MANagement EXECUTIVE, strategic business partner
Summary
Leaders have three fundamental responsibilities: Craft a vision, build alignment, & champion execution
Inspiring & Passionate Leader | Innovative Problem Solver
Adept at aligning organizational structure to execute on strategy. Proven ability to inspire individuals and develop high-performance teams. Offers innovative solutions for program execution challenges through entrepreneurial mindset and creative solution finding.
Diversified background in business operations and portfolio program management. Comprehensive experience in execution rigor to maximize outcomes while minimizing risk.
Certified Master Project Director.
(CMPD exceeds PMP certification)
Timeline
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Chief of Staff, VP Clinical Research & Testing, soundBrilliance
soundBrilliance is a health innovation company founded in 2022 by a team experienced in pharmacology, psychology, and neuroscience. We empower individuals with tools and techniques to exercise greater self-direction of one’s mind and body, and apply natural biophysical principles to produce reliable, safe, and effective stimuli toward specific wellness or clinically therapeutic outcomes.
As Chief of Staff reporting to the CMO, and VP of Research & Testing, I partner closely with the CMO and executive team to develop, align, and execute the strategic plan, and deliver the clinical research and testing in support of the strategy.
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Senior Director: Enterprise Architecture, MOBE, LLC
Founded with the idea of improving people's lives without adding costs to the system. Working with health insurance companies & large employers, MOBE identify individuals who benefit from learning self-management skills for better health, by delivering resources to educate & empower them
- Member of the Leadership Team, providing corporate leadership, strategic direction, and management of functions
- Execution of corporate projects, acquisition integrations, development of enterprise capabilities
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HVAC Manager / Senior Project Manager (dual role), Honeywell International
Global tech and manufacturing company, provides control technologies for aerospace, industry, homes and buildings.
• Directed delivery of large commercial building automation control projects in Australia. Led 24 direct reports with project portfolio of $12M across 3 multi-skilled teams while personally managing $8M of projects.
• Formed high-performance teams, robust P&L management, and incorporated strong portfolio management discipline, achieving 156% performance objectives and boosting profitability by 152%. -
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Senior Consultant, SMS Management & Technology
Australian consulting firm specializing in Business Management and Project Management.
Engaged by client companies to salvage major projects or improve performance of PMOs.
Salvaged $14M infrastructure program, months behind schedule and $1.5M over budget, delivering IBM mainframes in New Zealand and Australia, 2 weeks ahead of schedule in 2 separate production releases and saving $3.1M of program cost, resulting in $1.6M under budget.
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Senior Manager: Enterprise Services PMO, ANZ Bank
• Rebuilt largest technology / IS project delivery group and established high-performing Portfolio Management team of 75 Project Managers over an 18-month period. Defined and implemented Project Delivery operations strategy for $220M technology division.
• Stripped and overhauled division’s poor performing PMO to high performing team, after which members were nominated for CEOs high achiever awards.
• Created and operated Portfolio Management entity ($150M value), enabling division to align project activity with corporate strategy. -
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Senior Manager: Group-Wide Change & Project Mgmt, ANZ Bank
$36B company with operations around the world and strong focus in Asia-Pacific. Fifth largest company in Australia.
Promoted to group level to improve program-project management capability across the whole bank. Improved group-wide program / project management capability through 3 x 6-month roll-out of enhanced practices and tools; starting with the top 10 projects to expand competency and practices for over 600 PMs and managing over $3B of projects.
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Director: Project & Portfolio Management Office, Allina Health
Large Midwest healthcare system, $4B revenue and 27K employees. Ranked in the top five US healthcare systems.
• Partnered with C-level leadership to devise corporate strategy, and built portfolio of supporting projects in preparation for national healthcare reform.
• Built and operated high-performing PMO from ground up to improve project execution success rate.
• Established and executed largest ever operating cost savings program that delivered a record $560M of cost savings over 4.5 years.
Proudest Accomplishment
Built & lead high performance team that delivered Rialto Towers project 3 months early & 250% profit
Experience Highlights
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Raised staff morale from 30%-80% for $300M division
Rebuilt struggling division by restructuring leadership, operating Model, & REMOVING POOR PERFORMERS
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$560M Costs extracted over 4.5 years
Established & executed largest ever operating cost savings program delivering record $560M savings
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Strategy Alignment / Integration / Execution
Devised strategic map for national healthcare reform, & built & oversaw the portfolio oF projects
Education
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Advanced Diploma of Project Management
University of New England (Australia)
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AIPM Certified Master Project Director (CMPD)
Australian Institute of Project MGMTÂ Â Â Â Â (exceeds PMP certification)
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Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics
Swinburne University of Technology (VIC, australia)
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Mini MBA in Healthcare Management
University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis, MN)
Interests
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Health & Fitness
Playing competitive tennis, participating in group fitness workouts, completing tough mudder
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Family
Spending time with my young family. Coaching & attending their sports. Getting away to family cabiN
Results
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250%
increase profit margin -
90%
Managerial effectiveness rating -
$560
million in cost extracted over 4.5 yrs
Skills
- Organizational Alignment
- Corporate Culture Change
- LEAN Six sigma
- Business Process Optimization
- Profit & Loss Management
- High-Performance Team Building
- Strategy Alignment/Integration
- Portfolio & Program MGMT (PMO)
Questions & Answers
What are your long-term goals?
- Challenging opportunities where I can leverage my strengths to benefit companies and people I work with.
- Leaders I admire and that I can learn from.
Describe your greatest accomplishment.
What are your biggest strengths as a strategic business partner?
- Bringing innovative and pragmatic solutions to complex problems
- Building and motivating high performance teams
- Execution rigor
Why did you choose your profession?
As I have gained more experience in my career, moving through engineering and project management roles with increasing leadership responsibilities, I've also discovered a knack for inspiring others to perform at their best and joining me in executing change.
Today, I’m energized by leading companies and people to achieve their full potential ... leveraging my innovative problem solving and motivational skills in doing so.
