Gary A.

Gable
Philadelphia, PA | ggable@ggable.com

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES /PROGRAM EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING, IT/ENTERPRISE

ARCHITECTURE, CIO OPERATIONS, COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION
Accomplished senior executive with a multi-Big 4, global CIO, strategy, transformation and development background.
Proven competencies in increasing organizational effectiveness and productivity, and effecting lasting, positive change.
Strategy architect and director of innovation initiatives to enhance professional services, knowledge processes and
financial performance via information technology, using both clean-sheet innovation and incremental improvements.
Relevant skills include:

CIO Management | Thought Leadership| Consensus Building |Process & Technology Transformation| Collaboration |
Enterprise Architecture | TQM & Continuous Improvement | Strategic Planning | Program Management | Team
Leadership| Governance | Software Development | Operations Management | Risk Management | Knowledge
Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CDI CORPORATION (CDI), PRIMARY RESOURCES LLC. (PRL), SMARTSOURCE (SS), 2004 - Present
Operations Administrator, CDI Corporation (CDI) 2008-Present
IT Technican, Smartsource (SS) 2006-Present
Chief Executive, Primary Resources LLC, (PRL) 2004 -Present

After retirement from KPMG, was primary caregiver to my late wife in an end-stage illness from 2004 2016, while
serving part time as:
1) Operations administrator for CDI, a national Engineering and IT contract employment firm, working remotely with
their recruiting process management system,
2) On-site client IT hardware technician for Smartsource (SS) , a contract IT support fulfillment company, and
3) Chief executive/owner of a small strategic consulting, internet marketing and music publishing business, PRL

KPMG 2000 - 2004

Director, Client-Facing Technology, 2003-2004
Director, Tax Digital Transformation, 2000-2002

Recruited by KPMG Tax leadership to drive operational and technology innovation, develop new service line revenues,
and improve technology governance and return on investment (ROI). As Director, Tax Digital Transformation, led
virtual, national, executive team of partners to identify and prioritize the highest, common strategic ROI opportunities
that formed US Firms Transformation Strategy. As Director for Client-Facing Technology, led the development of the
strategic and product/services infrastructure plans for sustainable, profitable growth for the corporate technology-centric
Tax Management Solutions Service Line.

Key Achievements

Using collaborative facilitation and consensus building skills, garnered additional partnerships and sponsorship
beyond Tax and across the firm with Audit/Advisory and all firmwide internal Process Groups, in strategic
transformation planning projects, overcoming silo organization structures and culture and successfully increasing
investment leverage, solution utility and effectiveness.

Developed a common, agreed-upon governance structure for project investment and scorecard tools for analysis and
decisions among multiple business and support organizations across the US firm, providing a rational mechanism
and methodology for determining investment priorities against competing demands across multiple, diverse
business and groups.

Exceeded objectives of several separate business lines by conceptualizing and championing a shared, combined
firmwide IT reusable component platform plan including a network security infrastructure extension for
internal/external collaboration and enterprise-wide functionality, including such as single sign-on, application data
and process sharing , codified standards and best practices.
 Developed a new service line business model for a technology-centric corporate tax service line, growing revenue
from $12M to $20M in the first year of implementation by implementing leverage-able, custom, core, reusable
software modules, process standards and best practices, creating infrastructure to support profitable and timely
service delivery.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

ARTHUR ANDERSEN 1987-2000

Director of Strategic Planning and Strategic Consultant to CIO

Developed and implemented strategy, organization, processes and software products, working alongside the Global
CIO for several years, aligning the firms technology infrastructure across diverse client service line offerings. Served
as CIOs right hand in establishment and development of the firms first global CIO function.
Grew a standalone $45M proprietary tax software product and services business, while managing strategic planning
for all 12 software product line, technology infrastructure and shared support departments.

Utilized TQM and Continuous Improvement tools extensively to facilitate firmwide, cross-organizational
collaboration and consensus in identifying/prioritizing issues, needs and solution approaches, within the CIO
organization and in consulting events with firm service lines.

Provided process facilitation (with emphasis on consensus building), thought leadership and plan authorship in four
major firm-wide global strategy initiatives. These included Arthur Andersen Worldwide Technology Strategy,
Arthur Andersen Global Knowledge Strategy, Creating Our Future 10 year global, firm-wide strategic plan and the
Arthur Andersen KnowledgeSpaceSM, an internal and external internet-based, community/knowledge offering.
Conducted five large product and process analysis re-engineering studies at over 60 clients, Andersen offices and
non-client companies to identify and prioritize functional needs and technical approaches for our Tax software and
services. Developed both strategic roadmaps and high-level functional designs for the reformulation and re-
architecting of tax software product lines, for over 20 software products, used by the Firm and sold externally.
Was appointed to project management for our Architecture group in redeveloping software products away from
DOS to 32-bit Windows and served on Andersen's CIO and Tax Technology Sr. Management board for oversight of
the 1000+ person global CIO function overall.
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Hand-selected for a Chairman-sponsored initiative to lead onsite research in the US, Europe and Asia to identify and
create a new web-related technology specifically to provide competitive advantage to partners, globally.
Created and managed development of and deployed the Business Radar TM product firm-wide internally and in
the new web-based KnowledgeSpace SM service for external clients. The US Patent Office granted me patent
#6029165 on 2/22/2000 for this search and retrieval information system and method.
Renegotiated and revised OEM and distributor contracts for VantageSource (VS), an Andersen member firm, with
over 40 suppliers, reducing risk including indemnification exposure in reseller and integration business.
Served on strategy and implementation steering committee for development of VS web store-fronts, ERP
implementation, e-commerce catalogs and product distribution warehouse facility construction/build-outs.

CONTROL DATA CORPORATION 1977-1984

Regional Software, Consulting & Courseware Development Manager; Software & Media Production
Program Manager on HQ Corporate Staff

Pioneering Computer-Based-Training in the 1970s, built and P&L managed a 50 person, field-based software
development consulting group with extremely rapid growth and an excellent P&L (achieving 42% gross profit on
several million dollars gross revenue). Provided proprietary interactive training, including computer-based
simulations, to Fortune 100 corporate training departments and government agencies (including GE, ATT, Mobil,
UPS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc.)
 As Program Manager on HQ Corporate Staff, managed the development of over 50 business planning and education
products in software and video media in the Agriculture industry.

Administered approximately $12M in Control Data R&D grants to universities for software product development.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BA, Communications, Oberlin College (including credits from Harvard University)

KPMG CPE Curriculum, 2000-2004 | Arthur Andersen CPE Curriculum, 1987-2000

Executive Management Program, Control Data Corporation

American Society Training & Development, NYC, Instructional Technology Program

Control Data Institute, NYC, Computer Hardware