RICHARD W.

BARRETT
Indianapolis, IN 46220 219-241-1366 richard.barrett9@icloud.com www.linkedin.com/in/rwbarrett/ IT MANAGER and ATTORNEY STRATEGIC INFLUENCER IT strategist, change program leader, and licensed attorney. Successful in developing and implementing change strategies that serve both organizational goals and the people affected. Best success in an influencer role: consulting, matrix management, or leading a small team. As IT consultant and manager, developed change strategies, built supporting consensus, and led implementation projects responsive to merger, regulation, business conditions or technology change. Managed vendor relationships, participated in strategic technology selection, sourcing, and budgeting for IT. Align IT with business strategy Organizational change Human capital management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Schuckit & Associates, P.C., Zionsville, IN Attorney, 2012. Defended corporate client in suits under the Fair Credit Reporting Act; pre-trial practice and settlement. Gendlin, Liverman & Rymer, S.C., Milwaukee, WI Attorney, 2011. Represented personal-injury plaintiffs, negotiating settlement, subrogation, liens, and ancillary matters. Lake Superior Court, Crown Point, IN Law Clerk to Hon. John R. Pera, 2009-2010. Legal research and drafting for trial judge on issues in varied civil cases. Health Care Service Corp. (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, New Mexico, and Texas), Chicago, IL. Director Senior Director Executive Director, Information Technology Strategy, 19942005. Coordinated strategy development, research, performance measurement and reporting for the IT division of this large health insurer during a period marked by regulatory change and industry consolidation. During this period IT grew from 600 to 2,000 technical staff. Co-authored strategy paper that clarified HCSCs strategy for mergers, emphasizing the competitive value of proprietary systems that delivered custom employee benefit plans for clients. Follow-on paper secured a nine-figure investment in consolidation, capacity, and reliability of systems. Key member of merger team that integrated IT operations. Benefits exceeded projections because ability to deliver IT-driven capabilities to new clients produced rapid top-line growth. Designed, sold, and implemented a program that reduced turnover among programmers by 70 percent. Conceived and hosted town meetings affording IT staff Q&A access to division VPs. Conceived human capital management scheme, designed to attract a new generation of IT talent, in which skills drove pay, recruitment, staff deployment, and training and built consensus for it. Performance measurement Communicate with impact Cross-functional coordination Vendor partnerships Contract negotiation Thought leadership

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Principal staff resource to chief information officer. Research and thought leadership relating to service strategies (technology licensing, outsourcing, strategic partners), compliance, and human capital issues. Wood|Sprau|Tannura (IT consulting and executive search firm, about 50 professionals), Chicago, IL. Senior Consultant Manager Director, Consulting Services, 19861994. Consulted to insurance and manufacturing companies, professional associations, schools, and public sector agencies in managing organizational impact of change. Refocused a runaway system project for a large, recently merged professional association, restoring its ability to certify continuing education and averting a restraint-of-trade lawsuit. Assisted a private secondary school to own the change to new systems. Guided technology selection, negotiated vendor contracts, replaced an obstructive long-term employee, and implemented systems. Assisted newly appointed Chief Information Officers to assess resources, align organizational structure, and design a performance management process. EDUCATION AND LICENSES Bar admission Indiana and Illinois state bars; various U.S. District Courts. Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, IN J.D. cum laude, May 2010. Executive Articles Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review; published paper on legal issues in counting the vote in corporate elections. Legal externships in two corporate legal departments: title insurance company, bank trust department. University of Cambridge, England Ph.D. candidate in linguistics. Research on implications of literacy. University of Edinburgh, Scotland Postgraduate research in sociolinguistics. National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) Graduate Fellow in linguistics. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B.A., Independent Learning Program: interdisciplinary study of written communication.