International Business Machines

Qualifications

30 years of project, operations and enterprise financial management leadership experience

 Subject Matter Expert in business/strategic planning, operations management, economic analysis and business modeling

 Significant experience in project management and estimating systems implementation in both commercial and government settings; Earned Value Management System (EVMS), PM and Risk Management process expert

 Master Scheduler with significant complex program baseline development, schedule analysis & tool expertise; have consulted and remediated dozens of troubled projects

 Extensive experience in budgeting, pricing, rate development, finance, cost accounting and contracts; outstanding organizational development and opportunity/risk management skills

 Considerable experience with organic and acquired strategic growth initiatives including target evaluation and entity integration in diverse environments and markets

 Certifications in Project Management (PMP), Finance/Accounting (CPA, CMA, CFM), and Cost Estimating (CCE/A)

 BS (Supply Chain Management), MBA (Quantitative Analysis), MS (Finance)

Experience

International Business Machines 2004 -

Executive Project Manager, Operations and Delivery Excellence, Global Business Services (GBS)

 Italy Finance and DE Consultant /Operations Leader; performed extensive remediation planning, scenario development, business modeling and valuation analyses; stabilized business in advance of long term remedial actions; during my engagement, the business attained 3 consecutive quarters of profitability after losing money for 9 consecutive quarters

 Business/Finance Operations Leader for the 3,500 person Strategy and Transformation Service Line; implemented financial and resource plans and associated management systems; led the design, development and socialization of the Strategic Business Operations initiative for the Service Line function for GBS NA; drove a 40% reduction in staffing and ops costs

 Operations Leader for a $1B Industry; exceeded operating plan targets for revenue, profit and signings for 2008 and 2009

 Established a GBS sector-wide estimating function and improvement initiative

 Was the evaluation CFO for a successful Public Sector acquisition (NISC)

 Founder and leader of the EVMS Project Management Office; recruited, developed and managed a staff of twelve project management subject matter experts in project controls and risk management; organization now stands

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