norman veit, PMP
HARKER HEIGHTS, TX
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Globally Experienced IT Management Professional
Broad Business and Technical Background with Exceptional People Skills
Very deep and diverse global technical background including development of
technology roadmaps and architecture standards. Professional manager and
creative problem solver who unites strategic vision and tactical execution
to positively impact top and bottom lines. Quickly develops credibility
and trust to create effective and top-performing teams. Effective
communicator adept at bridging diverse business cultures to achieve
objectives. Experienced with PMBOK and ITIL based delivery frameworks.
High performance program / Enterprise level Global strategic planning
project team management architecture and
technical design
Business case development, Multi-platform Extensive SDLC experience
requirements gathering, applications both classic waterfall and
process design and development, web, agile methodologies
re-engineering client-server, mainframe
Significant experience Deep knowledge of Extensive experience with
with loans, commercial, banking operations investment services
consumer and mortgage from including clearing, DDA, including equities,
origination through GL, branch systems and derivatives, repos and
servicing ATMs global private banking
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2 Professional Experience
CGI
Manager, Outsourcing Services 2012-Present
Managed the initial transition of services, performing a variety of
management activities as part of the Managed Services Agreement between CGI-
US and City of San Diego. Duties included coaching developers on
assimilation tasks, reviewing documents, participating in the design of the
ongoing ITIL based processes to manage the steady-state operations. After
transition managed daily operational support, incident resolution, fixes
and projects related to the Enterprise/Municipal and Treasury city
departments.
Other assignments include QA management for the Vermont Health Exchange,
responsible for the creation and execution of test plans, staffing
requirements, defect tracking, traceability and reporting of daily test
activities to upper management. Further responsibilities include
developing and managing the testing artefacts such as testing strategy, day
plans and test plans
Veit Technology, Raleigh, NC 2003-2012
IT Management Consultant
Senior level consulting to banking and other industries utilizing expert
level design and business skills, including business analysis, system
planning and design, project / program management and business management.
Selected engagements:
Client - RBC Bank
. Program manager for Product/Pricing/Process work-streams for initiative
to stand-up an online-bank. Identify vendor capabilities/BPO solutions to
support current products, determine and document go forward product mix
and attributes, define the processes including service levels, staffing,
and brand experience, ensure existing portfolios are mapped over and
serviced according to existing contracts, and establish end-to-end
process for all new products. Manage multiple work streams via assigned
project managers.
. Senior project manager for Secondary Marketing Pipeline Automation.
Identified vendor capabilities to implement solutions to improve areas
such as pipeline modeling and analytics, agency delivery and mark-to-
market reporting of hedge transaction positions. Reviewed contract terms
and part of negotiation team. Managed budget and overall implementation
of selected solution.
. Senior project manager for Commercial Lending Process and Strategy
Assessment to identify process deficiencies such as re-work, time
constraints, and excessive touch-points; related root causes; and
solutions to improve areas such as productivity, availability to sell,
and cycle time to render loan decisions. Project also benchmarked key
indicators for identification of gaps in industry best practices.
Several key strategic alignment issues between sales, risk and
fulfillment were addressed in final recommendations.
Client - First Citizens Bank
. Senior level business and technical analysis for new AMA (Asset
Management Account) product introduction which included consumer,
internal stakeholder and competitor research, analysis of existing
internal IT enterprise level capabilities, definition of product features
and operational characteristics.
. Created detailed business case (40,000 man-hours/ $5 million spend),
presented to senior management steering committee composed of both
banking and investment business executives.
. Developer of "to be" technical design and architecture.
. Project Manager for Hogan (DDA/core deposits and CIS/customer
relationship management) development teams, client-server platform team,
SOA implementation (Biz-talk), and system testing/QA team. Additionally
coordinated external vendor relationships (Pershing/ brokerage back-
office processing). Successfully implemented on-time and on-budget.
Client - National City Bank
. Brought in to turn around re-engineering of mainframe deposit systems
involving migration of product functionality from mainframe to Java
framework to support business unit's need for flexible customer
relationship pricing programs.
. Mentored junior project managers and assisted system architect in
technical design.
. Developed strategy for successful implementation of working prototype.
