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Donald B

Senior Strategy Executive looking for new opportunities

About Me

Strategy executive with over 20 years of directing large scale transformation projects from GTM to technology selection and implementation and corporate strategy and strategic planning within financial institutions. A collaborative leader of teams of all sizes, possessing a combination of transformation & strategy experience in medium to large corporates and professional services professional services firms.

Jurisdiction

United States | United Kingdom | Australia | New Zealand

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Managing DirectorParadigm Strategy Partners
2013 - Present

Managed boutique consulting firm including business development, practice management, client relationship management, people management, client deliverables, marketing and communications. Boutique Strategy firm specializing in corporate strategy, business turnarounds, performance reporting, performance improvement serving both the private small-medium businesses and public sector clients

Director, Strategy & OperationsUSAA Federal Bank
2021 - 2022

Managed banking strategy & operations projects for Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) division of bank • Led team to implement Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) capability • Developed and implemented Monthly Operation Review (MOR) that tracked performance across 160 KPI and KRI’s within 12 departments

Director-Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentWolters Kluwer
2006 - 2010

Directed corporate development and strategic planning activity for the division. Chief of Staff to Div CEO. Managed primary relationship with large global SaaS accounts

Principle Consultant-ContractBaker Tilly
2011 - 2012

Managed large strategy engagement for to develop global distribution strategy for mid-sized education products distributor.

Principal Consultant-Strategy & OperationsPwC
2001 - 2006

Managed large strategy engagements with large financial institutions. Clients included Comerica Bank, Fifth Third and LaSalle Bank and Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland

Education

Masters of Finance & StrategyUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business
1998 - 2001
Degree of Economics with High HonorsMichigan State University
1997 - 1999

Certification

Total Certifications2

LSS Green Belt

Wolters Kluwer

2010

LSS Black Belt

Zebra Technologies

2023

Skills

Core skills0
Languages1

Languages

English