
Commercial Director at BT Americas Inc.
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Commercial Director at BT Americas Inc.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a CPA.CITP, PMP, with 16 years of experience in both finance and IT. I started my career at Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York as a staff auditor in 1993. In 1995 I moved to the Northern Virginia area to become the Northeast Regional Controller for Ogden Environmental & Engineering Services Co., Inc.
Upon exiting Ogden, I established my own consulting firm specializing in International Business. I co-founded Global Business Solution, Inc. a Nothern Virginia based firm. While working for GBS, Inc. I became International Accouting Manager for Concert. After nearly two years of supporting Concert as a client, I dissolved GBS, Inc,. and went to work for Concert full time.
When Concert was dissolved as a venture in 2002, I returned to BT with a small group of finance staff that created the basis for BT's back office operations in North America. I was named Assistant Head of Financial Control. From there I made the cross over from finance to IT. I became Head of Finance Systems and was responsible for the finance systems that made up a signifiant part of BT's operations outside of the United Kingdom.
In 2006 I took an international assignment within BT's Finance Systems Programme and was a senior member on a large systems integration project. Then, after a short time as Chief Designer for the Finance Systems area, I moved over to the HR space as Project Director.
In 2008 I returned to BT Americas Inc, held the title of Project Director. In this role I was managing two significant programmes. The first was related to BT's global sourcing efforts. The second was overseeing the implementation of CA Clarity in the Americas region.
In January 2009 I became Commercial Director for Major Contract Execution in BT Americas. I am dedicated to our largest account in the USA, a global Phrama company.
I have experience with Oracle EBS, programme and project management, finance, and accounting. I am a CPA with a CITP certification. I am also a certified PMP.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
I have recently taken a position as Commerical Director (title changed to Enterprise Business Office Director) in the Major Contracts Execution team at BT. I am responsible for all contractual and financial aspects on one of our significant contracts with a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical client.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
(Telecommunications industry)
April 2008 — December 2008 (9 months)
I oversee the realtionship that BT has with its partially owned Indian outsource partner Tech Mehindra on behalf of BT Americas and Canada. I will oversee the transition of roles from the USA to India.
I am also the Project Director for the implementation of the Computer Associate's Clarity software in the Americas. Our implementation will focus on Resource Management, Skills Capture, Time Accounting, and Project Accounting.
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
October 2007 — March 2008 (6 months)
As Project Director I worked closely with the Director of HR Transformation in establishing a roadmap for systems improvements to gain operational efficiencies in the HR Organization. I was the liason between the Operational HR team and the BT Design organization that carried out the systems improvement projects.
During this time I attended Oracle Open World and presented a strategy paper on Legacy Systems Rationalization. You can see the agenda here: http://blogs.oracle.com/financials/2007/09/19
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)
April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)
I was responsible for solution design across the BT Group space which includes Finance, HR, Group Strategy and Oerations. In this role I worked closely with techncial experts on the Oracle E-Business Suite as well as PeopleSoft, I assited in the creation of a roadmpa to reduce the overall systems in the Group space from 700+ to a more manageable figure.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)
January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)
Responsible for solutions design in the Oracle EBS space inclduing all of the boundary systems.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)
April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
I oversaw the legacy systems rationalization work stream for the Chorus Programme, BT Group's major finance tramsformation Programme. In this role I was responsible for analyzing the techncial capabilities of the various Oracle platforms and assisted in identifying a roadmap for systems rationalization.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)
April 2003 — March 2006 (3 years )
I was responsible for support and development of the Finance Systems used to support the global operations of BT Americas. This was a very large Oracle system with many integrated supporting applications.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2002 — March 2003 (1 year )
I was responsible for management of the Accounting Ledgers, the close process, and reporting.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
December 1998 — March 2002 (3 years 4 months)
I oversaw the finance systems, policies and proceedures and trianing related to our Shared Service Centre Operations in Reston,VA, Brighton,UK, and Sydney,Australia
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)
December 1995 — November 1998 (3 years )
I was Controller of construction subsidiary Ogden Remediation Services Corp., later renamed Ogden Constructors, Inc.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; DTT; Accounting industry)
August 1993 — November 1995 (2 years 4 months)
I was a senior accountant and worked on several large audit engagements
1989 — 1993
My business interests include the impact that Web 2.0 has on large enterprises and how to harness these applications for the good of an organization. My personal interests are related to health and fitness. I am a triathlete.
I am a CPA.CITP within the AICPA
I am a PMP
Virginia Society of CPA's
Member ISACA
Member OAUG
Member Finance Committee - Habitat for Humanity No. VA