Scott Ruzika

About Scott Ruzika

Scott is a transformational technology leader with demonstrated achievement in leading technology programs and initiatives. He has an accomplished track record of translating vision to action and connecting with diverse audiences to create teams that produce exceptional results. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated iterative improvements to the program delivery processes by adapting the best and latest PMO, Scaled Agile (SAFe), and Scrum methodologies to his teams. His program leadership has delivered major technology program and product deliveries resulting in commercial success and award-winning acknowledgment. A strong leader and trusted advisor skilled at partnering technology with core business transformational change agents who is comfortable working in rapidly changing environments. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE- Capital Markets Trading Systems Digital Transformation: Leader within the Capital Markets tech team at Capital One that delivered the implementation of multiple trading systems as well as major regulatory reform programs- AWS Cloud Migration: Led the Cloud Transformation program to plan and execute the migration of Capital Markets tech assets to the AWS cloud.(Capital One)- SAFe implementation transformation: Certified as a SAFe SPC 4, helped lead the transition to SAFe by realigning the teams to meet the new structure as well as helped facilitate necessary team and stakeholder training- Vendor Engagement: Leader of vendor assessment engagements resulting in multiple $10m+ contracts. Vendors types include: Trading System technology vendors (FX and Commodities), Financial Crimes Risk Management vendors, and Bill Payment API vendor systems. CORE COMPETENCIES include: Program Management, Technology Project Leadership, Agilist (SAFe, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer), AWS Certified, Cloud Migration, and Product Operations.

Experience

1. VP - Technology Program Management

   Rockefeller Capital Management

   Mar 2022 — Present

Education

• Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

  BS, Finance

Skills

• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Fundamentals of Business Analysis, George Washington University, April 2012
• Kanban
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Derivatives
• Middle Office
• Morgan Stanley Derivatives Academy Graduate, May 2012
• Jira
• Back Office
• Interest Rate Derivatives
• Devops
• Spc
• Capital Markets
• Hedge Funds
• Prime Brokerage
• Software Project Management
• Investment Banking
• Scrum