Expertise – Senior Technology Manager with over 46 years experience delivering effective Information Technology solutions and Risk Management services to employers and clients.
Mike has been in technical management roles in large, global, multi-billion organizations, as well as smaller high technology companies. He has managed IT projects and staff as well as Engineering staff in fast paced environments requiring scalability, security, reliability. For the past 6 years he has been a consultant on many critical projects, including an interim CIO position for a major client.
Subject Areas– Information Technology Risk Management, IT Audit, IT Governance, IT Process Improvement, Operational Excellence, SOX Compliance, IT Control Design, Implementation and Testing, IT Project Management
Industry Verticals – High Technology, Software, e-Commerce, Financial Services, Distribution and Manufacturing, Local, State and Federal Government, Defense Industries .
Recent consulting engagements
- Loan Accounting/General Ledger Conversion Rescue - Tasked by the CEO of a large regional agricultural lender to recover their organization from a totally failed loan accounting system conversion and to manage their organization through the selection and implementation of a capable and effective system.
- Evaluated candidate systems, guided client through the selection and due diligence processes, managed the conversion and testing to a successful conversion in 12 months
- Educated the CEO and the Board of Directors in their responsibilities for effective IT Governance, demonstrated how weaknesses in this area contributed to the flawed decisions leading to the failed system conversions, and helped the Board implement sound IT Governance procedures and processes
- With the CEO and Board's approval, reorganized the IT reporting structure to provide direct reporting to the Board's IT Steering Committee
- Implemented IT control processes that allowed the organization to pass its first IT Process Audit by their Federal Regulator with no material findings.
- Appointed a Special Examiner by the California Department of Insurance and regularly tasked with testing and evaluating IT controls in various regulated insurance companies doing business in the state.
- Performed an IT Risk Assessment for thirty-two Executive Branch agencies for the State of Maine under the auspices of the Office of Program Effectiveness and government Accountability
- Held executive-level interviews with agency IT managers and reviewed IT documentation, practices and procedures
- Presented preliminary report to the State's CIO and IT Executive Staff in a closed-door briefing
- Presented final report to the Legislative Committee governing IT, in part in Executive Session, due to the sensitive nature of some of the information security findings
- Findings initiated a fundamental reorganization of IT within the State of Maine
Mike's focus is helping companies make Information Technology work efficiently and cost-effectively to meet business objectives, while minimizing technical risks to the enterprise.
A sample list of recent clients includes: California State Department of Insurance, Fresno-Madera Farm Credit Association, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Omnivision, Asyst, Sun Microsystems, Wells Fargo, CitiBank, Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank.
Past employers: IBM, Harley-Davison, Kennecott Copper, CDSI, General Electric, British Petroleum, Oracle, Intuit and Jefferson Wells. |