Vice President, Director of Project Management at Bank Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Current
-
- Vice President, Director of Project Management at Bank Rhode Island
- Past
-
- SVP, Senior Risk Manager, Head of Off-shore Risk at Citizens Bank
- SVP, Technology Project Management & IT Risk Consumer Finance at Citizens Bank
- VP, Technology Project Management/IT Risk Consumer Lending Tech at Citizens Financial Group (Consumer Finance)
- AVP, Business Liaison at Citizens Bank
- Project Manager/Business Analyst at Helix Technology
- Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager at Sun Financial Group
- Education
-
- Babson College
- Bryant University
- Boston College
- Boston College
- Recommended
-
1 person has recommended John - Connections
-
161
connections
- Industry
- Banking
- Websites
John Sullivan’s Summary
IT professional with a proven track record of success in project management/PMO, customer service and IT risk in the fields of insurance, banking and manufacturing.
John Sullivan’s Specialties:
Project Management/PMO, Sarbanes-Oxley (Section 404), IT Risk, developing training programs geared toward project managment and SOX.
John Sullivan’s Experience
-
Vice President, Director of Project Management
Bank Rhode Island
(Public Company; Banking industry)
November 2009 — Present (3 months)
Reporting directly to the CIO, responsible for all project management activity and methodology. Manage projects and project reporting. Report project status to senior executive management team on a quarterly basis.
-
SVP, Senior Risk Manager, Head of Off-shore Risk
Citizens Bank
(Privately Held; Banking industry)
May 2009 — November 2009 (7 months)
Primary risk manager for off-shoring activities to Technology Services India (a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland). Must ensure that India colleagues are compliant with company and U.S. regulations. Serve as the primary point of contact for all technology risk activities as it pertains to Enterprise Application Services (this includes application developent, application support and application design) for approximately 190 applications.
-
SVP, Technology Project Management & IT Risk Consumer Finance
Citizens Bank
(Privately Held; Banking industry)
June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )
Manage dual responsibility of the Project Management Office and and IT Risk within the Consumer Finance Division. Manage a team of full-time and contract project managers with a portfolio of 20 - 25 projects annually resulting in approximately 15 - 20 MM in capital initatives. Serve as primary contact for PDLC and PMBOK methodology. Primary liaision to corporate IT. Manage IT Risk team of 4 full-time employees. Serve as primary contact for internal and external IT audits (SOX-404, FDIC, OCC, Fannie Mae, Deloitte, and PwC). Successfully implemented policies and procedures. Successfully managed an initiative that improved audit rating for group, delivering desired results 3 months ahead of schedule.
-
VP, Technology Project Management/IT Risk Consumer Lending Tech
Citizens Financial Group (Consumer Finance)
(Banking industry)
May 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 2 months)
Managed PMO responsibilties for Consumer Finance Division. Provided monthly updates to division executives. Managed a team of full-time and contract project managers working on numerous initiatives. Averaged 35 - 40 projects annually with individual project budgets up to 5MM. Served as IT lead for Sarbanes-Oxley reviews with external audit team (PwC and Deloitte).
-
AVP, Business Liaison
Citizens Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
October 2004 — May 2005 (8 months)
Served as a liaison to the Consumer Finance Division. Assisted project managers with navigating through the PDLC for Citizens Bank while ensuring the Division was represented adequately for initiatives requiring assistance from Corporate IT.
-
Project Manager/Business Analyst
Helix Technology
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HELX; Semiconductors industry)
June 2000 — October 2004 (4 years 5 months)
Successfully served in the capacity of IT Lead for Sarbanes-Oxley. Managed 4 contract resources in the data maping and migration from 18 legacy applications to JD Edwards and then Peoplesoft. Served as the primary contact (system liaison) for Human Resources and Finance. Developed project plans and test plans while also participating in testing.
-
Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager
Sun Financial Group
(Insurance industry)
January 1996 — August 2000 (4 years 8 months)
Lead tester for Y2K in Group Systems Division. Received assignements with increasing complexity over time. Managed a team of 2 analysts. Acted as primary liaison to the business partners to enhancement requests. Managed projects as requested using PMBOK methodology.
John Sullivan’s Education
-
Babson College
Certificate , Advanced Leadership Development Program , 2006 — 2006
-
Bryant University
Certificate , Project Management , 2005 — 2005
-
Boston College
Master of Science , Administrative Studies , 1997 — 1999
Master of Science program centered around business ethics, communication in the workplace and technology.
-
Boston College
AB , History and Philosophy , 1989 — 1993
Carried a dual major in history and philosophy.
Additional Information
John Sullivan’s Websites:
John Sullivan’s Groups:
Member of the Governance, Risk and Compliance Group (GRC Group) as of May 2009.
-
Boston College Alumni Group -
Boston College Worldwide Association -
Citizens Bank -
GRC Group Forum
John Sullivan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
