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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Proven leader with excellent analytical, communication and negotiation skills, and sound business acumen. Change leader with prior accountability for profit/loss and expense management ($250M+). Desire to work for a company where I can deliver value utilizing my strong leadership skills. FTD 11/2012 - 11/2016 EVP. CIO 3/2014 - 11/2016 Reports to: CEO * Leading IT merger integration (Provide Commerce), on track to deliver $3M of savings over 3 years * Accountable for teams in the UK (45), Hyderabad, India (200), San Diego (100) and Downers Grove, Il (100) * Instituted executive Risk Steering Committee which provides visibility into FTD's security posture * Transforming development team to agile methodology where applicable * Developed 18 month roadmaps in conjunction with the business * Leading the replatform of the B2B website to an open source solution SVP, CIO 11/2012 - 2/2014 Reports to: CTO * Accountable for all areas of infrastructure and architecture. Examples are: disaster recovery, information security, service delivery for web platforms, evolution of data warehouse. * Drive process changes for SOX/SSAE 16 and PCI compliance. * Led the execution of 85 projects which separated FTD from United Online in 5 months. Examples of projects: moved a datacenter from Las Vegas to the Chicago area migrated Exchange to a new domain integrated location in Hyderabad, India into FTD's infrastructure. Nuveen Investments 2006 - 8/2012 Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, Reports to: CAO/COO (Left due to job elimination) * Created and implemented an enterprise I.T. strategy and corresponding infrastructure to support 7 affiliate investment management organizations across multiple locations with $75 Million budget, 120 employees and 2 major outsourcers. * Established integrated areas of specialization through staffing changes and mentoring achieving better efficiencies (e.g. reduced duplication, increased accountabilities, reduced cycle time, and reduced operating budget by 15%). * Established senior business partnerships to effectively solve strategic issues * Established, implemented and tested enterprise wide disaster recovery and business continuity programs on time within budget. * Developed a 3 year enterprise technology roadmap. Created IT Planning Council to align business initiatives with IT strategy. * Integrated new acquisitions into Nuveen's technology environment (e.g. full integration of First American Funds - 250 employees, $25B assets under management). CNA 2005 - 2006 Senior Vice President, IT Service Management, Architecture,
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