I am a Senior Executive Change Leader with extensive experience delivering business transformations in finance and insurance. My track record includes successful strategy implementation through effective Change Governance and Project Portfolio Management with direct impact on change agility and return on investment.
I am viewed as an integral partner to C-suite executives, enabling organizations to capture market opportunities through technology, process excellence, and culture change. My approach to managing transformations delivers superior business outcomes through organization-wide collaboration, commitment, and stakeholder engagement.
I optimize project portfolios by working with senior leadership teams to prioritize the change agenda and ensure optimal resource allocation. Always striking a balance to people, processes and technology, I establish capabilities that enable organization to:
I am viewed as an integral partner to C-suite executives, enabling organizations to capture market opportunities through technology, process excellence, and culture change. My approach to managing transformations delivers superior business outcomes through organization-wide collaboration, commitment, and stakeholder engagement.
I optimize project portfolios by working with senior leadership teams to prioritize the change agenda and ensure optimal resource allocation. Always striking a balance to people, processes and technology, I establish capabilities that enable organization to:
- Link the change agenda to strategic objectives
- Ensure cross-matrix mobilization and alignment
- Reconcile trade-offs on resourcing and benefits
- Manage change at organizational and employee level
- Execute and adapt the project portfolio
- Drive accountability for outcomes and benefits measurement
My areas of expertise are:
- Change Governance Work with executives to create and prioritize the change agenda
- Project Portfolio Management Facilitate selection, delivery, balancing, value capture of projects
- Resource Management Rationalize strategic priorities, resources, benefits commitments
- Integration Management Activate matrix stakeholders to manage change organization-wide
- Project and Program Management Use balanced approach to practices & controls to execute successfully
- Change Capability Develop and lead high-performing teams
Previously, I was SVP Change Delivery with Hiscox, Global Head of Marsh's Program Management Office, Consulting Manager with Satori Consulting, Program Director with Reed Business Information, and Center of Excellence Leader with McKinsey & Company. I grew up near Frankfurt in Germany and have lived in New York City since 1998.
I hold an M.A. in Change Leadership/Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, an M.B.A. in Executive Management from Pace University, and a B.S. in Information Systems Management from New York University. In my free time, I teach Project Risk & Quality Management and Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning in New York University's School of Professional Studies.
My resume is here, contact me to discuss senior leadership roles you are seeking to fill in Operations, Change Management, Transformation Management, Project and Program Management, or Strategy Execution. Or perhaps simply for a discussion of the core building blocks for Project Portfolio Management and effective strategies for Change Management.
I hold an M.A. in Change Leadership/Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, an M.B.A. in Executive Management from Pace University, and a B.S. in Information Systems Management from New York University. In my free time, I teach Project Risk & Quality Management and Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning in New York University's School of Professional Studies.
My resume is here, contact me to discuss senior leadership roles you are seeking to fill in Operations, Change Management, Transformation Management, Project and Program Management, or Strategy Execution. Or perhaps simply for a discussion of the core building blocks for Project Portfolio Management and effective strategies for Change Management.
Last Update: October 15, 2021
