Lawrence A. Haber ** Cherry Place Huntington NY **743

Phone: 516-***-**** Email: acenjs@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Core Competencies:

Career marked by IT leadership roles at industry leaders.

Have managed over 75 large scale initiatives ranging from $250K to $40M leveraging Six

Sigma, IT Governance, PMO processes, SDLC methodologies, and identified best practices.

Have consistently improved delivery times and service levels while reducing costs and

increasing operational efficiencies.

Core Competencies:

PMO, Program and Project Management

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Strategic Planning

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Budgeting and Forecasting

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RFP Development & Evaluation

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Vendor Management & Procurement

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CITIBANK – Sr. Project Manager, PMO Organization (Contractor) 03/2012 – 11/2012

Global provider of financial services and investment vehicles

Worked within the PMO organization on multiple optimization and efficiency projects. Interfaced with disparate

organizational support groups to effect identified changes. Reported weekly utilizing internal PMO dashboards along with

artifact posting for compliance utilizing Planview.

Notable Accomplishments:

• Eliminated un necessary outputs and reports resulting in estimated savings of $4M annually.

• Led U.S. project to replace existing Branch and ATM cash forecasting systems. Heavily involved with RFP

evaluations and Vendor negotiations.

ESIL Consulting Corp – Sr. Program Manager (Contractor) 08/2011 – 02/2012

Boutique Consulting Firm

Worked within the PMO organization on Program and Project Governance.

Established Program and Project Governance models for a Canadian Oil company enhancing an existing

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PMO. Project included development of operational and review standards for on and off shore development

teams.

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE Program Manager (Contractor) 04/2011 – 07/2011

Global provider of insurance and annuity products

Responsible for $40 million dollar software development project to develop new product to transform insurance business.

Project included incorporating HP’s iterative approach into Prudential’s Waterfall SDLC.

Notable Accomplishments:

Developed program governance models for project planning and tracking, financial tracking, resource

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planning and tracking utilizing Clarity PPM, PMO standards, vendor management and tracking, and Business

Continuity.

Oversaw multiple PM’s responsible for Applications Development, Infrastructure, Architecture, Operations,

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Testing, Training, and Marketing.

Matrix management of over 100 full time and consulting personnel.

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CENOSYSTEMS, INC. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 11/2009 – 02/2011

Boutique Consulting Firm to Financial Services Industry

Reporting to the President, oversaw all operational functions including daily operations of on going engagements and

post project reviews, proposal development and engagement negotiations, supporting CFO on pricing, matching staff to

engagement requirements along with project staff development. Administrative activities included development of new

policies, Business Continuity planning, and operating procedures. Expanded Client relationships, supporting Sales staff

on new and existing business. Managed a budget of $5 – 10 million and directed activities of 10 to 20 full time and

consulting personnel.

Notable Accomplishments:

• For BOA\Merrill Lynch, re designed PMO policies and procedures resulting in improved Project Management and

Reporting, Planning, and Project Selection.

For BOA\Merrill Lynch, executed complex multi national Financial Integration and reporting projects supporting

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M&A activity for resulting in significant reduction in duplicative systems and operational costs.

CENOSYSTEMS Inc. – Independent Contractor 04/2006 – 10/2009

Program Management and IT Governance

Led multiple complex, global initiatives with aggressive timeframes and high client expectations. Achieved multi million

dollar savings in cost avoidances and fines while delivering on time and within budget. Oversaw 5 – 7 PM’s from

Cenosystems and Client staff, along with interfacing with CAO, PMO and Ernst & Young Managing Director on a weekly

basis.

Notable Accomplishments:

• For BNY Mellon, successfully led a project which previously failed six times internally to find, select and ultimately

implement a software solution to support General Ledger Balance Sheet Reconciliations. This project also eliminated

the Risk and Compliance issues identified by the Fed Audit, avoiding potential fines of $100 million dollars and loss of

investor confidence.

