Chas R. Mullins - COP
17 E. 65th Terrace, Kansas City, MO
Cell – (816) 213-1171 website: themullinsgroup.net
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SVP/VP ~ Senior Global Business Services Executive
Specialties: Global Executive Management and Leadership, Corporate Development, Change Management, Digital Transformation, Cloud Strategy, Blockchain Technology, Market Positioning, P&L Management, SaaS, Account Management, Outsourcing Advisory, Managed Services, Consultative Solution Sales, Staffing, Global Operations
------QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY ------
Senior Global Business Services Executive and Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) who consistently demonstrates ability to meet managerial/sales requirements
Contributed strong management and operational skills during a period of significant growth with numerous national Retail, Public Sector, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Private Equity, Media/Entertainment and Telecom companies
Increased sales(Leadership & Individual Contributor Capacity) for multiple companies ranging from 50% to more than 150% YOY
Identified & evaluated opportunities that supported the company’s strategic acquisition plans
Effective and proficient presenter of vision and solutions to C-level executives in multiple industries
Consultative and collaborative teamwork with customers, clients and team members involved in the creation and sales of customer solutions/services and the GTM strategies
Directed, coached and managed high performing direct global sales team of 20+ that maintained on-going global account relationships with 50+ customers
Effective management of operational/sales staff, program/project management office engagements and account management strategies through strong organizational, planning and follow-through skills
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Cloud Strategy/Ecosystem / XaaS Solutions Development (SaaS, IaaS, BPaaS, PaaS)Corporate Strategy Development
Application/InfrastructureManaged Services / Implementing/Managing IT Systems
Staffing and Recruiting
Alliance Channel Development/Mgmt / Digital Workplace/Customer
Developing Outsourcing Strategies / Building & Maintaining International Client Relationships
Develop/Implementing AccountStrategies / Identification & Evaluation of Global Acquisitions
PMO Design & Management / Structuring Service Level Agreements/Legal Contracts
Developing/Executing Strategic Plans / Business Development Strategies
Sourcing Strategy Development / Partnering Strategy Development
Global Business Strategy Development / Outsourcing (BPO, ITO, FAO)
Organizational Change Management / Alliance Development/Management
Portfolio Management / Governance Development/Management
Affiliations
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) - Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP)
APICS – Certified Integrated Resource Management
Outsourcing Institute
Board of Directors (APICS – VP of Finance)
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Professional Expériences
Independent Consultant – 2015 – 2017
- Outsourcing/Managed Services Advisory Services
I providesourcing, process, personnel and technology advisory services to clients that needed a high level of expertise to realign these functions to the current economic conditions in today’s market and their strategic initiatives. I provided enterprise business and outsourcing advisory services to clients that have these existing issues and require executive leadership to implement these global initiatives.
Consulting (1099) roles unless otherwise indicated,include:
- Crossover At Work – Executive Vice President
Crossover is a Global Sourcing as a Service company that has been business since 2014 and has helped companies find the best and the brightest personnel across 60 business functions that include, but not limited to; IT, software development, finance, M&A, HR and engineering. We find these personnel in 84 countries such as the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Russia Federation, Ukraine and Mediterranean countries.
My role was to increase the company’s revenues and brand by utilizing my background in sales, business development, relationship management and business process optimization. In the first 90 days I accomplished the following:
- Developed GSaaS (Global Sourcing as a Service) brand to differentiate Crossover in the marketplace
- Developed MaaS (Monitoring as a Service) GTM strategy
- Identified new client facing solutions around the WorkSmart Productivity tool
- Developed several alliance/sales channels & strategies that enabled large $10M+ opportunities with MSP’s, Management Consulting Firms and Outsourcing/Managed Services Associations
- Brought multiple deals to Crossover, the largest was $12M-$22M for 160-310 personnel opportunity
- Trained sales team on solution selling process in order to increase client footprint
- Developed Value Propositions and Marketing Collateral
- Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) – Independent Consulting Firm/Platform
Gerson Lehrman Group is a New-York based consulting firm that describes itself as "platform for professional learning," or "a learning membership” connecting businesspeople trying to solve problems to experts that can solve them. I advise global clients on sourcing, process, personnel, technology issues and provideexperiential insights, IT/global services thought leadershipand recommendenterprisesolutions into these areas.
- UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine – Senior PMO/IT Advisor
David Geffen Scholl of Medicine has 26 independently operated IT infrastructures across their departments and their current platforms don't support their future business model that is needed in today's changing market.
