Al Elston's Contact Details

Al Elston's Company Details

Gold Standard Management Consulting

Westlake Village, California, United States • 11 - 50 Employees
Information Technology and Services

Over 25 years experience delivering key technology solutions focused onimproving financial health, business process realignment and growth of the organizations that have engaged us.Experience working with some of the largest banks in the US. Developed innovative solutions that tracked multi-billion dollar institutional trades to achieve automated next day reconciliation of all trade positions and improved security pricing practices.Led the turnaround team at Transamerica which cut millions in OPEX costs and allowed for a favorable sale to Aegon. Expert level proficiency leading successful global system implementations across 8 industries +20 countries with more than 30 languages. Held key leadership positions in Entertainment / Retail / Mortgage / Dotcom / Banking / Insurance / Internet Marketing / Merchant Services.Subject Matter Experts in Finance & Supply Chain Systems________________________________________________________________________________________________Interim CIO ServicesIT GovernanceFinancial Systems Audit Risk evaluation and readinessI.T. Strategy / Vision & Roadmap DevelopmentBusiness AlignmentPortfolio ManagementArchitectureTechnology PlanningStrategic SourcingVendor ManagementRFI/RFP/Balanced Scorecard ProcessOutsourcing and OffshoringCompetitive AnalysisCloud and Virtualization ProjectsContract NegotiationsProcess Management/ImprovementSupply ChainITILProgram Management OfficeProject ManagementMetrics and ScorecardsIT / Business CommunicationsIT OperationsProject RescueOrganizational Change ManagementSecurity, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity________________________________________________________________________________________________Available for Interim Assignments or Long Term Engagements