Michael A. Lenart
Mendon, MA 01756
www.linkedin.com/in/mlenart/
m_lenart@yahoo.com
774-573-6521 (mobile)
Profile
Organizational Development & Transformation: Committed and excels at furthering the professional and personal development of future
leaders to support business strategies.
Technical Visionary: Passionate executive that excels at partnering with business partners and leveraging emerging technologies for step
improvements.
Strategy & Architecture Expert: Led the transformation of three companies from a level 1 maturity to a level 4 maturity across key
architecture and strategy processes.
Significant Solution Delivery Experience: Led the transformation of major front-office and back-office systems along with eCommerce
sites to support enterprise integration and business model transformation.
Proven Expertise
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IT Strategy & Transformation
Enterprise & Solution Architecture
IT Engineering & Operations
Information Mgmt.: Big Data, DM, Business Intelligence
Experience
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Technology Strategy - Created and led execution on a 5 year
Technology Strategy that encompassed business enabling (Work
From Anywhere, Collaboration, eBusiness, Big Data, Business
Intelligence, Master Data Management, Application Integration,)
and infrastructure oriented (Data Center, Private Cloud, Network
and Telecomms, Storage & Compute) capabilities. (Symantec,
Raytheon, Travelers)
Technical Debt Reduction - Created and led execution of a
Technical Debt Reduction Strategy to remediate technology
currency challenges across the business solutions across all
Lines of Businesses. Expected cost savings will exceed $40M.
(Travelers)
Sourcing - Oversaw the $500M IT Sourcing effort to ensure it
aligned to the IT objectives of common business processes and
simplification. Led the development and infrastructure resources
to ensure successful transition from internal systems to hosted
systems. (JP Morgan, Raytheon)
Business Intelligence - Created and deployed an Enterprise
Business Intelligence strategy that enabled enterprise operational
reporting of key performance metrics for supply chain,
engineering, finance, and manufacturing. (Raytheon, Travelers).
eCommerce Websites - BrownCo.com and JPMorganInvest.com
websites & trading/clearing platform– designed and constructed
application and infrastructure, managed all operational needs, sites
support over 170,000 retail brokerage customers 24x7. (JP
Morgan Invest)
Simplification Strategy & Implementation - Created and led a
Non-Production Environment Simplification Strategy and
Implementation that include driving cost and risk down while
increasing standardization and flexibility for the Lines of
Businesses. Targeted savings over a 3- year period will exceed
$100M. Flexibility and agility are leveraging private cloud
capabilities. (Travelers)
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Data Center & Cloud Strategies
Mobile Development (iOS/Android)
Application Integration: SOA, Web Services, Messaging
Enterprise Apps: ERP, MRP, CRM, SCM, GIS
Positions Held
Travelers – VP, Enterprise Chief Architect, Application Shared
Services
Raytheon - CTO – IT, Director Global Enterprise Architecture, Chief
Architect
Symantec – Sr. Director, IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture
JP Morgan Invest – Chief Technology Officer, Director Client
Services Development
Shoplink, Inc. – Chief Technology Officer & VP Development
Independent Consultant – Project Management, Architect,
Application Developer, QA
US Navy – Nuclear Health Physicist
Values
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Strategy layered with pragmatism
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Team-oriented built on foundation of collaboration
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Transparency with integrity
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Empower and enable
Believe in yourself with courage
Excellence
Education
Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law
Bachelor of Science in Accounting from City University, Bellevue WA
Industries
Financial Services
Hi Tech – S/W & H/W
Insurance
Aerospace & Defense
Consulting
E-Commerce
MICHAEL LENART
Phone: (774) 573-6521
m_lenart@yahoo.com
www.linkedin.com/in/mlenart/
GLOBAL IT EXECUTIVE
CHIEF ARCHITECT
~ APPLICATION/INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY ~
PROVEN EXPERTISE:
IT Strategy & Transformation
Enterprise & Solution Architecture
IT Engineering & Operations
Information Mgmt.: Big Data,
MDM, Business Intelligence
Enterprise Apps: ERP, MRP, CRM,
SCM, GIS
Application Integration: SOA, Web
Services, Messaging
Mergers, Acquisitions &
Divestitures
Data Center & Cloud Strategies
Mobile Development (iOS,
Android)
Organizational Development & Transformation: Committed and
excels at furthering the professional and personal development of
future leaders to support business strategies.
