Dan Parsons

About Dan Parsons

Running a business has never felt more uncertain. Markets shift overnight. The playbook that worked last year feels obsolete. Your team looks to you for clarity, but some days, clarity feels impossible to find. I help CEOs make sense of that uncertainty. I\'m a sense-maker by nature: I take complex, overwhelming situations and translate them into clear direction and confident decisions. After 25 years guiding transformation and product development at Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Capital One, Aon, and JP Morgan Chase, I\'ve learned that the leaders who thrive aren\'t the ones who eliminate uncertainty, they\'re the ones who learn to navigate it.Today, as a Vistage Chair in Raleigh-Durham, I bring that perspective to CEOs and business owners through peer advisory groups. Think of it as your own private board of trusted advisors, fellow leaders who challenge your thinking, share hard-won wisdom, and hold you accountable to becoming the leader your business needs.Outside the boardroom, I\'m fascinated by how Formula 1 teams operate under extreme pressure, making split-second decisions with imperfect information while continuously improving. There\'s more overlap with running a business than most people realize.If you\'re a CEO in the Triangle ready for deeper conversations and clearer thinking, let\'s talk.

Experience

1. Enterprise Transformation Consultant

   Highspring

   Nov 2024 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

   I provide consulting and coaching services to various clients to support their business transformation initiatives by enhancing agility to accelerate results. At Highspring, we work with our clients to help them navigate the complexity of change by leveraging - Organizational Change Management frameworks - we will design and deliver solutions to carry out and sustain your business transformationTarget Operating Model - we will work with you to create a responsive, holistic framework to optimize processes, technology, organizational structure, and operations to meet your company’s current needs and evolve for the future.Portfolio, Program and Project Management - Drive your business transformation with program and project management services designed to fit your needs.

Skills

• Business Requirements
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Testing
• General Insurance
• Waterfall
• Back Office
• Test Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Microsoft Office
• User Acceptance Testing
• Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Management
• Project Delivery
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Planning
• Prince2
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Trading Systems
• Ca Clarity
• Change Management
• Matrix Management
• Resource Management
• Visio
• Sdlc
• Business Process
• Pmo
• Program Management
• Managing Project Budgets
• Scorecard
• IT Strategy
• Analysis
• Middle Office
• Global Project Management
• Agile Methodologies