Tom Butler
About
Tom Butler is from Hudson, Ohio, United States. Tom works in the following industries: "Information Technology and Services". Tom is currently IT Director, Cloud at Progressive Insurance, located in Mayfield Village, OH. In Tom's previous role as a IT Director, Enterprise Technology Services, Infrastructure Engineering & Delivery at Progressive Insurance, Tom worked in Mayfield Village, OH until Jan 2018. Prior to joining Progressive Insurance, Tom was a IT Group Manager, Enterprise Technology Services, Strategic Planning at Progressive Insurance and held the position of IT Group Manager, Enterprise Technology Services, Strategic Planning at Mayfield Village, OH. Prior to that, Tom was a Director, IT and Business Management Chromite at Cliffs Natural Resources, based in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area from Jan 2010 to Jan 2013. Tom started working as VP, Director of Technology Architecture, Wealth Management at PNC Bank in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area in Jan 2006. From Jan 2002 to Jan 2006, Tom was Asst. VP, Systems and Integration Engineering Manager at PNC, based in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area. Prior to that, Tom was a IT Manager, Web Application Development at PNC, based in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area from Jan 1996 to Jan 2002.
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Tom Butler's current jobs
In my current position as IT Director, Cloud, I lead a centralized enterprise cloud team with a staff of 150+ people. I define and execute the enterprise cloud strategy as well as private cloud and infrastructure automation strategies to drive operational efficiencies. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Develop and drive the enterprise cloud vision including launching of a “cloud talent factory.” ► Established an exciting culture of learning and experimentation by spearheading a new enterprise cloud team to redefine customer engagement. Implemented new customer-centric, guiding principles and transformed infrastructure delivery. ► Defined enterprise cloud adoption KPIs to track progress and show value. ► Reduced time to provision infrastructure from weeks to minutes and achieved improved operational efficiency and lower TCO through standardization and automation.
Tom Butler's past jobs
In this IT Director position, I navigated the organization through new technology changes to advance technology capabilities and drive the Enterprise Technology Service Mission. I led a staff of 200+ people across Cleveland and Colorado locations and established a new Cloud Engineering Team to address emerging demand. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Provided cloud infrastructure and engineering support to drive the first major core business application leveraging Public Cloud, the cloud-based Claims CC360 initiative. ► Transformed a department by fostering a strong intrapreneurial spirit and advancing engineering practices in partnership with Case Western University. ► Enabled effective cooperation between Data Scientist Teams and IT, to overcome traditional IT department structure, by partnering with key business leaders to establish a DevOps approach for Data Scientists and IT Resources. ► Empowered successful restart of a vendor contract by partnering with Claims IT and Business Leaders to address vendor technical issues.
During my time as IT Group Manager, I oversaw strategic planning and handled platform ownership for critical IT infrastructure including Network, Distributed Computing, Mainframe Computing, Storage, Database, and Data Center. I managed leadership development, development plans, performance assessments, and compensation for managers and staff. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Drove a major cost savings project in annual vendor license costs by implementing a mainframe database query accelerator solution that also dramatically improved user response time.. ► Launched the new enterprise class Java/Linux/Oracle technology platform by directing the team as project sponsor. ► Led cross-functional team to create new the ‘Critical Defect Outage Swat’ playbook approach to improve communication and service restoration time for critical, enterprise-wide outages. ► Conducted 1-on-1 leadership coaching and boosted individual development.
While with Cliffs Natural Resources, I was promoted from initial hire as IT Program Manager to Director, IT and Business Management Chromite. I led cross-organizational teams to deliver critical business initiatives including integration of several U.S. and Canada-based corporate acquisitions. I also oversaw IT strategy, implementation, and supported a greenfield capital project in N. Ontario for startup of the Chromite Business Unit. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Led 200+ U.S. and Canadian Project Teams to integrate Quebec-based corporate acquisition to Cliff’s standard business model across all business units within 6 months. ► Directed strategy and implementation, in close collaboration with Business Unit leaders, of all IT infrastructure to support new renewable energy business startup operations in N. Michigan. ► Spearheaded Technical Integration Team to convert all IT infrastructure, applications, and operations for corporate acquisition of mining operation in W. Virginia.
In my role as VP, Director of Technology Architecture, Wealth Management for PNC, I oversaw all IT application and infrastructure products and services within Wealth Management Business Unit. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Integral part in architecting, implementing, and providing operational support for 1st major online banking system based on SaaS solution and supporting 500K+ customers. Partnered with Wealth Management Business Senior Managers to define strategy and execute RFP for new product offering.
During my time as Assistant Vice President, I led the infrastructure and system engineering team responsible for delivery of infrastructure and integration solutions for IT projects across all business departments. I managed up to 75 internal/contractor resources. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Built new IT Department from the ground up to fill gap in IT service delivery. Redesigned IT systems development and project management methodology for 1,200+ Technology Dept.
In this role, I managed new software/application development team of approximately 30 resources responsible for design and programming of pioneer internet application products across business units. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Drove web development and internet to build business applications as a new way - at that time - of conducting business.