Technical Visionary: Passionate executive that excels at partnering
with business partners and leveraging emerging technologies for
step improvements.
Strategy & Architecture Expert: : Led the transformation of three
companies from a level 1 maturity to a level 4 maturity across key
architecture and strategy processes.
Significant Solution Delivery & Operations Experience: Led the
transformation of major front office and backoffice systems along
with eCommerce sites (Travelers, JP Morgan & Symantec) to align
and support enterprise integration and business model
transformation.
EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS
NEWLANE LLC. | Hudson, MA
CTO/Chief Architect
2013 – Present
SNAPSHOT
Recruited by CEO to lead the creation of the Technology Strategy  Recruited by CEO to lead the creation of the
associated with Eureka!, an application generator for search
Technology Strategy associated with Eureka!,
based applications. Also was responsible for standing up the
an application generator for search based
Product Development organization.
applications. Also was responsible for standing
up the Product Development organization.
Product Strategy and Development
 Created a technology strategy for the Eureka! product suite that encompassed partner integration, customer
integrations, along with emerging technology trends.
 Created and stood up the product development organization which encompassed personnel, policies and
procedures, and standards.
 Represented NewLane on customer and partner visits and sales calls.
Management Consulting | Various Locations
2014 - Present
SNAPSHOT
CTO / Chief Architect
Engaged in multiple engagements and technologies to lower IT’s
technical debt and to increase agility. Some of the engagements
include MGM Resorts, Chemical Abstract Society, and Fidelity.
 Report to CEO.
Engagements
 Performed analysis of all the information being stored on the storage infrastructure. Created a 5 year strategy
for Information Lifecycle Management that will save them $5M.
 Enabled a company to decrease the product development cycle from 6 years to 1.5 years. This required
changes in people/organization, processes, and technology. Had to modify the core technology so there were
no tight coupling between systems.
 Leading the implementation of ITIL and Agile Scrum for the Global Network Services.
TRAVELERS | Hartford, CT
2011 – 2013
With 2010 sales of $25.54 billion, The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various commercial and personal property and casualty
insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals primarily in the United States. The Travelers employs 32,000
employees worldwide.
VP, Enterprise Chief Architect, Application Shared
Services Development
Recruited by CTO to lead the creation of the Enterprise IT
Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Emerging
Technology/Innovation and Application Shared Services
Development organizations.
SNAPSHOT
 Organizational lead for IT Strategy & Enterprise
Architecture with 200 personnel (65 direct and
135 matrix).
 Report to Enterprise CTO.
 Managed technology portfolio of $500M.
Created governance surrounding technology selection, IT
investments & portfolio management, and project architecture
enterprise-wide.
Enterprise Architecture
 Created and executing on a 5 year Enterprise Architecture Strategy that encompasses on architecture
governance, technology standards governance, emerging technology, metrics, communication, along with
organization change management.
 Transformed organization by recruiting best in-class talent, mentored existing talent, and set appropriate
vision and values required to execute to the strategic vision and strategy. Required the incorporation of
sourced skills – offshore and onshore. Grew organization from 35 to 65 in 18 months with world class leaders.
Application Shared Services Development
 Software Management - Directed the transformation of business unit silo-based configuration & QA testing to
an enterprise shared services model to drive down non-production management & license costs by 50%. This
encompassed driving to common processes for business requirements, processes, and technologies.
Technology/Infrastructure Optimization
 Private Cloud - Led and created a Non-Production Environment Simplification Strategy & Implementation that
included driving cost and risk down while increasing standardization and flexibility for the Lines of Businesses.
