Stephen Sellars

Current

Senior Consultant at LeapFrog Systems

Past

Consultant at Proudfoot Consulting
Senior Project Manager at Softworld Inc.
Consultant/Project Manager at EDS

Vice President at First Union National Bank
Asst. Vice President at First National Bank of Commerce

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Education

School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London
Tulane University
University of Pennsylvania

Metairie Park Country Day School

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Management Consulting

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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)

2007 — Present (1 year)

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; Management Consulting industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years)

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; Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year)

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; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 2004 (7 years)

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.
Vice President

First Union National Bank

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

January 1995 — March 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 1989 — January 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.

Stephen Sellars’s Education

School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London

Financial Economics 2000 — 2003
Tulane University

MBA, BA, Finance & Economics, English, 1980 — 1985
University of Pennsylvania

English 1975 — 1978
Metairie Park Country Day School

1963 — 1975