Chris Harding **** Narcissus Lane N. Maple Grove, MN 55311

612-***-**** abiggm@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Technology Executive

PROFILE

Strategic, visionary leader with extensive success leveraging innovative

technology solutions to drive operational efficiencies and continuous

improvement across multi-cultural, global and matrix organizations.

Inspirational executive presence coupled with collaborative customer facing

approach and exceptional communication skills enabling execution of viable

technological enhancements linked to productivity and profitability. In

depth, enterprise-wide leadership of diverse world-class full product

lifecycle development teams and platforms. Influential change agent

recognized for key M&A contributions and seamless transitions.

Business / Technology Alignment Leading Dispersed Global Strategic Product

Teams Roadmaps

SaaS, Hosted & Shrink-wrapped Complex Engineering Oversight of R&D and QA

Solutions Applications

Producing 10% Annual Low Cost Offshore AGILE / SCRUM

Productivity Gains Development Methodology

EXPERIENCE

INGENIX (External facing division of United Healthcare) - Eden 2007 - Present

Prairie MN

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Lead development of 100+ commercial products delivered as SaaS, hosted

solutions or shrink wrapped offerings to federal government, state

authorities and healthcare providers producing $1 billion plus in revenue

across 3 separate divisions. Administered $75 million budget with 800+

team members.

. Crafted technology roadmaps anticipated to result in SaaS being 80% of

revenue within 5 years.

. Attained 30% on-time delivery improvement following AGILE/SCRUM

methodology implementation.

. Raised productivity by 40% and lowered attrition from 25% to 8% in 12

month period by forming virtual captive of 400+ person India based

team.

. Instituted lean onshore initiative reducing offshore suppliers'

onshore resources from 65 to 2 in 10 months resulting in $8 million

per year annualized savings with no productivity loss.

. Played key role in evaluation and integration of $200 million revenue

acquisition that realized $15 million savings and additional $20

million revenue in first 6 months.

. Built PMO focused on proactive risk management to eliminate

unanticipated issues.

. Standardized reporting with project dashboards and resource

utilization plans helping senior leadership team easily evaluate

engineering team performance.

. Obtained CMMI level 2 capability within 18 months resulting in grass

roots commitment to quality.

. Executed end to end product development lifecycle process to manage

capital planning and business cycles for commercial products adopted

organization-wide.

. Restructured job categories, pay scales, goals and objectives which

drove higher levels of accountability within engineering teams and

improved employee satisfaction 10% year over year.

. Collaborated with finance and operations groups to remove cross-

functional redundancies and improve effectiveness of annual capital

planning, software capitalization and resource planning.

DELPHI TECHNOLOGY - Boston, MA 2006 - 2007

Senior Vice President of Development

Upgraded performance of 140 person technology provider, servicing medical

insurance liability industry, through direct oversight and administration

of $8 million budget and 90 person technology team.

. Led customization and rollout efforts for SaaS or shrink wrapped

products for insurance applications.

. Positioned company to meet 2 year double revenue goal through next

generation product strategy.

. Reset goals, implemented AGILE/SCRUM, re-skilled software,

implementation and application support groups to align with strategy.

Implemented RUP processes as backbone.

. Refocused and scaled Shanghai group to support US operations.

. Re-engineered inter-group processes that increased productivity by

33%; reduced customer upgrade time from 5 months to 6 weeks.

INVENSYS - Foxboro, MA 2000 - 2006

Vice President of Development, Products Group - Foxboro, MA (9/02-4/06)

Progressed through various leadership roles for $6 billion (US) global

industrial applications and production management systems provider.

Oversaw up to $45 million budget and 400-500 technology organization.

. Provided strategic oversight to 5 geographically dispersed software

divisions.

. Designed and implemented a product lifecycle to drive capital

investment prioritization.

. Reorganized newly formed group of 400+ software developers into

standalone business units.

. Structured standalone India development center that grew to 350+

people in 3 locations over 4 years.

. Realized 25% savings through creation of highly scalable, flexible and

reliable organization.

Vice President, R&D - Invensys IDEAS Division - Foxboro, MA (1/01-8/02)

Promoted to lead 200-person multi location software development group, to

build products in the steady state and process automation markets.

. Established cohesive organization integrating12 geographically

dispersed groups from 6 acquisitions.

. Entrusted with sole responsibility to reorganize 1000 person sister

organization.

. Overcame intense internal pressure and achieved full buy-in for

successful implementation.

. Shrunk annual development costs by 30% by outsourcing work to India.

. Implemented product quality initiatives using CMMI best practices.

Vice President, R&D - Simulation Sciences (SimSci) Business Unit - Brea,

CA (6/00-1/01)

Transitioned 60-person software group and led organization turnaround

from legacy steady state product development to Internet component-based

products for ASP offerings.

. Halted legacy product revenue decline, boosted market share and

enabled additional revenue sources.

. Managed data center supporting 8 countries.

UNISYS - United States and Australia 1988 - 2000

Director of Development - Australian Center for Unisys Software - Sydney,

Australia (1/98-6/00)

Transferred back to Sydney to lead group developing 4GL software tools.

Directed $13 million budget with 170 person facility covering all

functions: finance, HR planning, IT systems and office management.

. Increased on-time delivery by 60% and customer satisfaction by 33% for

400+ global customers.

. Reduced costs 25% by initiating global offshore development strategy

in 9 worldwide locations.

Director of Development - Unisys - Mission Viejo, CA (5/97-6/98)

Led 150 person software organization supporting entire Unisys customer

base and built OO relational database, OO Meta repository, hierarchical

database and operating system management tools.

. Accelerated time-to-market of radical new OO products by 1 year with

no customer impact by successfully transitioning staff from legacy

products; operated with $12 million budget.

. Handled high visibility customer support and concurrently managed

Sydney operation for 10 months.

Software Development Manager - Unisys - Mission Viejo, CA (4/94-5/97)

Selected for US expatriate assignment leading strategic OO Client

Server/Internet products, rebuild and mentor newly formed development

group of 30-50 onshore and 25 offshore staff and $6 million budget.

. Achieved CMM Level 3 and ISO900 certifications.

Software Development Manager - Australian Center for Unisys Software

(ACUS) - Melbourne Australia (1/92-4/94) Promoted from positions

including: Project Manager - Healthcare (5/90-1/92), Support Manager

(8/89-5/90) and Technical Team Leader (6/88-7/89).

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Computer Programming Diploma, Australia ( Marketing for Non-marketing

Managers, University of Chicago ( Organizational Leadership, Unisys

University ( Transitions Management (TMI) ( Leadership Development, Mt.

Eliza Management College ( TQM, Baldrige Criteria ( Managing in a Changing

Environment

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