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BRUCE P. BUTTLES
CHANGING LIVES THROUGH INNOVATION
MOTIVATION
Tenacious drive to bring people, business, and technology together meeting the needs of humanity. Lead the creation of innovative digital solutions that reach and serve everyone in their channel of choice. KEY QUALIFICATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Head of Digital Channels, Transformation and Platforms for Fortune 50 Healthcare firm – “intrapreneur”
Product executive for enterprise cloud data platform & experience: improved NPS by 50%
Head of Enterprise E-commerce transformation resulting in doubling annual sales to $2B
CTO of start-up healthcare finance & services firm successfully launched and profitable in 2 years
Head of Digital and Engineering for Fortune 80 financial services firm elevating from #26 to #1
E-business Chair established $50-100M in shared P&L, business models, and channel governance
CTO of Registered Independent Financial Advisor platform start-up from $0 to $1.3B AUM
30 years technology, business, & customer experience design, development, architecture & leadership
Frequent public speaker and panelist at industry and vendor events
Pioneered creation of first-ever HIPAA compliant, cloud-based, e-commerce platform PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Humana, Charlotte, NC Oct 2021 – Today
Director Platform Product & Experience
Head of Enterprise Data Platform, Longitudinal Human Record and Cross-Platform experience
Established north-star vision to become an internal self-service “AWS for healthcare”
Transformed from a collection of cloud solutions to a unified producer-consumer platform that organically unites solution providers and business teams all directed by OKRs
Created 1,000+ self-service data products for data scientists, engineers, analyst, developers and more
Formed & executed strategy for digital ecosystem product management & experiences
Formed internal voice-of-customer program to baseline NPS, CSAT, and Effort
Improved platform NPS, CSAT and Effort by 50% while increasing number of data-products by 300%
Implemented crowd-sourced sites for product managers to collaborate with users and promote ideation
Developed platform adoption & usage analytics solution tied directly to Azure resource utilization resulting in first-time-ever insight into who is using what and how much Humana, Louisville, KY Jan 2018 – Sep 2021
Digital Channels Director
Led team of industry & internal experts to reimagine our customer experience and IT operations
Devised ecommerce operating model and omni-channel strategy including change management
Oversaw selection and launch of new platforms including low-code, cognitive search and e-commerce
Sponsored creation of multi-brand UX design, style-guides and frameworks that can quickly evolve
Head of business & tech for premier digital properties including Humana.com, Go365 and Pharmacy
Executive lead of ecommerce transformation for Humana Pharmacy evaluating leading platforms including SAP Hybris, Oracle Cloud Commerce, Sitecore, Shopify and Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Directed team of 70+ digital experts and directed hundreds of designers, researchers & technologist 10501 ANNALEXA LANE • CHARLOTTE, NC 28277 Mobile: 704-***-**** • aduw8z@r.postjobfree.com
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Transformed web & mobile app development through low-code (OutSystems) and hyper-agile techniques yielding 10x reduction in cost & time to market while increasing quality
Scope: Humana.com, Go365 web & mobile, Humana Pharmacy web & mobile, MyHumana, social media, social intelligence & care, SEO, email/SMS/push, UX, accessibility, provider finder, cognitive search, preferences, digital ID cards, cyber security, personalization, and content authoring
Transformed Pharmacy Digital Platform and Operations resulting in 4x speed to market
Optimized team structure aligned to digital services that span products, experiences, and audiences
Shifted from quarterly to bi-weekly value delivery by evolving teams from project to agile-scrum
Evolved teams from unpredictable releases to continuously improvement of quality and velocity
Recovered failing Humana.com platform migration and launched in 90 days
Directed Humana’s first-ever move of customer-facing digital platforms to the cloud (Sitecore + Azure)
Improved B2C NPS by 30% via business-owner content management and streamlined UX
Increased B2C security success by 90% while eliminating security risks via real-time threat visibility
Convinced multiple line-of-business owners to fund introduction of mobile marketing platform
