Accomplished I/T Executive

2/2006 - Present

Director / VP

• Transformed over 600 staff in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, and China into one Global I/T organization centered around the practices for Project Management, Application Development and Testing, and specialized practices for SAP, Hyperion, BI Reporting and Trade Promotions Management. • Developed the process, procedures, and standards for the Project Management Office (PMO) based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge to increase productivity and predictability of projects. Lead the work for CMMi certification for Project Management. •Created Practices to be the single authority for design, delivery and world-class implementations of value-adding solutions using SAP, Hyperion, and Siebel. •Introduced a disbursed resourcing model that allowed the use of a mixed resource pool from multiple locations both onshore and offshore to increase the value proposition for projects and support. •Reduced cost for Application Support and Maintenance using offshore resources to drive down the total cost of support by over $14 million dollars. •Accountable for global budget with over 50 cost centers totaling $60 million dollars

6/1999 - 2/2006

Dell

Director / VP

• Lead project teams, with more than 100 staff in US, India, Brazil and Philippines, to analyze data interaction and design data classification across enterprise, in support of globalization and customer experience. • Rank in top 10% of more than 250 IT managers for effectiveness at managing people. • Delivered in Xiamen, China the most efficient factory in Dell history on-time and under budget. • Managed team to deploy process enhancements that achieved SEI-CMM Level 2 and 3 certifications and TMM Level 3 certifications. • Saved $15 million in 2003 and $27 million in 2004 by leading segment institutionalization of organizational business process improvements. • Delivered strategic plan that created global models and significantly shortened development time by reducing complexity of enterprise data 45%. • Delivered 105 projects with 95% on time delivery and $425 million in benefit in 2004. • Created strategy that enabled group size to expand with limited funds by planning, forecasting and utilizing offshore development centers in Brazil, India and China. • Implemented Project Management Office (PMO) to validate business cases for projects, ensure project roadmaps aligned with business strategies and monitor projects on consistent basis worldwide. • Saved $3 million annually by implementing unique approach to web development within Dell. • Established executed project plan, designed architecture and managed complete development life cycle. • Built teams to staff immediate needs of department as well as strategic future development plans.

11/1998 - 6/1999

Shell Services International

Manager

• Managed team of eight in developing web applications and architecture design for cost accounting system for major insurance client. Developed and met $1.8 million budget and ensured 36% profit margin. • Reduced monthly/quarterly closing time 30% and manpower 48%, exceeding client expectations. • System consisted of multi-tiered presentation, business logic and database environment utilizing HTML, ASP, Visual Basic 6.0 COM, Oracle 8.0 database, ActiveX servers and SQL.

10/1989 - 11/1998

Continental Airlines

Manager

• Managed IT projects for corporate security department, including information systems/networks coordination, telecommunications planning, hardware/software procurement, training and support. • Led project team of five to image completed background files for compliance with FAA regulations. Redesigned and programmed legacy applications to integrate with new imaging system. • Managed network conversion of department server from Novell to Windows NT and established e-mail and telecommunications for all foreign and domestic corporate security personnel. • Redesigned billing program used to recoup money from Postal Authority for background checks performed for ramp and cargo personnel.