Management Project

kirk d. sullivan

**** ******* **. ~ Orlando, FL *2819

C: 407-***-**** ~ H: 407-***-****

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Business technology Professional

Accomplished, visionary Business Technology (BT) Leader with a proven track

record of accelerating business velocity through progressive strategic

planning, innovation, and the use of technology. Passionate about aligning

and optimizing processes and resources to accelerate revenue growth and

slash costs. Partners and consults with business units, end users, and

vendors exceeding bottom-line objectives. Successfully creates and leads

high-performing, cross-functional teams.

Areas of Expertise:

. Vision and Innovation

. Strategic Planning /

Enterprise Architecture

. Business Alignment &

Optimization

. Organizational / Cultural Maturity Roadmaps

. Technology Evaluation & Procurement

. Vendor Evaluation / Negotiation/Management

. Executive Collaboration / Consensus Building

. Complex Project Management

. Process / Organizational Optimization

. Service Oriented Architecture

. Team Leadership up to 160 employees

. Executive / BT Team Leadership

"Kirk's guidance is the most highly sought after on enterprise initiatives

ranging from Strategic Planning to innovative Technology Solutions to

Governance Implementations. Kirk also demonstrates deep knowledge in

Business Process and Methodology practices. In 32 years working across

multiple lines of businesses and technologies, this combination of skills

and experience in one person is extremely rare."

Rosanne, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal, walt disney parks & resorts 2008 - Present

Drive technology vision and direction for 800 member team providing

strategic, technical, and thought leadership to key projects in support of

business objectives and defining and implementing organizational and

process enhancements

. Spearheaded initiatives to optimize strategic planning and agility

through definition and deployment of enterprise architecture (EA) and

service oriented architecture (SOA) approaches.

. Initiated and led master planning process and workshops with cross-

functional business units, resulting in organization-wide business goal

alignment, business process linkage for strategic planning and existing

demand list alignment which is projected to improve use of capital by 60%

(CapEx) and eliminate existing annual and 5-year capital planning

exercises.

. Defined and executed service oriented architecture (SOA) vision,

including multiple aspects of role definitions, technology platforms;

achieving 30% faster delivery, 60% code reduction, and reduced root cause

analysis by 70%

. Defined the strategy for mobile device support, which will save 20% in

development costs for key applications over each of the next four years.

. Directed model-driven-architecture (MDA) process and toolsets, allowing

UML to WSDL automatic generation, along with tests and delegate

implementation code for Software Services, slashing interface development

time by 50% and reducing project cost by 30%.

. Defined, selected and executed on security vision of zero-trust, with

multiple security products to support business requirements for varied

device support involving OAuth, WS-Security, SOAP, REST, resulting in

first-to-last mile security with low maintenance cost (e.g. key

management).

President / Chief Consultant and Technologist, execute incorporated 2000 -

2008

Created and led private consulting company specializing in business /

technology alignment, strategic technology selection, and complex IS

project management and guidance.

Selected List of Accomplishments

The Walt Disney Company

. Realized offer-based selling systems, established on revenue-management

driven rules, through multi-year $250M project, which contributed

significantly to revenue gains.

. Championed advanced technology components (business rule engines,

advanced caching, ORM mapping) to support competitive advantage systems

delivery, resulting in on-time, on-budget delivery.

. Developed and executed multiple middleware technologies and implemented

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) environment which enabled key

business divisions to communicate seamlessly, helping to double revenue,

improve customer satisfaction and enable the development of many new

product concepts.

. Avoided potential revenue losses of $5 million by stabilizing processes

on a critical system.

. Enabled a 25% decrease in labor cost via a labor strategy roadmap and

implementation.

Marriott Vacation Club

. Triggered 12% sales growth by defining and implementing suspect / lead

processing marketing system.

Hard Rock Caf

. Transformed the CFO's brand vision into tangible solutions, including web

store, loyalty program, CRM, data warehousing, real time inventory, and

innovative entertainment.

. Bolstered revenue growth by 20% with the introduction of CRM,

personalization, and online campaign management.

. Enhanced revenue 15% with the launch of the customer loyalty program.

. Catapulted yearly sales by 30% with the addition of the Web store.

Additional History

. Netscape Communications (business and technology consulting)

. IBM Consulting Group (business and technology consulting, solution

delivery)

. IBM Sector Services Division (functional test leader)

EDUCATION, Awards

MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

BS, Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

United States Patent #5,371,883 "Method of Testing Programs in a

Distributed Environment"

IBM Golden Circle Award

IBM Technical Excellence Award

Quick Facts

Leadership/Management

. Visionary and influencer (ask for endorsements), expert communicator

at all levels, bringing respect and influence

. Team leadership of more than 25 teams, up to 27 direct reports and 160

persons

. Technical leadership on groups of up to 800 persons

Innovation

. Background includes 10 years at IBM, as well as other innovative

companies like Netscape and Disney

. History as bringer of efficiency and productivity through improved

process, roles, and technology in support of business across 14

industries, and responsible for major technology adoptions at Disney

over last 10 years.

. Expert in software architecture, to support areas of competitive

advantage, realizing business agility.

Team building

. Natural mentor, with teaching, non-verbal, and neuro-linguistic skills

. Builder of empowered teams, with clear roles/responsibilities,

rotation and backup of roles, cross-training, etc.

Personal

. Specializes in defining and realizing business vision, bringing about

higher levels of efficiency and productivity through the expert

application of people, process and technology. I have built many

highly functional teams, who have found it fun to come to work!

. Owner of multiple businesses, entrepreneur mindset

Industry Experience List

1. Education

2. Business Transaction Intermediary

3. Gaming

4. Defense

5. Telecom

6. Insurance

7. Timeshare

8. Manufacturing

9. Hospitality/Travel/Entertainment

10. Retail/Home goods

11. Transportation

12. Media

13. Food and Beverage

14. Technology

15. Advertising/Marketing

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