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Global Program Manager
TransamericaGlobal Program Manager
Aug. 2025 - May. 2026-Leading the Global IT Stability Program, overseeing 13 key initiatives aimed at enhancing business experience quality. -Collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify and implement best practices for continuous improvement. -Drove Agile training and adoption through multiple teams. -Address stability challenges through program delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Program Management Director
OneAmericaProgram Management Director
Jul. 2022 - Jun. 2025Indianapolis, Indiana, United States-Led a team of 6 Senior Project Managers, overseeing enterprise delivery, budget stewardship, OCM strategy, and leadership development—improving team engagement and reducing attrition. -Oversaw the end‑to‑end delivery of a cross‑enterprise SaaS workflow platform, improving operational transparency, reducing cycle times, and elevating customer and stakeholder satisfaction. -Achieved $1.2M in program savings through portfolio restructuring, vendor optimization, and disciplined financial governance—improving P&L performance while maintaining scope, quality, and timelines. -Drove enterprise capability uplift by championing design thinking training across business and technology teams, strengthening innovation, empathy‑driven problem solving, and customer‑centric delivery. -Co‑designed a SAFe‑aligned OCM framework for the ePMO, accelerating agile adoption, improving change readiness, and standardizing transformation governance across the enterprise. -Strengthened executive alignment by building trusted partnerships with VP–C‑Suite leaders across Technology, HR, Finance, and Business Units, ensuring integrated planning and sustainable enterprise outcomes.
IT Portfolio Manager
CNO Financial GroupIT Portfolio Manager
Apr. 2020 - Jun. 2022Carmel, Indiana, United States-Led the Lean‑Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) team, driving SAFe transformation across 6 Agile Release Trains and 500+ practitioners, improving delivery velocity, predictability, and quality. -Partnered with C‑suite executives to align portfolio investments to enterprise OKRs, ensuring prioritization of high‑value initiatives and faster strategic decision‑making. -Orchestrated Portfolio Sync and Strategic Portfolio Review governance, improving transparency, dependency management, and alignment between strategy and execution. -Coached Agile PMOs, Epic Owners, Product Managers, and Solution Managers on Lean funding models, decentralized decision‑making, and continuous exploration, improving throughput and reducing bottlenecks. -Led rollout of SAFe 5.0 Lean Portfolio Management practices including participatory budgeting, Lean governance, and continuous exploration—reducing cycle times and improving portfolio flow.
MSC Liaison
Ascension Information Services (AIS)MSC Liaison
Jan. 2018 - Apr. 2020Indianapolis, Indiana-Served in a Chief of Staff–level capacity to the CEO for 3 years, coordinating enterprise‑wide initiatives, enabling executive decision‑making, and driving alignment across Finance, AP, Associate Care, and Supply Chain. -Conducted operational assessments to identify high‑value automation and digital transformation opportunities, improving cost efficiency, reducing manual effort, and mitigating operational risk. -Contributed to early‑stage AI and intelligent automation strategy, including adoption of Blue Prism and machine learning capabilities—accelerating digital maturity and reducing cycle times. -Drove enterprise awareness and adoption of technology capabilities, aligning business needs with platform roadmaps and improving utilization of existing tools. -Facilitated strategic planning and prioritization, leading multi‑year roadmap development to guide investment decisions, sequencing, and execution across business and technology domains.
Sr. Project/Program Mgr
Ascension Information Services (AIS)Sr. Project/Program Mgr
Apr. 2017 - Jan. 2018
Project Management Consultant
NCAAProject Management Consultant
Apr. 2016 - Apr. 2017Greater Indianapolis
Director, EPMO
International Medical Group (IMG)Director, EPMO
May. 2015 - Feb. 2016Indianapolis, Indiana-Directed the Enterprise Project Management Office overseeing enterprise‑wide IT programs and projects across multiple business units, ensuring alignment to organizational strategy, regulatory requirements, and multi‑year transformation priorities. -Designed and implemented enterprise PMLC governance, standardizing processes, controls, and delivery frameworks to improve predictability, reduce variance, and strengthen audit readiness. -Built, coached, and developed a high‑performing PMO team of project managers and business analysts—improving delivery capability, leadership maturity, and engagement while reducing turnover. -Partnered with senior leaders across Technology, Operations, and Business Units to define, prioritize, and sequence strategic programs, improving portfolio throughput and accelerating value delivery. -Owned enterprise governance for Microsoft Project Server, optimizing tooling, reporting, and portfolio visibility to improve decision‑making, resource planning, and financial transparency
EPMO Manager
International Medical Group (IMG)EPMO Manager
Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2015Indianapolis, Indiana
Sr. Project Manager - Consulting
CNO Financial GroupSr. Project Manager - Consulting
Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2015Carmel, IndianaSalesforce.com Project Avaya One-X Communicator Project
Project Manager
Quicken LoansProject Manager
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2014Detroit-Led a large‑scale acquisition integration program onboarding 57,000 mortgages, coordinating cross‑functional teams, vendors, and data migration workstreams to ensure regulatory compliance, customer continuity, and operational stability. -Directed the enterprise rollout and adoption of AtTask (project/time/resource capacity management), improving portfolio visibility, resource forecasting accuracy, and delivery throughput across multiple business and IT teams. -Managed the product evaluation and selection for a new Incentive Commission Management (ICM) platform, establishing business requirements, vendor scoring, and governance criteria; subsequently planned and led the implementation roadmap to ensure on‑time, on‑budget delivery. -Developed enterprise PM training materials to uplift delivery maturity, standardize PMLC practices, and strengthen project leadership capabilities across the organization. -Served the broader community by volunteering with IT in the D, training displaced workers and college students in foundational project management principles—expanding access to career pathways and strengthening the local talent pipeline.
Sr. Project Manager/Program Manager - Consulting
Greater Indianapolis AreaSr. Project Manager/Program Manager - Consulting
Dec. 2008 - Feb. 2012
Sr. Project Manager - Consulting
Indecon SolutionsSr. Project Manager - Consulting
Dec. 2008 - Jun. 2009Currently assigned to NGS as a Sr. Project Manager working on an enterprise call center solution and process definition efforts.
Sr. Project Manager
National Government ServicesSr. Project Manager
Dec. 2008 - Jun. 2009Contracted via Indecon Solutions.
Sr. Project Manager
NICUSASr. Project Manager
Dec. 2006 - Oct. 2008Corporate IT project management. Responsibile for managing web, database, application development projects as well as RFP analysis for government and business projects.
Sr. Project Manager
RCISr. Project Manager
May. 2005 - Oct. 2006
Project Manager
Wyndham Worldwide / RCIProject Manager
Jul. 2003 - May. 2005
Project Manager
ConsecoProject Manager
Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2002

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