Brandon Stepp

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About Brandon Stepp

STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS EXECUTIVEDrive sustainable value creation, turning ideas into actionSenior leader experienced in driving strategic initiatives and technology transformations. Modernize operating models, technology and talent to increase productivity, reduce time-to-market, and reduce costs. Champion change through collaboration, executive partnership, accomplished facilitation, and a consultative approach. Achieve results, align stakeholders, and inspire teams through strong communication and presentations. Build enterprise-wide relationships to influence and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. Establish key priorities and develop transformation strategic metrics and KPIs. Change leader who quickly adapts to new environments to ensure strategic needs and priorities are met. HIGHLIGHTSAs Chief of Staff and part of the CTO’s senior leadership team we:Migrated 85% of compute to Google Cloud within 3 years, meeting all Board level commitments and 90%+ of transformation and product milestones each yearAchieved $60M+ in recurring annual runrate savings from mainframe processing reductions,$131M in hosting and labor savings and $275M in total cost savings in these three yearsMoved the organization from legacy product development practices to modern practices, including fully deploying an Agile operating model, global development metrics and rolling quarterly product plans for 500+ scrum teamsDelivered 90%+ of all product roadmap commitments each year while achieving organizational KPIs including overhead (< 5%), span of control, global talent mix and exceeding operational targetsSTRENGTH FINDER:FuturisticPeople exceptionally talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They energize others with their visions of the future.IdeationPeople exceptionally talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.PositivityPeople exceptionally talented in the Positivity theme have contagious enthusiasm. They are upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.LearnerPeople exceptionally talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. The process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.CommunicationPeople exceptionally talented in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words. They are good conversationalists and presenters.