Selected Experience

Transaction experience first, then execution.

Selected work led or supported by Bryan Warren. Company names and marks belong to their respective owners; inclusion describes professional experience, not necessarily a current client relationship or endorsement.

Transaction · Separation (2019 to 2021)
Otis / United Technologies

Finance and technology separation for a new standalone public company.

Situation

Otis needed 400+ applications rationalized and migrated so it could operate as a standalone public company after its separation from United Technologies. Earlier attempts to move a legacy mainframe platform had failed.

Role

Worked through CMIND as a subcontractor to EY, governing application rationalization and migration and leading the mainframe move.

Scope & Complexity
  • 400+ applications
  • ~1,000 integrations on the mainframe platform
  • ~90% of North American revenue operations
  • SAP and Kyriba separation support
Impact & Contribution

Led the move of the legacy mainframe platform to Azure after prior failed attempts.

Transaction · Carve-out, Tokyo (2004 to 2005)
McAfee

Standalone financials for a business being divested.

Situation

A business in Tokyo being divested required standalone financial statements and an assessed control environment.

Role

Helped prepare standalone financial statements and assessed the control environment.

Scope & Complexity
  • Standalone financial statements
  • Control environment assessment
  • First-year SOX 404
Impact & Contribution

Led first-year SOX 404.

Execution · Blackstone portfolio company
Link Logistics

Treasury automation, reporting integration, and data modernization.

Situation

A Blackstone portfolio company modernizing treasury, reporting, and data platforms.

Role

Led treasury, reporting, data, and AI adoption workstreams.

Scope & Complexity
  • Treasury automation across 150+ bank accounts
  • Workiva reporting integration
  • ~$1M data-platform migration
  • Market-data rebuild projected to save ~$375K a year
  • Microsoft Copilot adoption for ~70 executives
Impact & Contribution

Delivered treasury automation and reporting integration, and directed Copilot adoption for the executive team.

Execution · Regulatory program
Capital One

TRID regulatory program delivered for the original federal deadline.

Situation

A ~$20M TRID regulatory program with a fixed federal deadline.

Role

Directed the program.

Scope & Complexity
  • ~$20M program
  • 40 to 50 people
  • Fixed federal deadline
Impact & Contribution

Program was ready for the original federal deadline.

Execution · SOX remediation
Fannie Mae (via Navigant)

SOX remediation under SEC oversight.

Situation

Approximately $12M in annual SOX remediation under SEC oversight.

Role

Built and led a 25-person SOX remediation team through Navigant.

Scope & Complexity
  • 25-person team
  • ~$12M annual SOX remediation
  • SEC oversight
Impact & Contribution

Built the remediation team and led execution.

Additional engagement detail is available under confidentiality on request. Where specific outcomes are not disclosed publicly, this page describes scope, role, and contribution, and does not claim results that have not been validated for disclosure.

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