Data Manager
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Javier
Cortijo
IT MANAGING DIRECTOR
SANTANDER BANKING GROUP
*********@*****.**
www.linkedin.com/in/javier-
cortijo-moreno-79832324
Madrid, Spain
Results-driven. IT Director, over 25 years of experience in a global, complex and competitive financial organization. Experienced in dialogue with C-level executive (business and technology). Proven ability in oversight, delivery and management of banking applications. High level of expertise in Data Management and Information systems. Proven knowledge in IT finance function in retail, consumer and corporate banking business, leading tech innovation & digital transformation. Used to manage situations, stakeholders and projects very complexes. Personal career highlights include:
• Lead Global teams of 200+ personnel,
in different geographical distributions
and ability to work collaboratively
with subsidiaries and headquarters,
with multiple cultures and languages.
Successful in recruiting, retaining and
developing top talent.
• Managed budgets in excess of
20millions €/annual.
• Global experience living and working
in London (2 years).
• Driving force behind the creation and
IT enablement of the first Centre of
Excellence in Big Data in Santander
Group.
• Key executive negotiating 5 millions €
in outsourcing deal (3 years) in Big
Data with external IT Partners,
obtaining >20% of annual reduction
costs.
• Leaded the First Business Intelligence
area in Santander Group with Global
DataWarehouses (commercial, risks
and finance), DataMarts solutions and
InfoCenter for self-service. We
achieve to promote to Banesto bank
to be the first commercial bank in
spain.
• Driven several major transformation
projects for Santander Group (core
banking and Information systems) in
Abbey National in UK, Sovereign Bank
in USA, Santander GER, Banesto Spain.
Main responsibility in Information
Systems (Data and reporting), following
global strategy and local
implementations, helping users to
know the clients and to make the best
business decisions.
• Guided to IT Consumer Finance area to
unify the IT teams, consolidate the
systems and driving the digital strategy,
achieving the 4th business area in profits
in Santander Group. Even the IT survey
of satisfaction of business customers
improved 3 points.
• Defining and Driving Strategic plan of
Information Systems (in four years) for
80 banks in the Caja Rural Banking
Group, achieving Unification of all
applications, streamlining and
implementation of new innovative
systems.
• Other: new IT model for the Group to
achieve a global technology
management, new way of working,
change management, new cultural
orientation with Senior Management,
agile evolution (95% of the projects),
SecDevOps integration on going, cloud
oriented.
QUALIFICATIONS
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Technology, UPM, 1986 (3 years, not finished)
Business, UOC, 2015
Business Administration & Management – Basic level achieved, UOC) Program of Specialization in Information Technologies for business management, UPM, 90’s IT "UMBRAL PROJECT” - management of data processing, Telefónica Company, 1 year. Analysis of Systems, National Computing Center (NCC), 1 year. IT MASTER "UMBRAL“ - Engineering of the Information, Telefónica Company, 1 year IT & Process Transformation I Cross management in the organization I Leadership I Financials I Banking knowledge I C-level executive I Partner Management I Talent I Global Teams I Change Management I Strategy I Governance I Transactional Customer applications I Management Information Systems I Big Data I Project Management I Driving Business Value I Analytics I Outsourcing I
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Santander Is a Spanish multinational commercial bank and financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Many subsidiaries, such as Abbey National, have been rebranded under the Santander name. Santander is Spain's largest bank. As of 2017, Santander is the 5th largest bank in Europe with approximately US$1.4 trillion in total assets-under-management (AUM). The bank has a total market capitalization of $69.9 billion. Over 180.000 employees.
Global IT Trade & Working Capital Applications in Corporate & Investment Banking
• Currently (from January 2019) driving Trade & Working Capital Applications in Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Area, reporting to Global CIO of CIB – Global Transaction Banking (GTB). 60 direct staff, 6 millions € IT annual budget plus 5 millions € infrastructure.
• Driving IT transformation in branches to reduce applications and IT costs, implementing the global payment solutions and supply chain finance systems. Currently in Production are Paris, New York, Frankfurt, Shangai, HQ (Madrid, Spain). Roadmap for Chile, Brazil, etc….
• Providing Digital Transformation across IT, coordinating with Global CDO and CTO. Re-aligning Data Hubs view, APIs strategy, Cloud roadmap, targeted end 2021.
• Changing the culture of IT, from a legacy ‘keep the lights on’ team, into a customer centric, business facing function. Introducing Dev/Ops, Agile (95% of project now) and clear project governance. Driving strong stakeholder engagement.
• Developed a standard software application portal for Customers and Suppliers, same advanced technology (React), next step is review user experience.
• Additionally, leading the System & Infrastructure workstream of CIB Strategic Programme for Santander UK. 50 direct staff, 17 millions €. Objective: transforming IT old systems into the global architecture of systems.
• Also, I have the rol of Cross IT Transformation Champion, covering Business, IT Roadmap, Organization evolution, Operating Model, New ways of working (Collaborative challenge), etc…. Global IT Big Data & Business Intelligence Solutions
• From July 2017 to January 2019, implemented a Global Big Data & Business Intelligence Solutions to standardize this practice into IT deliveries.
• Drive to deploy a fully integrated digital platform, Hadoop, Cloudera, Structured and Non Structured DataBases, Business Intelligence tools.