Targeted savings over a 3 year period to exceed $30M. Flexibility and agility are leveraging private cloud
capabilities.
 Technical Debt Reduction - Created and started execution of a Technical Debt Reduction Strategy to remediate
technology currency challenges across the business solutions across all Lines of Businesses. Expected cost
savings to exceed $40M.
Emerging Technology and Innovation
 Mobile Video - Via the Emerging Technology and Innovation Strategy, deployed mobile video capabilities
(iOS/Android) for the Claims organization which enabled field adjusters to collaborate with internal seasoned
adjustors to drive more effective claims adjudication. The deliverable included the technology platform,
processes, and people to support a Platform-as-a-Service to support all Lines of Businesses.
 Big Data - Championed a Big Data Pilot in partnership with Marketing that incorporated data from social
media, online 3rd party rate quoters along with internal candidate/customer interactions to drive more
effective marketing campaigns and a more dynamic consistent user experience across all Travelers’ channels –
mobile, online, print.
Information Management
 Partnered with senior business management to pilot and deploy Master Data Management and Data
Virtualization technology to get a single version of truth for customer, agent, and location.
 United the Enterprise Risk Management organization to transform the data mining and analytics function to
leverage shared resources, semantics, and infrastructure to drive down data management costs by 60%.
Disaster Recovery & Performance Management
 Directed the Business Recovery & Performance Management team. The team was responsible for the
management of the disaster recover & performance management test execution on a yearly basis for the
entire enterprise. Successfully performed business continuity test globally for Travelers.
International
 Performed Technology & Risk due diligence on acquisitions in India and China to expand international business.
Security
 Championed the implementation and deployment of Single Sign On for both internal and external access
across multiple channels and mediums. Was responsible for the integration and transition plans for Travelers’
application portfolio to support the retirement of the legacy SSO technologies.
 Induced the implementation and deployment of a Data Security and Privacy strategy that encompassed
Information Rights Management across multiple user communities – 3rd parties, agents, and cross business
unit.
Raytheon | Waltham, MA
2006 – 2011
With 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business
and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.
Chief Technology Officer – IT, Director Global Enterprise
Architecture, Chief Architect
Recruited by CIO to lead the creation of the Enterprise IT Strategy,
Enterprise Architecture, Emerging Technology organizations.
Created governance surrounding technology selection, IT
investments & portfolio management, and project architecture
enterprise-wide. The disciplines included applications,
infrastructure, security, and information.
SNAPSHOT
 Organizational lead for IT Strategy &
Enterprise Architecture with 100 personnel
(35 direct and 65 matrix).
 Report to Enterprise CIO.
 Managed technology portfolio of $800M.
 Received 3 Enterprise CIO Excellence
Awards
 Built out key platforms – portal, SOA, ECM,
Enterprise Search, Collaboration, VDI, and
cloud based storage.
IT & Technology Strategy
 IT Strategy - Created IT Strategy that encompassed key organizational capabilities, risk management,
technology capabilities, and process improvement to transition Raytheon IT to a more agile, cost effective, and
business aligned organization to support the Globalization and “Win-Anywhere-Work-Anywhere” strategies.
 Technology Strategy - Formulated and started execution on a 5 year Technology Strategy that encompassed
key business enabling capabilities and related components such as Content Management, Collaboration,
Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Optimization (data center, server, and storage), Information Delivery
Platform (portal), Identity Management, IP Convergence, Enterprise Search, and SOA.
Enterprise Architecture
 Chairs the Enterprise Architecture and Standards Council which
is responsible for the governance associated with technology
Leadership Sound Bites
standards.
• Only personnel within IT to
 Application Portfolio Management - Chaired the Application
receive 3 Enterprise CIO
Portfolio Management Council for Raytheon. This council was
Excellence Awards in a 5 year
responsible for the creation and execution of the Application
period.
Portfolio Strategy to reduce the number of systems by 40%
• Out of 3000 IT personnel, a social
that have been identified by the business architecture that do
networking analysis deduced that
not drive revenue or strategy and that contribute to expense.
