Matthew Nowak

About Matthew Nowak

High performing technology leader with over 22 years of broad delivery management experience; well-practiced at envisioning, planning, and driving transformational initiatives that align technology with business need. Extensive experience in leading the design and full cycle delivery of highly complex programs and projects from conception to completion; delivering on enterprise wide, mission-critical, multi-million-dollar efforts. An accomplished leader and developer of highly effective and collaborative teams, overseeing and aligning globally disbursed resources with project and/or organizational demand. Experience conceptualizing and developing needed processes to optimize team performance, govern team approaches and foster accountability. A strategic and tactical collaborator with key business and IT partners at all levels of the organization. Skilled at defining and delivering program or capability roadmaps, process refinement, architectural governance, compliance oversight, organizational change, and vendor management.• Senior leader that specializes in facilitating the planning, delivery and ongoing operational needs of infrastructure, integration and web/application development programs that support organizational transformation objectives• Championed, managed, and delivered over $125 million in direct responsibility programs/projects in multiple industries, utilizing a full spectrum of technologies, architectures, and delivery methodologies• Ownership for the delivery of transformational initiatives, Security and Compliance projects (SOX, PCI, HIPAA, DoC and Compliance), M&A system integrations and data migrations, ETL/EDI, SaaS/Cloud migrations, divestitures/separations, infrastructure enhancements and application development efforts including digital/web• Successfully reorganized struggling programs and projects for multiple clients. Quickly building partnerships with key business and technology leaders to outline priorities and define tactical direction. Aligned business goals and desired results with optimal delivery approaches, key resources, and architectures that resulted in technical direction, clear deliverables, alignment of accountability and predictable outcomes.• Extensive experience managing and motivating employee and contract resources, building effective global geographically disbursed teams, ensuring accountability, and fostering professional growth. Effective at clearing the obstacles and finding solutions to complex issues that get in the team’s way to complete projects on time.

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Granicus

   Sep 2024 — Present

Education

• Augsburg University

  Business Management/MIS Minor, Business, Management, MIS minor

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Software Development
• Problem Solving
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Architecture
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Business Intelligence
• Process Improvement
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance
• IT Strategy
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Visio
• Agile
• Strategic Planning
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Application Development
• Outsourcing
• Vendor Management
• Planning
• Business Analysis
• Mentoring
• Project Delivery
• IT Service Management
• Security
• Change Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Business Alignment
• E-Commerce
• Data Center
• Project Planning
• Vendor Relations
• Requirements Analysis
• Integration