Stephen Sellars

Stephen Sellars

Senior Consultant at LeapFrog Systems

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Current
Past
Education
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London
  • Tulane University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Metairie Park Country Day School
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Stephen Sellars’s Summary

Steve Sellars is currently a Senior Consultant with LeapFrog Systems. He is actively engaged in business analysis and technical project management for enterprise application development in the brokerage industry.

He has been a key contributor on a variety of large-scale projects in the U.S., Europe and Asia, adding value by providing Process Consulting, Project Management, Business Analytics and Application Development leadership through maintaining shared expectations, building strong client relationships and technical experience.

Stephen Sellars’s Specialties:

consulting, project management, account management, business analysis, systems integration, corporate banking, treasury management services


Stephen Sellars’s Experience

  • Senior Consultant

    LeapFrog Systems

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2007Present (2 years 5 months)

    Currently engaged as Systems Project Manager for mainframe application development projects for a multi-billion dollar investment management and brokerage company. Leading new development projects for mission critical back-end systems and client interfacing delivery of product and account data to institutional brokerage partners. Directly responsible for gathering and translating business requirements into software solutions throughout the entire life cycle of software development and implementation. Managing project resources across multiple (international) geographic locations and acting as liaison between business and systems during analysis, development and testing phases.

  • Consultant

    Proudfoot Consulting

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MMC; Management Consulting industry)

    November 2005March 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    Delivering Process Consulting services, including analysis, implementation of process improvements and system changes for major client engagements on an international basis. Methodologies employed to exceed improvement objectives included development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), responsive short-interval controls, real time coaching and supervision, enhanced management communications and continuous process improvement. Steve also has been a key contributor to Business Reviews which have resulted in over $20 million in new consulting revenue.

  • Senior Project Manager

    Softworld Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    November 2004November 2005 (1 year 1 month)

    Project Manager for implementation of strategic projects for a major Canadian Bank's US Operations, leading multi-functional project teams including Applications Development, Business Unit, Product Development, Operations Support and Vendor groups. Steve recently completed the successful upgrade of the bank's mainframe based Treasury Management Systems providing critical revenue producing functionality, as well as enhanced operational efficiencies and risk reduction.

  • Consultant/Project Manager

    EDS

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

    April 1997October 2004 (7 years 7 months)

    As a member of the EDS Project Management Delivery (PMD) organization, Steve has extensive hands-on experience in Project and Process Management Consulting for a variety of major US and International clients. He has worked directly with account and program management on documenting, analyzing and improving enterprise processes for both large-scale Enterprise Application Development projects, as well as Global Infrastructure Outsourcing services.

  • Financial Systems Consultant

    SDM International, Inc.

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 1996March 1997 (1 year 1 month)

    Joined SDM’s Sales/Account Management Department with specialization in Electronic Funds Transfer/Electronic Payments Systems. Primary responsibility for managing customer and prospect relationships with financial institutions in the Domestic US market. As an IBM Business Partner, worked closely with IBM’s senior client representatives and the System/390 group.

  • Vice President

    First Union National Bank

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

    January 1995March 1996 (1 year 3 months)

    Account Manager - member of First Union’s Cash Management Sales Team responsible for marketing Treasury Management Services to corporate clients.

  • Asst. Vice President

    First National Bank of Commerce

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

    August 1989January 1995 (5 years 6 months)

    Account Manager responsible for marketing a full line of Treasury Management Services. Direct experience writing multi-product proposals and creating proforma analyses. Product Management experience included development, vendor selection and implementation for introduction of ACH software to corporate and correspondent bank clients.

  • Corporate Banking Officer

    Hibernia National Bank

    (Public Company; HIB; Banking industry)

    February 1986May 1989 (3 years 4 months)

    Account Manager for Large Corporate Clients located in the Mid-Atlantic region, with direct responsibility for $90 MM commercial loan portfolio. In Capital Markets Group booked over $160 MM in leveraged buyout transactions.


Stephen Sellars’s Education

  • School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London

    Financial Economics 20002003

  • Tulane University

    MBA, BA , Finance and Accounting, English , 19801985

  • University of Pennsylvania

    English 19751978

  • Metairie Park Country Day School

    19631975


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