responsibilities, the growth of AMPlify’s consulting practice, which focuses on technology transformation, strategy, and architecture challenges of Fortune 50 clients, and leading the Talent and Human Resources Strategy consulting services in the US. Internal growth: • Lead a staff of over 50+, achieving year-over-year growth of 50% to 100% with oversight of business development, solutions delivery, practice operations, and partnerships. • Lead all the CIO, ERP, compliance, risk, and cybersecurity oversight for AMP, and the parent company, Knight Management Group, and subsidiaries in the portfolio, supporting over 100 employees.• Led due diligence, valuation, and cap table for the three-company rollout from the original Knight Group to create a new entity; led the integration, structure, offerings, and independent business.External growth: • Strategic implementation of multiple technology platforms resulting in a client’s cost savings of over $15M.• Revamped compliance, risk, and processes to enable the growth of a nano-cap client to $200 Million.• Led a distressed public company through a people restructuring to create efficiencies, stabilized stock price, and trained remaining HR staff to support growth. • Worked with UNICEF to reduce external consultant costs, develop an SME team, and stabilize internal projects including an ERP implementation, working across Finance, HR, and technology departments.

Braintree, Massachusetts, Us

The $130M conglomerate with business in staffing, consulting, risk mitigation• Board member, Member of the Compensation Committee and Technology Committee

Strategy and implementation consultancy, Acquired by the Knight Management Group shortly after launch and renamed AMPlify. Launched a start-up in the consulting space to support strategy and implementation. After only a few months the firm was acquired by Knight Management Group. • Led client cost-cutting and revamped organizational structures, hiring, and leadership practices for the technology human capital with a focus on developers and architects. • Created client’s vendor management organization and procurement department to source technology and ensure cost-effective human capital resources. • Led the due diligence and negotiations around the acquisition and integration into AMPlify Resources Group

Southborough, Ma, Us

A global information technology services company that provides digital engineering and technology services and solutions for companies in the financial services, healthcare, communications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology industries. Responsible for year-over-year growth of transformational technology and human capital practice including business development, and client services.• Managing Practice Lead with oversight for over 200 IT professionals and all operational services, including resources, hiring, development, and execution of business objectives.• Led contract for New York Life, an F100 company, implemented multiple technology platforms to transform outdated back office, and re-engineered processes to achieve $25 Million in cost savings.• Led the transformation of a consulting team for L3 Communications, an F500 company; upskilled the leadership and ensured delivery of project scope to external client.

Worldwide, Oo

A $60 billion multinational professional services firm providing audit, consulting, tax, and advisory services, considered the largest in the world. Developing innovative technology solutions to meet client requirements of complex projects. • Developed and implemented client solutions for sales channels, FP&A, strategic planning, financial information systems, reporting & analytics, governance, risk, and compliance. • Led and managed the $2B data integration of the merger of two global banks; working directly with the Boards, CEOs, and senior executives; rationalized annual technology spend and identified cost-cutting opportunities in excess of $50MM.• Led and managed the $150M merger and integration of two US-based healthcare companies, working directly with senior executives and management of the organizations, determined cost-saving opportunities, identification of key talent, and systems rationalization for cost-savings.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

A global $1.3 Billion, full-service agency that provides digital media, market research, optimization, strategic planning, forecasting, analysis, retention, performance media, and data management. Technology process consultant responsible for providing strategic direction on HR applications, functions, and methodologies to determine the most effective technologies to meet the needs of clients.• Led all technology consulting projects focused specifically on financial data and reporting, with full P&L responsibility.• Managed technology due diligence for integration as part of the sale to Publicis Group for a total of $1.3B.

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A systems integration and information technology services firm. Technology process consultant responsible for providing strategic direction on HR applications, functions, and methodologies to determine the most effective technologies to meet the needs of clients.• Developed and implemented a data transformation program for a pharmaceutical company, to realign the core data and structures with the organization’s newly identified ledger strategy.• Developed and implemented organizational improvement and data alignment to report consistent data lineage at a biotech engineering firm.

Bedford, Ma, Us

Oakland, California, Us

San Diego, California, Us

Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Ba, Econometrics And Quantitative Economics