Digital Transformation Senior Director

L A T A S H A J. G A R Y

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Senior Global Executive with over 20 years of experience driving sustainable impact and digital transformation across various sectors. Led and managed global projects and teams that leverage cutting-edge technologies and data-driven insights to create solutions that address the most pressing social and environmental challenges for fortune 100 companies. Passionate about empowering communities, fostering collaboration, and building capacity for positive change.

CORE Competencies

Sustainable Impact Digital Transformation & AI Risk Management ESG Reporting Strategic Planning & Advisor Financial Management Social Impact Mergers & Divestitures Portfolio Management Key Highlights

• Sustainability Program Management Office

and sustainability strategy & governance

• Led complex global ERP implementations and

data transformation to support ESG Reporting

• Chief of Staff and strategic advisor to Chief

Information Security Officer and Head of

Global Functions

• Responsible for managing up to $96M+

annual budgets

• Co-led business applications M&A processes

to merge Compaq & HP and separate tools

and applications from HPQ to HPI

• Founding co-lead of the HP Racial Equality &

Social Justice Taskforce with enterprise-wide

goals to increase the number of black

business owners and black personnel in the HP

supplier base

• Standardized contract terms and governance

for our Managed Service Providers

Experience

HP Inc 2015 - present

Sustainability Program Management Office & Digital Transformation Spring, TX 2021 – present

• Strategic Advisor to the Chief Sustainability Officer supporting HP’s Sustainable Impact 2030 Program

• Lead the sustainability strategy and governance across climate action, human rights, and digital equity with executive updates to the Executive Leadership Team, Nominating Governance& Social Responsibility Committee and Board of Directors

• Lead the strategic planning and budgeting process for 40+ million annual budget

• Oversee the planning and execution of the sustainability digital transformation to support ESG Reporting to internal stakeholders, customers, investors, regulators and raters/rankers. Chief of Staff for Chief information Security Officer Spring, TX 2019 – 2021

• Strategic Advisor to the Cyber Security Organization leading the HP Security Strategy Engagement

• Collaborate with Business partners and stakeholders on “shift left/build with security” mindset

• Set up and lead the Cyber Hardening Program Management office

• Led the strategic planning and budgeting process for 38+ million annual budget

• Oversee the execution of Cyber Communication Strategy, Process Transformation/Automation and Organization Change Management efforts

• Develop Executive Level, Board of Directors and Audit Committee presentations and communications Director of Vendor Governance for Global Operations IT Spring, TX 2017 - 2019

• Led Vendor Management office enabling the implementation of standard contract terms and service levels across our top strategic managed service providers leading to millions in savings and process standardization.

• Managed the adoption and implementation of ITIL Foundation and Service Transition. L A T A S H A J. G A R Y

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• Chief of Staff and Financial Management for 96+ million annual budget. Director of Procurement and IT Productivity Tools

Spring, TX 2015-2017

• Led the transformation program to run IT as a business with the implementation of a new cost management insight solution and new portfolio management system, providing the CIO with the visibility to reduce millions in IT spend.

• Led the Information Technology Compliance, Policy and Business Continuity Program implementing standards to reduce IT risk and policies to standardize operations.

• Transform the eco system responsible for the internal buying experience of over 50,000 HP employees reducing the run cost by millions through asses retirement and consolidation efforts.

• Chief of staff, program office for Global Regulatory and Compliance Projects, and Financial Management for 20+million annual budget.

HP Corporation 2002 - 2015

Director of ITIO Business Engagement Services

Spring, TX

• Supported the separation of HP Corp into two 50-billion-dollar business enabling a record number of infrastructure and application changes to be implemented.

• Obtained Lean Six Sigma Executive Belt Certification and transformed the global change management process achieving more than 20% in efficiency gains, improving the success change rate to 95% and reduced the number of changes impacting the business by 1%. Director of IT for Corporate Administration and Shared Services Spring, TX

• Managed and implemented Asset Management and Customer portal to support HP Financial Services revenue growth greater than 10% with an ROE of 14%.

• Transformed HP’s indirect and services spend with the deployment of Ariba Supply Chain systems delivering over $1B in supply chain savings (5.1% of spend).

• Led vendor engagement, tool selection, and tool transition of multiple tools supporting indirect procurement, contingent labor management and electronic signature. Director of HP IT Channel Operations

Spring, TX

• Managed a 40M IT budget for HP’s 60B channel business driving tool standardization and simplification across the Americas, Europe and Asia for our indirect channels including retail, wholesalers, and distributors.

• Implemented best in class standard global tools to improvement management reporting, increase channel revenue, and decrease fraud.

• Enabled more than $1B in annual savings across HP IT with data center consolidation program driving out cost through resource management, contract negotiations and process standardization. Additional Experience

• Compaq Computer Corporation – IT Systems Analyst – IT Director

• Mobil Oil Corporation – IT Systems Analyst

• Atlantic Research Corporation – IT Systems Analyst Education & Certifications

• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX – Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Minor in Accounting

• Howard University, Washington D.C. – Master’s in Computer Science

• Certified SAFE Agilist 5

L A T A S H A J. G A R Y

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Association for Women in Computing, Top Houston Women in Technology Career Communications Group, Women of Color Technology All Star Award Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), Board Member; Member of the Year Houston Area Road Runners Association, Board Member Houston West Emmaus Community, Board Member

HP Black Employee Business Impact Network: Executive Sponsor and Member Leadership Houston and United Way Project Blueprint: Class XXI Racial Equality & Social Justice Taskforce: Co-Chapter Lead for Industry Pillar Texas A&M University Association of Former Students: Distinguished Former Student

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