Implemented real-time web & mobile analytics resulting in 30% increase in engagement and revenue
Transformed self-service using cognitive search (Coveo) to power question/answer chatbot experience
Introduced enterprise grade low-code (OutSystems) gaining IT & business alignment & funding
Low-code factory based on OutSystems platform yielded 10x gain in speed & productivity for example: o 8 weeks vs. 8 months, 75% less cost, 40k sessions/sec, on-time & budget, over delivered scope o the time, the cost and delivered twice the scope RediPay Benefits, Charlotte, NC Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 CTO
Responsible for all aspects of enterprise technology services for start-up dental healthcare finance firm
Envisioned & created suite of digital products & experiences in a B2B2C model
Guided team to create & operate digital experiences for consumers, clinicians, brokers, and employers
Platform owner for FLEX/Healthcare (FSA, HRA, HSA) savings accounts
Vendor contract & negotiation across banking, IT, call-center, network, and third-party administrators
Instituted hyper-agile delivery model that yielded more than 10x productivity & time to market gain
Mentored team of employees, contractors, and virtual/bot designers and developers
Enhanced business model & B2B2C experience resulting in 25% greater revenue
Sponsored “bake-off” of top-5 low-code platforms & selected OutSystems (now #1 in the industry)
Delivered innovation daily by eliminated the need for long design & development cycles (hyper-agile)
Integrated Sales, Service, and On-Boarding solution resulted in significant competitive advantage
Improved B2B on-boarding from industry standard 2 weeks down to 2 hours
Reimagined dental data integration eliminating payment-related patient calls while providing robust analytics & insights into dental provider practices NeedPoint, Charlotte, NC Aug 2015 – Dec 2016
COO & CTO
Co-founded non-profit that connected families in need with those that can help
Responsible for the vision, strategy, and execution of all tech & ops of web, mobile and social channels
Chaired roundtable discussions & workshops creating excitement and donations to NeedPoint
Connected hundreds of families in need with nearby individuals and organizations that met their needs 10501 ANNALEXA LANE • CHARLOTTE, NC 28277 Mobile: 704-***-**** • aduw8z@r.postjobfree.com
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TIAA, Charlotte, NC May 2008 – Jun 2015
VP Digital Strategy & Channels
Re-imagined vision, strategy, digital marketing, and e-Business solutions across web, mobile, and social channels required to grow the $600B Institutional business and $200B Consumer business
Functioned in matrixed organization applying broad influence while accountable for sites serving 5 million consumers and 16,000 non-profit institutions
Chaired e-Business counsel combining Consumer, Institutional, and Wealth Management portfolios
As e-Business chair, responsible for digital P&L consisting of 100+ projects and over $50M annually
Accountable for overall self-service experience, competitive benchmarks, and roadmaps
Owned company-wide 3-year digital strategy & roadmap combining funding from all businesses
Instituted competitive benchmarking and voice-of-customer program & analysis
Founded novel sales, prospect, and RFP content & tools that drove > 20% digital sales growth
Evangelized the creation of innovative new online user experience models and delivery
Negotiated & contracted with technology, marketing, and design vendors
Conceived omni-channel success metrics, cost savings, and business impacts and value
Drove sales and marketing through lead generation, RFP development, and finalist presentations
Increased channel adoption via marketing campaigns reducing customer service costs by 15% YOY
Led evolution of the B2C site from #26 to #4, Mutual Fund & Insurance sites from #23 to #1 and the B2B site from #18 to #1 across 50+ competitors as rated by independent 3rd party (Dalbar)
Improved customer satisfaction from 58% to 87% as compared to industry average of 74%
Established and chaired two digital channel governance teams appointing representatives from across each line-of-business, marketing, IT, and operations saving 30% by creating shared re-usable services
Devised a set of key channel metrics and convinced business partners to adopt them as shared goals
Developed the 360 Financial View which aggregates over $5B in outside assets allowing customers & advisors to eliminate “shoe-boxes” of statements
Pioneered global IT outsourcing (Cognizant) that is now the corporate norm
