Norbert Sluzewski capabilities presentation

Technology Executive

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Norbert Sluzewski

A Leader with Extensive Experience, Rich Vision, Passion for Management and Proven Track Record

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Senior-Level Executive with a blend of strategic planning, execution management and over 20 years of hands-on experience in technology, operations, business development, P&L, program management, systems architecture, innovation and organizational and IT transformation in entrepreneurial start-up and public company arenas.

Key Points

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Proven Leader and Visionary who shapes strategy and leverages technology to cost-effectively strengthen corporate performance.

Experienced Manager with a “go-to” results-oriented attitude and hands-on experience across a broad range of operating and technology disciplines.

Key Points (cont.)

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Inclusive and ParticipatoryHighly Focused on Staff Mentoring and

TrainingPrefers Guidelines Over RulesDoors Are Not Always OpenBuilds Respect First, Affinity Naturally

FollowsStrives to Develop Environment

and Culture to Support Distributed Decision Making with Accountability

Management Style

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Clearly Communicate Vision and ObjectivesProvide ResourcesRemove Obstacles

Management Expectations

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Optimal Solution FirstRespect the “Golden Rule”Exhaust Homogeneous Options Before Integrating

Heterogeneous SolutionsBaklava Security PrinciplesBig Pipe TheoryIf Customer Asks For It, We’re Too Late

Automate the Routine, Manage the

Exceptions (unified tools)Strive Toward 80/20 Strategy-to-

Support Ratio

Key Personal Guiding Principles

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AT&T(Director Strategic Advisory Services and Innovation) Developed organization of Principal Consultants

responsible for technical and strategic business advisory to company’s Fortune-100 clients

Independently provided strategy consulting to C-level executives at major clients across diverse verticals in areas of operational efficiency, financial project management, M&A, supply chain, innovation, IT resourcing and technology transformation

Creator of AT&T’s “Innovate-to-AccelerateTM” framework, process and methods to deliver innovation to clients, comprising governance, business immersion, ideation workshops and implementation tools

Key Experiences / Competencies:

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NY Life (VP Engineering, Chief Architect) Working in Highly Structured Management Organization Building A&E Organization From Ground Up Developing Engineering Foundations and Architectural

Artifacts (e.g. roadmaps) Introducing Organization to Social Media (Wikis, Blogs,

RSS, SharePoint) Implementing First Citrix XenApp System Introducing Operational Divisions Between Engineering

and Services Delivery Stabilizing and Refreshing VoIP Environment Implementing Global MPLS Network Introducing Cisco Unified Compute System Implementing Network Admission Control For Over

10,000 Nodes

Key Experiences / Competencies:

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MTM Technologies (CIO, CTO)Organizing and Operating IT OrganizationEstablishing Public Company IT and Financial

ControlsRunning M&A Due Diligence for 4 AcquisitionsDeveloping Centralized Data Processing, App

Delivery and Network Communications System for National Enterprise

Managing Team of Senior Technology Managers and Application Developers

Developing Hosted VoIP Solution For Internal Use and as Customer Solution

Key Experiences / Competencies (cont.)

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DataVox Technologies (President & CEO)Building of Successful Consulting and Integration

Practice from Ground UpManaging All Aspects of Company Operations (Finance,

Accounting, Business Development, Contracts, Customer Support and Operations)

Providing Strategy, Business and Technology Consulting to Key Enterprise Clients

Achieving Highest Degree of Expertise in Networking, VoIP, Server, Microsoft BackOffice, Citrix

Becoming Highly Expert in Data Center Design, With Dozens of Successful Data Center Design and Relocation Projects

Awarded Cisco Partner of the Year

Key Experiences / Competencies (cont.)

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Salomon Brothers (VP Network Operations)Developing Successful Strategy for Build-out of

Network Systems for 7 World Trade Center HQIntroducing and Implementing Industry First

“Salt & Pepper” Network Architecture for Trading Systems

Managing Team of 25 Network EngineersSuccessfully Migrating Data Center Operations

from NJ to Tampa, FLDeveloping Shared Office Application Access

Framework in Unix Environment for BackOffice

Key Experiences / Competencies (cont.)

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MBA TrainingDeveloped and Operated Financial Models for

$15M Private Enterprise – EBITDA Positive in Each of 12 Years

Managed $8M technology Budget at NY Life to Within Less Than 1% Variance

Financial Management

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Family with Diplomatic Corps BackgroundClassical Music Training (Cello, 8 Years); Two

Years with Yale ProfessorInternationally TravelledResides in North Stamford, CTMarried, 3 ChildrenFluent in Polish, Studied Spanish, Russian

and GermanDiverse Hobbies

Personal Background