Passion for Driving Business Transformation with Innovation and Technology

  • Served on product/company acquisition teams and competitive analysis task forces
  • see Education section
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  • Presenter at IBM PULSE conference
  • Volunteer my time at schools and charitable events

Summary

Mark Searls
The path to real transformation is through collaboration.
I'm a results driven leader known for successful development, implementation, deployment, and management of complex traditional and cloud-based enterprise solutions and services. I consistently deliver exceptional results through focus on strategic imperatives, process transformation, and execution.

Leveraging a collaborative style, I guide organizations and teams in applying technology across multiple organizations providing value added leadership in both technology and process innovation.

Timeline

  1. -
    Director, Global Optimized Services,, IBM

    Lead team of 400+ global professionals and business/technology leaders, providing optimized systems and service management solutions for IBM Infrastructure Services’ clients in all geographies. Drive global optimization and innovation across all services, leveraging cloud and agile methodologies.
    • Enhanced 12 different services via global standardization and 15%+ reduction in labor/non-labor costs.
    • Established consistent financial management across all services by creating a repeatable governance model and globally-centralized business operations.
    • Led new strategy development for cost recovery and funding of mature global services, freeing up investment budget for new initiatives.

  2. -
    Senior Manager and Senior Global Program Manager, IBM

    Directed deployment of systems management enterprise software to IBM Infrastructure Services’ clients in all geographies. Built cross-geography and cross-functional virtual teams as well as global governance model. Ownership of all functional and financial targets.
    • Oversaw 5-year, $50M cross-brand investment, modernizing endpoint management for Infrastructure Services’ accounts globally.
    • Led development of new service delivery model, driving 20% drop in total service cost while building staffing plan that grew the organization 50% globally.
    • Served as service delivery subject matter expert for corporate acquisition and integration of endpoint management company into IBM, as member of cross brand team.
    • Communicated and led adoption and implementation of the strategic solution globally to 200+ accounts and 300K+ managed endpoints.
    Successfully migrated infrastructure to the cloud in several geographic locations, contributing to 20% drop in service cost and reducing time to complete infrastructure builds from months to days.

  3. -
    Manager and Global Service Owner , IBM

    Oversaw cross brand requirements definition as well as design and development of compliance management tooling and services for Infrastructure Services’ accounts. Directed cross brand development and deployment of technology in the Americas and Asia; 100 accounts in 10 countries.

    • Eliminated duplicate development budgets between brands while achieving 10% reduction in service delivery costs across all accounts.
    • Improved service requirements, release, architecture, and problem/change management processes by leading staff to simplify and standardize, establishing this service as the model for entire portfolio.
    • Achieved all functional and financial targets for the program, totaling $6.5M+ in investment.

  4. -
    Manager, Intel Distributed Compliance Administrati, IBM

    Manage a team of Intel/Windows System Administrators and develop a centralized support model that provides security compliance administration and audit readiness support to over 5000 servers for multiple Strategic Outsourcing (SO) accounts.
    • Developed service model for centrally managing systems compliance management
    • Improved the audit posture of all of our clients with process and procedures validated by multiple audits, both IBM and customer driven.
    • Provide leadership in other core process areas like Change Management and Security Issue and Risk management to raise cross-functional awareness of audit requirements and to streamline those processes to bring further efficiencies.

  5. -
    Manager – Wintel Server Support, IBM

    Manage a team of 20-30 Intel/Windows System Administrators providing system administration support to several SO accounts.
    • Led Windows systems management services for IBM and customer infrastructure servers
    • Generated $1-$2M in new revenue for IBM based on team’s analysis and recommendations

Proudest Accomplishment

LEADING A CROSS-BRAND GLOBAL TEAM TO INNOVATE AND MODERNIZE ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT

Experience Highlights

  • SENIOR LEADERSHIP ROLES GUIDING ORGANIZATIONS TO INNOVATE AND ACHIEVE BUSINESS IMPACT
    SEE RESUME/LINKEDIN FOR MORE

Education Highlights

  • Master of Management Information Systems
    FRIENDS UNIVERSITY
  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
    Wichita State University

Business Impact

  • 70%
    Improvement in Audit compliance
  • >15%
    ReDuction in Labor + Non-labor costs
  • 400K
    Endpoints - Successfully deployed Strategic TooL
  • 12
    Services - Optimized and brought together in 1 org
  • $50M
    DIRECTED 5 YEAR INVESTMENT TO MODERNIZE SERVICES
  • $2M
    IN NEW REVENUE BASED ON ANALYTICS

Skills

  • IT Strategy
  • Global Leadership
  • Service Management
  • Infrastructure
  • Process Improvement
  • Program Management
  • Governance
  • Service delivery
  • Portfolio management

RESUME

Location

Longmont, CO

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