Scott M. Shepard | Willing to travel the world & easily relocate anywhere!!
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STRATEGIC IT SERVICES & CLOUD LEADER … Providing constant vision for success.
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Influential leader with broad experience working cross-functionally in large globally matrixed enterprise IT organizations who possesses the unique ability to bridge the gap between C-Level Leaders, Senior Stakeholders, Business Units, IT Operations, Engineers, Product Managers and Finance leading teams to work cohesively on clearly defined corporate goals and strategic objectives.
Senior Operational Technology Services Leader who:
- Mentored, managed, and led globally dispersed teams ranging in size from 5 to 25 for over 10+ years.
- Possesses over 10+ years of experience partnering with enterprise IT service/tower owners.
- Has over 10+ years of experience driving cross-functional projects and improving processes.
- Possesses over 10+ years of experience developing business cases, project plans, and IT roadmaps.
- Has superb communication, negotiation, teamwork, leadership, and relationship-building skills.
Education:
Master of Science, Technology Management ▪ Columbia University ▪ New York, New York ▪ May 2017 Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance ▪ University of Cincinnati ▪ Cincinnati, Ohio ▪ December 2002
Experience:
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ▪ New York, New York / Cincinnati, Ohio ▪ 2016 – Present Senior IT Business Consultant (September 2016 – Present)
Industries: IT Shared Services, Online Travel, E-commerce, Sports, and Technology
Consult with various clients on strategic business, technology, and operational initiatives.
- Consulting with a large e-commerce company streamlining and enhancing their returns process
- Migrate businesses to Google Apps or Office 365 utilizing AWS’s Route 53 DNS management service
- Consulted with Fortune 500 Company’s IT Shared Services Organization on how to streamline, prioritize, and govern their IT projects across 15 independently managed web-based companies.
GENERAL ELECTRIC ▪ GE DIGITAL BUSINESS UNIT ▪ Cincinnati, Ohio ▪ 2014 – 2016
Cloud/Compute Infrastructure Leader (Senior Manager) (April 2015 – May 2016)
Assisted with development of IT strategic direction helping to facilitate GE’s cloud transformation project utilizing a hybrid public/private cloud approach. Partnered with GE’s eight business units and their CIO’s working cross-functionally with senior leadership throughout GE’s global Internal IT Shared Services Unit.
- Managed $400M technology infrastructure hardware, software, projects, services, and cloud budget
- Developed multi-year cloud transformation plans that aligned to GE’s strategic cloud initiative
- Managed cloud transformation roadmap tracking progress against clearly defined milestones
- Presented weekly project transformation schedule, budget, and resource updates to senior leadership
- Created business cases detailing cost/benefit analysis justifying IT spending and initiatives
- Developed strong partnerships working cross-functionally with primary service/tower owners
- Implemented, streamlined, and enhanced IT Governance review process among senior leadership
IT Operations & Support Leader (Senior Manager) (April 2014 – March 2015)
- Managed Mainframe transition to HP and a $250M technology IT operations and support budget
- Led Mainframe RFP, resulting in an $8M+ annual / $45M total cost savings over previous vendor
- Articulated technical solution details, benefits, and value proposition to non-technical colleagues