Robert Berardinelli

Managing Director @State Street

Boston, MA, US

Strategy and operations executive and leader for a large technology practice. Oversees business operations for 400-person Cybersecurity division across 8 country locations. Manages tens-of-millions in budget, aligning spend with strategy through establishment of financial cadences, planning, and risk reduction. Defined 3-year strategy adopted by C-Suite execs and elevated to Board of Directors for critical KPI tracking. Built 150-person Center of Excellence in a new country location within 18 months, meeting insourcing and delivery targets. Launched 18-month, strategic investment technology modernization program that enhanced customer experience and confidence. Led software vendor selection, negotiation, and hiring pipeline for 85 new roles in under 9 months to support modernization. Engineered and operationalized divisional service portfolio (3 enterprise-wide services, 400 staff, 330 activities, 46 active projects and BAU functional services). Developed and visualized data to map resource capacity to services and project charters for executive visibility and control of priorities, spend. Negotiated $35M+ in third-party labor contracts, securing $20M+ in savings via supplier experience bundling and nearshoring without jeopardizing outputs. Directed org model transition and workforce planning to support service and regulatory delivery alignment. Enabled $8M in R&D tax credit recognition through partnership with engineering teams and tax advisory.Astutely in tune with the customer lens, operational and investment financials, relationship management, resource management, executive level analysis and storytelling, and staff coaching and development.

Montana State University-Bozeman

Bachelor's Degree