Management Project

Marcus Burrows

Email: *********@********.***

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City: Wayne

State: NJ

Zip: 07470

Country: USA

Phone: 973-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: > $250,000

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MARCUS BURROWS

ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION * CORPORATE RECOVERY * POST-DEAL INTEGRATION * INFORMATION MANAGEMENT * CIO ADVISORY

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT * ENGAGEMENT & RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT * PRACTICE LEADERSHIP *

Marcus is a recognized and respected advisor and leader focusing on enterprise transformation, recovery and post-deal integration. He has developed a distinct and successful career path to Partner level with firms such as KPMG, PA Consulting Group, IBM and EMC as well as executive leadership roles in industry over a period of twenty five years.

His work has had substantial and immediate impact on his clients` businesses, successfully effecting enterprise data services, value chain optimization, global ERP/IS operations governance and support, post-merger enterprise integration, finance process transformation as well as deployment of global business information and analytics competencies.

Marcus` extensive experience is based on a project portfolio that demonstrates a sound ability to deploy initiatives with a synergy between strategic and tactical efforts. The results have effected operational level transformations with immediate and measurable benefits to the business. His trusted relationships with key decision-makers and business leaders has enabled transformations that support strategic objectives as well as driving out costs and securing revenue, demonstrating an immediate ROI on initiatives.

His current role focuses on developing close relationships with private equity and enterprise 'C' levels to support self-sustaining enterprise wide transformation. As a result of measured and iterative process/operations-based cost recovery and revenue protection methods, Marcus has been instrumental in value chain optimization, delivering significant cost reductions, sustained profitability and strengthened balance sheet results.

His particular focus lies in the preparedness of the underlying enterprise and its operations/processes prior to effecting global transformations to unified operating models, ensuring the attainment of strategic goals.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

* Experienced in building successful relationships at the highest level of a client enterprise based on trust and acceptance as consultant and advisor.

* Consistent achiever in closing on new business, meeting and exceeding targets while successfully delivering projects, programs, alliances, methods, tools, and acquisitions.

* A multi-industry background that includes financial services, energy/utilities, life sciences, media/ entertainment, CPG, discrete/process manufacturing,

* Well-versed in global practice management and delivery, including delivery methods and tools, recruiting and resource development, business development, third party vendor relationships and remote consulting/support,

* Extensive global experience in USA, Europe, Africa and the Far East

* Strong communication, relationship development and negotiation skills

* A maturity in the technology-driven transformation space that provides a perceptive and insightful understanding of key issues and their impact on P&L/Balance Sheet as well as key operations strategies and deliverable results to investors.

* Dedicated, professional work ethic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CSC AMERICAS

Partner, Strategic Services Group, New York, NY

Finance Transformation Practice, August 2012-November 2012

Delivery of clients` strategic goals through Enterprise Transformation, focusing on Value Chain optimization, Information Management & Service Delivery operating models.

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Consulting Partner, Analytics & Information Management Practice, New York, NY

Information Management & Analytics Practice, November 2010 - August 2012

Practice leadership in value chain optimization, enterprise transformation, information management and analytics. Led the development of a go-to-market CIO advisory capability focusing on information-based process transformation and operations. Program/project delivery included;

* Defined and effected transformation of an Enterprise Information Management group (EIMG) from project-based work to strategic global Data Services, focusing on information integrity, governance and cost of data ownership in the value chain for a major mailing technology provider. Secured additional continuance work valued at $2.8m.

* Developed and effected a Global Data Services model to sustain multiple legacy data migrations and to effect globally consistent data management in support of a UK-based utility company`s global SAP-based finance transformation program.

* Developed a new go-to-market strategy and supporting business model to 'commoditize` a `Service Catalogue` for a core `Data Service` function and CoE for a major apparel manufacturer, transforming the commercial,relationship between their 'customer' from 'service provider' to 'market maker'. The resulting business model reduced the cost of application development and testing for the business overall and generated a surplus of funds in the Data Service function to fund further service line offerings.

* Deployed a BI competency, securing senior CIO and finance stakeholder support and demonstrating an ROI-supported transformation roadmap for a major apparel brand management corporation. Implemented an information services portfolio and effected transformation to a global BI competency.

EMC

Business Consulting, Life Sciences (Information Management & Analytics) Practice, New York, NY.

Senior Technical Program Director, Life Sciences vertical April 2009-May 2010

* Practice `relationship development` in key accounts within Life Sciences vertical accountable to lead partner. Extended five projects with seven significant pieces of additional work valued at ~ $2.5m in 2009-2010.

Developed key transformation programs for strategic account clients as an `entrepreneurial resource` to `locate and expand` opportunities for delivery teams.

