Red Volta, LLC

Co-founder• 2022 - Present

A technology services company focused on designing innovative solutions that leverage technology in order to solve complex industry challenges. Our work has been recognized in federal prize competitions for NIST, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Navy, with winning entries spanning incident command, subsurface visualization, and hardware health analytics. See the projects below.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Vice President - Lead Business Manager• September 2017 - Present

• Lead a team of three Business Managers owning end to end financial and business management for a Corporate Technology product portfolio, supporting an organization of more than 1,300 software engineers
• Direct budget planning, monthly outlooks and forecast submissions, investment lifecycle governance, headcount and location strategy, vendor productivity tracking, run rate analysis, and cost recovery across the portfolio
• Set the standard for financial controls and executive reporting, reviewing P&L variance analysis and synthesizing insights for Technology leadership
• Partner with Technology Leadership, Finance & Business Management leads, Project Management Offices, Procurement & Sourcing, Global Real Estate, and Human Resources to plan and execute agendas across a matrixed organization
• Automate recurring reporting, streamline analytics, and strengthen forecasting and variance analysis using Essbase, Tableau, Ariba, PitchPRO, and advanced Microsoft Office tools
• Influence the build out and rollout of comprehensive technology business management systems spanning the technology sub-ledger, business case, and investment proposal capabilities
• Coach and develop the team while driving standardization and process improvement across business management deliverables

Deutsche Bank

September 2011 - September 2017

Strategic Supplier Partnership:

• Strategic Vendor Partnership Program - Assisted with managing Procurement's bank wide Strategic Vendor Partnership program through driving partner engagement, developing relationships, and coordinating Account Plan and Senior Management meetings and agendas
• Implemented process for the capture, tracking, and response to notifications involving Vendor-Clients ensuring compliant dialog. Post implementation, provided notification within coverage area
• Produced and maintained vendor relationship briefs for Management Board, C-suite, and Managing Directors
• Implemented a vendor performance feedback process for Service Relationship Owners
• Developed the Strategic Vendor Partnership programs internal brand presence to broadened awareness
• Vendor Endorsement Committee - Implementation of new streamlined user experience and Secretary duties

Application Program Manager - Vendor Risk Management:

• Chaired continuous improvement working group that fed directly into the UAT phase; Assisted with managing user requirements through to major releases of Vendor Risk Management tool
• Developed and lead end user training program for new internal vendor risk management tool with 1,000+ trainees
• Generated and maintained material for new internal vendor risk management tool; included multi-layer support workflows, FAQ’s, known issues, end user role manuals
• Conducted institution wide vendor spend analysis that directly influenced vendor segmentation initiative
• On-campus recruiting for the Analyst Graduate program

Project Manager:

• Executed build out and decommissioning of Americas region ultra low latency (ULL) trading platform infrastructure
• Coordinated critical data center migrations end to end through budgeting, planning, and execution of ULL platform infrastructure
• Supported large divestiture overseeing the successful transfer of user data, project plans, documentation and progress reports