Career Summary

• Strong record of planning and implementing enterprise class technology systems that have been proven through intense production use.
• Has thrived in large and small companies while relying upon both internal and outsourced resources.
• Highly regarded by business and technology colleagues as a trusted partner who can work at many levels.
• Able to attract and retain highly talented teams with a reputation of success even in the most challenging and dynamic environments.

Recent Professional Experience

Washington Mutual, Irvine, CA March 2002 - Present

• Created the technical roadmap for WaMu Home Loans to transition from its legacy systems to modern, web-based systems for sales and fulfillment.
• Planned and managed the technical delivery for multiple large scale projects involving a diverse array of platforms and technologies. The projects spanned over two years with a budget in excess of $100 million.
• Delivered multiple mission critical systems into production, and managed the transition to an operational model along with regular enhancement releases.
• Led a cross-discipline team of over 300 resources spread across the US and India. Included oversight of project management, application development, data development, infrastructure delivery and testing.
• Oversaw project and operating budgets, and instituted processes to ensure financial compliance and health.
• Negotiated and managed contracts for the acquisition of software and professional services.
• Managed relationships with technology vendors, service providers and outsourcers.
• Maintained knowledge of current trends in mortgage technology and in enterprise-level technology. Provided thought leadership to technology and business leaders in those areas.

• Developed the application strategy for the origination and fulfillment of mortgage loans for Home Loans Wholesale and Long Beach Mortgage.
• Managed the technology teams through delivery of several large scale application development projects. The projects spanned over two years with a budget in excess of $30 million.
• Coordinated the integration of many disparate systems to fully incorporate new systems into the enterprise.
• Managed delivery of software and services from a wide range of vendors.
• Established release planning and delivery processes for production systems to meet business needs as well as satisfy audit and compliance requirements.
• Established procedures to support the production and non-production use of all applications.
• Ensured the development and maintenance of applications met enterprise standards and procedures.

• Led the technology team for many intermediate sized projects.
• Designed new system architectures integrating a web interface, J2EE application server, workflow engine, business rule engine, messaging middleware, web services and xml technologies.
• Designed and implemented updates and additions to a workflow based mortgage origination system.
• Evaluated vendors and technologies, and achieved executive approval on final recommendations.
• Defined functional roles within the mortgage origination system based on duties, risks, technical limitations, user efficiency and system performance.
• Evaluated performance and stability of the production environment, and designed and implemented improvements.
• Known as a problem solver and was regularly assigned the most difficult and complex projects.

Other Professional Experience

Cqos Inc., Irvine, CA December 2000 – January 2002

iX Technology, Aliso Viejo, CA September 2000 – December 2000

Netgateway, Long Beach, CA August 1999 – September 2000

Andersen Consulting (Accenture), Los Angeles, CA September 1998 – August 1999

Education

University of Wisconsin – Madison