I was the #3 person in IT that
The strategy also encompasses transition plans of existing
people went to with new ideas or
systems to the future state and took into account a pragmatic
with challenges to be solved.
perspective while weighing costs, current state business gaps,
and personnel costs.
 Emerging Technology - Chaired the Raytheon Emerging Technology Team to drive innovation throughout the
enterprise to enable future business capabilities.
Outsourcing - Simplification
 Oversaw the $500M IT Sourcing effort to ensure it aligned to the IT objectives of common business processes
and simplification. Led the development and infrastructure resources to ensure successful transition from
internal systems to hosted systems.
Application Development – Shared Services
 Based upon the Technology Strategy, led the initial development and enterprise deployment for the following
key shared services platforms: mobile (iOS/Android portal, SOA, enterprise content management, enterprise
search, and social collaboration.
 Enterprise Portal - Oversaw and led the execution and delivery of an enterprise wide portal to enable
collaboration that is aligned with the business strategy of “Win Anywhere, Work Anywhere”. The portal
supported all 6 Lines of Businesses for 3rd party, partners, and employee based capabilities.
Infrastructure Engineering
 Based upon the Technology Strategy, drove the initial development and enterprise deployment for the
following key shared technology platforms: virtualized desktops, cloud based storage, and server virtualization.
 Infrastructure Standards - Defined Enterprise Infrastructure Standards; LAN, Security, Citrix, Storage, Active
Directory, Net Mgt., DNS.
 HA Infrastructure & Consolidation - Implemented “High-Availability” Infrastructure & Systems Model and
Metrics. Consolidated 3000+ servers by 50%.
 Desktop Standardization - Standardized on Desktops, Laptops, Servers, OS & Business Software across the
Corporation. Saved $2M
Global Security Model
 Implemented Global Security Model, Active Directory, Single Sign-on, CheckPoint Firewall, and PKI.
Business Intelligence
 Created and deployed an Enterprise Business Intelligence strategy that enabled enterprise operational
reporting of key performance metrics for supply chain, engineering, finance, and manufacturing. The data
integration strategy incorporated external partners, 3rd parties, and government agencies.
Enterprise Application Strategies
 SAP Strategy - Formulated and oversaw the 5 year SAP ERP technology strategy. Partnered with key leadership
team member to ensure that the global enterprise rollout of SAP across the enterprise was successful.
Symantec | Waltham, MA
2004 – 2006
Global leader in information security providing a broad range of software and security appliances for individuals, small/medium size businesses, and large
enterprises secure and manage the IT infrastructure. Symantec conducts operations in 35 countries with 5,300 worldwide employees and generated annual
revenues of $2.5 billion in 2004.
Sr. Director, Strategy and Enterprise Architecture
Challenged by CIO to lead the creation of the Enterprise IT Strategy
and Enterprise Architecture functions within a company in hypergrowth mode.
Also includes governance, standards, and strategy related to
applications, infrastructure, data, and security in support of
distribution and support of company products and information
systems.
SNAPSHOT
 Organizational lead for IT Strategy &
Enterprise Architecture with 4 personnel.
 Report to Enterprise CIO.
 Managed technology portfolio of $250M.
 Acquired Veritas Corporation that was
equivalent size as Symantec with a very
divergent business model.
Monitored relevant technology threats, trends, risks, and
opportunities involving enterprise issues to the corporation.
IT & Technology Strategy
 Formed the FY06 IT Strategy by working with my Business Partners and IT Partners to ensure that IT objectives
are aligned to the Business Strategy and are providing value and innovation to the business.
 Designed a 5-year technology roadmap for the enterprise that encompassed the Sales, Marketing, E-Business,
HR, Finance, Engineering and IT organizations. Required building relationships, communicating, and
understanding the business needs.
Enterprise Architecture & Standards
 Instituted a Technology & Architecture Office that provided technical vision and governance for project based
architecture and standards across the organization. Team consisted of a core group of enterprise architects
along with a matrix based architecture team from across the lines of businesses and IT departments.
