Portfolio/Program Manager with 13 years of experience as Sr. Vice President, IT. Leader of leaders. Change Agent. Business Transformation Consultant.

1. Sherre Collins… ANTICIPATE THE FUTURE, DELIVER NOW
sherremax1@hotmail.com | 612-991-3624 | http://www.linkedin.com/in/sherrecollins | 12115 Illies Avenue North, Hugo, MN 55038
I T E x e c u t i v e . Critical thinker who clears the fog and bridges the gap between business and technology. Transformational
leader who delivers strategic value by building world class teams and optimizing technology. Defines the Strategic Roadmap that
exceeds goals for profitability, competitive positioning, growth, cost reduction, and organizational performance. Technology deliveries that
exceed expectations. A Thought Leader of Technology, People, and Process who champions change across organizational and
geographic boundaries.
DELIVERS HIGH IMPACT RESULTS
Transformation: Pioneered deep enterprise change for major corporations, involving organizational design, culture,
communications, business processes, and technology. Turned around an unprofitable company. Reduced Technology Cost of
Ownership by 60%.
Value and Innovation: Developed a global company’s first successful vendor outsourcing partnership, reducing cost and time to
market. Part of start-up team who started four successful companies, including one in Japan.
Thought Leadership: Re-engineered corporate technology platform to add 24 new product lines and expand from one partner to
eight. Crafted a Desktop Tools and Technology Strategy and Roadmap for Desktop for Field Sales.
Integration: Led integration of 24 companies worldwide to achieve major cost reduction and time to market.
Practice Development: Built an IT department and automated all major business processes for MN division of 2
nd
largest privately
owned corporation in the US. In less than a year enabled 100% business growth through deep IT departmental change to culture,
process, and skills. Created a company’s first practices in project management, architecture, and quality.
GAME CHANGING RESULTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
• Strategic Planning Major technology implementations:
• e-Commerce
• ERP, HRP, MRP
• BI/Data Warehouse, Meta Data
• Disaster Recovery, Business Continuation
• Business Process Management, Business Process
Management Systems
• Content Management
• Application development, package integration,
infrastructure
• Executive coaching
• Organizational Transformation
• New business start-up and company turn arounds
• World class team development
• Relationship management
• Competitive platforms at less cost and reduced time to
market
• Stellar Portfolio, Program, and Project Management
STRATEGIC VALUE ADD

2. S R . P R O G R A M M A N A G E R
Optum/UHG – Plymouth, MN- Koala Program Mar 2015 – Mar 2016
Led multimillion dollar projects to update security and to remediate and migrate hundreds of applications, enabling the decommissioning of
79 domains for 51 acquired entities.
M A N A G E M E N T C O N S U L T A N T , P R O G R A M M A N A G E R
Guidon Consulting Group, Inc. – St. Paul, MN-Management Consulting, Program and Project Management Dec 2009-present
Mentored C-level executives. Strategic Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Application Development, Integration,
Infrastructure, Organizational Transformation, Business Architecture, BI/Data Warehouse, ERP, BPM, BPMS.
Clients: Carlson Wagonlit, Fairview/UMP, Cytec, Express Scripts, Douglas John, Ramsey County, Rise, Rust
V I C E P R E S I D E N T , T R A N S F O R M A T I O N
Allianz Life- Golden Valley, MN-Retirement solutions, including fixed and variable annuities, life insurance Nov 2008 – Dec 2009
Led $60MM Enterprise Transformation, distributing through automated broker dealer channel rather than field sales
offices. Revamped core business processes, technology, organizational design, and company culture. Successfully
launched stalled initiative to deliver dramatic process and organizational changes to emerging industry platforms within six
months. Re-negotiated technology contracts for $4MM savings.
V I C E P R E S I D E N T , P R O G R A M S A N D S T R A T E G I C B U S I N E S S I N I T I A T I V E S
First American Quantrix Valuation –Minneapolis, MN- Mortgage appraisal partnership with Chase Bank Sept 2006 – Oct
2008
Led business and technology strategy, roadmapping, and managed programs/projects for new start-up. Enabled business
expansion to 24 new products and 8 times as many partners by re-engineering property valuation platform. Oversaw staff
of 200+ in technology support, compliance, business continuation, and disaster recovery. Created 60% savings by re-
negotiating First American Corporations contracts and leases. Established 7 strategic vendor partners within 6 months of
operations.
M A N A G E M E N T C O N S U L T A N T , P R O G R A M M A N A G E R
Guidon Consulting Group, Inc. – St. Paul, MN-Mortgage Services partnership Apr 2003-Sept 2006
Mentored C-level executives. Strategic Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Application Development, Integration,
Infrastructure, Organizational Transformation, Business Architecture, Business Information and Data Warehouse, ERP,
BPM, BPMS. Clients: American Express, Ameriprise, GMAC-RFC, Fairview/UMP
M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R , S E N I O R V I C E P R E S I D E N T - T E C H N O L O G I E S - BROKERAGE PORTFOLIO
RBC Dain Rauscher–Minneapolis, MN- Brokerage and investment banking firm Apr 2000 – Apr 2003
Managed $6MM technology portfolio of back office brokerage applications, people, processes, architecture, infrastructure,
and systems. Enabled transformational business growth through acquisition by re-engineering IT processes, culture, and
organization. Established project governance, standards, and methods, change control. Created strategies for Content
Management, Data Warehouse, Data Management, Corporate Portal, Financial Systems, and Compliance systems.
S E N I O R V I C E P R E S I D E N T T E C H N O L O G I E S - BUSINESS LINE PORTFOLIOS
American Express Global Technologies – Minneapolis, MN-Global IT support for AMEX and Ameriprise Nov 1994 – Apr
2000
Managed the technology portfolios of 4 lines of business. Managed a $300M budget and global staff including employees,
contractors, and vendor partners. Developed new recordkeeping platform to reduce technology cost of ownership by 30%.
Led a pilot that integrated American Express products electronically for clients purchasing any Amex product. Led C-level
business partner in the turn-around of a failing insurance services business. Partnered with a C-level business partner to
open a new financial planning company in Tokyo in 3 months’ time. Partnered with a C-level business partner to launch a
successful new business in partnership with banks and credit unions.

3. E D U C A T I O N A N D R E C O G N I T I O N
Cross functional team award from client
“Most likely to succeed” award from Minnesota MBA schools
M.B.A, Information Management – University of St. Thomas; Cum Laude
B.S., Psychology/English – Bemidji State University; Cum Laude