Citigroup Private Bank, New York, NY 2000-2003
Vice President, Global Strategy and Architecture
Drove overall global applications' architecture and long and short-term
strategy including e-business and web initiatives. Worked closely with "C-
level" management to align technology and provide mid- to long-term
business strategy. Coordinated several large regional development
initiatives functioning as liaison with four global technology CIOs and
advocate for shared solutions and platforms.
. Produced 3-year outlook and strategy to grow business by leading global
team to assess technology including financials and plans for addressing
gaps. Involved assessment and recommendations on over 180 major systems
worldwide.
. Improved delivery efficiencies by serving as in-house consultant
reviewing designs and influencing development directions. Involved with
both on-shore and off-shore development teams. Projects included global
ODS warehouse, document/image management and workflow automation.
Technologies ranged from mainframe legacy systems, ETL, Web based
applications and SOA oriented architecture.
. Major leader of key European project to eliminate costly legacy
technology, simplify processes and create more effective procedures.
Provided leadership of a cross-cultural team of 30+ people in Japan,
Singapore, Hong Kong, India, UK, Switzerland, and US. Ultimately
streamlined the business processes, integrated multiple technology
systems and resolved complex cross-border regulatory issues for
savings in excess of $1 million annually. The significant improvement
in transaction processing times and reduction of manual intervention
greatly impacted accuracy of execution resulting in an enhanced client
experience.
. Championed BPM (middle-ware for business workflow and document
management) and Business Intelligence initiatives to position the
organization to support business agility in a highly competitive market.
Veit, McMillan and Associates, New York, NY 1989-2000
IT Management and Design Consultant
Engagements involved project management, business analysis, system
planning, design and programming services and an advanced understanding of
a very diverse and complex set of products, both banking and investment /
brokerage oriented. Integrated and delivered customer requirements using
existing infrastructure. Selected engagements:
Client - Citibank Private Bank
. Significant technical leadership role in global common platform strategy,
business definition, architecture and implementation with heavy overseas
involvement in Japan and Singapore based projects. Key interactions with
organization's operations management for development of integration
strategies for Systematics platform. System was global web-based data
warehouse and relationship management system.
. Saved $700,000 by designing security and access systems that required no
changes to existing legacy applications in less than 6 months. Security
rules supported complex privacy issues related to high net-worth clients.
. Turned around 3-year stall of major warehousing project to support US
customer base for three business divisions successfully moving it into
production in 8 months. Project included design in PPS (third party
Hogan based device and platform management), Hogan CIS and a "C" based
client server front end.
. Key player in commercial loans system implementation to improve booking
and servicing of custom structured loans for private bank clients.
Entered project in a turn-around situation and drove to successful
completion. Required extensive work with primary business owner to
reverse engineer requirements from undocumented legacy system.
1 Client - Bankers Trust (Acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1998/99)
. Slashed turnaround time for reports 60% and cut required personnel 80% by
revamping end user computing environment for risk management reporting
area in New York and London.
. Completed successful remediation of Y2K issues in end-user computing as
project manager for Risk Management area in support of repurchase
agreement trading (repos for capital markets) operations. Ran team of 5
to assess and remediate over 2000 individual applications.
Moskowitz and Company, St. Louis, MO 1987-1989
Senior IT Consultant
Led projects in the U.S. and Europe which required quick adaptation to
diverse financial environments. Provided strategic planning, business
analysis, computer systems design and systems implementation for financial
institutions. Specialized in projects that required creativity and
challenging timelines.
Citicorp PTP, St. Louis, MO 1983-
1987
Applications Development Manager - Mortgage Systems
Directly managed team of 15 analysts and programmers using PC, server, and
mainframe environments. Served as technical advisor to Director of Systems
Development on uses of emerging IT
CTG/Diversified Systems Inc 1981-1983
Consultant
Worked in variety of industries as a contract programmer/analyst utilizing
design and coding skills in COBOL, Assembler, ADF, IMS and Basic.
Ralston Purina 1980-1981
Programmer / Analyst
Assigned to Industrial Chow Division as a programmer/analyst utilizing
design and coding skills in COBOL.
General American Life Insurance 1978-1980
Programmer
Worked on pension systems development as a programmer utilizing design and
coding skills in PL/1.
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3 Education
Webster University, Webster Grove, MO, BA in Computer Studies, 1987
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5 Additional Training and Certifications
. PMI PMP
. ITIL Foundation
. CGI Leadership Development Program
. CDP Certification
. Service Oriented Architecture Concepts
. Project Management
. Risk / Issue Management