Wm. Wallace Abbott, M.B.A.

Experience

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  Sun Life

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1995

  Staff Accountant
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  Wachovia Wealth Management, Inc.

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Senior Financial & Business Analyst / Project Leader

  Principal Financial Analyst assigned to the retail side of the organization, consisting of over 60 investment brokerage branches who serviced both individual and institutional investors. In this job my primary responsibility was to evaluate retail branch financial performance, work with branch managers to analyze anomalies, and, compile and present financial analysis reports to the CFO. In this position I acted as a team lead in the conversion of the financial IT system from Dun and Bradstreet running on a mainframe to PeopleSoft ERP running on client-server architecture. Show less

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  PwC

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Sr. Applications Consultant

  Senior Applications Consultant tasked with working with end customers to assist them with get onto the PeopleSoft Client-Server application. Following C&L methodology, the implementation process involved identifying business rules and processes followed in existing systems and translating them into new workflows compatible with the PeopleSoft design and often involved varying levels of application customization enhancements.

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  The Implementation Partners, LLC

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Sr. Technical Consultant

  IT Consultant with functional and technical responsibilities performing enterprise application implementation related tasks consisting of everything from delivering business applications configured according to business rules, application customization, development of system integration scripts, to managing client system infrastructure.

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  Surebridge Inc

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Manager, Technical Operations

  Functioned in dual role, managing technical resources and acting as hands-on senior technical consultant. Supported managed-hosting clients and on-premises professional services ERP / HCM projects, performing daily life cycle management tasks, developing interfaces, application customizations, and providing implementation or upgrade project deliverables.

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  Navisite

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Director, Enterprise Technical Operations

  Expanded and matured the hosted enterprise application services portfolio. Architected and managed client solutions running on Pentium x86/Itanium/Sparc/PA-RISC/POWER technologies. Managed three distinct globally dispersed teams but simultaneously leveraged team availability to offer clients a 24x7 critical incident response model.

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  Time Warner Cable

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  Sr. Director, Managed Application Services (MAS)

  Technical delivery owner for Enterprise MAS offerings, charged with solution design of NaviCloud-based multi-tenanted MAS platform, migration of clients to new or dedicated architecture, performing client life-cycle management, and providing technical expertise to implementation and upgrade projects.

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  Charter Communications

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2016

  Vice President, Managed Application Infrastructure (MAI)

  Provided strategic vision and operational direction for services delivered under MAI group. Thought leader in partnership with R&D, product management and executive leadership that drove MAI product backlog and enriched client experience by enhancing existing services and adding new.