Experienced Director and VP of IT
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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
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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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