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Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, US Life Companies

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Senior Information Technology Executive with over 25 years experience developing and executing IT strategies in alignment with corporate objectives. Established record as a leader & business partner who collaborates with other executives to use technology to transform and simplify business processes while delivering bottom line measurable benefit. Industries include Aerospace, Financial Services, and Telecommunications domestically and abroad.Direct management responsibilities of teams ranging from a few individuals to organizations in excess of two hundred associates and budgets of approximately $50M annually. An energetic leader with a passion for people development, a track record of recruiting and retaining top talent and a demonstrated ability to effectively lead and work in a highly matrixed environment.Qualifications:- Extensive leadership experience for major, integrated systems using a variety of platforms and technologies, including direction of cross-functional and cross-site teams.- Experience in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide systems supporting sales, customer service, engineering, financial services, manufacturing, and marketing functions.- Ability to deal with complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty to create a communicable vision that can be understood and embraced by team members.- Adept in communicating effectively at all levels in an organization, with a track record of successful collaboration with executives on business strategy and corporate planning processes.- Decisive and goal-oriented.Specialties: International Experience | Technology Leadership & Team Development | Employee Engagement | Program Management | Change Management | Business Process Improvement | Software Development Lifecycle | System Integration & Rationalization | Application Development | Governance & Data Security | IT Financial Management | Onshore & Offshore Models | Strategic & Multi-year Business Planning | I.T. Consolidation