Gary Shearer

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About Gary Shearer

PROFILE OF EXPERIENCEMotivated, results-oriented professional with 25+ years of experience in the Consulting, Financial Services, Insurance, Oil/Gas, Manufacturing, Retail/Food Services, Technology, and Healthcare (CIT Financial/Newcourt, Manulife Financial, AppCentrica, Eviden).As an IT Leader, provided leadership and vision to a large enterprise application development and integration team. This included a team of up to 90 IT professionals with annual budgets in excess of $20 million USD. Strong ability to build, develop, retain, and motivate diverse and geographically dispersed teams. Experienced in recognizing where and how IT can be applied to enhance the business strategy of the company.Extensive experience with outsourcing and contract negotiations to ensure cost effective resource management and organizational goal deliveries.Ability to look at the “big picture”, understand and provide input into the business direction, identify cost-effective technology solutions, and then manage the change required to implement them in a fast paced and evolving environment.Knowledgeable in a wide range of technologies and operational functions with an excellent track record for delivering business enabling solutions on time and on budget. Strong E-Business orientation. Provided direction for design, development and roll-out of Internet solutions.Specialties: Strategic & IT Planning: alignment with the business strategy, development of tactical plans, and the subsequent implementations. Mergers, Acquisitions & Integration: due diligence, cross-business planning and systems integration, application portfolio reviews, budget consolidation, infrastructure and operations consolidations, negotiation of contracts, change management, organizational realignment, employee retention and morale, communications and reporting. Project Management and Program ManagementEnterprise and Solution Architecture