Leadership Coach and Management Consultant
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Owner and Managing Partner at ISI Consultants
- Strategic Sourcing Advisor at ExxonMobil Global Services Company
- Past
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- V.P., Small Business and Consumer Lending at Washington Mutual
- V.P. & Manager of Small Business and Consumer Lending Systems at Bank United
- Contract Administration Manager at OAO / Maxima
- Education
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- Eastern Nazarene College
- Penns Valley Area High School
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Kevin Bowser’s Summary
An IT guy with almost 20 years of experience at all levels of the IT process and IT supply chain lifecycle. I have worked in data center operations, application design and programming, systems support, vendor management, strategic planning and strategic sourcing.
In addition, I have spent my entire adult life working in various leadership positions in non-profit and ministry oriented organizations. I have served on boards and leadership teams overseeing local churches, day care centers, and college extension campuses.
What can I do to help you reach your personal and professional goals? Are you looking to gain some insight based upon my nearly 25 years of business experience?
If so, reach out to me through LinkedIn or by email and I will be happy to respond as quickly as I possibly can.
Kevin Bowser’s Specialties:
Strategic planning, Strategic Sourcing, IT Planning and Implementation, Leadership Development, Coaching, Team Building
Kevin Bowser’s Experience
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Owner and Managing Partner
ISI Consultants
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Strategic consulting regarding church organization and leadership development. Develops leadership workshops for clergy and lay leaders to assist them in becoming more effective leaders in an organization that is primarily volunteer staffed and led.
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Strategic Sourcing Advisor
ExxonMobil Global Services Company
(Public Company; XOM; Oil & Energy industry)
July 2001 — Present (8 years 5 months)
Provide global sourcing strategies for IT hardware and software across multiple platforms and for all global affiliates of a major integrated oil company.
Managed internal customer relationships with global business units of a major oil company to provide IT hardware on a global level.
Managed external and vendor relationships to maximize the partnering relationship for the mutual benefit of the business unit, procurement organization and the vendor/supplier.
Negotiated global agreements with tier one IT hardware organizations for both hardware and services resulting in 18%-27% savings annually.
Consolidated multiple OEM hardware service agreements into one third-party agreement resulting in:
Reduced contracts from 15 OEM suppliers to 1 Key supplier and one Strategic supplier
Annual spend reduced 33% per year and locked those savings in for 3 years.
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V.P., Small Business and Consumer Lending
Washington Mutual
(Public Company; Banking industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years )
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V.P. & Manager of Small Business and Consumer Lending Systems
Bank United
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
October 1997 — June 2001 (3 years 9 months)
Managed internal customer relationships with consumer and small business lending units.
Supported auxiliary lending units such as Loan Origination, Closing Document Preparation and Loan Servicing business units.
Managed technology infrastructure aspects for a multi-branch bank acquisition in Texas.
Supported technology environment allowing Bank United to be number four SBA lender in the nation.
Some current uses of key technologies employed are:
2 Lending Centers supported via legacy and client/server systems
165 traditional and non-traditional branches supported via legacy and client/server systems and corporate intranets
12 to 15 remote loan sales origination offices supported via dedicated circuits and extranets
Internet loan application submission supported via the web -
Contract Administration Manager
OAO / Maxima
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1990 — July 1998 (8 years 2 months)
Managed a full data center outsourcing project with staff of 104 including two subcontractor organizations.
Managed team of developers to create 5 client/server applications, inclusive of needs analysis, design, development, testing, marketing and rollout, resulting in implementation by other state and local government facilities.
Ensured client satisfaction across multiple technical disciplines including mainframe, client/server and LAN/WAN.
Led team to incentive-fee awards in excess of 90% for nine consecutive quarters resulting in incentive revenue of more than $585,000.
Created initial model for entire desktop modernization effort, including system configuration and infrastructure impact statements.
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CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network -
Linked 2 Leadership -
The Eastern Nazarene College Alumni Assoc.
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