Project Management Specialist

Liz Martinez

New York Metropolitan Area 917-***-**** ad6861@r.postjobfree.com Liz Martinez on LinkedIn IT LEADER – Program Rescue, Governance, and Portfolio Value Management Specialist Accomplished IT Leader, adept in spearheading digital transformations and aligning projects with corporate strategic goals and enhancing portfolio value. Expert in strategic planning, risk, and stakeholder management, with a proven track record in governance and resource optimization. My leadership and technical acumen drive successful outcomes in complex IT environments, making me an ideal candidate for transformation leadership. COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Portfolio Value Realization • Governance & Process • Coaching for Results

• Consensus-building across silos • Vendor & Resource Management • Leadership Coaching

• Business & IT Alignment • Financial Management • Agile Transformations

• Cyber Frameworks • Cybersecurity Regulations • Cybersecurity Risk EXPERIENCE

Gumbel Demand Acceleration San Diego, CA 2024 – present Using AI to accelerate music demand

Fractional Chief of Staff

• Strategic advisor to the CEO and Founder regarding marketing and operationalizing ground-breaking AI technology in the music industry

RiskQ New York 2024 – present

Cybersecurity company with headquarters in Miami, FL Fractional Project Manager / Analyst for third party risk and compliance projects

• Specializing in Quantifying Financial Value of cyber risk and providing Program Structure for NIST, ISO and SOC certifications, creating common structure for cyber controls across several disparate frameworks GLENCORE LTD New York (Swiss commodity trading & mining company) 2023 – 2024 Project Management and Business Change Lead, NY Office, Metals

• Structured Broad Program for Internal Financial Controls: Created governance and program structure for several disparate programs for financial segregation of duties. Collaborated with global offices, including IT systems roll-outs

(e.g., SAP P2P and Park & Post modules and custom systems), created back and middle office structures KPMG LLP New York 2021 – 2023

Director, Transformation Delivery

• Sysco Foods – Workday Payroll Transformation Program Director: Rescued a twice failed company-wide payroll centralization program for the US’s largest food distribution firm (44K employees). Managed $6M contract to centralize payroll for 100+ subsidiaries coordinating multiple vendors. Workstreams included: program governance, implementation, organizational change, policy rationalization, etc.

• KPMG internal – Transformation Thought Leader: Built sales go-to-market collateral for the following KPMG services: Portfolio Value Realization, Change Management & Cloud, Agile Project Management RESULTWORKS, LLC Philadelphia, PA (Life sciences consulting firm) 2020 – 2021 Senior Consultant, Pharma – Program and Change Manager

• Eli Lilly – Global Regulatory Information (RIM) System: Managed multi-year program spanning 10 workstreams, impacting over 100 pharmaceutical products, updating business processes for over 130 countries, 5 therapeutic areas and ~7K users. Implemented Program and portfolio management for the global implementation; set up governance, reporting cadence, and resourcing appropriate to the pharmaceutical product complexity and development stage. Successfully trained Lilly staff to take over management of the program to completion and implemented organizational change framework, including persona analysis as well as communications and training framework Liz Martinez 2 of 3

BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION (BNED) Basking Ridge, NJ 2019 – 2020 VP, PMO

• Governance and Offshore Initiatives: Directed first cross-divisional governance initiative, creating structure and process, investment alignment to strategy and methodology and tooling standardization (agile and waterfall). Managed offshore team (~25), centralizing product support and building data warehouses GARTNER Stamford, CT 2016 –2019

Leadership Partner, Portfolio and Project Management – cross industry

• Provided expert advice on emerging IT trends and leadership research guiding clients to accelerate business impact and realize strategies. Booked and managed $2.2M coaching business across healthcare, financial services, retail, energy, utilities, and state and local governments

• Mentored over 50 PMO Leaders for Fortune 500 clients and government agencies such as: Hilton, Sealed Air, Penn State Health, Aon Affinity, Wegmans, US state and federal agencies, and Canadian Treasury Secretariat. Sample results:

o Quantified contribution for NJ’s PMO and avoided PMO department dissolution o Reduced initiation phase from 3 months to less than 1 week o Authored and published research: “Recognizing Capex in Agile Projects” o Chaired five exclusive conferences focused on PPM executive networking and peer-based problem solving CMK SELECT Pine Brook, NJ (PMO services serving life sciences firms) 2014 –2016 PMO Advisory Lead, Pharma (Novartis & Sandoz)

• Advised global life-sciences companies (such as Novartis and Sandoz) leveraging PMO and project managers as a competitive advantage, managing portfolio, financials, and supply / demand, increasing collaboration & transparency o Established US Oncology IT PMO, clarifying KPIs, streamlining portfolio, and creating PM community o Integrated R&D and Technical and Commercial Operations for global pharmaceutical acquisition (over 600 FTE) WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE Parsippany, NJ 2013 –2014

VP, Program Management Office

• Directed corporate PMO governance and portfolio and project management ($19M), prioritizing / optimizing benefits o Aligned team to portfolio, clarifying direction and allowing nimble change based on transparency o Led multiple corporate-wide programs such as Oracle R12 upgrade, managing vendors such as IBM and Oracle NEW YORK LIFE New York, NY 2011 – 2013

Corporate VP, Program Management Competency Center (PMCC)

• Managed centralized PMCC (47 FTEs), spanning five business-units and infrastructure projects (~$223M)

• Performed collaborative gap analysis for PMCC utilization. Restructured, centered on clear and transparent reporting

(scope, schedule, budget, risk), streamlining governance and driving PPM tool adoption MCGRAW-HILL New York, NY 2006 – 2011

Information conglomerate, including Standard and Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Education, Businessweek, Platt’s, JD Power, etc. Director, Enterprise Program Management Office

• Directed portfolio and program management across 7 business units (e.g., S&P), creating a culture of excellence

$150M portfolio; engaged IT leadership to embrace a simplified, common template for reporting across disparate development methodologies concentrating on scope, schedule, budget, and risk

• Coached Agile transformation of McGraw-Hill Construction Business Unit ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL Global LMS Program Manager 2004 – 2006 ROGEN INTERNATIONAL Director of Operations 2003 – 2004 STARLIT CONSULTING, LLC Founder & CEO 1999 – 2003 AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (now CGI) Principal 1987 – 1998 Liz Martinez 3 of 3

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, MBA

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, BA, Mathematics; Minor, Computer Science Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) & Certified SAFe 4 Agilist (SA) Six Sigma Green Belt

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