• For BNY Mellon, led the Project Management of an internal project team to integrate a major bank acquisition into the

existing Hyperion Financial Management system. Reviewed Consolidation, Reconciliation, Project Management and

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QA processes and made improvement recommendations. Project was completed in 4 months to meet Fed reporting

requirements using an accelerated schedule.

For UBS, was engaged as advisor to C level executives and senior management on addressing business

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opportunities and solving challenges through IT solutions with emphasis on Program Management, PMO and IT

Governance and Compliance. Implemented a PMO office, including PM standards for estimating and reporting, and

SOW development and compliance.

McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC., (NYC) 11/1998 – 11/2005

Global Management Consulting Firm

Program Manager Financial Systems

Led New Projects team implementations of global applications achieving significant productivity enhancements and cost

savings ($5 million +). Led direct development staff of 6 with span of responsibility for over 25 personnel. Specific

systems projects included:

Global Oracle ERP implementation and rollout, Time Collection and Expense Processing,

Corporate Budgeting and Reporting, Self Serve Benefits,

Financial Planning\Budgeting\Analysis, Fixed Asset Tracking and Allocation,

Notable Accomplishments:

• Supported implementation of U.S. Shared Services center for accounting, working closely with Shared Services

leadership in establishing new processes and controls.

• Partnered with Treasury to develop processes and applications supporting global cash management and forecasting .

• Introduced new QA standards and testing strategies for application development and QA teams.

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McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC., (Continued)

• Executed PMO activities and introduced project management standards and led internal Project Management training

courses including Primavera and Microsoft Project software.

• Co chaired business process re engineering (BPR) team with Finance VP to develop business and supporting IT

strategies, PMO process establishment, RFP’s, vendor evaluations\recommendations, communications, and adoption

strategies.

• Provided IT budget support for development, maintenance and infrastructure areas lowering annual costs by over

15%.

GENERAL ELECTRIC (NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY) 11/1986 –

11/1998

Multi Media Entertainment Company

Increasing responsibilities within the IT Applications Development group ultimately resulting in the supervision of all

Application Development Project Managers.

Notable Accomplishments:

Program Manager Application Development Systems

• Directly responsible for 6 operational systems, including Purchasing, Capital Planning, Fixed Assets, and

Accounts Payable.

Led a PeopleSoft Purchasing replacement project using Six Sigma methodology completing 6 months ahead of

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schedule.

• Represented NBC on GE Corporate Data Warehouse and Reporting project saving $5 – 10 billion annually through

VPA consolidations across 100+ GE companies.

Team Director Chart of Accounts Conversion Project

• Led a 30+ man year effort to complete conversion of over 30 major applications to new financial structures

affecting all NBC employees and business partners, completing project 6 months ahead of original plan. Project team

was over 250+ personnel, comprised of internal and external employees and consultants.

Team Director Strategic Financial Initiative Project

1. Completed a multi million dollar client server based re engineering effort to improve productivity across all lines of

business and IT utilizing Six Sigma methodology.

Project deliverables included: a Financial Information Architecture and new PeopleSoft ERP saving $2million

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annually.

Manager MIS Planning

• Created and led PMO function for 50 major projects related to the IBM Initiative, a seven year, $500 million project

encompassing conversion of NBC's application portfolio to IBM. Project completion was two years and $39 million

ahead of schedule, and resulted in annual expense reductions of 20% of forecasted operating costs.

McGRAW HILL INC. (NYC) 1984 – 1986

Publishing Industry

Business Systems Consultan Book Company

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Notable Accomplishments:

• Appointed technical Chairman for an industry wide task force in developing an Electronic Ordering System

(PUBNET) for all publishing companies where responsibilities were concept development, RFP, vendor

selection/contract negotiation, systems design/implementation, marketing, and training plans.

Other Significant Clients

International Paper Warner Amex Cable Television Orion Pictures

Coca Cola\Columbia Pictures Hertz Corporation Viacom

EDUCATION

M.B.A. Financial Management, Adelphi University GE Management Leadership

B.S. Computer Science, SUNY @ Stony Brook AMA and IBM Leadership

PMP (In progress)

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