 Created several governance structures that oversaw architecture reviews, emerging technologies, standards
(application, security, infrastructure, and data).
 Technology Selection - Established Technology Selection Governance, Project Management Office, Enterprise
Licensing and Increased SLAs.
Disaster Recover
 Established and led implementation of Best Practice Disaster Recovery Center & Business Continuity Planning
& Testing.
E-Commerce
 Created and implemented an e-commerce strategy to support a high volume content distribution website that
is tops in the industry for software distribution.
BPM & App Integration & Information Integration
 Formulated and executed against an integration strategy of Business Process Management, Enterprise
Application Integration, and Enterprise Information Integration to enable the business and break away from an
application-centric approach to operation.
Data Strategy
 Instantiated a Data Strategy that supported data distribution across all applications, business partners, business
processes, and reporting needs. This consisted of a common customer, product, and order data models.
Developed technical and architectural vision and innovation. Established company-wide interoperability.
JP Morgan Invest LLC. | Boston, MA
2001 – 2004
Online, self-clearing domestic retail broker/dealer - member of NYSE, NASD & other principal exchanges - wholly-owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 450 employees & consultants - offices in Boston, Tampa & Kansas City.
Chief Technology Officer, Director of Client Services
Development
Brought on by CIO to transition incumbent consulting company out,
bring trading website live, and recruit an application/engineering
organization to support and build out new capabilities.
Promoted to CTO after only 6 months due to successful go live of
website.
Established company-wide interoperability standards and ensured
compliance with JP Morgan Chase standards.
SNAPSHOT
 Organizational lead for Technology Strategy
and Application Development/Engineering
with 75 personnel.
 Report to CIO.
 Managed budget of $40M.
 Successfully created a 2nd Line of Business
leveraging assets from initial Line of Business
within 9 months.
Enterprise Architecture
 Created Technology Office that aligned the architectural and technical vision to the enterprise project portfolio,
supported reusability, decreased time to market, increased quality, and reduced cost.
 Key participant on JP Morgan Chase multiple Architecture and Engineering boards.
 Application Implementation & Strategy - Evolved rigid silo based application model to a flexible J2EE distributed
model via Enterprise Application Integration strategy.
Vendor Management
 Developed a Vendor Management Office to consolidate buying power. Established metrics, best practices, and
standardized SLA’s across vendors.
Information Management
 Defined and implemented an Enterprise Information Strategy to across multiple data sources generating realtime Key Performance Metrics.
 Data Warehouse – managed the implementation of an ODS and Data Warehouse for the Operations and
Marketing organization. Team consisted of both internal and external resources.
Application Development & Infrastructure Engineering
 BrownCo.com and JPMorganInvest.com websites – designed and constructed application and infrastructure,
managed all operational needs, sites support over 170,000 retail brokerage customers 24x7.
 Created a back-office trading & clearing platform that is leveraged across JP Morgan Chase & Co. for trading and
clearing equity trades. This included the following capabilities: SOA, and workflow management.
 Web Site Performance - Created the Performance Management Enhancement Committee that raised
performance/availability of the web site and dependent systems from being ranked 10th to 3rd on independent
3rd-party measurement platforms.
 Data Center Build-Out - Designed and developed construction of a $5 million remote disaster recovery site,
successful tested in 90 days.
Sourcing
 Created and implemented a sourcing strategy using on-shore and off-shore resources. Implemented out-sourcing
strategy with a 3rd-party firm that spanned both maintenance and project development initiatives.
Prior Positions Held
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Shoplink, Inc. – Chief Technology Officer & VP Development
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Independent Consultant – Project Management, Architect, Application Developer, QA
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US Navy – Nuclear Health Physicist
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Education
Juris Doctorate | New England School of Law
Bachelor of Science in Accounting | City University, Bellevue WA
Certifications: TOGAF, FEAF, DODAF, Six Sigma