Tarik Aossey

About Tarik Aossey

I operate at the nexus of strategy, execution and innovation — turning vision into strategy and strategy into measurable impact. With a career spanning Fortune 500 companies - Dell, Visa, General Motors, Charles Schwab, start ups and consulting, I’ve built and led large-scale portfolio, matrixed program and project teams, delivering enterprise platforms, operational reinvention, distressed program recovery and market-defining product initiatives.I\'m also passionate about making the world a better place, founding 24902 Miles to provide project management training and mentoring to organizations advancing social good and sustainability initiatives, and serving as a strategic advisor to ConnectHER and the ConnectHER Film Festival, a global storytelling and crowdfunding platform dedicated to advancing women and girls everywhere.Across private and non-profit leadership, entrepreneurship and governance, my focus is consistent: Building systems, organizations and partnerships that translate visions and strategies into hi-value outcomes and real-world impact.Core Competencies: Strategic AI, Technology & Cybersecurity Leadership – Designing and executing enterprise-scale digital strategies aligned to business outcomes. Enterprise Transformation & Change – Leading complex programs and projects that reshape how organizations operate, innovate and scale. M&A Integration & Value Realization – Driving post-merger integration, operational alignment and synergy capture across global organizations. Distressed Program Recovery – Turning failing, high-risk initiatives into stabilized, high-performing programs. Executive Stakeholder & Board Engagement – Aligning C-suite, board and delivery organizations around strategy, execution and results. Social Impact & Global Development – Advancing sustainability, education and inclusivity initiatives through nonprofit leadership and advisory work. Certifications: PMP | Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)| Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)| AI Product Manager (AI PM)| SAFe | Agile Scrum

Experience

1. Program Director

   Charles Schwab

   Apr 2019 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Leading Schwab’s Service portfolio team delivering contact center programs and AI projects including intake and prioritization, portfolio planning, governance, risk/issue and financial management, performance reporting, executive communications, team development. Leading program and product vision & strategy, roadmapping and delivery for the migration of Schwab\'s retail and advisor trading platforms and accounts to Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This initiative involves patterning, refactoring, containerization and migration of Schwab\'s core trading systems, including application, database and messaging platforms, to achieve measured improvements in costs, resiliency, scalability, availability (99.9%) and usability.Led product and program vision & strategy, roadmapping and delivery on Schwab\'s integration of TD Ameritrade, focused on Retail and Advisor Trading, including Market Data, Middle-Tier (AuthN, AuthZ), Client Experience and Client Operations technology platforms, APIs, and processes. Helped ensure seamless technology integration in the largest financial services merger in history.Lead on Schwab Technologies lean portfolio, operating and financial model transformation, streamlining critical portfolio & project governance, cross-domain planning and prioritization, delivery and funding processes, including implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), resulting in over $210M in annual savings and efficiencies.

Education

• Acton School of Entrepreneurship

  ActonEdge Leadership Program, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

  2016 — 2018

• University of Iowa

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Operations, Finance

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Project Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Entrepreneurship
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Testing
• Risk Management
• Business Management
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Manufacturing
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Project Management
• Sdlc
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Intelligence
• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Agile
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Security
• Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Customer Service
• Integration