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KRISTOPHER C. KOBERNUS

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Summary

Self-directed and resourceful leader with 24 years of experience successfully organizing, managing, and delivering cross-functional projects. Influences and guides at executive-level while structuring and executing complex analyses to support strategy and execution in fast-paced and evolving environments. Excellent influencer and relationship builder with growth mindset and strong communications skills to summarize and present various topics effectively. Highly dependable, ethical, and reliable leader that blends advanced organizational, technical. and business acumen.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Operations Manager

Align HCM
06.2022 - 10.2023
  • Member of senior leadership team and key adviser on internal growth strategy - match internal business process with delivery efforts – identify talent and knowledge gaps as firm has grown from 20-70 in 2 years.
  • Managed business operations while overseeing contractors and consultants to verify on-time completion of key deliverables
  • Continuously review project plans, allocation of resources, and budget status with 5 internal project managers -identified risks and developed risk mitigation strategies – reduced project delays by 22%.
  • Facilitated coordination and cooperation among departments and continuous review of interdepartmental processes to identify opportunities for improvement for customer experience and create efficiencies
  • Cultivated strong relationships with with vendors and partners to grow service offerings; created business cases and presented to C-Suite for approval
  • Developed analytical frameworks, data models and relevant insights to support prioritization, scoping and effective decision-making throughout organization
  • Lead creation rubric to evaluate potential global delivery and support center sites - worked with teams to prioritize top 3 opportunities and present details to decision makers
  • Attended meetings to make informed business decisions, provide administrative support, evaluate and report on progress toward organizational goals and objectives

Sr Project Manager

Align HCM
03.2021 - 06.2022
  • Led delivery of the Joint UKG Pro and Dimensions Solution for Middle Market and Enterprise clients; manage project resources and budget ($12K- 2.5M); identify scope changes, manage change request process, identify risks, and create risk mitigation plans on 16 full suite and 12 post live implementations.
  • Provide key updates to internal and external stakeholders; reporting on progress toward key project objectives and facilitating issue resolution with client and partner executives.
  • Trusted advisor to the client CHRO, CFOs; drove transition of three implementation projects to post live client supports - convinced CEO of importance of recurring revenue and created new LoB focused on post live support - now the major driver of growth
  • Ensure successful collection of client requirements, advise on core system capabilities, business process, best practices for data conversion, and required / suggested vendor integrations to drive additional value from HRIS
  • Led internal efforts to create, maintain, and update project methodology, tools, artifacts, and accelerators


Sr Strategy Consultant

Accenture Strategy
08.2018 - 07.2020
  • Supported go-to-market and offering structure for large professional services firm; conducted competitor & cost-to-serve analysis, defined op model, enabling cross industry/LoB integration to realize additional $1.37B in annual revenue
  • Led C-Suite Daily War Room for large US office retailer; worked across 6 workstreams to drive cross-functional decisions & actions and reduce organizational silos. Facilitated the stand up of a formal Integration Office based on project results
  • Led use case ideation & selection for data centric product; co-created product and customer experience; prioritized use-cases and acquisition strategy to align with 5-yr growth agenda
  • Defined and catalogued current state roles, services, & skills in a top 10 US Bank middle market lending division; co-created design principle to enable relationship managers, accelerate loan approval, and improve customer onboarding - drove improvement in independent rankings from bottom to top quartile in customer satisfaction


Superintendent, Intelligence Operations

United States Air Force
02.1996 - 02.2016
  • Progressive roles and duties throughout 20 year span focused on continued development of US Air Force strategic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recognizance capabilities supporting end users
  • Wrote and negotiated Joint Task Force collection strategy/priorities across 5 agencies; presented to Senior NATO leaders leading to stand up of theater wide ballistic missile defense capability
  • Conducted stakeholder management of $40M project spanning 5 US Agencies to prioritize access to 31 Afghan sites; led 20 contractor/Afghan Police Force members in execution of plan; driving significant progress on stalled initiative
  • Executed stand up of analytic fusion cell which combined multiple functions into a collaborative environment, resulting in streamlined sharing of information and more robust understanding of the operating environment
  • Supported senior national defense leaders decision making process by understanding priorities, guiding discussion, and preparing and presenting data to enable effective strategic and tactical planning
  • Led 30-member analytical team driving intelligence collection and reporting across 51 countries; produced focused reporting of daily and weekly intelligence updates serving 22 senior leaders across European commands

Education

Master of Business Administration - Finance & Real Estate -

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - GIES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
05.2018

Bachelor of Public Administration -

PARK UNIVERSITY
12.2015

Skills

  • Strategic Analysis and Planning
  • Stakeholder Communication and Management
  • Project Management and Optimization
  • Performance Tracking (KPO, KPI) and Reporting
  • Leadership and Staff Management
  • Change Management

Technical Skills Certifications

  • German (Basic/A2)
  • MS Excel
  • MS Project
  • MS Power Point
  • UKG Certifications: UKG PRO PM, UKG Learning Consultant, UKG Dimensions PM, UKG Joint PRO/Dimensions PM; Product experience in People Analytics, Learning, CORE HR/Payroll, and Talent Acquisition.

Leadership Achievement

President, Illinois MBA Association, 01/2017, 01/2018,

  • Led 6-member executive board to implement strategic priorities, manage $22K annual budget, Identify issues affecting student population to academic leadership; proposed and carried out student led solutions, worked with administrative units to create university supported solutions where needed

OutServe - Germany Chapter Leader, 09/2011, 01/2013, 

  • Updated 350 LGB U.S. Service Members on Don't Ask Don't Tell Implementation., Provided Pentagon DADT repeal team with issues specific to Overseas Members living overseas/in AOR

Timeline

Sr Operations Manager

Align HCM
06.2022 - 10.2023

Sr Project Manager

Align HCM
03.2021 - 06.2022

Sr Strategy Consultant

Accenture Strategy
08.2018 - 07.2020

Superintendent, Intelligence Operations

United States Air Force
02.1996 - 02.2016

Master of Business Administration - Finance & Real Estate -

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - GIES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Bachelor of Public Administration -

PARK UNIVERSITY

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