luis cordero

Corporate IT Advisor

About

Accomplished, visionary Professional with over 30 years in Information Technology and extensive experience in managing IT operations at the executive level; ranked among top five percent of CIOs in Venezuela, and among top 25 CIOs in Latin America (IT Manager Magazine). Outstanding record of leading corporations to profitability, with demonstrated ability to excel in a broad variety of industries, environments, and cultures. Exceptional organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with fluency in English and Spanish, as well as a strong working knowledge of French. Specialties: banking and telco

Country

United States

City

Fort Lauderdale

Industry

Banking

Skill

project management, Core Banking, Call Center, IT Management, IT Operations, IT Strategy, Budgeting, Payment Systems, Consultancy, Banking, Budgets, Project Management, Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Risk Management, Program Management, Product Management, Executive Management, Disaster Recovery

Experience

Corporate IT Advisor

Grupo Finaciero Ficohsa

2015-6 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

Cio

Banco León

2011 - 2014 · 3 yrs

● CIO reporting to the COO ● Implemented four IT strategic focus to support Bank’s Strategic Map ● Implemented a telecommunication network with high availability ( >99.7%) ● Reduced It costs in 15% ( 30% in telco) ● Reorganized development to achieve best practices in short term ● Implemented score card in all IT units to manage and measure initiatives That support the Bank’s Strategic Map ● Established SLA with all vendors ● Implemented SLA with IT internal Bank’s customers

EXECUTIVE IT CONSULTANT

fitconsulting

2009-7 - 2011-12 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Executive IT consultant to banks and retail companies in general. IT consultant to the bank’s president Collaborate with investors in implementing new business opportunities abroad.

Corporate CIO

Confederado Banpro Bolivar Banks

2006-1 - 2009-12 · 4 yrs

Corporate CIO ● US$ 30 million budget for the 3 banks ● Established strategic technology plan ● Monetary conversion readiness ● Implemented common fraud detection system ● Implemented information security organization ● Established correspondence service for clients of the three banks ● Implemented projects to achieve cost reductions via synergy.

board member

isc

2006 - 2006

Executive Vicepresident Technology and Operations

Banco de Venezuela

1997 - 2005 · 8 yrs

● Administer US$60 million budget for IT department with 175 employees. ● Upgraded 333 branches to new Finesse 2000 platform, and directed numerous major projects, such as: -Intranet -Change of core to Altamira - Merge Banco Caracas into Banco de Venezuela’s platform -Home Banking -Y2K Readiness -Corporate Banking -Call Center with CTI - Fraud Detection Systems -Telecommunications / Telephony Outsourcing -Middleware (Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, MicroBase) -New Product Development and Implementation (8 per year)

CIO

CANTV

1994 - 1997 · 3 yrs

Drove organization’s IT department rating to third highest among all GTE companies.

cio

banco la guaira

1980 - 1990 · 10 yrs

● Installed third Grupo Mendoza computer center serving the financial sector. ● Provided “private cashier”, “integrated cashier”, self-service terminals, and “one-touch” platform by reengineering commercial branches; launched first debit card for supermarket, department store, and gas station POS (Banco La Guaira). ● Implemented integrated customer file system enabling online loans, credits, checking accounts, savings accounts, discounts, and credit card and customer risk management (Banco La Guaira). ● Developed credit card system to support worldwide VISA operations; created a customer service center to provide online check clearing, transfers, payments, and inquiries based on the integrated customer database.