• Negotiated a new sourcing model, running several major RFP, with external partners (IBM, Everis, INDRA), 5 millions € in outsourcing deal (3 years), obtaining >20% of annual reduction costs.
• Developed a formation plan included Big Data Certification, also training courses in Master Data Management aligned to CDO for DataLake governance, for employees (>25 technical people formed). Human Centric approach.
• Driven the change management for a Data Lake Strategy and global knowledge, in Retail, Consumer and CIB business Areas.
• Contributed to align Data Management with Global CDO, implementation of global tools (dictionary, security, traceability….)
• Consolidating existing outsourced contracts to align SLA’s and drive efficiencies across IT group wide.
• Member of the Global Big Data Governance in Head Quarter, delivering strategic direction, architectural review and roadmaps to Global IT.
• Executed a recruiting plan to incorporate to Santander the best external IT talent (>10 people incorporate until December 2018)
• Incorporation of fellowships (10 people) into my IT teams, mentoring, coaching, combining real works with maduration of new ideas and thesis supervision, 2 of thems were joint as Santander employee. Agreements with main Universities
(i.e. Carlos III, Madrid).
• Lead a “Santander Talk” about Big Data for all the employees in the Santander Group. IT Managing Director January 2016 – Present
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CAREER HISTORY
Part of the global Technology and Operations team at Santander Banking Group. Over 2,000 people in 7 countries. Develops and/or implements financial solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies. It is the engine driving Santander’s digital transformation.
Global IT Consumer Finance Area
• From January 2016 to July 2017, lead Global IT Consumer Finance Area. 200 direct staff, >20 millions € annual budget in software plus >10 millions € in infrastructure. 11 countries in the scope.
• Driven global responsibility for Core Banking applications (Front, Middle and back end). Success in new core banking implemented for Santander Consumer UK in 2017, replacing the old one (>25 years old). Planned other countries
(Benelux, Italy)
• Drove the IT implementation of new functionalities in 2016 and 2017 (i.e.: e-signature, instant loans for consumer, etc…) that allowed the business to increase relevant customers (Carrefour, Mediamark…)
• Managed Digital and Data Strategy implementation for Head Quarters, implementation of regulatory information system solution for Risk Data Aggregation in 2017, global solution.
• Implementation of financial MIS for HQ and countries in 2017, replacing the old one made in spreadsheets, achieving quality of information, reducing time to market (from days to online availability of data) and eliminating the operational risk.
• Guided to IT Consumer Finance area to unify the IT teams, consolidate the systems and driving the digital strategy, achieving the 4th business area in profits in Santander Group. Even the IT survey of satisfaction of business customers improved 3 points.
• Executive Management member for IT Transformation project in Santander Consumer Portugal. 3 of 4
CAREER HISTORY
• Relocated from the London (UK) to Madrid (Spain) in 2007, as the IT Director for Global Information Systems in Finance & Control Management Area in Head Quarters.
• Driven the creation of first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Big Data & Analytics for Santander Group, in 2015. 125 direct staff, >15 millions € annual. Success in established a Reference Architecture team for Big Data, created Best Practices including Data Ingestion and Security, drived the Big Data Shared Services Infrastructure
• Created 2 Big Data HUBs worldwide (México and Spain) in 2014 to cover all the geographies, agreements with external partners (INDRA, Everis) to support the operational model. Obtaining cost reductions in local teams and synergies in the IT service provided from the HUBs.
• Implementation of Global system of financial consolidation for countries and Group’s companies (> 700), in 2010. Unifiying data and processes, gaining time to market in the execution and information quality. This system provided service to Board Member and President of Santander Group.
• Implementation of IT Solution for Corporate System Costs, achieving the same view of data and drivers in the HQ and allowing the execution of a decommissioning plan, in 2009.
• Drove the implementation of Financial Management Information System (FMIS) for Latam, USA and Europe. Obtaining a Corporate Data Environment, and common BI exploitation, also allowed to unify the Balance and P&L information in 2007-2008
• Success in IT Transformation projects (core banking and Information systems) in Sovereign Bank in USA (2012), Santander GER (2012), Banesto Spain (2014). Main responsibility in Information Systems (Data and reporting), global strategy and local implementations, helping users to know the clients and to make business decisions. IT Director Global Information Systems Sept 2007 – January 2016
• Relocated from the Madrid (Spain) to London (UK) in 2005 as the Head of InfoCenter/MIS for Santander Uk, reporting directly to the CEO of IT Isban UK (Santander Group)
• Drove the creation of Information Systems area in Uk from scratch, unified the system map, decommissed some legacy applications and implemented the corporate ones.
• Managed the IT local team, re-structured and re-energized the old IT department in Abbey National to deliver against global IT and business goals
• Developed career roadmaps for Uk people backed with competency-based job descriptions, skills gap analysis and clear succession plans.
• Success in Implementation of Corporate Core Banking in Abbey National bank after joined to Santander IT Director InfoCenter & BI solutions in Santander UK 2005 – Sept 2007 4 of 4
CAREER HISTORY
PAST EXPERIENCE
Oct 2001 – Oct 2005 I IT Global Director of Information System - Caja Rural Banking Group Jan 2001 – Oct 2001 I IT Manager of CRM – BBVA Banking Group May 1990 – Jan 2001 I Programmer, Analyst, Project Manager, IT Manager of Data Information Center – Banesto Bank (Santander Banking Group)
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