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James V. Kearns
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Jim Kearns has extensive experiences as a senior executive, corporate officer, consultant and practitioner in a broad range of information technology applications. Jim has a practical understanding of the business operations of multiple industries, including Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Health Care, and Pharmaceutical He has a keen ability to leverage information technology to solve business problems, optimize business performance and create value. He brings tremendous services delivery sophistication to help clients compete more effectively and win in their marketplace. Experiences include high growth, slow growth and restructuring environments, as well as with international customers, vendors and partners.
He draws on his extensive knowledge to successfully manage the conflicting forces that put immense pressure on IT organizations. He has a unique ability to see solutions in often-chaotic situations and to turnaround under performing organizations or commercial contracts. Jim has extensive experience managing the daunting challenges of significantly reducing IT expenses while delivering complex infrastructures, applications and internet solutions over large and complex enterprises. He brings delivery execution – the bottom line ability to deliver time and again – the keys to success in any organization.
Professional Project Manager Certifications
EXPERIENCE
IBM Global Services and IBM - 30 Years - Director Services, USA
Managed Portfolio of Outsourcing Contracts Valued at $2 billion
Managed Significant P&L for Multiple Industries
Achieved Aggressive Revenue Growth and Cost Containment Targets
Directed Team of 2000 IT Professionals
Achieved Outstanding Customer Satisfaction Ratings
Managed Contact Startups, Steady States and Terminations
Old Kent Financial Corporation 1999 – 2000 - Senior Vice President/Chief Technology Officer
Created Business Value for Retail Bank Clients by Leveraging IT Solutions
Formulated IT Strategy, Architecture, Standards for Retail Bank
Managed Technology Segments of Multiple Acquisitions by Bank
Managed $30M Budget and 300 IT Professionals
Covansys 2001- 2004 - Senior Vice President – Global Delivery
Managed IT Delivery functions across USA, Europe and India
Managed Offshore Delivery Processes and Programs
Managed P&L, Revenue Growth and Profit Enhancement Programs
I.T. Matters, LLC – 2005 - Present - Founder and Senior Partner
Executive consultant company offering a broad range of advisory services to assist senior managers leverage global IT resources to solve business problems, optimize business performance and achieve rapid deployment
EDUCATION
Pace University – Business Administration
Georgia State University - IBM Masters in Insurance
Harvard - IBM Presidents Class
University of Michigan – Advanced Management Development
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