Griffin

About Griffin

Senior Transformation Delivery professional with over 20 years of overall success on 5 continents. Award winning leader & advisor for C Level business and political leaders within US and international organizations, constantly yielding quantifiable improvements and delivery of value to the business. Practice leader and developer, innovative out of the box thinker, finding creative ways to resolve challenges. Excellent professionalism and presentation skills with the ability to work cross functionally in broad financial services and technology environments. Areas of expertise include: • 20+ years managing and implementing pure consulting as well as technology and product solutions – on time, on budget, with high customer satisfaction, without escalations in a variety of industries including: banking, insurance, wealth management/capital markets, logistics, government, aerospace and defense, healthcare, and manufacturing. • Go to turn-around expert for seriously in trouble projects. • Led business units > 240 professionals,$100M+ P&L, and projects >110 consultants and $160+m budget • Experience with: On premise and Cloud (multiple vendors), RPA, IPA, ERP (SAP, Dynamics, Lawson, Sage, Oracle), CRM (multiple vendors), Data and Analytics (multiple vendors ), HCM (multiple vendors), Infrastructure, other SAP software, Warehouse and distribution, Mobile, Payments (multiple vendors), Liquidity, FX, AML, OFAC, LOS for retail and commercial uses, 3 core banking systems, treasury, and retail banking and commercial banking applications. Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid. Helped create and develop PMO groups and offerings for several clients. Created and taught Proj. Mgt methodologies and skills long before PMI was created.

Experience

1. Sr Engagement Director

   CGI

   Nov 2019 — Present · US

   Drove entry into mid-market banking and insurance. Developed key relationships. Created offerings that banks and mutual insurers would find valuable. Managed multiple new accounts, providing business and technology consulting, systems integrations with 3 core banking systems, FX, Payments, AML/KYC, custom and canned RPA/IPA, SalesForce, SAP ERP and HANA migrations, multiple Microsoft solutions including Dynamics project rescues, Multiple Data and Analytics projects, and reg 1071 consulting at mid-tier firms. Developed relationships and endorsed partnerships with various associations to improve and speed penetration and leverage marketing resources. Exceptional customer satisfaction ratings averaging 9.6/10 from clients. Created/managed successful gorilla marketing activities on shoestring budget.

Education

• Grace Davis High School

  HS graduate, College Prep. wrestling, football, track

  1972 — 1976

• Pacific Lutheran University

  Mba Course Work

  1981 — 1983

• Florida Institute of Technology

  MS, Information Systems Management

  1990 — 1994

• Oregon State University

  BS, Management and Computer Science

  1976 — 1980