I lead three enterprise wide initiatives to support the future business model; 1) the infrastructure as a service initiative, 2) planning the implementation of AWS across multiple departments, 3) the planning of the data migration to the San Diego Data Center.
My role is to lead the business in setting the departments expectations in increasing their project management maturity across all departments, managing vendors, creating Infrastructure as a service solution, creating an internal service catalog solution, building out a Business Management Organization (PMO), completing department charters, project plans and resource plans to ensure a successful completion of these programs over the next 2-3 years.
During this time, I moved from Seattle, WA to Kansas City, MO to focus as care giver to my father until his passing as I delivered on these consulting engagements.
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Avanade, Inc.– Seattle, WA - 2011 – 2015
- Global Director – Outsourcing/Managed Services Solutions Development
Global Practice Leader responsible for growing a global portfolio of annuity revenue based on XaaS solutions (SaaS, IaaS, BPaaS, PaaS, MaaS), BPO/ITO, application/infrastructure managed services, product management, AMS/ADM, testing, blockchain technology, cloudstrategy development and digital workplace/customer initiatives. The position wasresponsible for outlining the definition and business case development of assigned solutions as well as assisting with sales planning and evangelization to ensure solution uptake.
This role was fundamentally a business innovator, owning the ROI, the roadmap for the investment and coordinating all the dependent organizational functions (sales, marketing, staffing, recruiting, global delivery, training) for successful release of the assigned solutions to market, this included working with our service line marketing team to develop the service line solutions go to market messaging and strategies to our clients.
Responsibilities included the communicating and collaborating effectively with our global regions to identify solution trends, customer demands, and work with different internal teams to incubate and grow the solutions. Also, lead the Global Collaboration Managed Services (SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, Azure) solution team and increased sales from $10MM to over $146MM in four years (YOY avg. of 97%) and was part of the Global Managed Services leadership team that grew sales from $200MM in FY11 to over a $1B in FY15 (YOY avg. of 60%).
The Mullins Group, LLC – Kansas City, MO – 2001 – 2011
- President – Outsourcing/Managed Services Advisory Services
The Mullins Group, LLC (TMG) is focused on providing strategic business/sourcing advisory services, development & coordination of strategic & operational planning processes. TMG has advised on BPO/ITO, digital transformation, XaaS solutions (SaaS, IaaS, BPaaS, PaaS, GSaaS, MaaS), AMS/ADM, testing, portfolio management, strategic planning initiatives, staffing, recruiting, blockchain technology, merger & acquisitions leadership, developing/managing alliance channels, developing cloud strategies, application/infrastructure managed services. TMG has advised clients across the following industries; Retail, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Media & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Insurance, Hi-Tech and Financial Services.
These clients have current sourcing, process, personnel or technology issues that need a high level of expertise to realign these functions to the current economic conditions in today’s market and their strategic initiatives. TMG provides enterprise business and outsourcing advisory services to clients that have these existing issues and require executive leadership to implement these global initiatives.
Consulting (1099) roles unless otherwise indicated,include but not limited to:
- Western Auto – Senior Outsourcing Advisor
- InterPro (Start-Up, W2 Employee) – Senior Vice President of Sales
- KATSI (W2 Employee) – Executive Vice President of Sales
- Bain & Company – Senior Outsourcing Advisor
- Ads on Wheels (Start-Up) – Managing Partner/Chief Development Officer
- Rush Tracking Systems (Start-Up) – Vice President
- Triple-I– Vice President of Professional Services
- McKinsey & Company – Senior Outsourcing Advisor
- Embarq (now Century Link) – Senior Outsourcing Advisor
- CIGNA – Senior Outsourcing Advisor
- Gorman One (Start-Up, W2 Employee) – Senior Vice President of Business Operations
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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (W2 Employee) – Los Angeles, CA – 2007 – 2008
- Director- Outsourcing/Shared Services Advisory Services (OAS)
Practice Leader of the Southern California OAS Practice with responsibilities that included outsourcing solution development and market strategy for the region, portfolio management of the firm’s regional strategic initiatives, strategy alignment with the national OAS practice and led the integration of OAS management consulting and organizational development competencies into PricewaterhouseCooper’s business lines.
