Michelle Beck - Palomar College

4220 N. Mozart St
Chicago, IL 60618
PROFILE
Michelle Beck
312-339-6038
mbeck2012@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Global Operations Leader with 15 years experience specializing in business transformation through
technical, financial, and supply chain process design and improvement. Proven track record maximizing
resource utilization in off shore and/or outsource model. Extensive experience in cross-cultural
communication, team building, and management. Strong leader with a desire to partner with the client to
meet pressing business needs.
EXPERIENCE
Aon Service Corporation November 2007 - Present
IT Director, 2010 - Present
• Finance ERP global financial system integration; led Corporate Systems team in this program from
inception (business case, charter, consulting partner selection) through present effort to stabilize
technical and financial processes in preparation for roll out to the UK, Europe and beyond
• Participate in governance meetings and management of $7MM 2012 discretionary budget
• Update Executive Leadership team (CFO, CIO, SVP) weekly on deployment and stabilization efforts
• Travel to India and the UK quarterly to manage global teams, and meet with finance business
regarding requirements, project status, and issue resolution
• Leveraged and reworked project plan to enable AonHewitt integration with Aon’s corporate financial
system just 9 months post-merger
• Developed project governance model and overall program budget ($50MM over 4 years)
Sr. Application Development Manager, (Hewitt Associates) 2008 - 2010
• Managed 75 person global technical team (in-sourced and out-sourced offshore, and onsite members)
in creating application readiness for the reimplementation of Hewitt’s financial system
• Responsible for contractor budget of over $3MM annually
• Developed scorecard for tracking productivity and quality of on and off shore development teams
• Led business process confirmation workshops in the United States and the United Kingdom
Sr. Technical Consultant, (Hewitt Associates) 2007 - 2008
• Hired as a technical Subject Matter Expert in PeopleSoft technology to lead effort to stabilize North
American financial system
• Led Development Discipline team to create Application Systems Software Development Life Cycle
• Ensured adherence to Hewitt Technology Framework SDLC, Hewitt Technology Process (HTP);
conducted phase gate reviews, and participated in Process Audits
Oracle Corporation, Chicago, IL 2002-2007
Sr. Application Development Lead
• Team Lead for PeopleSoft 9.0 Inventory Shipping module
• Oversaw development within Shipping module for various enhancements simultaneously