Derrick Hess

About Derrick Hess

Strategically minded leader with 20 years of experience architecting enterprise-wide…

Experience

1. Director

   PwC

   Feb 2005 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Serves dozens of Fortune 500 companies in delivering global programs of up to $150M. Translates high-profile problems into manageable initiatives, allowing clients to capture defined business value while reducing execution risk. Orchestrates multi-year strategic business plans and develops the framework/operating system to enable enterprise execution, risk mitigation plans, and helping management secure collaboration across teams.Develops success criteria and embeds performance measures into large programs so customers can measure the value being realized; led more than 30 complex programs by employing agile methods, cloud-based tools and data analytics. Improves executive decision making by using predictive analytics and scenario generation for complex multimillion-dollar programs. Employs financial, operational, and technical indicators to recommend risk mitigation strategies, preserve budgets, and limit disruptions to business ops.Leads teams consisting of architects, developers and customers to design digital solutions and in turn mobilize programs to deliver transformative changes to equip customers with new business capabilities. Number of direct reports ranges from 5-100; including teams comprised of offshore and third-party contractors.Leads cross-functional teams, employing Agile and Design Thinking methods to develop digital platforms/solutions with an unrelenting customer focus; achieving several MVP launches. Crisis Management and Cyber Risk Management: Deliver support during crisis response situations, mobilizing and running command centers to triage and remediate business and technical events, including cyber events. Project Portfolio Management: Assessed and improved over 15 enterprise portfolio management functions, providing tactical recommendations to improve prioritization, resource allocation, and delivery for portfolios managing hundreds of projects.

Education

• Penn State University

  BS, Industrial Engineering with Honors

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Risk Management
• Program Management
• IT Transformation
• Information Security
• Regulatory Compliance
• Manufacturing
• Financial Reporting
• Portfolio Management
• Business Transformation
• Sox
• Business Process Improvement
• Anti Money Laundering
• Solution Implementation
• Business Operations
• Process Improvement
• Retail
• Cybercrime
• Forensic Investigations
• Management Consulting