Matt Pound

About Matt Pound

I am passionate about performance, and about empowering and motivating people/organizations in the pursuit of excellence. With focus on both stakeholder value and the development of long-term strategic/commercial advantage, I intelligently question the status-quo and create a culture that embraces change. I combine my gifts for understanding and articulating complex business needs, with my experience integrating a broad array of methods and technologies to deliver holistic and balanced solutions without hindering agility or innovation.My passion for excellence developed over my 19+ years of planning strategies and managing projects/programs for senior management and executives at companies like AT & T, Microsoft, Mitsubishi and WaMu/JPMorgan Chase. As my career progressed, I shifted my focus towards the alignment and performance of investments, resources and delivery; leading cross-functional teams in company-wide transformations and driving discipline/maturity through people/organizational development and actionable performance measures.In 2010, I founded Zenitas as a specialized management consulting firm providing an integrated approach to operational excellence, incorporating multiple areas of expertise: Lean/Six-Sigma, Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Technology/Spend Rationalization, Strategy Development, Project Management, Product Development, etc.People count on me for my honesty, insightfulness, determination and ability to think outside of the box.Specialties: operational excellence, strategy development, team leadership, cross-functional collaboration and influence, performance management, people and org. development, project portfolio management, program/project management, change management, driving discipline/maturity, management consulting, spend management, technology/systems optimization, workforce management, process/service design, technology/business alignment/integration, commercial/entrepreneurial orientation, continuous improvement

Experience

1. Sr Director, Program Management

   ServiceNow

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Occidental College

  B.A.

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Technology Rationalization
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Start-Ups
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Outsourcing
• Organizational Development
• Strategy
• Pmo
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Enterprise Software
• Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Management Consulting
• People Development
• Spend Rationalization