Greg Zuccarini
Job title: Making Strategy Work ™
Short Biography
A highly experienced strategist with over 25 years of expertise, I specialize in developing and executing organizational strategy, connecting it to tangible results through Lean and systems thinking. My proven track record encompasses project portfolio management, business architecture, strategic risk management, and financial modelling. I have a deep understanding of SAAS products for both project portfolio management and strategic HR solutions. I am passionate about leading high-performance teams to achieve organizational goals and have extensive experience leading complex projects, including big data initiatives, legacy to cloud transformations, and Business Process Re-engineering, now enhanced with AI and RPA.
My qualifications and certifications include:
• MSc Strategic Management, Post-Graduate Diploma in Strategic Planning (Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University)
• Hons BComm - Investment & Finance; Management Information Systems (University of South Africa)
• BSc - Mathematics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Statistics, Microbiology (University of Natal)
• Scenario Planning - Thinking and Acting with Scenarios (TAS) (Centre For Innovative Leadership (CILN))
• Certified SAFe® 6 Lean Portfolio Manager (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
• SAP Project Delivery (ACT 100, 200, CHaRM, Sol Manager, etc.)
• Certified Project Risk Manager (CPRM) (PMI)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) (PMI)
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner (APMG International)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner (APMG International)
• TOGAF® Certification (The Open Group)
• NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) (Stratagem Training Services)
Motivation
I'm highly motivated to join Projects & Co.'s provider network. Your collaborative approach, bringing together leading experts for exceptional results, strongly resonates with my own beliefs. I'm particularly impressed by your focus on building clients' strategic execution capabilities, a key differentiator that aligns perfectly with my skills and experience. My background in business, IT, and strategy development and planning provides a valuable, integrated perspective that I can best utilize within a collaborative team environment like Projects & Co. I'm confident my strengths are well-suited to your approach, and I'm eager to contribute to and learn from your network's global expertise. I believe we can achieve significant impact for clients by working together.
Companies worked for
• Rainmakers PMIS Pty Ltd t/a Making Strategy Work™: Director, focus on strategy execution alignment, design and planning, related AI agent development; and strategy execution and strategic HRM SaaS products and implementation consulting. Project portfolio management capability maturity improvement (SAFe LPM, Hybrid). Complex strategic Programme and Project management initiation.
• Old Mutual Limited: Multiple Business & Digital Transformation for business and IT migrations, transversal process management, Oracle Global Hire to Retire HR system upgrade; governance, risk and compliance.
• IQbusiness South Africa: Strategy Implementation, executed M&A initiatives, post M&A integrations and benefit realization; and global financial reporting consolidation system migration, architecture for multiple corporate clients.
• Woolworths: Strategic Value Chain Transformation Execution
• City of Cape Town: Supply Chain Capability Maturity Improvement, enhanced supply chain maturity. Strategic& Operational Risk Management.
• Dimension Data: Project Portfolio Management for consolidated managed and optimized client project portfolios, IaaS, ITIL4 etc.
• The Shoprite Group of Companies: Business & IT Transformation: SAP S4 Hana upgrade staff competency, SAP Success Factors,
• Liberty Group South Africa: Research and Gap Analysis. Strategic& Operational Risk Management. Execute Corporate Strategy & Regulatory Changes across multiple SBU’s
• Global Employee Management Solutions Plc: Director, led execution of global employee management solutions and country partnerships with private and public sector across Africa.
• Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (Retail): Senior Manager: Middle Market , contributed to customer-centric strategic initiatives.
• Nedbank: Manager, Strategic Planning, focused on strategic BI, analysis, facilitation, planning and reporting.
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