Experience

Global Consulting Services Group LLC

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

• Managing Partner

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Bridgewater, New Jersey Helping clients achieve the best value, eliminating waste without compromising outcomes. With a history of successfully developing, implementing, and supporting transformation across the largest global programs to obtain results for strategies. As consultant and client in critical leadership roles providing this unique understanding of the journey. Consulting with Real Industry Expertise and Transforming the transformation experience! - Unique perspective through many journeys… Show more Helping clients achieve the best value, eliminating waste without compromising outcomes. With a history of successfully developing, implementing, and supporting transformation across the largest global programs to obtain results for strategies. As consultant and client in critical leadership roles providing this unique understanding of the journey. Consulting with Real Industry Expertise and Transforming the transformation experience! - Unique perspective through many journeys taken as executive and advisor - Maximizing project value and aligning outcomes - Obtain the best use of clients team, and vendors. leverage teams to achieve best value, eliminating waste without compromising outcomes - Developing strategic roadmaps, business case and optimization opportunities people process and technology Show less



New York Life Insurance Company

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President, Head of Finance Transformation & Finance Operations

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2019

  New York City Metropolitan Area Responsible for the transformation of Finance business and Operational processes. Successfully defined and achieved a future state vision for the Finance function. We set out to optimize the operating model, develop new processes and capabilities, and significantly modernizing the technology that supports Finance functions. Stretching our current technology to its limits has resulted in manual and redundant processes, multiple versions of “the truth,” a disparate sourcing strategy and… Show more Responsible for the transformation of Finance business and Operational processes. Successfully defined and achieved a future state vision for the Finance function. We set out to optimize the operating model, develop new processes and capabilities, and significantly modernizing the technology that supports Finance functions. Stretching our current technology to its limits has resulted in manual and redundant processes, multiple versions of “the truth,” a disparate sourcing strategy and multiple, non-integrated solutions to common needs.. Becoming more agile and efficient by the following initiatives: Show less



AIG

• Egypt
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Finance Transformation and CIO Finance and Administration

  • Oct 2007 - Mar 2013

  New York City Metropolitan Area CIO and Head of Finance Transformation, Operations & Systems Responsible for the transformation of all Finance business processes for Chartis Insurance, a multi-national property casualty insurer with $40 billion in annual revenue. This program’s mission is to standardize and automate the accounting processes, rules, controls and data management through the implementation of a common financial systems application deployed globally across all of Chartis. The legacy systems for the multiple… Show more CIO and Head of Finance Transformation, Operations & Systems Responsible for the transformation of all Finance business processes for Chartis Insurance, a multi-national property casualty insurer with $40 billion in annual revenue. This program’s mission is to standardize and automate the accounting processes, rules, controls and data management through the implementation of a common financial systems application deployed globally across all of Chartis. The legacy systems for the multiple legal entities, insurance products, and countries were developed independently of each other. This history creates extensive strategic and logistical challenges in the process of integrating these systems that are widely diverse in their platforms. Tasks and experience includes: • Manage relationships with senior executives and stakeholders including Deployment Committees, Process Owners and Process Owner Committees. • Determine and drive the strategy for the Program including the approach, staffing, assignment of responsibility, and scheduling. • Overall responsibility for the timely execution of the strategies, overseeing quality control, time management of team members, and continual interaction with business stakeholders within each business unit as well as the corporate management team. • Continually provide broad direction setting based on the over-riding information needs of the business segment leaders so they can make more informed strategic decisions in driving towards increased profitability. • Position requires using detailed knowledge of accounting and reporting skills; an understanding of quality planning and analysis processes; and the diverse awareness of each business segment’s unique marketplace challenges and opportunities. Show less



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal

  • Oct 1997 - Oct 2007

  Managed varied teams of as many as 200 consultants on a variety of client engagements including SAP systems installations that provided broad financial reporting & analytical capabilities. Significant clients included AIG, Allstate Insurance, Coca Cola, McCormick & Co ($5 billion consumer products company); Becton Dickinson and Co., a $3.4 billion Pharmaceutical manufacturer; and Pharmacia Upjohn. The primary focus of these projects was to implement superior management decision-making… Show more Managed varied teams of as many as 200 consultants on a variety of client engagements including SAP systems installations that provided broad financial reporting & analytical capabilities. Significant clients included AIG, Allstate Insurance, Coca Cola, McCormick & Co ($5 billion consumer products company); Becton Dickinson and Co., a $3.4 billion Pharmaceutical manufacturer; and Pharmacia Upjohn. The primary focus of these projects was to implement superior management decision-making systems and achieve cost reductions through the consolidation of systems platforms within each organization. Show less