VP, Information Technology - Head of IT/CIO is my current Title

Bryan Bennett

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PROFILE SUMMARY

VP, Information Technology / CIO

Executive leader offering extensive experience growing and improving fortune 500 institutions, directly as a C-suite executive and business driven technology and innovation officer. Delivering superior cost savings, revenue maximizing solutions and P&L results. Purpose driven leadership fostering system and application sustainability, continuous delivery, security, innovation, transparency and accountability. Valued business partner and change advocate. Outstanding communicator with keen attention to detail and a natural ability to forge collaborative executive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Expertise and Proven Results in: Business and Technology Strategy, Governance, Planning; Management Consulting; Thought Leadership; C-Level Management; High Performance Human Capital Management; Financial Planning, Reporting and Management; Digital Transformation; Business Intelligence, Analytics, Machine Learning & Robotic Processing Automation; Business Development & Consulting; Customer Relationship Management; Application Development, Product Development, Innovation; Process Re-Engineering, Automation; Project Management; Change Management; Vendor Negotiation; M&A Due Diligence & Integration; Marketing Digital, Mobile & Social Media Strategy; Architecture and Engineering; Information Security, Risk & Compliance; Multi-Platform & Cloud Computing; Disaster Planning & Recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Chief Business Information Officer Digital Technologies and Innovation, VP Head of IT

First Group – First Student 600 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 February 2017 – Present

Business divisional IT Head, $57M in IT services spanning 476 locations, 50,000 employees with an overall company revenue of $2.4B. Promoting success through 104 IT professionals (Student, Central), strategy, budgets, delivery, performance, application, infrastructure, security, innovation and change management.

Appointed Student Board Member advising and contributing to the formulation of the company’s business strategies on core technologies, emerging technologies and digital trends.

Modernized application and server footprint, modularizing and migrating to cloud services and partnering with Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud and CBTS private cloud - $3.1M savings.

Re-platformed Student and Charter businesses on Salesforce saving $7.4M, over 5 years.

Launched innovation framework, built university and investor relations, engaging start-ups and emerging technology; spearheading robotic processing automation, employee retention / recruitment, revenue generating and partner pilots to augment businesses - $19M opportunities.

Implementing IOT on bus tablet and cloud technology, expected $40M operating savings YOY.

Executive Technology Management Consultant

Vantiv (FIS) - Consultant 8500 Governors Hill Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45249 July 2016 – February 2017

Provided structure and delivery consultancy on technology, project and IT Security & Risk. Largest US Debit - Credit Card processor and point of sale solutions provider with $470M in revenue, 3500 employees.

Integrated ITIL procedures into IT fulfillment teams, increasing operational output 15%.

Implemented a strategy, program governance structure to manage pipeline and delivery controls.

Launched cross business agile scrum, addressed limits, increased delivery capability 21%.

Engineered risk controls, vulnerability patch management, increasing high risk remediation 18%.

Sr. Director: Office of the CIO Strategy, Program Services, Innovation and Enablement

Luxottica 4000 Luxottica Pl., Mason OH 45040 October 2012 – June 2016

Drove the company’s consumer digital strategy and implemented in-store, web and mobile technologies. Accountability grew to include global IT strategy, delivery, retail capability maximization and oversight of 39 professionals. Largest global retailer and manufacturer of luxury / licensed eyewear, $10.4B in revenue, 1700 employees.

Directed $163M global project portfolio. $8M in delivery cost savings.

Defined and implemented a new IT operating model and sourcing strategy, consolidating vendors into strategic partners, streamlining vendor selection, payments processing; increased OSAT 12%.

Governed the prioritizing and sequencing of IT investments, providing transparency through objectively distilled projects into cross organizational, centrally managed delivery capabilities.

Led CRM strategic marketing development and analytics across all strategic and luxury brands.

Directed technology innovation and $18M in digital omni-channel new product, project solutions.

Implemented web e-commerce, Lens Crafters and Sunglass Hut in-store tablet and kiosks, Luxury Clientele, WebSphere platform implementation and Experience 360 view of the customer.

Executive Director Global Technology Architecture and Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1111 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH 43240 July 2004 – October 2012

Led managed services, portfolio management, program delivery and customer experience across 10 different business units. Accountable for $65M in IT services, 152 professionals. Interconnecting business and IT strategy for financial services firm, assets of $2.6T, operations worldwide, over 250,000 employees.

Managed cross business executive CIO/CTO Engineering Board to synergize technologies and LOBs.

Standardized, implemented an IT strategic framework and taxonomy for service operations.

Re-engineered Architecture and Engineering governance processes, technology selection and global technology portfolio management, while governing a Billion in technology spend.

Championed service development, owned the AIX P&L managed service, saving $23M.

Program managed the x86 windows virtual server service, saving $18M re-provisioning to VMs.

Collaborated with business units to eliminate museum technologies, $50M cost reduction.

Slashed technology costs by $84M ($38M 2005, $46M 2006), by negotiating pricing and fees of emerging technologies, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of IT services.

Vice President Bank One 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH 43240 2002 – 2004

Consultant, DMI Account onsite Bank One 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH 43240 1999 - 2002

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Education

DeVry University, BS - Technical Management - Summa Cum Laude – GPA 4.0, Top 1%

Mt. St. Joseph – Architecture.

Ohio State, Continuing Education Classes: Negotiations, Strategy, Business, Marketing and Design.

Immersion Workshops and Conferences: Amazon AWS re:MARS and AWS re:INVENT, Salesforce, IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Sprint and AT&T.

Innovation partnership: Evaluating new Start-ups: Plug & Play and Anderson Horowitz ventures.

Corporate Innovation Partnerships: University of Cincinnati

Certifications

ITIL 3 – Foundations Certificate.

PMP Certified 2005 – 2016.

Lean Six Sigma Certificate – Yellow Belt.

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