Prudential PLC and Jackson National LifeSenior IT Executive
Jun. 2000 - Dec. 2018As an Executive Consultant, retained by key decision makers at such client companies as Prudential PLC and Jackson National Life, to lead all IT functions for mission critical projects, reporting directly to the CIO or CTO. As the primary user contact for IT, led efforts to define system functionality with business units, determine time frames for delivery and direct the technical team’s construction of final products. • Secured 100% of business from referrals and repeat customers.
• As a key leader in launching a new investment company for Jackson, defined the technical strategic direction and managed the delivery of all functions. As a result, the project was completed within 12 months with an IT budget of $40 million U.S.
• Following Jackson’s $700 million acquisition of the Swiss Re block of business, successfully integrated systems and people into the Jackson organization within an aggressive time frame.
• Selected by the CTO at Jackson to reorganize, structure and drive the creation of a cloud-based data center that will significantly improve efficiency in delivering infrastructure services.
• Gained the confidence of senior leaders at a Jackson subsidiary to implement a delicate and complex upgrade of their portfolio accounting system that stabilized their trading platform.
• Designed and developed an innovative variable annuity product for Jackson that became the highest selling variable annuity product in the U.S. and positioned them as the leader in this investment market.
• Leveraged relationships with leaders in 30 departments throughout Jackson to seamlessly roll-out the upgrade to Microsoft Office 2013 that impacted 4,500 employees and effected 7,000 devices.