Mark Dembouski

Experience

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  Sunday and Associates

  Aug 1991 - Sept 1997

  Technical Recruiter

  Sunday and Associates, Inc. was a Technical Placement firm that placed Information Technology Professionals on contract and permanent basis in the Silicon Valley. Specialties included Open Systems Support Staff, Software Application Developers, and Database Specialists. Was responsible for finding new clients with staffing needs, and for the filling of those contract and permanent openings.

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  EXi/DPRC/Compuware

  Sept 1997 - Jan 2000

  Resource / Staffing Manager

  EXi Corp. was a Professional Services (Consulting) organization in Roseville, MN. EXi merged with DPRC, a National IT Contract Labor company. Compuware purchased DPRC. Compuware is an international Professional Services and Software Development Company. Reported directly to the EXi Company President. Served as part of the EXi management team. Was responsible for the management of EXi's 5-person Staffing Department. This included management of EXi's Recruiting budget. Provided day-to-day direction of EXi's Staffing team, including personnel reviews, compensation plans, training, hiring and terminations, and career counseling. Show less

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  Manufacturers Services

  Mar 2000 - Dec 2000

  Contract Technical Recruiter

  Manufacturers Services (MSL) was a worldwide electronics manufacturer. Hired over 40 new employees in 9 months. Increased the company's headcount while significantly reducing the cost per hire. Was responsible for sourcing and hiring a wide variety of exempt and non-exempt personnel including Director level talent, various Information Technology personnel, Program Managers, Test, Customer, Component, and Manufacturing Engineers, Electronic Test and Manufacturing Process Technicians, Buyers, Planners, Commodity Managers, Accountants and others. Represented the company at Job Fairs, Company Open Houses, and other recruiting events. Show less

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  Thomson Reuters

  Dec 2000 - now

  Partner with product, engineering, and UX leaders supporting the Accounting Tax and Practice portfolio to create detailed plans and manage the achievement of project goals against success metrics for key deliverables.Partner with product, engineering, and UX leaders to develop clear and consistent plans to accelerate improvements to our current and future state flagship products. Collaborate with business leaders and stakeholders to align project deliverables with business goals and expectations. Manage timelines, resources, and costs and create actionable plans when projects deviate from agreed tolerances. Defines and programs governance to ensure there is sufficient executive support and guidance.Provides thought leadership on all aspects of the program in order to ensure successful delivery. Establishes the appropriate tools and processes to meet project goals. Influences program sponsors to make the appropriate decisions and modifications in response to external influences on the program.Maintains effective control, leadership, and responsibility for the delivery of all workstreams in the program - including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business value.Develops and leads the process of dealing with rapid major change. Ensures the communication channels and processes are in place to notify key stakeholders so that plans can be amended and the necessary action taken.Defines, communicates, and champions a method of working to manage the strategy.Influence the success of program strategy and alignment with company objectives by assessing needs, defining scope, prioritizing demand and resourcing, performing risk management, and maintaining roadmaps for program-aligned projects. Drive cross-functional teams and individual responsibilities while providing project leadership, work direction, and feedback to the teams. Show less In July of 2016, I was promoted in place to a Program Manager. The programs that I focused on include:Program manager for several workstreams under the Thomson Reuters Change program, including modernization of our Global Content Processing system.Other efforts include assisting the Global Content Vendor team to set strategic direction. I also represented this team as the "product owner" during a buildout of a new Vendor Normalization system within TRs new cloud-based Global Content System (GCS).I was the Program Manager for the TR Privacy Program. The goal of this effort is to develop a scalable and sustainable framework for effective privacy compliance and risk management through which we implement emerging and emerged privacy laws.I was the Program Manager for the Global Content Operations (GCO) transformation initiative. This had me working with the Heads of the GCO and Global Operations Strategy (GOS) organizations as they restructure post the sale of F&R to Blackstone. This effort includes managing the effort to achieve a 2019 expense savings of $10.5M. This efforts will continued into 2020.Prior to that, I worked was the Program Manager for the release of the new Legal Enterprise Web Platform. This Platform was released on schedule in spite of the many challenges it faced.Was part of a team that successfully drove the separation of our Financial and Risk business (eventually named Refinitiv). Led the Corporate Legal, Corporate Tax, and TR Global Resources (TRGR) areas successfully thru their efforts to separate.Was the the Program Manager that led the successful launch of a major Digital Marketing platform redesign. From 2017-2018 I managed 4 Project Managers of various levels. I've also Program Managed a significant Outsourcing initiative, a Data Center Automation effort, and an Operation Data Quality initiative. All of these efforts were global in nature and involved several different groups/teams. Show less As a Senior Project Manager, I supported the delivery of Technology Operation initiatives, encompassing transformational projects impacting the company’s underlying infrastructure and holding teams accountable for making impactful progress that result in: Leveraging the scale of Thomson Reuters Making it simpler for us to do business and our customers to interact with us Allowing smart decision making that results in adoption of mature industry best practice Driving savings that will be reinvested into the growth of the business. The role is highly visibility, including regular interaction with Technology stakeholders, and has included extensive interaction with a variety of technology vendors. Show less From 2010 until 2014, led the efforts to develop new products, including those for WestlawNext and Westlaw.com. These projects include large cross-functional development teams from across the globe, and business cases in excess of $2M. This included the people management of two Project Managers, and the Program Management of a highly visible development effort that incorporated a high profile acquisition. From 2008 until 2010, successfully led the West Technology CTO's effort to transition of over 100 technology employees as part of a large resource reallocation initiative. Scheduled and facilitated meetings made up of VPs and Senior Directors. Created and maintained agendas for these meetings. Drove resolution of issues. Coordinated communication of transition efforts with business owners. Provided as effort progress communications and metrics to the stakeholders. Show less Led a Technology Staffing team of 5. Was responsible for team hiring, supervision and work allocation. Worked with a variety of people within technology, up to the CTO level. Created and maintain TLR Corporate/Thomson West's Technology Recruitment Process. Created and maintained Thomson West Technology's Preferred Vendor agency list. Was responsible for the creation and management of the annual Technology Recruitment Budget. Led a team that filled 386 technology positions in 2005. Was responsible for filling an average of 180 positions per year from 2002 – 2004. Had an offer acceptance rate that averaged over 94% from 2001 - 2005. Reduced agency fees from $370,000 in 2001 to an average of $30,000 per year from 2002 – 2005. Show less

  • Program Manager - Accounting, Tax and Practice

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Program Manager - Strategic Program Office

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Project Manager - Technology Operations PMO

    Mar 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Technology Project Manager - Legal Technology / Office of the West Tech CTO

    Oct 2008 - Mar 2014

  • Senior Analyst - Technology Procurement

    May 2006 - Oct 2008

  • Team Lead - Corporate Staffing

    Dec 2000 - May 2006