Lon Adams

Current

• Vice President, Program Management Office at Bank of America

Past

• Chairman and CEO at Citilog
• Partner at eLeadership.net
• V.P., Strategic Initiatives at Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services

• Chief Operations Officer at NAA, Inc.

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Education

• Boston University
• University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
• Wheaton College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Lon Adams’s Summary

I have proven myself in both tough-minded entrepreneurial environments and Fortune 100 companies. In positions at Fortune 100 companies, I have delivered highly profitable results as Vice President, Strategy and heading an E-Business Product Management group. I also have broad management skills and international experience having been Chairman & CEO of a 35 person venture capital funded software company headquartered in Paris, France and filled other executive positions at SMBs.

My MBA is from a top school and I have both a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Six Sigma Green Belt certification. I love to learn and am currently completing a MS in Computer Information Systems with an emphasis in security.

Lon Adams’s Specialties:

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Accomplished software executive with international experience and proven ability to create and drive profitable companies, initiatives and processes. Key competencies include:
• Successfully Managing P&L Responsibilities
• Product Development and Product Management
• Strategic Planning & Positioning
• Leading Teams
• Successfully Delivering Large Projects
• Business Process Improvement

Lon Adams’s Experience

• Vice President, Program Management Office

  Bank of America

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

  October 2007 — Present (10 months)

  Hired to establish the Bank of America Program Office for the Corporate Audit Department. Responsibilities include --
  • Provide leadership for strategic projects from conception through implementation
  • Manage a team of project managers and subject matter experts to meet broad project goals in support of the company's strategies
  • Manage staffing, performance management, compensation decisions and budget for the team

• Chairman and CEO

  Citilog

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2005 — October 2007 (2 years)

  A $5M software company headquartered in Paris with offices in the USA and Hong Kong and doing business globally. Venture capital funded. Citilog’s systems add intelligence to video surveillance networks providing efficiency, safety and security to landmark facilities worldwide.
  • Transformed company from no growth to deliver revenue increase of 38% and orders increase of 23% in my first full year
  • Secured investment of $2.4M in 2nd tranche funding plus $1.9M in a new round
  • Restructured and rehired all key management positions including the CFO, COO & VP Worldwide Sales
  • Defined the corporate strategy including the target market and product and service offerings to create growth and achieve a more sustainable competitive advantage
  • In April 2007 promoted my COO into my former role as CEO and remained Chairman until October 2007 when I accepted a new position at BofA headquarters

• Partner

  eLeadership.net

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years)

  A consulting practice focusing on critical business and digital strategies.
  Worked with senior management teams to optimize business and digital strategies and capitalize on market opportunities. Since March 2002 engaged fulltime by Ingram Micro, a $22 billion Fortune 100 company and world's largest technology distributor, on a long-term assignment as the team-lead for an e-business initiative and as a financial services program manager. Deliver value to organizations exemplified by results such as--
  * Leading large, complex projects on-target, on-time and on-budget. Led a project team from concept through implementation to deliver an e-business financial services portal at a Fortune 75 company.
  * Managing teams of project managers, subject matter experts, and business analysts.
  * Building energized, high-talent teams and leading cross-functional teams.
  * Established Six Sigma processes that substantially increased both customer satisfaction and sales.

• V.P., Strategic Initiatives

  Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services

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

  1993 — 2001 (8 years)

  • Designed and delivered B2B platform that won prestigious "CIO Magazine's Web Business 50 /50 Award," nominated by Bill Gates and won "Computerworld Honors Laureate," and corporate "Business Value Award". The project was credited with increasing revenues (25% growth in sales and 75% of total sales objective) and considerable cost savings through company consolidation from five regional offices into a single location.
  • Reengineered supplier network and contributed to web-enabling trading partners resulting in: improved quality, annual savings of over $3 million, and annual revenues of $750,000.
  • Successfully supported multiple national product launches.

• Chief Operations Officer

  NAA, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)

  1985 — 1993 (8 years)

  NAA, Inc. was a regional residential and commercial real estate brokerage operation.
  As the COO, instrumental in restructuring and leading rapidly expanding company to profitable sale. Directed entire operations, consistently achieving sales growth, market share, and profit objectives.
  • Responsible for the overall performance, staffing, and training of 60+ agents.
  • Secured and maintained Fortune 1000 and middle market corporate accounts.
  • Selected, installed and managed a company wide, Unix based information system.
  
  While in this position, I was also the President and Board Member of one of the largest association of Realtors with over 10,000 members. My service with this trade association also include leading and / or participating on committees such as Budget & Finance, MIS, Strategic Planning, and Political Advocacy.

Lon Adams’s Education

• Boston University

  M.S., Comuter Information Systems, 2009 (expected)

  Projected completion date - May 2009

• University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management

  MBA, Real Estate & Finance, 1988 — 1991

• Wheaton College

  B.A., Economics, 1980

Additional Information

Lon Adams’s Groups:

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)
The Association for Strategic Planning (ASP)
Caring For China (U.S. Non-Profit) Board of Directors

•    UCLA Anderson Alumni Network member
•    Association for Strategic Planning member

Lon Adams’s Honors:

PMP - PMI's Project Management Professional certification

CIO Magazine's Web Business 50 /50 Award (given to a project I led)

Microsoft.net Technologies Certificate Program - University of California, Irvine