Michael Sobol

About Michael Sobol

I help organizations turn strategy into lasting change — building momentum through clarity, structure,leadership, and execution without losing people or adding bureaucracy.I partner with business leaders to translate vision into value—designing strategic frameworks that deliver measurable impact and sustainable change. With a mission to enable meaningful organizational change, the focus remains on simplifying complexities, fostering collaboration, and aligning strategies to deliver measurable outcomes and sustained growth.

Experience

1. Executive Director - Senior Lead Strategy and Transformation

   Wells Fargo

   Nov 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Lead organizational-wide strategy and transformation, supporting Functions with large, global platforms, supporting multiple business units. Partner with senior executives to define strategic direction, redesign operating models, and build execution structures enabling cross-functional teams to deliver sustained outcomes.• Built a strategy and execution architecture that improved clarity of priorities, strengthened senior-level alignment, and accelerated decision-making across functions.• Delivered multi-year transformation roadmaps and case‑for‑change assessments, enabling leaders to prioritize investments and focus resources on high‑impact initiatives.• Created senior-executive and board-level materials connecting strategy, organizational capabilities, financial expectations, and transformation impact, improving transparency and alignment.• Strengthened organizational effectiveness by simplifying processes, improving engagement routines, and defining cross‑unit operating rhythms adopted by multiple leadership teams.• Partnered with enterprise initiative and delivered SSO-wide GenAI roadmap. Featuring 10 high value/benefit initiatives across Financial Crimes, Regulatory Operations and Quality Assurance

Education

• Berufsfachschule KV Basel

  Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

• University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW

  Organizational Change Management

  2006 — 2006

• Sol Zim vocal coach (bel canto)

  Voice and Opera

  2014

• Coursera

  Advanced Competitive Strategy

  2014

• Coursera

  Certificate, Change Management for GenAI Integration

Skills

• Business Transformation
• Managing Processes
• Training
• Executive Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Security
• Team Leadership
• Microsoft Project
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Organizational Change
• Process Improvement
• Strategy
• Organizational Development
• IT Management
• Infrastructure
• Program Management
• Leading People
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Business Analysis
• Application Security
• Business Strategy
• Business Process
• Managing High Performance Teams
• Change Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Management
• Team Building
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Cultural Change Management
• IT Strategy
• Coaching
• Consulting
• Business Change Management
• Leadership
• Security
• Governance