User details
DS
DS
Dayton Spencer
@dayton_spencer_kkvxwm7vv
Senior IT Consultant
Kingston, Jamaica
0Follower0Following0Mutual0Post
Member since: Jan 22, 2025Seasoned IT leader with over 20 years experience in Information Technology and Finance Industry, driving impactful change and delivering measurable results. Facilitated the migration of 200+ banking applications to Google Cloud Platform within 18 months and achieved a 50% reduction in pension processing times through digital transformation. Skilled in IT risk management, IT continuity and disaster recovery planning, and strategic test migration. Committed to leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and support organizational growth.
• Led the development of a strategic test migration plan, ensuring a structured transition for over 200 banking applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) within 18 months, enhancing operational efficiency.
• Created IT Risk Management Framework: Developed an in-depth Risk Management Framework, including IT Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, to bolster the bank's resilience and preparedness for potential disruptions.
• Designed and Implemented Automated Testing Framework: Spearheaded the creation of an automated testing framework, which led to a 70% reduction in test execution time and significantly enhanced the scope and effectiveness of testing processes.
• Spearheaded the divestment of NCB's insurance IT systems to Guardian Life Insurance Limited, ensuring continuity and integration of services within a tight 6-month timeframe.
• Reduced processing time for pensions product fulfillment by 50% within 12 months by developing and implementing a comprehensive digital transformation roadmap.
• Achieved a increase in insuarnce policy processing efficiency through Team Leadership of a diverse group transforming a legacy insurance system.
• Drove impactful business outcomes by mentoring business analysts, business and initiative owners on agile methodologies, enhancing team collaboration .
• Led a comprehensive digital transformation strategy over 18 months, creating a seamless user experience that improved client engagement and loyalty.
• Drove successful cross-border collaboration among over 20 analysts within 12 months, resulting in streamlined business solution design and testing for the entire JMMB group.
• Orchestrated the re-engineering of business processes 18 months, aligning organizational objectives with customer journey insights to optimize service delivery.
• Improved project delivery timelines by 30% via strategic IT Project Management, ensuring solutions met business requirements and expectations.
• Increased the speed of delivery by through the development and implementation of innovative operating models for rapid application development (RAD).
• Facilitated the successful launch of JMMB Commercial Bank by coordinating the design and testing of core banking system, automated clearing house and Visa debit card systems within 9 months.
• Led a team of IT change analysts and implementation officers with responsibility for developing test and deployment strategies for software and hardware infrastructure changes.
• Developed and implemented strategies and policies that govern the change, risk, quality, and release management processes that are associated with the prioritization, approval, and deployment of IT solutions.
• Developed testing and deployment strategies for enterprise-level IT solutions, including: core banking application (Finacle), credit and debit card platforms (Prime, Online, IST, ABM, POS), real-time gross settlement system (RTGS), automated clearing house (ACH), insurance policy administration, investments.
• Managed and maintained test environments to support staging of IT solutions software quality assurance and user acceptance testing of IT solutions.
• Led the design, development, testing, and implementation of a web- based application that allows for the collection of government revenue (e.g. property taxes, traffic fines) via the web. The system was implemented using a service-oriented architecture based on web- services.