bernard borowski

Unlocking business value from Digital Lean and Data

Bio Summary

* Outcome-Driven Business Transformation Executive / ex-BCG Management Consultant focused on Digital Process & Data for the services industries

* Supporting corporations in the development and acceleration of their digital & data transformation

* Supporting data-tech companies in the refinement and alignment of their offerings/Go-To-Market with the specific needs of large corporations.

* Acted as Chief Data Officer for shared services group

* Led client engagements / large scale global strategic programs (>10k-man-day)

* Created Value from Digitized End-to-End Processes, Use-Case-Driven Data Management, Customer Journey, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Governance

* 20+ years of industry experience in Services and Life Science industries; incl. Financial Services, Insurance, Technology Services, Management Consulting

* Expert in continuous improvement, created high performance cultures by coaching teams and executives in Lean Six Sigma. Certified as a Master Black Belt while on the prestigious GE Corporate Audit Staff

* Recent assignments include: For a global pharmaceutical company, led a large scale global program creating business value from enhanced management of Vendor data and Employee data

* Financial Operations, Data Management MDM, Payments, Treasury, Regulatory Readiness, Customer Experience, Governance, Target Operating Model, Core Model.

* Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Process and Culture, Change Acceleration, Organizational and CoE design, Outsourcing

Employment History

Senior Advisor, Independent Consultant

Digital Lean & Data Advantage Group

2019 - present

Greater New York City Area

Supporting corporations in the development and acceleration of their digital & data transformation; Supporting data-tech companies in the refinement and alignment of their offerings/GTM with the specific needs of large corpor ...see more

VP, Data Management Global Process Owner (MDM GPO)

Sanofi

2017 - 2019

Greater New York City Area

Acted as Chief Data Officer for our 5,000-people shared services group Led 15,000-man-day program that created value from data management - efficiencies, improved service levels and risk reduction. -Value from Vendor data: ...see more

VP, Deputy Head of Process Excellence and Lean

Sanofi

2016 - 2017

Greater New York City Area

Together with our Finance lead and the insightful support of BCG, jump started standing up our 5000-people shared services group, with a focus on our innovative technology roadmap. Quantified what it takes to create value fro ...see more

Principal

Boston Consulting Group - BCG

2014 - 2016

Greater New York City Area

Principal / Lean Expert for Financial Institutions in the Technology Advantage Practice Led continuous improvement / transformation programs for clients in the financial services, insurance, FinTech, telco industries

Head of Continuous Improvement Practice

Group50 Consulting + TechPar Group

2012 - 2013

Greater New York City Area

Consultant open for new projects in continuous improvement, specifically in Business Process Excellence, Lean Six Sigma, Performance Management. Workshops available for viewing by potential clients. -Developed Group50’s of ...see more

Executive Director, Finance Strategy Operations & Technology

Morgan Stanley

2011 - 2012

Greater New York City Area

Led global Efficiency & Regulatory Readiness programs across Finance function, including technology upgrade/overhaul Strategy, Operations & Technology (SOT) is a new group within Finance, drive change management, operational ...see more

Director, GE Treasury

General Electric

2007 - 2011

Greater New York City Area

Led cross-functional initiative (intercompany funding). Jump started process improvements & cleanups GE Corporate Treasury is headquartered in Stamford, CT and employs ~400 individuals globally. In 2007, GE Corporate Treasur ...see more

Manager, Cash Desk, GE Commercial Finance

General Electric

2005 - 2007

Greater New York City Area

Turned around operational performance of Cash Desk to meet customer needs. Energized team across 3 time zones. For a commercial lender, the Cash Desk is a critical 'customer touchpoint' organization. Cash Desk processes annu ...see more

BPMS Quality Leader / Finance Simplification Leader - GE Commercial Finance

General Electric

2003 - 2005

Greater New York City Area

Supported Global Controller in setting up Controllership strategy and operationalized strategy into successful execution. Stood up a Center of Excellence in India servicing Finance. CoE employs 100+ people on Accounts Reconci ...see more

Six Sigma Master Black Belt - GE Corporate Audit Staff

General Electric

2001 - 2003

Was awarded Master Black Belt Certification. Coached 20 teams/100 auditors in leveraging Six Sigma to accelerate audits, each trimester for about three years. Developed sampling approaches to meet requirements of newly passed ...see more

Six Sigma Master Black Belt - GE Money

General Electric

1999 - 2001

Paris Area, France

Launched B2B Extranet for real estate brokers and led implementation of workflow system for operations (origination) servicing mortgage lending & consumer credit businesses

Senior Internal Auditor

Unilever

1996 - 1999

United Kingdom

Led financial & operational audit assignments across Europe & from South Africa to Norway. FMCG. EMEA: Europe Middle East Africa

Financial Auditor

Arthur Andersen & Co.

1994 - 1996

Paris Area, France

Led and executed financial statutory audit assignments in the manufacturing and commercial real estate sectors.

Financial Auditor

Arthur Andersen & Co.

1992 - 1993

Tel Aviv Area, Israel

Executed financial audits, large manufacturers, food industry