Finance, IT, Vendor Management & Business Operations executive with passion for maximizing the value of an enterprise's Operations and IT investments. Leveraging my 20+ years of Finance and IT Governance leadership positions at VMWare, Apple, Cisco, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. I'm a hand's on, roll-up-the-sleaves leader with track record of achieving results, business partnership, hiring and building effective teams. Specialties: Financial Management, IT CFO, Portfolio Management, External Benchmarking, Complex Vendor Management Relationships, Operations Management, IT Outsourcing, IT Service Costing / Optimization and IT Governance Practices

Senior Finance Director - Global Operations, IT, Real Estate and Corporate Functions @ Finance leader for VMware's Corporate Functions (IT, Operations, HR, Legal, Real Estate and Finance functions representing 25% of the VMware's operating spend), overall VMWare CapEx governance and Data Center Economic's teams. Built a high performance global team (US and India) and supported our business partners with programs such as cross functional portfolio management, implementation of an IT services cost tool, global labor optimization, SAP program accounting, as well as supporting our business partner teams with excellent financial planning and analysis support. Supported the CFO/COO and CIO in Chief of Staff roles to help make them more effective in managing their teams. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) Palo Alto, CaFinance Director - IT CFO @ IT CFO responsible for Finance support of VMware's IT team. Implemented improved IT governance efforts to better align costs with decision makers, improved asset management and overall IT investment governance. Built a high performance, client focused team as well as leveraged an extended India finance support staff for overall efficiency. From April 2013 to September 2013 (6 months) Palo Alto, CaManaging Director - IT Governance and Effectiveness @ Management Consultant with expertise/experience in assisting organizations mature their processes in the areas of IT Finance, IT Governance, Portfolio Management, Technology Vendor Mgmt, Service Costing, Benchmarking, and IT Performance Management. Engagements include: IT Planning & Governance support @ Broadcom; assistance with a technology start-up in developing their business plan; Development of a marketing research paper for an IT Services Costing vendor (Apptio); Various IT governance efforts at Silicon Valley Bank including: improving overall IT asset management efficiencies, key vendor contracts negotiations, IT resource capacity vs demand mgmt, service cost strategy/reporting and IT governance organization strategy. stepLADDERpartners.com From September 2011 to April 2013 (1 year 8 months) Redwood City, CaDirector, Enterprise Portfolio Management @ Responsibility for maximizing value on a strategic "transform the business" investment portfolio at Cisco (sponsored by our CFO and COO). Key activities include: ensuring funding for multi-year cross functional investments, on-going portfolio management, and post go-live benefits realization tracking. From July 2010 to August 2011 (1 year 2 months) Director, IT Vendor Managment @ Responsible for complex IT Vendor relationships (outsourcing, enterprise software, network service providers, desktop products, etc) that support IT architecture and budget objectives. Most vendor relationships also had reciprocal "balance of trade" complexities given they were large Cisco customers (requiring mature vendor relationship management to not disrupt the Cisco sell-to side). Improved overall vendor management organization productivity and governance processes (e.g., vendor risk management, scorecarding, classification, etc.). Established/lead an external benchmarking function to help various Cisco teams accelerate operational improvements. From 2005 to 2010 (5 years) IT CFO / Finance Director & CIO Chief of Staff @ Responsible for Financial Controller duties as well as Business Operations (e.g., chief of staff) for Cisco's CIO. Financial support responsibility grew from From 1997 to 2005 (8 years) Associate Director @ From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Finance and IT Manager Roles @ Variety of Finance (General Accounting, Group Financial Analysis, Division Finance), IT Planning/Business Operations and SAP Program Mgmt roles with increasing responsibility in the US and Europe. From 1984 to 1995 (11 years)

B.S., Economics & Business Admin @ Lewis and Clark College Michael Bender is skilled in: Managerial Finance, Business Planning, Vendor Management, Outsourcing, Program Management, Business Process..., Strategy, IT Strategy, Portfolio Management, Cross-functional Team..., Budgets, Governance, Operations Management, Management Consulting, IT Service Management, Enterprise Software, Leadership, Strategic Sourcing, SaaS, Executive Management, Information Technology, Business Development, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Cloud Computing, Change Management, Team Building, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, IT Management, Project Planning, Business Analysis, Project Portfolio..., ERP, Finance, IT Outsourcing, Team Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Transformation, SAP, Business Process, Professional Services, Product Management, Start-ups, Networking, Financial Management..., Negotiation, Cisco Technologies, Forecasting, Managed Services