It Project Vice President

Phillip Kangari, PMP, ACP

New York • ********@*****.*** • 813-***-**** • linkedin.com/in/PhillipKangari Professional Summary

Strategic VP-level program and change leader with 10+ years in FinTech, InsurTech, and global banking. Cut a four-month regulatory documentation cycle to 10 days (approx. 75% faster), delivered $5M+in funded technology initiatives, and coordinated cross-functional teams of up to 1 000 technologists on consent-order and governance programs. Adept at using generative-AI tools to accelerate product prototypes and streamline PMO workflows. Ready to drive mission-critical transformation for NYC-hybrid or fully remote organizations. Core Competencies

Consent-Order Program Delivery • Technology Governance • PMO & Portfolio Management • Stakeholder Alignment

(SVP–C-Suite) • Agile / Scrum / Waterfall • Budget & Funding ($5 M+) • Data & Liquidity-Risk Tooling • AI & Automation • Team Leadership (1 000+ FTE Matrix) • Change Management • Remote / Hybrid Team Orchestration Professional Experience

Citigroup — Vice President (Sr. Technology Project Mgr IT Project Tech Lead)Oct 2022 – Present New York (Hybrid)

– Accelerated regulatory reporting (Technology Governance): Coordinated creation and tracking of 300+ business-critical milestones, shortening the cycle from four months to 10 days; delivered real-time OCC visibility and earned SVP & Director recognition.

– Mitigated 30 high-risk EUCs for the Global Liquidity Risk Systems team, meeting consent-order deadlines and unlocking additional remediation funding.

– Built liquidity-risk forecasting tool adopted by Treasury leadership and showcased to the CEO for branch capital-injection decisions.

– Collected and synthesized monthly accomplishments from 20+ work-stream leads (1 000+ technologists) into concise executive summaries for senior leadership and regulators.

– Designed and led Citi’s summer technology internship program, mentoring interns on Agile fundamentals and culminating in a Tableau analytics showcase.

Baldwin Risk Partners — IT Project Manager Jul 2021 – Oct 2022 Remote / Tampa, FL

– Managed 8 concurrent enterprise projects spanning 3 000+ colleagues, delivering 20+ initiatives on schedule and 12% under budget.

– Established IT PMO governance procedure, streamlining project prioritization and requirements intake across divisions.

– Led full-company Okta SSO rollout to 1 000+ users with 98% adoption in 30 days.

– Revamped legacy Silverlight product, negotiating vendor agreements and delivering a modern browser-compliant release that prevented sales disruption.

Easy Essence LLC — Founder / Product Manager Nov 2019 – May 2021 Tampa, FL

– Invented and licensed consumer wellness products; authored design patents and 3-D specs, securing manufacturing deals.

– Led overseas vendor collaboration end-to-end—from concept through market launch—under lean budgets. Fairfax Software — Implementation Lead / Sr. Business Analyst 2016 – 2019 Remote / Client Sites

– Delivered six state remittance-software upgrades (GA, NH, WV, OH, MT, OR) on schedule and up to 30% under budget; generated $1.05 M revenue in Oregon alone.

– Authored technical design documents and training adopted company-wide; reduced defect tickets by 80%. Technical Side Project

Ad-Mute Chrome Extension — Solo-built, AI-assisted Ad Silencing 2023 – Present Open-source

– Conceived, designed, and shipped a Chrome extension that mutes ads (YouTube, Twitch, Hulu) and restores audio automatically—scaffolded the codebase with ChatGPT & GitHub Copilot.

– Combined lightweight TensorFlow.js inference with DOM heuristics, achieving reliable detection with <1-second response while keeping performance overhead minimal.

– Published to the Chrome Web Store and mapped a freemium monetization roadmap, showcasing product-management drive alongside hands-on build skills. Education & Certifications

University of Florida Gainesville, FL

B.S. Business, specialization in Industrial Systems Engineering — Official Student Ambassador Project Management Institute

Project Management Professional (PMP) • Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Tools & Technologies

Jira • Confluence • ServiceNow • Tableau • Power BI • SQL • Python & Node.js (basic scripting) • Git / GitHub • VS Code & Chrome DevTools • Okta Admin Console • TensorFlow.js (basic) • Generative AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot)

Select Honors

Managing Director-level accolade for Liquidity-Risk Forecasting Tool — Citigroup (2023). SVP & Director commendation for 300-milestone consent-order sprint — Citigroup (2023). Achieved lowest defect rate in company history — Fairfax Software (2018).

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