Robert Sirchia
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Credentials
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Certified Scrum Master
Scrum AllianceOct, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
ITIL
APMG International
Experience
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BTIG
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United States
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Financial Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Director - IT
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Sep 2021 - Present
Lead and manage various teams on the delivery of Strategic Firmwide Initiatives, including but not limited to the following - Salesforce CRM Implementation: firm wide Customer Relationship Management system used by 800+ end users across the firm, 2MM+ in annual budget - Illumio Core Implementation allowing BTIG to detect and isolate ransomware, build cyber resilience and prevent breaches across BTIG’s network Lead and manage various teams on the delivery of Strategic Firmwide Initiatives, including but not limited to the following - Salesforce CRM Implementation: firm wide Customer Relationship Management system used by 800+ end users across the firm, 2MM+ in annual budget - Illumio Core Implementation allowing BTIG to detect and isolate ransomware, build cyber resilience and prevent breaches across BTIG’s network
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AIG
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Program Manager
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Oct 2014 - Present
Senior IT Program Manager with a portfolio of projects that includes a total annual budget of 20MM, 500+ dedicated resources globally and impacts 65K+ global end users Accomplishments include: • Decommissioned 30+ legacy systems including, OneFDC, and Cognos Planning & Reporting, resulting in a YTD forecast annual savings in TCO of ~15MM • Reduced the system footprint of the Corporate Reporting Solutions IBM Mainframe, consolidating +1TB of data into one Commercial Data Hub Data warehouse, decommissioned 500+ legacy jobs which reduced storage by 33%, consolidated 200+ reports which eliminated CPU usage time and cost. YTD savings ~1MM+ • Managed all of the infrastructure setup for the Finance Center site expansion projects at Bangalore (+50 seats) and Gurgaon (+250 seats) • Upgraded the WAN in the Bogota Finance Center from 45 to 155MBPS • Reduced operating expenses by 200K via the implementation of various telephony components • Implemented the JIRA Service Desk, Agile Scrum, and Confluence KMDB modules to Bangalore, Gurgaon, Budapest and Bogota to support 10,000+ global end users • Reduced onboarding time by 50% via the implementation of the AIG Financial Onboarding Tool • Implemented the Financial Close Cockpit module within SAP to improve the month end and quarter end processes across various business functions including PC Profit Center Allocation (US and International) • Implemented the monthly weighted average for over 20 systems to perform the FX Calculation process • Implemented the CIRPI interface change specific to changes to certain Regional Office entities Show less
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General Reinsurance Berkshire Hathaway
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Stamford, Connecticut
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Senior Project Manager
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Jul 2013 - Sep 2014
Lead Project Manager $300M SAP FSRI 7.0 Implementation project, consisting of 200 global and dedicated resources, supporting 5000+ users across multiple international locations Accomplishments include: • Managed a team of 20 resources within the data migration team, including Business Analysts, Testing team, Database Developers, both onshore and offshore • Managed a project budget of 20+ million • Served as the primary point of contact between the Program team and Legacy System Administrators and owners • Interfaced with senior management across each work stream including Business Partner, Financial Accounting, Client Accounting, Claims, Actuarial, and Contracts to perform executive/stakeholder management Show less
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USALLIANCE Financial
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United States
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Assistant Vice President
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
Senior executive reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, provided project management and application support across the organization Accomplishments include • Managed all level 1 and level 2 production support across each of the banking systems such as DNA Core Banking, DNA Internet, Cisco IVR/ACD, mFoundry Mobile Banking including RDC, FICS LOS • Managed a variety of vendors across the organization including the establishment and compliance with all SLA’s and Contracts. Responsible in the reduction of over 300K+ spread across multiple vendor contracts Show less
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Global Manager of Operations & Applications Support
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May 2001 - Jun 2012
Senior manager with 10 direct reports, including project managers, business analysts, system engineers that provided all level 1 and 2 application support for all systems. Accomplishments include • Managed the migration of 20+ legacy systems within the Systems Advantage Program, consisting of 100+ dedicated resources, 120+ million in total program budget over the course of 3 years • Managed a variety of vendors across the organization on a domestic and international level, including the establishment and compliance with all SLA’s and Underpinning contracts. Responsible for the reduction in 500K+ in annual savings across multiple contracts and annual support fees • Managed all Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning tests across the organization • Managed the ongoing maintenance, administration, upgrades, support and enhancements within of each of the third party systems • Established and managed the enterprise-wide change management and release management process, using the ITIL framework, which was followed by the entire IT department • Winner of the President’s Award Show less
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Connect Systems Inc.
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Greater New York City Area
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Project Manager
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Jun 1999 - May 2001
Project manager managing teams of Business Analysts, Application Developers, Database Administrators and Testing across designated projects assigned by leadership team Accomplishments include • Managed a testing team of 10 to perform all data quality and integrity checks against the designated MetLife legacy systems • Managed a testing team of 14 to perform all application testing within Prudential’s platform • Implemented the reporting platform for American Repertory Ballet’s financials Show less
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Education
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2003 - 2006
Pace University
Master of Science (M.S.), Information Systems -
1995 - 1999
SUNY Stony Brook
B.S., Applied Mathematics & Statistics + Economics -
1991 - 1995
St. Francis Prep
Diploma
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