Sales Management

Vincent D. DeRubba 917-***-****

** **** ** ( Washingtonville, NY 10992

******@***********.***

VP ( Information Technology and Client Services Executive

IT professional experienced in business operations, client support, and

data center management. Proficient in organization building, attracting

and motivating teams to work effectively in a collaborative environment

focused on objectives, quality processes and problem solving. A results

driven executive with a diverse background in business sectors and in-

depth knowledge of technology, operations and best practices. Energetic

leader supported by excellent analytical and communication skills with a

track record of success.

Expertise & Functional Competencies

Staff Leadership and Customer Relations Contingency Planning

Development Strategic Planning Risk Management

P & L Management & OEM and Vendor Management Release Management

Improvement Audit & Compliance Total Quality

Sales & RFP Support Management

Contract Negotiation

Professional Experience

FISERV ( BANKLINK, New York, NY

2002 - Present

VP, Group Operations ( Technology ( Client Services

Highly skilled and dedicated executive offering an impressive track

record of progressive leadership in the financial services industry with

an exceptional understanding of multi-customer environments, cross-

cultural support teams, operational best practices, emerging strategies

and technology. Executive oversight for 47 technology professionals with

operational oversight for two data centers in Philadelphia and New York.

Provide outstanding support for an industry-leading web based, commercial

online internet Cash Management application.

. Direct several departments including workforce, production,

maintenance, client support and operational management. Control an

operating budget of 6.7 MM. Thorough budgeting and forecasting skills.

Met financial objectives in both expenses and productivity gains in

support of business unit and corporate growth targets.

. Responsible for building and maintaining high performing infrastructures

designed to interface with several Fiserv Core Processors throughout the

U.S. This strategy resulted in 20% organic growth and support of new

sales generated by internal lines of business units within Fiserv.

. Increase profits by partnering with internal and external vendors and

negotiating contracts and renewals. Negotiated a B2B contract to

outsource file transmission processing which resulted in reducing

operating expenses by 1M annually.

. Strengthen MS Wintel infrastructure by introducing new technology such as

virtualization and VMWare software. This initiative enabled increased

sales by increasing speed to market, reducing server build time and

minimizing product delivery to clients.

. Maximize system performance by implementing new and innovative tools to

obtain metrics and associated management and performance reports for key

infrastructure components. Tracking performance ensured that BANKLINK's

systems met contractual obligations and exceeded established service

levels.

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. Recruit and hire top talent and contributed to the retention of high

caliber technologist and operational professionals. Led off-shore

transformation initiative and created a plan to lower costs, increase

headcount and accelerate growth in a challenging environment.

. Contribute to several significant RFP's, third part assessments and sales

efforts. This resulted in winning contracts for Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan

Chase, and Bank of America with a combined contract value of 25MM.

. Develop a comprehensive disaster recovery and business resumption plan

that met FFIEC regulations. Transformed the development of a disaster

recovery project into an organizational program. Executed component based

annual recovery drills and approved client facing documentation.

. Led annual SAS70 Type 2 examinations of operational controls. Accountable

for overall organizational internal governance, controls and processes to

satisfy internal and external audit compliance. Achieved several years of

satisfactory composite ratings.

. Implement Cybertrust Enterprise application and system vulnerability

testing. Quarterly testing and remediation activities resulted in

achieving security certifications which supported sales efforts and

enabled clients to meet their Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA and security

requirements.

. Coordinate organizational corporate risk management assessments.

Integrated internal risk assessment procedures into the SDLC process.

. Responsible for authorizing exception change control requests for

severity 1 production issues. Ensure defects and enhancements are

prioritized to meet financial objectives and improved Client

Satisfaction.

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS) ( EFT/CNS, Morris Plains, NJ

1982 to 2002

Director, Business Planning - Infrastructure Support

Directed several projects and cost savings initiatives resulting in a

savings of over 10 million dollars. This was accomplished by effective

negotiation of contract renewals, executing work force reductions,

consolidating data centers, and selling excess capacity for disaster

recovery services.

. Coordinate several technology migrations and consolidation efforts

to minimize operational overhead and reduce expense.

. Responsible for the relationship and operational objectives for

three separate and geographic data center locations located in

Rochelle Park, NJ, Auburn Hills, MI and Plano, TX.

. Serve as a leader and member of the Technology Architecture

Committee chartered with establishing organizational technology and

strategy for the infrastructure supporting ATM teller machines.

. Accept responsibility for Senior Vice Presidents and other leaders

in the Technical Delivery and Infrastructure Support organizations.

. Participated in large scale semi-annual maintenance activities such

as operating system upgrades, recovery exercises and technology

refreshments.

. Led a quality steering team to improve communications between work

groups. Re-engineered and implemented workflows that supported

business objectives. Established consistent processes between

departments.

. Supported the sales effort and divestiture of EDS to Fiserv.

Education

Rockland Community College, Phi Sigma Omicron, Dean Honor List

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