Innovative IT professional with over 20 years of experience driving revenue and profit increases through value enabling technologies for employers and clients in U.S., Europe, Asia and South Africa. Skilled in designing, building, and implementing high-ROI strategic architecture, platforms, applications, and programs, delivering and creating business and technical strategy resulting in next generation digital services, establishing and executing strategic plans, and providing strong innovation, digital transformation and operational leadership.

Utilizing IT as a transformative tool, created cost-effective solutions that provided security, functionality, scalability, performance and reliability in enterprise IT environments. Leveraged emerging technologies and best-in-class software with state-of-the-art development methodologies, architecting scalable software and system solutions, driving transformation building next generation digital services and implementing business improvements. Can contribute immediately by:

* Translating and converting business strategy into technology innovation to solve business problems
* Business and delivery model innovation - definition, development and execution
* Innovation and technical leadership for exceptional strategy to execution outcomes
* Risk and Compliance transformations that capture new opportunities and drive revenue and profit
* Forging profitable partnerships among vendors, customers and key stakeholders
* Aligning personnel, services, processes, and technology to positively impact the bottom line through revenue attribution and optimization
* Building, leading, mentoring, and coaching high performing technical teams
* Investment and risk mitigation through right-fit balanced governance

Conversational in French, Dutch, and Chinese in business environments.

Skilled at surmounting the gap between developing business strategy and the systems and architecture that satisfy that strategy. Proven ability to drive innovation, technology architecture, operations and business development.

Selected Accomplishments:

• As Vice President of Corporate Strategy, selected and short-listed for Leadership in Banking Technology Leadership and Strategy and winner of three Mobile Banking Innovation awards as Sr Advisor.

• Developed new global financial services horizontal industry strategy and portfolio across four business units and R&D resulting in a two-year revenue infusion, 154% increase in revenue, a new Blockchain Cloud Services solution, and a new and improved digital mobile wallet and SaaS based solution.

• As CIO and CTO Developed technology strategy, product stack architecture and technology roadmap for full stack blockchain cloud services solution. Co-developed and delivered customer consulting engagement model and built initial customer pipeline of $2M with CEO/Founder and CMO.

• As Principal and Chief Technology Architect, Completed provider’s IT strategy transition for $1B modernization, which also included a 29-point enterprise network assessment resulting in a new $34M cross enterprise Cisco solution.

• As Executive Architect, Client Technical Leader and Sr. Advisor, led IT and Solution Strategy for $10B portfolio of 5 Fortune 50 Financial Services clients in the South Eastern US. Resulted in $150M in new revenue and 40% reduction of risk across the clients datacenter, architecture and technology (SW and HW).

• Led multiple global engagement identifying stability, high availability and resiliency issues for global IBM clients resulting in over $100M in new HA and DR solutions resulting in 80% reduction in systems outages and critical situations.

• Led product innovation and development leading to Patent Awards and filings for IBM Software Group and IBM Systems and Technology Group for new products and product enhancements for Software Integration, Systems Management and Automation, and Cloud services automation reducing in system efficiency and cost savings improvements of 50-60%.

• Chief Engineer for multi-year, $2B program at major bank in Emerging Markets in Southeast Asia, providing technical leadership, innovation, strategy, design and governance. As Senior Technical Leader, built and led cross enterprise team delivering $500M in new solution development and implementation improving banks high availability, resiliency and disaster recovery and new analytics and artificial intelligence program. Led to a 5 year $1B contract renewal.

• Led cross -enterprise solution strategy, definition, design and development of portfolio of solutions which led to a 7-year $1.3B Strategic Outsourcing and Cloud Computing Contract with new services, and $3.8M in client and contract savings for a Fortune 50 International European based bank.

• Led strategic Oracle global partnership program for IBM resulting in 12 new portfolio solutions for the Financial Services Industry, estimated at $500M in new annual revenue.

• Led overall solution and integration architecture development for $80M Basel program for a Fortune 50 global bank, resulting in 35% improved risk reserves and customer analytical insights in compliance with Basel II for Market, Credit, and Operational Risk.

• Developed and delivered the business case and new operating model for Top 10 Global Bank to migrate to new Global Financial Architecture with with an estimated first-year cost savings in excess of $3M per annum.

• As System integration leader for $70M program supporting Credit Suisse Group Public Listing on NYSE in 1999-2000 and identified and mitigated group wide risks and developed IT Program Portfolio for risk remediation and external reporting and regulatory enhancements.

• As Performance Engineering Manager, led team delivering an integrated activity-based costing platform saving an estimated $5.1M per annum and utilized for mergers and acquisitions at $65B Southeastern bank headquarters.

• Developed client-server revenue recognition, partnership-based revenue model and service delivery platform integrated into business and core financial systems for leading global real estate corporation, generating $100M of new revenue per annum.