Matt Rasmussen

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ABOUT MATT RASMUSSEN

I direct and oversee Strategic \"Change the Bank\" Initiatives that require high levels of collaboration. • A \"Fixer\" throughout my career in Consulting and Banking, repeatedly tasked with getting projects back on track. • Strong leader and team builder, providing SMART expectations, addressing team\'s issues ahead of my own. • Experience in both Strategic Planning and Lean Implementation, resulting in outcomes that tie strong Operational results to measurable Financial impacts. STRATEGIC PROJECT DELIVERY My department\'s scope is focused on impactful,\"Change the Bank\" initiatives. Currently, this primarily means digitization, global resourcing, and executing on bank acquisitions. It means working hand-in-hand with Technology, Line of Business, and Operations business partners, as well as 3rd party vendors. It means navigating all of the Corporate Support Areas, such as Risk, Vendor Management, and Audit. It means working in a matrix organization, directing teams made up of a wide mix of direct reports, seconded SMEs, contractors, consultants, and vendor resources. It means being in the hot seat in front of the C-Suite when things do not go to plan. It also means big wins when those plans come to fruition. DIVERSE EXPERIENCE My Banking Project Delivery experience has included time in Commercial Lending Operations in both Canada and the US, a Head Office Process Centre of Excellence, Global Payments Operations, and Capital Market\'s Global Trade Finance. 11 years in Management Consulting saw me spend 9 of those years living in hotels in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with a 1 year stint in Tokyo, Japan. I have successfully implemented Lean initiatives in a wide range of industries, from Banking and Insurance to Pet Food Production and Waste Management. This experience brings a strategic view of where to close the gaps necessary for improvement. It also brings the operational capability to execute on those strategic plans and generate the required financial results. SMART LEADERSHIP I cut my teeth early on in Lean Management Consulting. When you start your career drinking the \"Lean Kool-Aid\", it doesn\'t leave your blood: • All team members need SMART expectations. • The best way to ensure success is to ensure that the team is working on Value Added activities, which means focusing on their bottlenecks ahead of your own. • Lastly, their success is your success, just as their failures are your failures. I am more than fine with them getting the spotlight and the accolades. At the end of the day, true leaders will recognize one of their own.