Elaine Feeney Wood

Current

• General Manager at Great Divide Investments

Past

• Director, Internet Services Development at Sun Microsystems
• Senior Consultant at Great Divide Internet
• Manager, MCI.COM at MCI Telecommunications

• Programmer Analyst at Citicorp Diners Club
• Consultant at Andersen Consulting

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Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder
• University of Denver
• George Mason University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Elaine Feeney Wood’s Summary

- More than 15 years of successful experience in increasingly responsible leadership roles at Fortune 100 Companies. Selected to manage multi-million dollar budgets, large-scale projects and key business initiatives while interfacing with executive management, business partners and customers.

- Entrepreneurial success in founding highly profitable companies focused on internet development consulting, real estate development, and investment management.

- Lead innovative IT projects with 100+ staff consistently delivering award-winning projects on-time and within budget, as well as earning patent awards for the team.

- Awarded exclusive CIO Award for leadership, financial acumen and technical accomplishments in delivering critical business systems. Created cohesive teams and business partnerships that were recognized by “Best Cross Organizational Team Award”.

- Skilled in developing talent, building teams, and motivating teams to collaborate, meet objectives, and exceed expectations while having fun.

Elaine Feeney Wood’s Experience

• General Manager

  Great Divide Investments

  (Investment Management industry)

  January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  - Develop strategic plans and implement sales and marketing programs.
  - Perform financial risk analysis and reports for executive management and investors.
  - Negotiate multi-million dollar purchase and sale agreements.
  - Manage large contracts with vendors and subcontractors with responsibility for the overall project performance and output.
  - Work with local and state governments and regulatory agencies for proper permits and approvals.
  - Consistently generated 30%+ ROI on individual investments.

• Director, Internet Services Development

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Hardware industry)

  March 1998 — May 2004 (6 years 3 months)

  - Responsible for the creation of Business Systems Strategy that outlined company vision, guidelines and architecture.
  - Led team to architect and deploy Sun’s products to support enterprise solutions to provide critical product information to engineering teams.
  - Selected to lead a remediation team to solve critical issues related to technical design and implementation. Team won award for excellent achievement.
  - Responsible for innovative portal development and deployment to service remote employees and key business partnerships by allowing secure access to internal applications in addition to content development, Sun.Com and common services development required to launch customer, partner and supplier portals.
  - Led award winning organization of over 100 international staff and managed $10M budget.
  - Optimized internet portal performance and consistently beat competitors by operating Sun.Com using distributed architecture, web services, and efficient content management.

• Senior Consultant

  Great Divide Internet

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1996 — March 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  - Founded and operated consulting firm providing leading-edge online service applications. Directed all facets of corporate management including sales, marketing, finance, and administration.
  - Hired and managed a team of consultants growing firm to generate $1M+ in annual revenue.

• Manager, MCI.COM

  MCI Telecommunications

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  November 1993 — March 1996 (2 years 5 months)

  - Managed team to build online customer service and billing applications
  - Created one of the first corporate websites to enable customers to view bills and change account options and personal data online

• Programmer Analyst

  Citicorp Diners Club

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)

  February 1993 — November 1993 (10 months)

  - Responsible for all functionality relating to Personal Card processing and billing system

• Consultant

  Andersen Consulting

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1991 — March 1993 (1 year 10 months)

  - Specialized in financial services industry systems design and implementation

Additional Information

Elaine Feeney Wood’s Groups:

- Licensed Real Estate Agent in the State of Colorado 2006
- Licensed Real Estate Agent in the State of Arizona 2004

•    SUNAlumni

Elaine Feeney Wood’s Honors:

- Awarded exclusive “CIO Award” at Sun Microsystems in 2001 for customer service, leadership and technical vision. Only one award is given per year.

- Lead Team that won the “Best Cross-Organizational Team” in Information Technology at Sun Microsystems.