20 years experience in executive leadership, operations, audit and technology management. Consistently produces extraordinary results, driving business growth through process, organization and technology transformation. End-to-end experience in corporate operations, with excellent M&A integration, turn-around, IPO and start-up leadership experience. Establishes clear vision, determines execution roadmap, and applies appropriate governance, leading with integrity and respect for others. Profiled by Ziff-Davis Media as a “Great Mind in Development.”
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IPO Readiness/SOX Compliance: Drive all aspects of Finance and IT SOX compliance — from gap analysis and project management to testing and training. Automate and streamline technology and business processes, eliminating redundancy and gaining efficiency, while ensuring adequate control. Sarbanes Oxley compliance clients include:
Genentech: Change Management, SOX, GxP
Drove first-year Sarbanes-Oxley compliance —
radically improving security, change control and
operations, by identifying and resolving dozens of critical
risks at the application, database, network, system and
physical level. Led internal and external auditors, wrote
management letters and directed all audit processes and
results.
eBay: SOX, M&A Readiness
Post-IPO, brought Shopping.com into first-year SOX
compliance. Substantially reformed methodology development,
test automation, capacity planning, vendor selection and
release engineering. These offensive measures converted a
fire-fighting, error-prone development process into a
competitive edge, providing cost-efficient services and
high responsiveness to customers. These efforts made the
company a strong acquisition target for eBay.
Linden Lab: Pre-IPO Readiness, SOX
Engaged prior to planned IPO, to perform a thorough
enterprise risk analysis, determining SOX compliance risks
in finance and IT. Finding, targeting and resolving
critical gaps increased investor confidence while improving
the customer experience and lowering operating costs.
Nikon: JSOX
Developed IT procedures to comply with Japan's Financial
Instruments and Exchange Law (JSOX). Embedded compliance
into the company’s culture, so that controls were owned and
managed at the business level and the use of ongoing
consulting resources was minimized.
Shutterfly: SOX, PCI
Drove first year SOX compliance, spearheading sustainable
automated controls to manage risk, including disaster
recovery, information security, and change control. These
defensive measures ensured cost-effective, uninterrupted,
secure technology systems. Engineered turnaround of IT
performance and service levels and transformed IT into a
strategic business partner.
Project Management/Strategic Execution: Create a concrete vision, develop strategic objectives, identify key performance indicators, drive accountability throughout the organization, align incentives and budget, and integrate project and portfolio management to ensure flawless execution.
PG&E: Corporate Governance/Project Portfolio Management
Public utility had been plagued by huge cost overruns and
scheduling delays on major capital projects (between $1
million - $5+ billion). Developed enterprise-wide project
management standards and a unified reporting structure
across divisions, so executives could better evaluate
performance and manage risk across a large, bureaucratic
and unionized structure.
Genentech: Agile/Project Management
Developed and deployed a custom agile methodology, which
increased speed of delivery without compromising the
FDA-regulated environment. Deployed portfolio management
process and tools, and trained project managers in new
processes.
SLAC (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory): Head of IT Program Office
Lab had suffered from decades of failures in technology,
which was not considered to be a strategic business
partner. Developed first Project Management discipline in
technology for the lab, aligned IT with mission objectives,
and launched multiple mission-critical initiatives for the
lab.
UC Berkeley Extension: Instructor in Project Management, Leadership and Sustainability