Sarah Morrison

Experience

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  Cendant

  Aug 2000 - Apr 2005

  Led audit of $6 million monthly international telecom invoiceManaged relationships with branch managers in over 55 countriesDeveloped monthly invoices for telecommunications charges to international Galileo branchesCollaborated with Business Management Team on contract issues and contract negotiationPrepared complex multi-entity general ledger entries Successfully received $2-$3 million annually in credits from carriers for disputes found in audits

  • Business Unit Billing Manager

    Feb 2004 - Apr 2005

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Jan 2003 - Feb 2004

  • Financial Analyst

    Aug 2000 - Feb 2004
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  OppenheimerFunds

  Apr 2005 - May 2016

  • Vice President, Enterprise Project Management

    Apr 2014 - May 2016

  • Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Business Intelligence

    Nov 2008 - Mar 2014

  • Assistant Vice President, Business Process Improvement

    Jan 2007 - Nov 2008

  • Manager- Office of the Chief Operating Officer

    Apr 2005 - Jan 2007
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  Pearson

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2020

  Director, Data Center Strategy & Consolidation (Oct 2017 – Dec 2019)* Led the data center and AWS strategy for the world’s largest education company* Closed 45 data centers around the world over three years leading to over $50M in savings * Completed over 250 application migrations to AWS and strategic data centers over two years* Led additional programs at Pearson including the AWS Cloud Governance, and ServiceNow CMDB uplift programs* Decommissioned two large IBM mid-range data centers and two legacy mainframes* Led a team of 20 highly talented Data Center and Cloud migration experts Show less • Led execution of complex project portfolio using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)• Delivered $50M project portfolio including all development projects required for Infrastructure initiatives, and Security Remediation efforts• Liaised with the Technology organization to develop 3-5 year strategic roadmap outlining all high priority initiatives that require support from Global Product • Partnered with all 120 Global Product agile teams, 38 Program teams, and 8 Value Stream teams to ensure the execution of the initiatives is completed• Led strategic programs including the Security Remediation of Higher Ed Digital Courseware Products, Data Services, Accessibility (a11y) Remediation of all Higher Ed Products and Content, and the execution of all Infrastructure projects focused on improving scalability, stability and cost effectiveness• Managed team of highly skilled Program and Project Managers• Analyzed and govern AWS cloud expenses• Completed cost benefit analyses to determine project priorities Show less

  • Director, Customer Platforms Portfolio Management

    Dec 2019 - Sept 2020

  • Director, Data Center Strategy & Consolidation

    Oct 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Director, Technology Solutions Management

    Jun 2016 - Oct 2017
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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Sept 2020 - now

  • Principal Customer Solutions Manager

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Sr. Customer Solutions Manager

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2024