Cut IT resource needs by 30% while increasing output & quality by 25%
Strengthened digital platform reliability in 18 months from 85% availability to 99.999%
Enhanced Institutional Sales experience contributing to wins such as Johns Hopkins University
Established enterprise-wide digital roadmap tracking the quarter-by-quarter channel enhancements
Set strategy and led creation of multi-channel enrollment/account opening analysis and monthly metrics dashboard including cost per channel
Spearheaded Plan Sponsor Compliance Site sighted as “above and beyond regulatory requirements”
Created TC-Listens.org social community for testing new digital concepts with clients
Created Fiduciary Portal for Plan Sponsors eliminating paper while increasing reach
Transformed Plan Sponsor site resulting in what Dalbar rated #1 in behavior-centric design
Led TIAA and Advent collaboration creating www.ComplianceCoordinator.org site
Established agile/scrum practice through training and team-building exercises
Increased self-service customer reporting by 37% resulting in 22% reduction in reporting labor costs TIAA, Charlotte, NC Apr 2006 – May 2008
VP Web & e-Business Development & Support
Led development & support of all customer-facing digital channels including annual budget of $15M
Function in a matrix organization reporting to the Chief Digital Officer as well as the CIO
Responsible for digital services for 2.3 million customers with access to over $560 billion in investment 10501 ANNALEXA LANE • CHARLOTTE, NC 28277 Mobile: 704-***-**** • aduw8z@r.postjobfree.com
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B2B2C model with audiences include consumers, institutions, and independent financial advisors
Overhauled the software delivery model, instituted P&L while reducing costs and improving quality
Led the evolution and migration to a unified platform based on service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Provided thought leadership & set standards for all software engineering techniques and tools
Began with team of 200 and 26 vendors transformed into team of 35 employees and 60 contractors
Restructuring teams and vendors resulted in 30% less cost and 25% increase in delivery and quality
Led six-month RFP consolidating 26 vendors to 2 while pioneering the TIAA Outsourcing Council
Negotiated and led the build of a 65-person development center in Phoenix, AZ at zero cost to the firm
Led creation of TIAA first-ever global IT after twelve months of success with near-shore delivery
Commissioned India due diligence as final phase and hybrid on/offshore development is now the norm
Mandated suite of development tools resulting in up to 75% decrease in time to problem identification
These accomplishments in 2008 remain the foundation of digital IT at TIAA today Open Finance Network, Charlotte, NC Aug 2002 – Apr 2006 CTO
Responsible for all IT engineering & operations for startup serving Independent Financial Advisors
Created asset management platform that served over 140 IFA firms and $14 Billion in assets
Consult with board members, executive team, investors, and IFA firms defining corporate roadmap
Establish and manage technology and operations P&L for the firm
Technical liaison for all business development and sales initiatives
Led customer relationship management for all technical delivery services
Led the M&A due-diligence evaluating and acquiring corporations possessing key technologies
Directed the integration of acquired human and technological resources into a single cohesive platform
Responsible for the build and operation of NYC data-center and private cloud services
Vendor management encompassing hardware, software, telecom, and data feed services
Directed development of consolidated wealth repository and custodial data feed interfaces and APIs
Led joint ventures projects with partners and investors sharing investment platform solutions
Platform products included Investment Performance & Benchmarks, RECON and Tax Optimize
Assembled team of engineers, accountants, designers, developers, and operations staff from scratch
Through M&A, evolved FINRA portfolio accounting system from retail to IFA managed accounts model
Grew the business to over 140 IFA firms managing and administering $14 Billion in assets
Performed reverse engineering of the acquired web-based portfolio analytics system
Led effort to extend the IFA platform to retirement goals, life events, target retirement age and more
Added estate planning via actuarial data that drives Monte Carlo simulations and auto-rebalancing plan Compuware at Bank of America, Charlotte, NC Sep 2001 - Aug 2002 Sr. Consultant Asset Mgmt.
