Neil Ray

Background

About Neil Ray

N E I L R A Y PMP ITIL - Vice President / Director / IT Executive P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E Seasoned, successful and proven IT and management professional with 20+ years of strong diverse industry experience – last 8 years in leadership roles. Degree in Finance and Computer, and PMP and ITIL certified. Managing, owning and driving large complex inter-disciplinary (often Global) IT projects, programs and portfolios spanning multiple functional areas and encompassing both Technology and Business. Managing stakeholders, project managers/IT resources, vendors and leveraging SDLC and Project Management best practices and sound governance. Adding rigor and process in scope management, analysis & design, development, implementation, integration and deployment. Working within ePMO and driving key initiatives from a Financial/ Budget/ Schedule/ Infrastructure/ SOW/ Escalations/Risk & Issue/IT Roadmap, Operational Excellence and Team Planning perspective. Excellent communication skills combined with effective interpersonal and negotiation skills. Chairing Steering Committee Meetings and reporting to C-level executives. Managed over $100 million portfolios across North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Hiring, mentoring and motivating. Assumed key role in establishing entirely new ePMO organization. Travelled over 25 countries. Supervised 15+ direct-report Project/Program Managers and 100+ indirect-report technology resources, On-shore / Off-shore. Came from a strong Technical Background and possess 15 years of Application Development/SDLC experiences. Partial list of companies worked & contributed in the past 20+ years: • Ford Motor Company • General Motors • GMAC Financial Services • Caterpillar Financial • Fidelity Investment • Fairfax Financial / Lombard Insurance • Progressive Insurance • Pfizer Pharmaceutical • • Ernst & Young • A T Kearney Specialties: IT Leadership.