Worked with PwC’s International OAS organization and cross lines of service practices to develop & coordinate a seamless business development team, developed BPO/ITO, developed Client Cloud Strategies,XaaS solutions (SaaS, IaaS, BPaaS, PaaS) and management of a 20+ personnel delivery organization that enabled a global go to market strategy, increased account penetration and greater revenues for the firm. Integral part of the Finance &Account Outsourcing solution group that developed a go to market strategy that achieved the #1 ranking in FAO Advisors by The Black Book of Outsourcing.
neoIT (W2 Employee)– San Ramon, CA – 2005 - 2007
- Global Managing Director – Outsourcing Advisory Services
Global Managing Director & Practice Leader with responsibilities for developing new outsourcing advisory service offerings in the Retail, Media & Entertainment, Insurance, CPG and Engineering global industries, managing client acquisitions & retention and building a client service delivery practice to ensure a seamless sales cycle and client strategy roadmap to steady state delivery model.
Additional responsibilities include building relationships with global service providers, staff development in areas of sales and program management to ensure sustainable firm expansion to achieve double digit revenue and increased client base. Lead the sales team in doubling the firm’s revenue stream in one calendar year and delivering a full life cycle F&A offshoring engagement for a Fortune 200 Media & Entertainment client and successfully managed that multi-million-dollar project for the client.
Computer Sciences Corp.– St. Louis, MO - 2000 – 2000
- Director – Business Development/Account Management
Practice Leader responsible for business & account management strategies development, internal marketing strategy development, enterprise solution sales (ERP), developing outsourcing (ITO, BPO, FAO) solutions, developing client program/project management office initiatives, consulting/implementation of customer centric solutions and account collections of professional services for CSC clients that increased customer retention, company brand and revenues. Responsibilities included identifying, qualifying, developing and implementing industry/account strategies, as well as developing an internal business development team to pursue national and global clients.
Responsible for managing multiple office locations for numerous verticals and was responsible for sales, business development and service delivery group of 50+ personnel (directly & matrix) that attained an annual revenue stream of $40 million.
IBM Corporation – Kansas City, MO - 1997 – 1999
- Global Sales/Marketing Executive – Worldwide ERP Retail Solutions Group
Global Practice Executive in the Worldwide ERP Solutions Group with overall responsibility of business strategies development, marketing, enterprise solution sales, outsourcing strategies development, consulting/implementation of professional services (BPO, ITO, SCM, ERP, CRM, QA, ITE, Risk & Compliance, Governance) for IBM global clients in the Retail Industry.
Responsible for identifying, developing and implementing account strategies for the global retail clients, managing 40+ personnel (directly & matrix), and managing annual revenue stream of approximately $75 million.
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Ernst & Young, LLP – Kansas City, MO - 1995 – 1997
- Global Account Executive for Wal-Mart’s Information Services Division
Global Account Executive for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with overall responsibility of identifying, scoping, managing and monitoring client engagements and expectations with responsibilities that included global business strategy sessions to define domestic and international opportunities with executive management, assisting management with enterprise solutions (BPO, ITO, SCM, ERP, CRM, QA, ITE, Risk & Compliance, Governance).
Provided the personnel required for each project, managed multiple proposal/engagements efforts and provided thought leadership & account relationship management to the overall global Wal-Mart business plan. Responsible for identifying and implementing industry/account strategies to open this account to professional services, managing 80+ project personnel and increasing annual revenues from zero to over $4 million in the first year.
Deloitte, LLP - Kansas City, MO - 1994 – 1995
- Managed a $250 million Food Services automation project from defining requirements through software package integration phases for the Los Angeles Unified School District
Project Director responsible for the automation of food service divisions for the 600 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District with responsibilities that included managing 180+ project personnel, remote software development with 3rd party, school board presentations, day-to-day project management, software selection, implementation of RFI and RFP, supervision of project fiscal and personnel resources and overall project implementation.
Sprint Corporation – Kansas City, MO - 1989 – 1994
- Developed Information Services responsibility for the Packaging, Closing and Tracking on an International/Domestic Business Venture/Sales Opportunity from Requirements Phase through Implementation Phase
Global Director of International Ventures Organization for the mergers and acquisition of foreign telecom companies in Canada, India, Netherlands, France and Germany that resulted in the formation of the Global One business entity.
Responsibilities included IT applications review to assist in creating a combined Telco company called Global One with existing French & German Telco companies, executive management presentations, day-to-day project management, leading program management initiatives and teams (30+ personnel project teams), supervision of project fiscal and personnel resources and the pursuant of business opportunities for International and Domestic partnerships.
Education – University of Central Missouri – B.S. – Computer Information Systems