Led architecture and dev team for Nations Funds CRM and Investment Reporting Portal
Hands-on and dev team lead of JD Edwards PeopleSoft based CRM reports, web, and transactions Stonebridge Technologies, Charlotte, NC Sep 1997 – Sep 2001 Sr. Consultant
Architect, design, analysis, and development of large-scale e-Business sites
Performed data, object, information flow, process modeling and automation
Roles included chief architect, program mgmt., development lead, and software engineer 10501 ANNALEXA LANE • CHARLOTTE, NC 28277 Mobile: 704-***-**** • aduw8z@r.postjobfree.com
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Pioneered use of Java, Model View Controller (MVC), SOAP, and SQL backend services
Delivered technical pre-sales, proposals, cost estimation, presentation, and negotiation
Clients: Ingersoll-Rand, Duke Energy, Canal Forest, CliNETic, London-Bridge, and Just-for-Feet
Industries: healthcare, retail, industrial, energy, textiles, and natural resource management and more Worldcolor, Tampa, FL Oct 1995 – Sep 1997
Director of Technology
Responsible for all Research and Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Systems functions
Led 30 engineers and 30 artists across five groups: Creative & Design, Web Engineering, Multimedia Engineering, Database Engineering, and Infrastructure
Accountable for B2B business development, tech & ops, client liaison and client-level P&L
Created first ever e-Commerce sites for: Lucent Technologies, Butler GUM, and Spiegel
Led research and development of web, database, multimedia, and design/creative software systems
Architected the Generic E-Commerce system for use on all E-Commerce clients
Hands-on development of first-ever Product Search Engine resulting in predictive search experience
Established Oracle partnership on App Server, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, PL/SQL, MTS, Video Server
The Generic E-Commerce system yielded 70% reduction in design and development time GTE Data Services, Tampa, FL Jan 1995 – Oct 1995
Medicare Transaction Systems Engineer
Developed System Design Alternatives (SDA) for next generation Medicare system
Analyzed requirements & engineered solutions based on current & future technology
Created system level schematics describing designs for worldwide RFP
Designed and developed distributed compute solution using C/UNIX, middleware, and mainframes Reflectone, Tampa, FL Sep 1989 – Jan 1995
Software Engineer Flight Simulation
Troubleshot, enhanced, designed, and developed simulated aircraft models for the Lockheed C-130H
Met commercial and DoD 2167A software development standards
Performed FAA and Transport Canada Association level-B simulator certification testing
Reverse engineered aircraft systems developing algorithms that duplicate performance & functionality Instrument Control Services, MacDill AFB, FL Aug 1988 - Nov 1989 Flight Simulator Shift Supervisor
Technician and pilot trainer on the F-16 Flight Simulator as well as technical team lead
Guaranteed full mission capability via corrective and preventative software/hardware maintenance
Designed and developed aircraft system simulation enhancements in Fortran and Assembly US Air Force, MacDill AFB, FL Jan 1985 - Apr 1988
Flight Simulator Technician
Designed software scene database for Night Visual System used on two F-16 Flight Simulators
Maintained systems: Electronic Warfare, Digital Radar Landmass Simulator, and Norsk host systems EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, cum laude
University of South Florida, Tampa Dec 1994
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A.A. Engineering
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL Jun 1991 A.S. Electronic Systems Technology
Community College of the Air Force, Gunther AFS, AL Jun 1988 SKILLS
LOW-CODE: OutSystems, Microsoft PowerApps, Microsoft PowerAutomate DATABASE: SQL Server, Oracle, ESRI Spatial Data Engine, Informix APPLICATION SERVERS: OutSystems, Apache HTTP, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS, Apache SOAP, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere & WebSphere Commerce Suite, Allaire JRun, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Video Server
ANALYTICS PLATFORMS: Azure Synapse Analytics, PowerBI, Databricks E-COMMERCE & PORTALS: Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), SharePoint, WebLogic Portal, Oracle Portal
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: OutSystems Service Studio, Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Borland JBuilder, Sun Forte for Java, Oracle JDeveloper, IBM VisualAge for Java, Quest SQL-Navigator, Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev
MODELING/DESIGN: OutSystems, Borland Caliber Analyst & Architect, Rational Rose, Oracle Designer LANGUAGES: Java, JSP, ASP, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, VBScript, PL/SQL, T-SQL, XML, Pro*C, Ada, C#, ESQL/C, Fortran
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Solaris, UNIX, Windows, Encore MPX FRAMEWORKS: REST, SOAP, JavaMail, Java Message Service, Struts, Oracle NCA, GTE API/Middleware HARDWARE: Oracle/Sun, Intel SMP, Harris Night Hawk, Encore Multi-Sel, Concurrent, PC's AGILE: Azure DevOps, Miro, Confluence, Clarity Enterprise, Visio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office