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Amazon Web Services (AWS)Sr. Program Manager - Global Business Innovation Team
Aug. 2024Jersey City, NJ
CitiSenior Vice President, Group Manager, Citi Private Bank Wealth Management Technology
Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2024Jacksonville, Florida, United StatesInnovating business requirements into advanced technology solutions for Citi customers
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Principal Portfolio Manager, BDSI
Jan. 2023 - Jul. 2023United States
MicrosoftDirector Strategic Programs, ACAI Domain
Nov. 2018 - Sep. 2022St. Johns County, Florida, United StatesMy role provides a cross-cutting strategic view of security and identity technology areas, and the cloud infrastructure areas, for the purpose of creating and driving adoption of IP offerings so that the Microsoft Services field can learn the strategic solutions sales and delivery IP required for the AC&AI Domain. The main goal is to create a consistent programmatic view across these largely different technology areas and have the sales and delivery consultants experience them as part of the same organization.
MicrosoftGlobal Architect
Jul. 2016 - Nov. 2018Forecast and design global readiness and communities and deploy programs, readiness solutions for the secure infrastructure domain
MicrosoftAccount Delivery Manager
Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2016Washington D.C. Metro AreaGrow, manage and transform my customers, their goals and portfolios, and my super smart team of super hero resources leveraging over 17 years of delivery consulting experience.
Portfolio at 18M+ and growing
Focus areas include cloud, SaaS, org change management, enterprise portfolio management, application rationalization, ITIL and CRM
MicrosoftUS Delivery Excellence Director
Jul. 2011 - Sep. 2015Greater New York City AreaInnovating new revenue-generating capabilities within consulting services. Designing business solutions mapped to client business objectives. Mara has over 17+ years of experience in business architecture, delivery management, and business strategy consulting in heterogeneous environments and technologies. Mara has over 10 years’ experience managing delivery of enterprise solutions including database, platform and mail migrations, as well as tool and process redesign. Twice in Mara’s career acquisitions of niche portfolio management software product companies has led to her being integrated with larger consulting companies (Computer Associates and Oracle), giving her first-hand field experience on how to grow $35M - $80M companies into multi-billion $ companies. Mara’s global experience with real-time enterprise innovation place her at the forefront of strategy discussions with CxO’s around the world. Understanding the individual complexities and drivers of an organization and how to affect change for the realization of said goals is her unique calling card. August 2010 Enterprise Architect Academy Graduate - Microsoft Corp. July 2007 Advanced Masters in IT Project Management
Villanova University 2006 ITIL Certification Organizational Change Management and Workplace Platform Transformation Change Planning/Execution. Providing consistent, repeatable execution across US Services Delivery with primary focus on quality. IT Governance and Regulatory Compliance expert with Subject Matter Expertise in Business Software Optimization Software and Tool/Process Integration.Business process creation and PMO/BMO build-out and re-design. Metrics design, creation and compliance strategies as well as automation. Specialties: TOGAF, Service Delivery Plans, BDN, Archimate, Niku Clarity, Mercury ITG, Planview, Prosight, Artemis 7, Project Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Software Quality, Methodologies: Six Sigma, ITIL Certified and IT Governance Institute Member
MicrosoftEnterprise Strategy Advisor
Oct. 2010 - Jul. 2011Enterprise Architecture and Strategy provides leadership teams insight by addressing organizational issues holistically in a coherent and integral fashion while at the same time offering a vision by providing a shared understanding and conceptualization amongst stakeholders involved in enterprise development. This insight provides guidance on putting a strategy into action and a decision making tool around execution and steering.
MicrosoftEngagement Manager
Jul. 2008 - Oct. 2010Delivery Management for Financial Services, specifically Citibank and JP Morgan Chase, along with other Microsoft customers.
Primavera SystemsEngagement Manager
Aug. 2006 - Jul. 2008ProSight Portfolio Management delivery nationally.
Morgan HollandPartner
Feb. 2005 - May. 2006Niche Financial Services Consulting Company
-Sold and delivered consulting services to Financial Services organizatons.
-hired project staff, managed delivery and controlled operations management.
Bank of AmericaSenior Project Manager
Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2005Tool and process redesign project due to BofA reorganization.
MPI ProfessionalsDirector
Jun. 2003 - Mar. 2005Create and Manage the IT Governance Practice and support organizational changes at client site. Assist client with project adoption to ensure success.
ASE EdgeDirector of Business Development
Mar. 2002 - Jun. 2004Solutions Consultant and Sales Coordinator for the .asp legal proprietary document repository product.
Starpoint SolutionsSenior Project Manager
Jan. 2000 - Mar. 2002Manage the delivery of eSolutions involving custom software development. Clients include Merrill Lynch, Chase, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs.
Niku CorporationSenior Project Manager
May. 1997 - Jan. 2000Plan, Lead, and Navigate both the project team and the client steering committee through the Clarity Implementation based on corporate goals.
ProamicsProject Manager
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1999
ACIOffice Manager
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1997
BBC Worldwide AmericasClearance & Technical Coordinator
Sep. 1993 - May. 1997Setting up the BBC Library Sales office in New York City and licensing clips from the BBC Libary archives to media sources in North America. Coordinate the delivery of media via satellite and ground methods and supply requested research/video clips of clip candidates.
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