Mike Parkinson

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ABOUT MIKE PARKINSON

SUMMARY Balanced professional who combines strong leadership, management and communication skills with a proven ability to build long-term relationships based on integrity, commitment and follow-through. Extensive Fortune 500 and Education sector experience with well-known firms and brands including: Oaks Christian School, Bank of America, Northrop Aerospace, The Walt Disney Company, Young and Rubicam (Landor Associates), Washington Mutual Bank, and Countrywide Financial Corporation. Positions include: President, COO, Risk Officer, CTO/Worldwide Director of Technology, and more. CORE COMPETENCIES AND RESULTS Leadership, Strategic Planning, Operations, Risk Management: Successful and motivational leader of both large and small (domestic and international) teams. Significant experience developing, managing, and implementing multi-year and business aligned strategic plans. Financial Management: Fiscally responsible leader of multi-million dollar operating and capital budgets. Proven record of establishing solid financial processes, procedures and reporting. Technology Service Delivery and Support: Accomplished leader of IT organizations including: IT Service Delivery, IT Finance, IT Optimization, Strategic Planning, Desktop Support, Offshore Resourcing, Support Tool Development, and Project Management. Process Optimization and Expense Management: Maintain a multi-disciplinary (people, process, and technology) and Six Sigma/ITIL approach to drive down costs while increasing overall company and/or shareholder value. Specialties: CIO / COO / Risk Officer Executive IT Leader / P&L Responsibility / Financial Planning / Strategic Planning / Help Desk and Call Center Management / Operational Efficiency (Six Sigma and ITIL methods/best practices)/ Quality and Productivity / Global Management / IT Leadership / Program and Project Management