Paul Yuhas is an agile/hybrid IT Portfolio/Program Manager with extensive software development background.

1. PAUL YUHAS
+1-224-633-8949 www.linkedin.com/in/paulyuhas paulyuhas0401@gmail.com Lake Barrington, IL
IT PORTFOLIO/PROGRAM LEADER
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Global business and technology agile solutions leader with a market driven approach, delivers from concept
through execution and communicates cross functional areas to transform capabilities to build value that align
with the business objectives. Specializes in building IT roadmaps through relationships, market research
(Gartner, Forrester, Aberdeen, DevOps.com), and collaboration. Promotes collaborative teams for process
improvements(LeanSix Sigma). Valuescreativitythrough intuitive leadership,ideationandinnovation.
KEY SKILLS INCLUDE:
ProductDevelopment&Management CollaborativeSolutions RiskManagement
CommunicationManagement Financial Analysis Agile Mindset
AlignBusiness&TechnologyObjectives ProductRoadmaps Issue Management
WORK EXPERIENCE
IT PORTFOLIO MANAGER, Chicago, IL 2010-Present
Key clients including:Citigroup Retail Services,Discover Financial Services,StateFarm Insurance,State Farm Bank
Technology Portfolio Manager, Business Optimization Solutions
 Optimized and mitigated processes for Marketing and Credit Risk programs and campaigns of financial services
laws or regulations,includingbutnot limited to Regulation E, Regulation B, Servicemans Civil Relief Act, Fair Credit
Reporting Act, Regulation Z, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Debt Collections PracticesAct(FDCPA) and regulatory
expectations regardingunfair,deceptive, or abusiveacts or practices through testing.
 Improved marketing campaign analyticsand workflowthrough design, development, and education of project
management processes,procedures, methodology, user testing, and reusableinfrastructuretool digital product
platformresultingincreased data efficiency and error reduction by 33%.
 Reduced letter maintenance costs by 45%, eliminated duplicateletter inventory, improved business process,
mitigated operational risksfromregulatory scrutiny.Developed workflow infrastructureproductplatform
directinga global team (5 FTEs) and business subjectmatter experts (5 FTEs).
 Created a ‘pipeline’/‘funnel’ infrastructurefor Business Optimization leadersto review, prioritize,approve,and
activatebased upon positivevalue impact(cost savings/newopportunity).
Customer Transformation Program Manager
 Broke down silos to create a valuefocused environment utilizing high-performingteam model.
 Assembled an integrated team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop an Integrated Customer Platform
(ICP) in a hybrid agile/iterativedisciplineutilizingbusinessprocess and technology changes.
 Improved analytics, communication, infrastructure and processes for credit record information through business
data integration with 55 resources from Line of Business (LOB),SMEs, and technology.
 Leadership, Process Improvement, Change Management, CurriculumDevelopment, and Human Resource
Development for clients,volunteers and leadership through self-directed,self-organized teams.
Student Lending Portfolio Relationship Manager
 Recruited by Acquisition Lead Business Technology Executive to increase bandwidth for additional priorities,
drive multiple troubled BI and infrastructure projects, develop vendor management strategy to support Business
As Usual (BAU) with Business Partner,and bringcurrent student lendingvendor solution (PaaS) into Discover.

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Student Lending Portfolio Relationship Manager (continued)
 Improved lending originations (LOS) by 10% through implementation of updated FICO scoring platform while
adheringto Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Reg B), Fair CreditReporting Act, and Truth in Lending Act (Reg Z).
 Builta vendor execution transition strategy plan ready for execution to bringthe existingstudent lending
technology solution into Discover for application development, support,data, maintenance, and infrastructure.
 Resuscitated a stagnant projectto integrate 100+ new Discover employees for each functional area through
planning,standardization and procurementof specific technology needs to support the on-going BAU student
lendingbusiness.
IBM CORPORATION, Chicago, IL, Global $81B Software, Services, and Technology Company 1996 -2010
Senior Managing Consultant
• Consulted by Fortune 50 organizations and start-ups to reach their business objectives by transforming their
capabilities, relationships, infrastructures, applications, capacity, and market share across all functional areas.
Focused primarily within the Capital Markets, Banks, Insurance, Credit Cards, Healthcare-Payers, Retailers,
Healthcare-Provider,and Government industries.
• Developed and launched (end-to-end) Co-Sourcing Product/Service Offering which enabled self-directed agile
teams in a collaborative approach to increase efficiency and productivity while minimizing application
maintenance and support costs by 45% through tools,processes and agiledevelopment environment.
• Recommended and implemented regulatory and complianceactions and document retention policies for Global
Hedge Fund across each functional area (Operations,Investor Relations,HR,IT, Finance, Legal, Compliance,Trading)
under the direction of Chief Legal Officer, the C-suitesteering committee, and specialized outsidecounsel for each
functional area prior to move to new location.
• With clientC-level executives, industry leadingsales people,organizational changespecialists,and businessprocess
delivery leaders.Improved business capability, infrastructure,capacity,financial analysis, and businessprocesses by
40+% through innovativedelivery models and multipleglobal sourcingcenters with pre-sales/sales engagements.
• Mitigated global security infrastructurevulnerabilities by 64%for the Chief Information Security Officer covering
99.96% of the global enterprisefor a Fortune 50 Capital Markets leader.
• Improved capacity by 25% for major securities industry intermediary (B2B) by reducingtrade validation cyclein the
clearingprocess utilizinga team of 5 FTEs in collaboration with the clientwith a $750,000 budget for their clearing
transformation platform.
CERTIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 Certified Enterprise Business Agility Coach,EnterpriseScrum, Chicago,IL
 Certified Enterprise Scrum Trainer,Enterprise Scrum, Chicago,IL
 Applied Computer Science, Bachelors of Science, IllinoisStateUniversity,Normal, IL
 George Washington University, In process of pursuingmy PMI-ACP and PMI-PMP certifications,alongwith numerous
IBM Management Consulting,Program/ProjectManagement, Leadership, and Solution Courses,Microsoft,IBM,
Oracle,and Open Source software development and integration stacks,Chicago AgileMethodology Meetup, Project
Management Institute (PMI), TEPEE, THINK IT