Developed and implemented transformation programs that enabled global shared services operations for sensitive information management and data governance projects and extended EMC practice engagement through internal and external relationship building.

UTCAA STRATEGIC CONSULTING

Strategic transformation partnerships, Corporations/Private Equity

New York, November 2008 onward

Providing partnership in expertise to effect strategic transformations through value chain optimization and service delivery models.

IBM

Global Business Services, New York, NY

Senior Managing Consultant/Associate Partner April 2007 - March 2009

Provided key point of strategic/operational IT process transformations with clients in the SMB sector,

Acted as SME in the field of global ERP (SAP)-based finance transformations,

Developed client relationships that took the focus from `system integrator` to `management consultant`, delivering data/information transformation, process integration and performance benefits as a key component of solution-based finance transformations,

Developed and extended the relationship with IBM through additional work and value-driven benefits, securing additional business of $4m,

IBM `Blue Harmony` Program:

Established cross-business unit and global relationships at the very highest levels of IBM, formulating and delivering a universal data transformation strategy in support of IBM`s universal ERP solution.

THQ, INC

Major Video Game Producer/Developer, Los Angeles, CA

Director, Applications Development & Support March 2004 - March 2007

Report directly to the VP MIS to design and deliver short and long term strategic transformation programs supported by ERP (SAP)-based solutions. Implemented key structural changes in decision-making and funding allocation as an enterprise-wide series of Change and Project Boards. Aligned applications development and project initiatives with strategic business priorities in a unified `governance` model. Worked closely with the business unit leaders/process owners in finance, sales, logistics, operations and product development to:

* migrate the applications development business model from off-shore to an in-house solutions center, reducing development turnaround time and costs by over 500%,

* `take the fight to the jungle'; proactively identifying transaction-based process misalignment and implemented applications-based solutions; investigated data quality issues within key processes, effecting a remedial data profiling and transformation initiative supported by process and data monitoring to reduce the cash processing and allocations cycle from 3 weeks to 2 hours, increasing the volume of business done by the company some 130%, adding $400m to the value of the company by the fiscal year end.

* responded to points raised in Sarbanes-Oxley audit, developing and implementing remedial processes for transactional integrity, information security and business process support. Completed response and mobilization in compliance with ss404/802 within the stipulated time-frame as a global Master Data strategy,

* created global transaction support model for finance/operations functions,

* raised business awareness of integrated application and technology function-based processes, reducing reliance on manual intervention and 'off-application' solutions in key cash-flow areas,

Day-today role included managing budgets, internal and external resource management, training, development and mentoring/performance appraisal, implementation project delivery support. Operational responsibility included maintaining data quality, applications and technology as production, development and test environments for constant business process support.

YAMANOUCHI PHARMA AMERICA, INC

Major Pharmaceutical Corporation, Paramus, NJ

SAP Director July 2001-March 2004

Report directly to the CFO. Led the transformation of enterprise-wide finance processes and management to an SAP R/3(tm)-based solution. Established an in-house MIS/Finance Center of Excellence, reducing transaction processing costs by 300% ($5 million). Defined, directed and delivered SAP R/3(tm) project activities against timescales and budgets, meeting functional, technical and business process requirements.

INTELLIGROUP INC., NJ

Associate Partner, SAP Practice November 1998 - July 2001

Responsible for new business, relationship development and program delivery for a portfolio of key Fortune 500 accounts, including GE Capital, Thompson Media, Sithe Energies.

PLAUT CONSULTING LTD., UK: Industry Service Manager, SAP practice April 1996- November 1998

PA CONSULTING GROUP, UK: Principal Consultant, ERP Group March 1994- March 1996

COOPERS & LYBRAND, UK: Senior/Principal Consultant, Financial Systems Group March 1992 - March 1994

LASMO NORTH SEA PLC, UK: Systems Development Manager January 1990 - March 1992

KPMG PEAT MARWICK MCLINTOCK, UK: Consultant/Senior Consultant, LSIG April 1987- January 1990

GATEWAY FOODMARKETS LTD., UK: Financial Systems Analyst June 1984 - March 1987

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

BA (Hons) Economics/Econometrics, Bristol, 1984

Member, Institute of Management Consultants (MIMC), Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Certified ASAP(tm), SSADM(tm), UML(tm),

Extensive SAP R/3(tm) experience and expertise in FI, CO, MM, SD modules to v4.7c plus ECC 5.0 & 6.0, SEM, BW, SRM, CRM, PS, IS/Media and IPM, GRC,

Extensive experience in utilizing CMMI/ITIL/COBIT and COTS applications in the analysis and design of data governance and management delivery programs.

-Value Chains: The case for Data Management- DGIQ Conference, San Diego June 2013.

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