Jayashree Venkatesh

Experience

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  SRA Systems

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Executive
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  Allstate Financial

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Consultant

  • Business liaison and project coordinator for a data warehouse environment build, ongoing release management, data integrity, privacy, compliance and quality control

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  Allstate Financial

  Jun 2005 - Apr 2013

  Manager

  • Led the Data Warehouse team of 10 to implement the data warehouse and self-service reporting hub• Led project prioritization, data usage policies, quality control, compliance procedures• Successfully delivered SOX, PCI, Anti Money Laundering, Cash Indicator compliance projects, various data analytics and data mining efforts, and market studies• Managed the data center migration and virtualization initiative• Managed the technology projects for Allstate’s spinoff of their Variable Annuities portfolio to Prudential• Formalized and led the rollout of Application Security and Assurance Program for web applications, and was awarded the ‘Best Steward Award’ Show less

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  HSBC Private Bank

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Project Manager Consultant

  • Led the audit effort to review banking policies against regulatory requirements to identify out-of-compliance areas and initiated remediation policies• Collaborated with the legal, compliance and audit groups to identify gaps and closure mechanisms.• Aided steering committees for tracking progress, sharing key performance indicators and mitigating risks

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  Sears Holdings Corporation

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2016

  Senior Manager, PMO for Technology Services

  • Established and ran the PMO practice and led 15+ project managers to rollout technology transformation initiatives• Responsible for portfolio prioritization, vendor management, budgeting, tracking and delivery of large-scale programs• Improved operational effectiveness through optimization and elimination of tools and vendors, resulting in annual savings of over $6 million• Drove the successful infrastructure migration to AWS public cloud for data and applications• Led the enterprise-wide implementation of cloud based ServiceNow leveraging scrum methodology• Received the CIO’s ‘Technology Excellence’ award for project leadership on enabling a Teradata reporting environment for marketing studies Show less

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  Gifted Minds LLC

  Jul 2016 - Apr 2021

  Executive Management Consultant

  Program Leader and Executive Management Consultant for leading financial client Grosvenor Capital Management, healthcare firms Abbott Labs and Medline Corporation and airline firm United Airlines. Consulted as Program Leader and established delivery strategy for digital transformation, security and compliance. Setup rationalized processes, templates and tracking methodologies for successful delivery. Enabled leadership collaboration and metrics based decision making. Managed relationships with business clients, vendors, service providers to create a synergic environment for successful value driven delivery. Led high caliber corporate wide programs as HIPAA/HITRUST certifications, PMO governance for global cybersecurity programs, cloud migration, and enterprise wide ServiceNow rollout. Show less

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  Datametica Solutions

  Mar 2021 - now

  Director, Customer Engagement and Success

  Cloud migration leader responsible for the successful client engagement and delivery by managing customer relationships and ensuring successful end to end engagement and risk management for major corporates.