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