Chief of Staff (COS) IT Shared Services
Sun Microsystems Inc., San Francisco, California
JUN 2007 – JAN 2009
Scope
Provide day-to-day assistance and advice to the ITSS Director in management duties, communications, executive reporting and strategy definition. This was for a new IT department responsible for deploying the upgraded Oracle ERP. Replacing +1200 existing applications.
Deliverable
- Research, modeled and deployed a new Operations Model for the Director. Included Roles & Responsibilities, Organization charts, etc.
- Created and managed department fiscal activities, including; Statement of Work SOW), Purchase Orders, and Vendor Billing & Payments. Quarterly Budget +$45m +400 Resources (Employee, Contractors, and Vendors).
- Prepared and maintained project plans and tracked activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports.
- Created executive materials for presentation to; Board of Directors, Executive Management Team, and external customers.
- Organized and Managed Department Meetings; Weekly Staff, All Hands, Operational Review, and Quarterly events.
- Created and managed department Communication strategy, plan, website and repository.
- Supported Security & Audit requests.
- Managed Resources including HR activities; Performance Reviews, Career Path development, etc.
Skills
- Fiscal Planning
- Strategy Development
- HR Management
- Communications
- Software Development Methodolgy
- AIM
Extras
- Managed Staff Fun Events
- Developed Resource Estimating Model
- Created templates