Kirby D. Sims

*** **** ******* ***** • Alpharetta, GA 30022

205-***-**** • acokv4@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE 20+ years of innovative and collaborative technology leadership with a focus on implementing strategic

systems, driving business value, reducing expenses, and integrating corporate systems and processes

Proven technology leadership with respect to business value and expense reduction

6% client retention increase

8% direct sales increase

Proven technology management of M&A initiatives while maintaining decentralized client service

$15 million in direct savings over 5 acquisitions

Proven systems integration and modernization strategies of legacy systems

8% reduction in development costs over 15 months

12% reduction in system defects

Member of the Novarica CIO Leadership Council

Cincom Vision Award winner and featured speaker at Cincom User Conference 2014

EMPLOYMENT

10/14 to present: CEO / Managing Partner

Strategic Perspectives, LLC

Strategic Perspectives is a consulting firm focused on operational efficiencies through business process

innovation and technological strategies.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Facilitate the articulation of business goals

Define business processes and business inefficiencies with key business stakeholders that drain the

business of critical resources (people, time, and capital)

Identify the business innovation and technology strategies to achieve the desired goals

Define strategies that integrate the new strategies into the current business processes

Manage transition of business processes from current state to future state that achieves business goals

6/12 - 10/14: Vice President, Chief Information Officer

MagMutual Insurance Company

MagMutual is the largest writer of physician professional liability insurance in the southeast .

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

$10 million technology update of core systems and strategic business initiatives including: policy

administration system, CRM, business intelligence, mobile applications, and eCommerce

CRM implementation which increased account visibility and projection reporting that resulted in

increased client retention from 88% to 94% and direct sales increase of 8% over the first 12 months

Innovated sales and underwriting processes by implementing eCommerce solution resulting in 40%

conversion ratio

Implemented business intelligence dashboards which provide responsive management by highlighting

status, trending, and detail of key performance indicators saving 100 hours per quarter

Redesigned website by incorporating self-service content management for internal business units and

creating client communities featuring multiple client collaboration and communication options

Modernized new and legacy systems communication by integrating a modern enterprise service bus

Improved staff development and skillsets with targeted training and proactive turn-over management

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EMPLOYMENT (continued)

12/06 - 6/12: Director

ProAssurance Companies

ProAssurance is the third largest writer of professional liability in the United States.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Managed multiple M&A data integration projects to centralize data and financial management while

maintaining decentralized client service resulting in $15 million in direct savings over 5 acquisitions

Integrated modern development architecture to improve internal customer experience and leverage

available staff resources reducing legacy development costs by 8% over 15 months

Implemented software development lifecycle and documentation standards which improved software

quality and development time and reduced defects by 12% in the first 6 months

5/98 - 12/06: Project Manager, Information Systems

ProAssurance Companies

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Managed business and development teams to deliver effective and efficient system modification

Implemented SaaS vendor payment solution to efficiently mana ge payment processes which reduced

redundant payments and over-payments by 10%

Improved quality, efficiency, and consistency of data for claims and actuar ial departments decreasing

statutory reporting efforts by 10 hours per month

Implemented enterprise correspondence and policy forms system reducing policy forms by 100 forms

and providing real-time validation

9/90 - 5/98: Vice President, Development/Controller

Management Data, Inc.

Management Data develops, markets and sales a complete suite insurance management system for rapid

market penetration of domestic and international markets.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Managed strategic planning, development, and integrations from IBM mini-computer to modern

browser based customer facing entry system

Transitioned system from legacy flat file data structure to relational databases

Managed software implementations for domestic and international clients (Kansas City, Birmingham,

Panama, Trinidad)

Construction and monitoring of corporate budget

Implementation, management and monitoring of 401K plan options

Developed customer maintained document printing system to leverage customer resources and reduce

the cost of implementation and ongoing support

EDUCATION

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Master of Business Administration, Investing & Acquisitions

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Bachelor of Science, Financial Management

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