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Ijoma Flemister II

Morrow,OH

Summary

Resourceful leader skilled in bringing an organization together to focus on both strategic and tactical thinking to streamline and simplify the approach to tackling complex situations. Thrives on and has a reputation for building a harmonized ecosystem by driving business and technical partners to success while cementing relationships at all levels. Expertise in leading diverse teams, resources, and vendors to complete objectives. Energized by creative problem solving and executing in challenging environments.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant IT Project Manager

Bath & Body Works
Columbus, OH
02.2024 - 03.2024

Self-employed Consultant Remote - Contract through Revel IT-Consultant-Project: S/4 HANA Assessment and RISE Provisioning Program
Summary:

  • Supervised and successfully executed a significant technological initiative within the Technologies PMO, driving the SAP S/4 HANA upgrade program.

Highlights

  • Successfully executed the initial phase of the project, focusing on evaluating and preparing the infrastructure for a multi-year SAP S/4 HANA Upgrade implementation and transition to SAP RISE.
  • Responsible for overseeing vendor management, facilitating harmonization between technical executives and managers, as well as managing the financial aspects.
  • Handled internal and external communications effectively.

Chief Information Officer

River City Mortgage
Cincinnati, OH
03.2020 - 02.2024

Summary:

  • Restructured the organization's technology strategy and implemented a tactical execution plan alongside change management.
  • Oversaw the design, development, and implementation of solutions with both internal and vendor technology teams.
  • Collaborated with other members of the senior leadership team to establish strategy and define key performance criteria.
  • Led organization's marketing and telemarketing initiatives.

Highlights:

  • Business Process Optimization: Drove organizational performance by aligning business processes with strategic objectives.
  • Infrastructure and Virtualization: Implemented measures to maximize infrastructure uptime and mitigate risk from single points of failure.
  • Cloud services & Outsourcing:
  • Strategically implementing cloud technology and vendor outsourcing initiatives to optimize operations.
  • Business System Integration & Optimization: Drove business growth by effectively integrating and optimizing systems, resulting in an impressive increase of closed loans from 600 million to 1.1 billion dollars annually. Successfully concluded business operations in year 2, securing 1.2 billion dollars in loans.
  • Collaborated with senior leaders and vendor to choose a new CRM system, ensuring alignment on requirements and implementation timeline.
  • Motivated and guided teams to refine the art of effective storytelling.

Consultant Information Technology Project Manager

Cardinal Health
Dublin, OH
11.2018 - 03.2020

Self-employed Consultant - Contract through Revel IT - Project: PMOD SAP Order Management transformation implementation - Integration Team / Salesforce.com Team

Summary:

  • Spearheaded IT project management for both Application Development Integration (all interfaces integrations) and Application Development Salesforce.com initiatives.

Highlights:

  • Led the successful execution of phase 2 in a multi-year SAP Order Management transformation project for Cardinal Health's Pharmaceutical Segment PMOD.
  • Managed Application Development Integrations and Salesforce.com endeavors including financial management.
  • Contributed to the development of thorough cutover and change management plans as a key member of the PMOD cutover team.

Manager, MGT BPMO

L Brands
Columbus, OH
05.2011 - 11.2018

Summary / Highlights:

  • Effectively directed medium to large-scale technology initiatives across multiple areas within the project management office. Utilized agile, iterative, and waterfall approaches to achieve seamless project delivery for digital channels, stores operations, supply chain logistics,
    and infrastructure enhancements within budgets ranging from $1M to over $90M.
  • Fulfilled the Release Manger role to spearheaded successful execution of simple to highly complex major, minor, and patch releases across SAP, infrastructure, and stores channel.

Consultant Project Manager

CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.
Columbus, OH
10.2006 - 05.2011

Summary

  • Utilized a range of project management methodologies including agile (Scrum and Kanban), iterative approaches, and waterfall methods to oversee and make significant contributions to major financial service initiatives for commercial clients (some as large as $180MM).

Highlights:

  • AT&T - Atlanta, GA as a Test Analyst – Project was SBS 3.0 TESTING SUPPORT - 01/2011 to 05/2011
  • Mercedes Benz Financial - Farmington Hills, MI as a Project Manager – Project was Development Pilot 03/2010 to 01/2011
  • Fifth Third Bank – Cincinnati, OH as a Business Analyst – Projects were Regulation ZUDAP and ACAPS Small Business Lending Implementation 11/2009 to 02/2010
  • Nationwide Insurance – Columbus, OH as a Business Analyst project was Customer Infrastructure/Contact Management/AKM 10/2006 to 11/2009

Education

MBA - Technology Management

University of Phoenix
Columbus, OH
05-2006

Bachelor of Arts - (PSP)Math And Physical Sciences

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
08-2003

Skills

  • Leader
  • Project Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Communication
  • Business Process Review & Alignment
  • Team & Organizational Leadership
  • Skilled Negotiator
  • IT Policies, Process & Procedure
  • IT Strategy Development & Implementation
  • Harmonize IT & Business Goals
  • Risk/Issue & Change Management
  • Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Affiliations

Trevecca Nazarene University - Nashville, TN 2000

  • Program: Marketing / Direct Marketing Training Program
  • Independent direct sales salesman in the summer of 2000 - The Southwestern Company
  • Awarded the Gold Star Gold Award for working 90 hours a week all summer long

Languages

German
Elementary

References

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Timeline

Consultant IT Project Manager

Bath & Body Works
02.2024 - 03.2024

Chief Information Officer

River City Mortgage
03.2020 - 02.2024

Consultant Information Technology Project Manager

Cardinal Health
11.2018 - 03.2020

Manager, MGT BPMO

L Brands
05.2011 - 11.2018

Consultant Project Manager

CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.
10.2006 - 05.2011

MBA - Technology Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Arts - (PSP)Math And Physical Sciences

The Ohio State University
Ijoma Flemister II