Project Manager Six Sigma

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objective

* ********* ***** ******** ** a management team with opportunity for team leadership, broad strategic

thinking & to deliver business ROI with IT solutions.

Summary of qualifications

2 Scope definition & execution of large ($10MM+), complex application development & rollout

programs

3 Execution of major ERP, BI & process change programs, including multi-country rollouts

4 Expertise in Financial systems, reporting & process and IT SOX

5 GE “Top Talent” rating 3 years running

6 Major acquisition integration, diligence, value driven strategy & execution

7 Management & development of global teams

Accomplishments

8 Program managed execution of development, testing & implementation of Nielsen Store

Observation application into 2 countries, led planning for global rollout. 6 technology platforms, 130

people, $14MM

9 Driven major decisions on scope vs. cost, focused stakeholders on delivering a product to drive

revenue & low operational costs for Nielsen.

10 Multi country ERP - Led deployment of Oracle Financials in Asia, Europe, US

11 Acquisitions - Supported inorganic growth of $650MM revenue over 2 years through

acquisition integration, performing diligences on targets, defining IT strategy to support acquisition

objectives & executing with multiple GE business units.

12 Acquisitions – Led development of IT strategy & plan for acquisition integration of 2 business

units from Abbott Labs, complex carve out in validated environment with 1,600 applications, $2.7BN

revenue, 12,000 employees

13 Business Intelligence – Built, supported & maintained BI applications to provide financial &

operational analytics for $1.5BN global business unit

14 Team leadership - Developed & led IT teams to align & engage global functional organizations

15 Six Sigma Green Belt

Professional experience

NIELSEN Dec 2008 – present

Technology Executive (Tampa, FL)

16 Program managing the development & rollout of the Nielsen Store Observation application to

create a single platform & deploy globally. Drove program strategy with business & technology teams,

led program planning & successful execution across multiple teams & technologies, deployed in 2

countries.

17 Delivered 2 additional large developments - drove stakeholder focus on process & functionality

to increase revenue, lower operational costs & maintain a consistent quality of client deliverables.

18 Gained stakeholder support & funding for a future release of new functionality enabling

additional revenue growth in countries to receive the application in 2011.

19 As a CIO direct, led the Technology function for Nielsen’s $1.4BN Global Media business. Led

portfolio management to program delivery in a matrixed organization. Deliveries included call center

platform stability (200 users), major HW, OS, DB SW refresh & multiple product enhancements.

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GENERAL ELECTRIC Apr 2000 – Dec 2008

GE Healthcare Milwaukee

IT Lead for Business Development (Aug 2006 – Dec 2008)

20 CIO direct, leading all IT acquisition & divestiture activities

21 Performed acquisition target IT due diligence, built integration strategies to support acquisition

objectives, built integration cost & synergy budgets, developed integration plans & resource needs.

22 Worked with business unit CIOs & CTO organization to mobilize integration projects &

provide leadership & support to integration teams

23 Supported divestitures of $40MM revenue, requiring complex carve outs from GE’s &

GEHC’s corporate applications & infrastructure

24 Built acquisition playbook to make acquisitions a repeatable process, increasing predictability

& reducing day 1errors

IT Finance Client Service Manager (May 2002 – Aug 2006)

25 CIO direct working with CFOs & their teams in multiple business units

26 Led multiple Oracle Financials rollouts in conjunction with Manufacturing, Distribution &

Reporting functions to improve global process controllership & visibility.

27 Led the Business Intelligence team for a $1.5BN rev business unit, drove metrics

standardization & visibility across 90%+ of the unit’s base cost, orders, sales & backlog, as well as Install

Base visibility.

28 Developed IT strategy to support controllership of intercompany processes. Developed &

executed a global multi generation plan to reduce intercompany issues, avoided $80MM write off

NBC New York Apr 2000 – May 2002

Director of Applications, TV Stations

29 Led enhancement of core business applications for 13 NBC owned & operated TV Stations

30 Led consolidation of core business systems from 13 local instances to 3 shared hubs –

impacting 500+ staff. Key component of large program that reduced operating costs by ~$5MM per year

& provided a scalable platform for future acquisitions.

Independent Consultant 1993 – 2000

Consulting Assignments

31 General Electric, TIP Europe, Program Manager

32 BHF Bank, New York . Project Manager

33 Burgan Bank, Kuwait. Project Manager

34 Agrobanka, Prague. Project Manager

35 OTP Bank, Budapest – Consultant

Education & Professional Training

BA (Hons) Systems Analysis Bristol Polytechnic, UK 1988

GEHC Management Development Course (2007, 2 weeks class, 1 month project (project lead))

GE Advanced Information Management Course (2002, 2 weeks class)

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (GE)

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