Robert Arecchi

Experience

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  AIG American General

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2008

  Director - Information Technology

  Managed the Application Maintenance and Support teams responsible for the policy administration, and claims adjudication systems supported by local and offshore technical team consisting of employees and contractors, and by various software vendors.

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  AIG American General/Benefits Solutions

  Apr 2008 - Jan 2012

  Vice President/Director IT

  Overall responsibilities for all activities and personnel associated with the administration, planning, organization and control of the activities related to the support of the Employer Benefits, Affinity profit centers. Functions and duties include salary recommendations, employment interviews, conducting performance evaluations, and budget determination. Duties included project selection, assignment of tasks, scheduling and directing staff activities.

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  AIG

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Vice President - IT Administrative Services

  Oversaw Information Technology Administrative Initiatives, including local Project Management Office oversight, Annual Budget Process, Expense Forecasting/Accrual Processing, Dashboard Status reporting, Change Control Management, IT Compliance and Governance, Infrastructure Support and Data Security Assessment processes.

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  City of Virginia Beach, VA

  Jun 2015 - now

  IT Business Relationship Manager, CBRM®.

  Serves as the strategic interface between Communications and Information Technology and assigned business partners for the purpose of business/IT strategy development, solution discovery, service management, risk management and relationship management. Serves as a “strategic partner” for assigned business units, helping them align IT products and services to business strategy and represents IT in communicating services and capabilities.Participates in stakeholder business planning and strategy meetings. Participates in short and long term strategic planning sessions with stakeholders to improve business processes. Facilitates annual and other periodic, demand management discussions and plans IT service delivery with assigned customer groups. Provides expert level of business guidance to develop business requirements for technology.Works with IT project teams to make sure business requirements are met. Recommends solutions that adhere to approved enterprise IT architectures. Provides information and business case justifications to Advisory Boards to facilitate decision making (e.g. Architecture Review Board, Investment Review Board, etc.). Collaborates with Project Managers and Program Administrator to develop a Program Plan that includes detailing work breakdown structures and critical path. Executes activities such as project planning, scheduling, cost and benefit estimation, cost tracking and risk assessment. Responsible for ensuring that the Program Plan is synchronized with business requirements. Coordinates Business Analysis, Project Management, and Service Owner functions to facilitate the end-to-end delivery of projects and services for small to medium customers or customer groups. Ensures the oversight for resolution of IT issues. Ensures the conceptual completeness of the technical solution. Works with stakeholders and technical resources to cultivate appropriate solutions required to meet organization(s) business goals. Show less