Maero O.
IT Leader | IT Strategy & Operations | Amazon | MIT Sloan MBA
- Role
- Senior Program Manager, IT Services at Amazon
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Maero O.
Transformational IT Operations Leader who partners with executives and business stakeholders to introduce innovative IT solutions to distributed organizations. I am talented at winning support of business and IT decision-makers for enterprise programs and projects. Colleagues know me for optimizing program/project delivery and infrastructure, service desk, system application environments, and cybersecurity operations. I identify opportunities to significantly improve business and technology efficiencies.KPMG NIGERIA successes include: TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT: Managed portfolio of 30 to 40 projects/subprojects supporting employees working with Global Fortune and West African top-tier companies. Defined business requirements and negotiated timelines and budgets. Coordinated resources and drove project delivery. Managed stakeholder and management expectations. APPROVAL PROCESS: Developed ratings grid and approval framework based on strategic alignment, ROI, risk, and resource needs to standardize project intake/approval process. In first year, reduced number of projects 20% realizing IT savings of 12%. TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY KPMG NIGERIA MANDATE: Assembled cross-functional team, interviewed partners/senior partners and business unit heads to solicit input, benchmarked KPMG Nigeria current state against industry standards, and led development of organization-first 5-year technology strategy plan. Identified IT transformation and improvement areas to support 18% growth. BACK OFFICE AUTOMATION / INNOVATION TEAM: Formed 12-member Central Services Innovation Team. Automated workflows transforming HR, Finance, Risk, and Compliance processes. Reduced processing times +10% and captured 12% cost savings in first year. GLOBAL KPMG TOP 10 CYBER POSTURE: Led KPMG Nigeria cyber posture to align with KPMG global best practices. Created robust patch/ vulnerability management program for infrastructure hardware, system ecosystems, workstations, servers, and apps and launched fully evolved incident response plan. Elevated KPMG Nigeria cybersecurity rating to “Global Top 10%” out of 147 KPMG firms worldwide. SAP ERP IMPLEMENTATION: Took charge of data migration supporting KPMG West African SAP ERP implementation. Conducted legacy data source and format inventory, mapped new data flows, validated/cleaned extracted data, and executed migration. Drove improvements in operational efficiency, reducing reporting processing time 80% and IT costs 15%.
Experience
Senior Program Manager, IT Services
Nov 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Education
University of Benin
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
MIT Sloan School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA, MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program
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