BRYAN CORSON

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BRYAN CORSON

BRYAN CORSON

SUMMARY

With experience leading IT departments at several companies, I succeed by being focused on creating teams that are collaborative, innovative and driven to perform at the highest level. As a leader in consulting organizations, I seek to identify solutions and lead implementations that benefit my clients as well as my employer. I excel at examining processes using data-driven methodologies and finding dynamic solutions that maximize asset production. I strive to find the right balance between leveraging existing architecture, infrastructure and systems, and implementing investments in new technologies. From the C-suite to line managers to end users, from on-site to remote site personnel (including off-shore teams), I listen and learn to formulate and execute solutions that aid in achieving strategic goals. My ability to overcome challenges is strengthened by knowing when to lead, when to coach and when to work beside my teammates to ensure a positive outcome. I respect the organization, the group and the goals, and seek to earn respect in return. My commitment and energy are equally divided across the three pillars of any organization: employees, customers and shareholders.

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR, CONSULTING SERVICES

CGI, Columbus, Ohio / 2012 – December 2023

From 2018 through 2023, I was responsible for overall engagement and account management for multiple banking and manufacturing clients of the CGI Columbus office. I was assigned to a group of clients where relationships had soured based on a lack of attention and willingness to address client concerns. I initially sought to build trust with these clients by listening to their concerns and being highly responsive to their needs. Eventually, this led to business development opportunities that translated into increased revenue for CGI. Responsibilities for these positions typically include the following:

Financial accountability for budgeting, forecasting, invoicing and reporting

Business development in the form of marketing CGI, relationship building, proposals, contractual negotiations, client development plans, competitor awareness and analysis and closing deals

Member management for CGI personnel assigned to client engagements

Engagement management and oversight, client satisfaction assessments

Management of various types of services engagements

Oversight of CGI proprietary IP

Coordination with offshore teams responsible for client delivery

Guiding teams to fulfill key deliverables on time, delivering quality and often exceeding client expectations

Proving CGI’s abilities to our clients to gain client favor and increase RFP traffic

Prior to 2018, I was the CGI Technical Lead and Supplemental Systems Program Manager for a large, multi-year Core System Replacement Project for a large government agency. The primary goal of the project was to replace the agency’s claims, policy and billing systems by implementing a new ERP system. My responsibilities included:

Infrastructure design and deployment, configuration management and other related activities

Successfully coordinating positive outcomes while working with various levels of governmental departments with varying goals and degrees of authority

Leading the Adobe correspondence creation efforts

Leading interface development and application performance testing

Assisting in recovery of large past due receivable balance in order to close out this long-term contract

VICE PRESIDENT AND PRACTICE DIRECTOR

Flairsoft, Columbus, Ohio / 2011 – 2012

I was responsible for the IT consulting operations of the non-federal practice. I also managed a large key project with a government agency where Flairsoft was responsible for data warehouse development and Microsoft SSIS/SSRS reporting efforts.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

Columbus, Ohio / 2008 – 2011

Project Manager and Scrum Master of a Medicaid Services project for a government agency

Delivered a custom-developed system for use by the agency and county boards

Developed exclusively in a VB.NET environment using the Agile Scrum development and project management framework

Was the pilot project for the agency’s use of Agile Scrum

Successful implementation of the application significantly contributed to the agency’s IT department being named a finalist in the TechColumbus Innovation Awards.

VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Day International, Dayton, Ohio / 2005-2008

Responsible for worldwide IT operations and coordination with Day’s parent company on corporate-wide IT matters

Implemented a data warehouse to improve sales, customer service and collections reporting

Headed the IT portion of the Longview Khalix Corporate Performance Management system implementation

Led the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley IT compliance efforts

Assisted with multiple company acquisitions, divestitures and due diligence exercises

Spearheaded the initiative to implement an IT service/asset management system (ITSM)

Led in ERP evaluation activities

Assisted with M&A activities and rationalization activities when the company was acquired in 2008

PRINCIPAL

CORe IT, Columbus, Ohio / 2000-2005

Founded the IT Management Consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio to provide executive and project management level technical services to clients primarily in the government and telecommunications sectors

Additional position information available upon request

Acted as the Project Manager for the rewrite of the PASSPORT system for a government agency

Converted the system from a mainframe-base to an object-oriented language (PowerBuilder)

Provided project management services in a large Billing systems consolidation project for an international mobile telecommunications provider

CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Greif Bros Corporation, Delaware, Ohio / 1997-2000

Assumed a newly created, senior-level position to establish a corporate-wide IT department

Determined needs for a centralized IT function and staffed it to support architecture, infrastructure and application support requirements

Designed and established a corporate processing/data center which housed over 80 people, large HP Unix servers, Windows servers, Cisco routers and telecom equipment

Established a corporate help desk operation and centralized procurement of all hardware and software under a leasing program

Established standards for many hardware and software platforms and managed the company’s Y2K IT remediation efforts

Implemented a 90-site Wide Area Network

Participated in a strategic e-commerce initiative and supported the company-wide implementation of an ERP system

Provided the infrastructure for the company’s PeopleSoft HR implementation

OTHER RELEVANT POSITIONS PRIOR TO 2000

VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Grimes Aerospace, Urbana, Ohio

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Teledyne Specialty Equipment, Worthington, Ohio

CONTACT

614-***-****

ad2tzl@r.postjobfree.com

Upper Arlington, OH

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-corson-1279168/

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Banking

Manufacturing

Government

Insurance

Retail

TECHNICAL

SPECIALIZATION

Leadership

System Integration

Project Management

ERP Software Implementation

Infrastructure

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Scrum Master

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Agile

PSA Finance

Intellx

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University

MBA

Emphasis in MIS

The Ohio State University

BS

Major in Computer and Information Science

MILITARY

United States Marine Corps

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