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Amy Weis-Neal, MSA, ITIL 4
Successful Leader
Columbus, OH, United States
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Experience:
Responsible for 3rd Party Risk Program and external Cybersecurity assessments. Product owner of Archer Enterprise wide risk platform and Fortress platform and other initiatives such as SBOM, Risk metrics, ESG, etc. Compliance and regulation standards focused on NIST 800-53, TSA pipeline executive directives and NERC CIP.
2023 : Present
NiSource
Federal Cybersecurity Assessments - Vendor Risk
• Responsible for Category Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Critical Supplier Management and Stakeholder Management for IT and BPO Managed Services.
• Develop long-term business strategies aligned to key stakeholders’ objectives.
• Manage critical supplier agreements related to contract management, escalations and disputes, contract interpretation, and category rebates/volume spend.
• Monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance by developing the supplier base and conducting research to support the category strategy.
• Lead all Strategic Sourcing Initiatives for IT and BPO Managed Services.
• Remotely coach, develop and direct team members. Retain high performing team.
2022 : 2023
NiSource
Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Managed Services
Effective Service Management and Vendor Management through continuous improvements and strategic partnerships
Drive towards Strategic Vendor Management with supporting governance and processes
Reduce value leakage and cost avoidance
Responsibile for Contract life cycle including RFP, negotiations, transitions and go-live.
Implement and enhance IT Staff Aug Program
Accountable for Software Asset Management
Define, establish and drive accountability through performance metrics as related to contract management, software asset management and IT staff aug program
Track Service Provider SLA performance against CPI and KPI targets
Initiatives include SLA alignment, D&O (compliance) analysis, Annual Innovation Strategy Sessions and Establishing vendor management for BPO outsourcing
Remotely lead teams through a matrix organization as well as direct reports both offshore and onshore personnel
2019 : 2022
NiSource
IT Vendor Management & Service Governance
Merger and Acquisition Project
Drive IT Contract Inventory
Collect and analyze contract terms and conditions on over 550 active contracts for roughly 210 IT Vendors
Align with supply chain and legal workstreams to support dispositions and notations
Support Vendor and Service provider outreach and negotiations
Provide projected separation costs and ongoing resource needs, as well as stranded costs
Track and define application inventory dispositions, licensing assignments, future state licensing needs in addition to timing of licenses and services during TSA period
2020 : 2020
NiSource
Business of IT Workstream Lead
Transformation of the organization through providing financial counsel and guidance to leadership while developing and identifying strategic initiatives. Work with stakeholder commitment leadership to propose recommendations to the executive committee. Orchestrate the business planning process through outlining organizational roadmaps, alignment with primary metrics, challenging assumptions along with funding requests and metric targets, pursuing executive committee approvals. Tracking O&M and capital spend and savings of highly visible, enterprise wide initiatives. Communication of funded vs. unfunded initiatives to ensure incremental O&M and capital funding coupled with savings are timely and accurately reflected in long range financial plans and monthly PE reporting.
2017 : 2019
NiSource
Business Planning and Decision Support
2023 : Present
NiSource
Federal Cybersecurity Assessments - Vendor Risk
• Responsible for Category Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Critical Supplier Management and Stakeholder Management for IT and BPO Managed Services.
• Develop long-term business strategies aligned to key stakeholders’ objectives.
• Manage critical supplier agreements related to contract management, escalations and disputes, contract interpretation, and category rebates/volume spend.
• Monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance by developing the supplier base and conducting research to support the category strategy.
• Lead all Strategic Sourcing Initiatives for IT and BPO Managed Services.
• Remotely coach, develop and direct team members. Retain high performing team.
2022 : 2023
NiSource
Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Managed Services
Effective Service Management and Vendor Management through continuous improvements and strategic partnerships
Drive towards Strategic Vendor Management with supporting governance and processes
Reduce value leakage and cost avoidance
Responsibile for Contract life cycle including RFP, negotiations, transitions and go-live.
Implement and enhance IT Staff Aug Program
Accountable for Software Asset Management
Define, establish and drive accountability through performance metrics as related to contract management, software asset management and IT staff aug program
Track Service Provider SLA performance against CPI and KPI targets
Initiatives include SLA alignment, D&O (compliance) analysis, Annual Innovation Strategy Sessions and Establishing vendor management for BPO outsourcing
Remotely lead teams through a matrix organization as well as direct reports both offshore and onshore personnel
2019 : 2022
NiSource
IT Vendor Management & Service Governance
Merger and Acquisition Project
Drive IT Contract Inventory
Collect and analyze contract terms and conditions on over 550 active contracts for roughly 210 IT Vendors
Align with supply chain and legal workstreams to support dispositions and notations
Support Vendor and Service provider outreach and negotiations
Provide projected separation costs and ongoing resource needs, as well as stranded costs
Track and define application inventory dispositions, licensing assignments, future state licensing needs in addition to timing of licenses and services during TSA period
2020 : 2020
NiSource
Business of IT Workstream Lead
Transformation of the organization through providing financial counsel and guidance to leadership while developing and identifying strategic initiatives. Work with stakeholder commitment leadership to propose recommendations to the executive committee. Orchestrate the business planning process through outlining organizational roadmaps, alignment with primary metrics, challenging assumptions along with funding requests and metric targets, pursuing executive committee approvals. Tracking O&M and capital spend and savings of highly visible, enterprise wide initiatives. Communication of funded vs. unfunded initiatives to ensure incremental O&M and capital funding coupled with savings are timely and accurately reflected in long range financial plans and monthly PE reporting.
2017 : 2019
NiSource
Business Planning and Decision Support
Company:
NiSource
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I have deep financial and business management experience with demonstrated ability to build high performing teams and strong relationships.
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