Ani Hovsepian

About Ani Hovsepian

Breakthrough Leader: Design, communicate and implement new vision through motivating, leading, managing and coaching diverse teams. Inspire Women in Tech by establishing a supportive community and influencing growth and innovation for new leaders.Technology Futurist: Research trends, anticipate technology transformation, interpret impacts and opportunities and challenge the status quote to optimize for future workplace demands. Digital Change Agent: Introduce and promote new digital ideas, processes, products and working models by utilizing change-management and storytelling skills to secure cross-functional collaboration and leadership support. HIGHLIGHTS Collaborated with Executive Leadership on strategic decisions for UMG employee safety during the COVID pandemicCompleted the 2020 UMG - Capitol Records Innovation Lifestyle ChallengeDesigned and launched Women in Tech @UMG, building a community of engagement, empowerment and professional developmentAutomated several technology processes to introduce efficiencies, data analytics and evangelize product valueLaunched an efficient IT Vendor Management program Chaired CI HackDay consisting of over 300 participantsEvaluated and forecasted Business and Technology strategies, trends, outcomesRedesigned and automated business, financial and technical processes Pioneered the Disney IT Sourcing Model transformationAuthored educational material and trained internal/external partners and leaders

Experience

1. Director, IT Process Automation Engineer Technology Risk and Compliance

   Universal Music Group

   Sep 2018 — Present · Woodland Hills, CA, US

   Design, program, simulate and test automated processes to complete tasks with UX and efficiency as focus. Assess, strategize, recommend, prioritize and implement a dynamic Rick and Compliance Management program and tool to ensure compliance.•Played a critical role in UMG IPO readiness. •Influence best practices for onboarding users to the new platforms, services and processes utilizing Agile methodology.•Integrate various tools (using A/B testing) to gather data to analyze, conceptualize and report on large and diverse data sets to measure today\'s success and anticipate and plan for tomorrow’s opportunities.•Inspire continuous improvements by developing consistent/repeatable/lean processes. Leading efforts to education and direct IT users to properly utilize the ServiceNow tool and other identified products for IT Service Management processes and implement automation initiatives.•Collaborated with Executive Leadership on strategic decisions for UMG employee safety during the COVID pandemic and the workplace transformation (addressing three personas: hybrid, in-office, mobile). •Innovation Challenged: Capitol Records Innovation Lifestyle Challenge: Dolby Atmos Shark Tank Innovation: UMShe Leads Executive Leadership Development: uStudio Blockchain: Active member of the Technology “Skunk team”.

Education

• Woodbury University

  Masters, Business Management

  2003 — 2005

• California State University, Northridge

  Bachelor of Science, Information Systems

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Risk Management
• Business Efficiency
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Developed Trainig Program
• Information Technology
• Analysis
• Outsourcing
• Process Flow Documentation
• Management
• Strive for Customer Satisfaction
• IT Outsourcing
• Business Intelligence
• • Strategy Planning and Execution
• Integration
• Business Process Improvement
• Service Management
• Strong Communication, Presentation, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
• IT Service Management
• IT Management
• Service Level
• Change Management
• Service Levels
• Known for Building Strong Relationships with Internal and External Partners
• Data Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Project Planning
• Pmo
• Service Level Agreements
• Leadership
• Incident Management
• IT Operations
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• IT Strategy
• Business Process Design and Implementation
• Process Improvement