Experience

Scheidt & Bachmann USA, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Manager, Midwest

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States • Leadership: Overall responsibility for all projects and programs in the region • General Management: Cost and revenue management, development and execution of growth plans, work with National sales team to execute strategies for the region. • Customer and Account Management: Overall responsibility for post-project, customer support in the region. • People Management: Regional responsibility for performance, employee development and retention



Gallagher

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Infrastructure Project/Program Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2023

  Chicago, Illinois, United States • Leadership of complex, high-priority mergers and acquisition projects and programs • Major Platforms: Citrix, VMware, JAMF, Windows server, CISCO, Azure DevOps, Microsoft M365



GE Transportation, a Wabtec company

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2017

  Chicago • Direct full lifecycle management of strategic, high-priority operational process improvement projects that span multiple business areas and departments; provide program leadership for business projects of up to $110M and teams of up to 130 • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams of product owners, consultants, software developers, solution architects, scrum teams, Q&A, and engineers; lead project managers, technical support, and training • Primary liaison between internal GE… Show more • Direct full lifecycle management of strategic, high-priority operational process improvement projects that span multiple business areas and departments; provide program leadership for business projects of up to $110M and teams of up to 130 • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams of product owners, consultants, software developers, solution architects, scrum teams, Q&A, and engineers; lead project managers, technical support, and training • Primary liaison between internal GE and client stakeholders and senior executives; overall responsibility for software and services program scope, schedule, costs, and risk management • Develop detailed financial project analysis and present data to financial and business executives Show less



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Feb 2007 - Sep 2014

  Greater Chicago Area • Developed project scope and statements of work for $12.5M to $300M projects; identified and selected project teams, led or co-led engagements, monitored team and financial performance, and customer-facing interactions • Collected critical reporting data and delivered executive reports to clients and IBM executives • Led teams of technical, marketing, and business resources. Team size ranged from 10 to 100 US and international resources. Directed global teams and clients from the US… Show more • Developed project scope and statements of work for $12.5M to $300M projects; identified and selected project teams, led or co-led engagements, monitored team and financial performance, and customer-facing interactions • Collected critical reporting data and delivered executive reports to clients and IBM executives • Led teams of technical, marketing, and business resources. Team size ranged from 10 to 100 US and international resources. Directed global teams and clients from the US, Italy, France, India, Venezuela, Columbia, Chile, Argentina, and Mexico • Worked with senior executives to design a comprehensive security offering comprised of governance risk and compliance; people, identity, and physical assessments; and the analysis of data, applications, and networks • Part of core executive team that built the business plan, proforma financials, drag analysis, and go-to-market plan; conducted Executive Risk Management Assessments, SWOT Analysis, GAP Analysis, and Future State Models • Integrated business management and process optimization to deliver exceptional organization results. Solutions encompassed business, operational, and technical components Show less



Sentinel Technologies

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Principal Consultant (Project Management)

  • Jun 2002 - Jan 2007

  Greater Chicago Area • Directed and consulted on project management engagements for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Government, Education, Professional Organizations, and High Tech sectors • Created statements of work and had overall responsibility for delivering projects within both scope and budget • Senior resource on a banking project involving 12 Caribbean countries and hundreds of resources across multiple departments. Directed project and client resources in the 12 Caribbean countries… Show more • Directed and consulted on project management engagements for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Government, Education, Professional Organizations, and High Tech sectors • Created statements of work and had overall responsibility for delivering projects within both scope and budget • Senior resource on a banking project involving 12 Caribbean countries and hundreds of resources across multiple departments. Directed project and client resources in the 12 Caribbean countries and was responsible for project teams with U.S. and international resources in Canada, and China Show less



Pcubed

• Program Management Consultant

  • Jan 2001 - May 2002

  Greater Chicago Area • Supported Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, and High Tech clients leading projects involving large-scale project management process and technology improvement • Worked on a workflow rollout across all software development projects for a Fortune 50 global IT organization with 1,500 project managers and a $750M budget affecting over 500 mission-critical IT projects • Became a subject-matter-expert on Microsoft Project Server and defined project templates that shipped with Microsoft… Show more • Supported Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, and High Tech clients leading projects involving large-scale project management process and technology improvement • Worked on a workflow rollout across all software development projects for a Fortune 50 global IT organization with 1,500 project managers and a $750M budget affecting over 500 mission-critical IT projects • Became a subject-matter-expert on Microsoft Project Server and defined project templates that shipped with Microsoft Project 2003. Primary Microsoft contact in the Central Region for the Financial Services Vertical • Delivered complex presentations to major Microsoft clients (over 4,000 seats); also delivered training on Microsoft Project for Accenture IT project managers from all over the U.S. Show less



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, PMO; Business Analyst

  • Nov 1998 - Dec 2000

  Greater Chicago Area • Joined Deloitte & Touche Tax Technology Group as a Business Analyst and was promoted to establish the PMO office and develop a project management framework for the entire Deloitte TTG organization • Developed key process areas, procedures, standards, planning, tracking, reporting, change control guidelines, tool selection, vendor management and contract negotiation • Overall control responsibility for development projects with budgets ranging from $200K to over $40M • Monitored… Show more • Joined Deloitte & Touche Tax Technology Group as a Business Analyst and was promoted to establish the PMO office and develop a project management framework for the entire Deloitte TTG organization • Developed key process areas, procedures, standards, planning, tracking, reporting, change control guidelines, tool selection, vendor management and contract negotiation • Overall control responsibility for development projects with budgets ranging from $200K to over $40M • Monitored manager and resource compliance coupled with all project management responsibilities for controlling project scope and delivering successful projects on-time and on-budget • Discovered and documented business process flows to define process and systems improvements • Translated high-level transfer pricing report from English to Spanish for the Mexican government. The report evolved into a template in Transfer Pricing Architect, Deloitte’s global transfer pricing software • Performed technical interviews and influenced key hiring decisions for the team • Wrote test strategy documents and played a lead role in functional testing, defect tracking, and defect analysis Show less



Miracle Technologies

• Founding Partner

  • Aug 1995 - Oct 1998

  Greater Chicago Area • Partner in an Internet consulting firm leading Operations, P&L, Human Resources, Marketing, and Sales; assembled and led teams with managers, network experts, software developers, third party vendors, and clients resources • Extensive consultation with senior client management for both business and technical projects involving Internet infrastructure, security, broker-dealer compliance, and email monitoring • Major clients included William Blair & Company, Wayne Hummer Investments, Howe… Show more • Partner in an Internet consulting firm leading Operations, P&L, Human Resources, Marketing, and Sales; assembled and led teams with managers, network experts, software developers, third party vendors, and clients resources • Extensive consultation with senior client management for both business and technical projects involving Internet infrastructure, security, broker-dealer compliance, and email monitoring • Major clients included William Blair & Company, Wayne Hummer Investments, Howe Barnes Investments, and Irwin Seating (the largest seating manufacturer in the world) Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tax Professional

  • Feb 1994 - Jul 1995

  Greater Chicago Area • Served as a taxation expert on a software development team for a major corporate tax application; involved in a global product launch and the migration of the product from DOS to a Windows platform • Leveraged accounting and tax experience to clarify requirements and provide functional, regression, ad-hoc, and new feature testing of the software. Wrote complex test procedures for the multi-state tax module