Functional Skills

Communications
Quality Assurance
Project Management
Agile Software Development
Risk Management
Innovation Management
Integration Management (IMO)
Leadership Development
Operations Management
Data Visualization / Reports
Operational Risk Management
Finance Transformation
Change Management / Org Design

Software Skills

Microsoft Project
PowerBI
Jira
Data visualization
Smartsheet
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Excel Macros
Miro
Microsoft PowerPoint
WordPress
Microsoft Word

Sector Experience

Business Services
Financial Services
Technology
Fortune 500

Experience

BlackRock Management Consulting
Senior Vice President of BlackRock Transformation
10/2006 - 2/2024
-Led governance meetings, cutting costs by $500K and increasing efficiency by 25% within 2 years
-Led and oversaw communication and engagement with stakeholders, driving program progress and escalating risks, issues, and solutions for a major client onboarding initiative, resulting in a 15% increase in project efficiency.
-Led collaboration with engineering scrum teams to define deliverables and release dates, ensuring on-time delivery of project changes, driving successful product development implementation.
-Led all stakeholder communications, including management-level reporting, resulting in 20% faster project decision-making and on-time client go-live
-Built and managed Jira/confluence sites to track development sprints, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of client onboarding project milestones

BlackRock Management Consulting
Senior Vice President
2/2006 - 2/2024
-Led governance meetings, cutting costs by $500K and increasing efficiency by 25% within 2 years
-Led and oversaw communication and engagement with stakeholders, driving program progress and escalating risks, issues, and solutions for a major client onboarding initiative, resulting in a 15% increase in project efficiency.
-Led collaboration with engineering scrum teams to define deliverables and release dates, ensuring on-time delivery of project changes, driving successful product development implementation.
-Led all stakeholder communications, including management-level reporting, resulting in 20% faster project decision-making and on-time client go-live
-Built and managed Jira/confluence sites to track development sprints, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of client onboarding project milestones

BlackRock Management Consulting
Program Manager- Project: Regulatory Communication Hub
10/2023 - 1/2024
-Led the successful design & implementation of the 2024 Road Plan for the Global Regulatory Systems, resulting in a 20% increase in project efficiency and streamlined communication.
-Optimized the Power BI Global Regulatory Dashboard through improved data visualization and regional integration, resulting in 25% increase in faster decision-making within a year.
-Developed and implemented interim solutions to address regulatory reporting for SEC Cybersecurity rule regulatory project within 5 months.

BlackRock Management Consulting
Project Manager- Project: FCA Task Force For Climate Related Disclosures
10/2022 - 8/2023
-Managed the development and execution of a TCFD-compliant plan for entity reporting, leading to compliance for over a trillion dollars in AUM.
-Proactively managed stakeholder communication, resulting in a 20% increase in project efficiency and overall client satisfaction within one year.

BlackRock Management Consulting
Program Manager- Project: Rule 18f-4
10/2020 - 9/2022
-Successfully implemented a SEC Risk Management Framework for BlackRock 40 Act Funds, managing approximately three trillion dollars, resulting in full compliance with Rule 18f-4.
-Prepared business requirements and functional specification to support regulatory reporting system change initiatives for VaR and Leverage.

BlackRock Management Consulting
Project Manager- Project: MIFID II Transaction Reporting/ Post Trade
2/2019 - 12/2020
Improved reporting processes with ARM (UnaVista), resulting in a 95% T 1 reporting completion rate and a 90% reduction in error rates, leading to increased operational efficiency.

BlackRock Management Consulting
Program Manager- Project: Cachematrix Integration
2/2018 - 4/2019
Managed the seamless transition of $400B in assets from BLK cash clients to Cache matrix, ensuring no disruption to operations and preserving client satisfaction.

BlackRock Product Management / Strategy
Product Manager- BlackRock Alternative Advisors
10/2006 - 1/2018
-Enhanced the Aladdin system by incorporating Hedge Fund of Fund Trading and Renewable Power Trading, resulting in a 15% decrease in operational costs.
-Integrated the BLK, MLIM & Quellos Fund of Fund business, in terms of research systems, client reporting systems and trading systems. This led to a 15% increase in efficiency.