Data Project

M ATHIS K LAUSS, M.B.A.

**** * ******* ***, ***********, IL 60712 • 773-***-**** • ******.******@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathis-klauss-mba/

Professional Profile

M ANAGEMENT C ONSULTANT

Executive leader with 18 + years of experience aligning business and IT strategy, streamlining operations, and navigating global and cross-functional teams through all phases of IT program management and solution delivery.

Consulted on and led large scale transformational program at Options Clearing Corporation

Led global/cross-functional teams across PL, OPS, Deployment and Technology and contributed to pre-sale initiatives, portfolio management and renewals of multimillion-dollar contracts with Fortune 500 clients.

Spearheaded multimillion-dollar programs to build and deliver cloud and visualization solutions for Nielsen's Retailer and Manufacturer clients, deploy a global BI platform for Nielsen’s largest CPG clients, and support global NSO platform deployments in Latin America and Asia, to name a few.

Hired, mentored and built highly productive teams within an Agile and TechOps work culture and streamlined processes through automation, enabling effective solution delivery and reduced operational costs. A REAS OF E XPERTISE

• Global/Cross-functional Team Leadership • Information Technology / BI / TechOps Management • IT Strategy

• Global Portfolio & Program Management • Stakeholder Relationship Management • Resource Planning • Cost Control

• Process Improvement • Risk Analysis & Mitigation • Contract Negotiation • Agile Development • Automation Professional Experience

Centric Consulting 10/2018 - Present

Senior Consultant at Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) 10/2018 - Present Provide IT project and program management expertise for large scaled programs in the financial industry

Developing program office for $175MM dollar, 5 year initiative to replace OCC’s core clearing platform

Serving as change agent influencing team dynamics and work ethics contributing to higher team productivity and faster turnaround of program deliverables

Leading transformational program in a highly regulated and matrixed organization to replace Clearing platform including the management of an annual budget of $16-19MM dollar The Nielsen Company 08/2008 – 06/2018

IT AND P ROGRAM D IRECTOR Chicago, IL 11/2016 – 06/2018 Provided strategic and tactical leadership to build and deliver cloud and visualization solutions for Nielsen's Retailer and Manufacturer clients in the U.S.

Led an on/offshore agile team of managers and technologists to deliver streamlined and more cost-effective Azure data delivery and data access solutions – including for the largest retailer in the world.

Negotiated and assisted in managing global internal contracts and expectations between several internal groups; fostered win-win relationship with other IS groups that were critical to delivery success.

Developed team capabilities by driving initiatives to foster an Agile and TechOps work culture; restructured and built a high performing team to drive quick solution delivery and operational savings.

Supported RFPs and pre-sale initiatives that enabled business opportunities of multimillion-dollar contracts with Fortune 500 clients through strategic and technical expertise.

Reduced operational cost and initial data delivery SLAs from days to hours through automation.

Contributed to the growth and development of emerging leaders program through hiring and mentoring. D IRECTOR – C LIENT A CTIVATION Schaumburg, IL 06/2014 – 10/2016 Directed deployment of a global BI platform for Nielsen’s largest CPG clients. Led global cross functional leadership team across PL, OPS, Deployment, Technology.

Delivered increasingly larger and strategic GTC programs for one of Nielsen's largest BI platform (GTC) with a global revenue base of $100M.

Aligned cross-functional teams of more than 100 members on shared vision, strategy and roadmap to achieve successful deployments.

Supported contract negotiations and client relationships with platinum clients such as Pepsi, UL, KC, Coke.

Product allowed clients to easily cascade across Nielsen's big data assets to understand their global performance.

Researched opportunities to monetize a proprietary data integration platform by offering it in the cloud. M ATHIS K LAUSS, M.B.A. • 773-***-**** • ******.******@*****.*** • Page 2 S ENIOR P ROGRAM M ANAGER Schaumburg, IL 11/2012 – 05/2014 Implemented a global BI platform for one of Nielsen’s largest CPG clients. Led a global team of more than 30 Nielsen and TCS technology cross-functional resources.

Directed all aspects of a BI platform (GTC) implementation by leading a cross functional team of Project Managers and Architects. Provided product leadership to realize $40M in forecasted new revenue within 5 years.

Interfaced directly with external client IT management to align strategic and operational efforts.

Managed a $4M budget for the cross-functional implementation team; negotiated third-party vendor resource needs. G LOBAL P ROGRAM M ANAGER Schaumburg, IL 01/2010 – 10/2012 Led global NSO platform deployments in Latin America and Asia as a member of a group of five managers overseeing the convergence of 13 sales/operational processes into one global platform. Provide oversight for a $15M budget and established initial delivery aspects for this new global strategic initiative within 18 months.

Directed all aspects of country platform deployments in Asia; served as lead program integrator for a cross-functional team made up of Architects, BPI, Operations, Product Leadership, Project Management tasked with the realization of

$60M in forecasted new revenue within five years.

Translated complexity into easy to understand concepts and liaised with Finance, Operations, Infrastructure, PL, PMO, DA senior management to strategically map individual country deployments.

Successfully deployed new strategic platform in several LatAm countries with a forecasted incremental revenue of

$40M within five years.

Spearheaded a $2M budget data acquisition app/dev delivery stream to develop new global data acquisition software for deployment across several different handheld terminals around the globe.

Negotiated third-party vendor contracts and generated SOWs. S ENIOR P ROJECT M ANAGER Schaumburg, IL 08/2008 – 12/2009 Member of a five-head management group tasked with managing an annual budget of approximately $8M and 120 FTE application development team dedicated to application development and support for Nielsen’s US Retail Consumer Business. Led project managers, project scoping/execution, and resource planning.

Collaborated with PMO and managed company-wide efforts to standardize naming conventions, scheduling, and templates within delivery system that simplified time-consuming and labor-intensive workflow processes.

Introduced and enforced project management governance by managing /coaching a group of project managers.

Successfully managed the imputation project, delivering an annual data acquisition savings of $750K.

Oversaw third-party relationships and strategic partnerships for the department to review and influence team performance aspects. Contributed to leadership recruitment and team development.

Initiated and led enhancement projects group; used $200K annual budget to bring about $1M in cost savings through process improvement.

Hewitt Associates, Inc. 04/2002 – 08/2008

IT P ROJECT M ANAGER Lincolnshire, IL 09/2005 – 08/2008 Completed projects to transitioning, transforming, or creating data warehouses for multi-process reporting and analytics (i.e., recruiting, payroll and workforce management). Contributed to development and delivery of critical system components and maximized implementation of operational effectiveness. T ECHNOLOGY L EAD Lincolnshire, IL 12/2003 – 09/2005 Application development of web-based collaboration tools. Acted as system designer, technical lead, and managed a project team of up to ten employees.

E ARLIER E XPERIENCE AT H EWITT A SSOCIATES, I NC . Lead Programmer Analyst on a major Health and Welfare Client Team (Bayer) 04/2002 – 11/2003 Internship as a Programmer Analyst (Excellent evaluations, grade A) 05/2001 – 08/2001 Education & Certifications

M ASTER OF B USINESS A DMINISTRATION (M.B.A.), MIS & F INANCE D E P AUL U NIVERSITY Chicago, IL 2006 B ACHELOR OF S CIENCE, B USINESS & C OMPUTER S CIENCE I LLINOIS S TATE U NIVERSITY Normal, IL 2001 PMP C ERTIFICATION (2010)

ITIL F OUNDATION C ERTIFICATION (2010) ITIL O PERATIONAL S UPPORT & A NALYSIS C ERTIFICATION (2011) AWS C LOUD P RACTITIONER (2020)

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