Chas R. Mullins, COPChief Executive Officer/PresidentThe Mullins Group, LLCE-mail: chasmullins@earthlink.net

IntroductionMr. Mullins brings 28 years of IT and global business consulting experience to The Mullins Group. He is a veteran IT, sales, operations, ITO/BPO and Managed Services Global Executive with solid experience in the following areas:

• Global Business Strategy Development• Sourcing Strategy Development• Application Managed Services• Infrastructure Managed Services• Governance Development/Management• Organizational Change Management• Alliance/Partnership Management• Cloud/Hosting Development• XaaS Solutions Development

• Vendor Management• Account Strategy

Development/Management • Global Business Strategy

Development/Planning • Global Operations Management• Business Process

Improvement/Management• Program/Project Management• Global Sales Management• Digital/IoT Strategy Development• PMO/VMO Design & Management

Chas has helped over 100 national & multinational companies cut costs and to improve their global delivery capabilities by streamlining their internal processes and operations through proven global strategy development and executing those strategies by enabling managed service/outsourcing standards, methodologies and operations.

Industry Experience & Skills SetsChas has held senior management positions in several global consulting organizations including Avanade, PricewaterhouseCoopers, neoIT, Deloitte & Touché, Ernst & Young, IBM Global Services, Computer Sciences Corporation and his own strategy consulting company. Chas has a deep understanding of sales, business development, IT, technology, and business process re-engineering and operations. His consulting engagements in various parts of the world have strengthened his global strategy development experience, business operations, onshore/offshore services skills, developing & managing program/project management office initiatives and creating client centric solutions. He has led or supported engagements with clients such as UCLA, Los Angeles Unified School District, Electronic Arts, MGM MIRAGE, Safeco, Fingerhut, Cerner Corporation, Leggett & Platt, Wal-Mart Stores, Family Dollar, The Home Depot, Safeway, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, CIGNA and Anheuser Busch. Chas is a Certified Outsourcing Professional from the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.

Engagement HighlightsChas gained a wealth of global business knowledge by working with various national and international companies in the Retail, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Insurance, Private Equity, Public Sector, Financial Services and Telecom industries in developing their global business & sourcing strategies to enable them to increase their effectiveness and efficiencies. This rare combination of an extensive technology, industry and business experiences has provided Chas a global prospective on how to help corporations streamline their operations through the use of effective and strategic business operations, applications and infrastructure platforms.

Previous ExperienceChas is currently at The Mullins Group where he was responsible for all aspects of growing this company from start up to a multimillion dollar organization. Prior to that, Chas came from Avanade, where he was the Global Practice Leader responsible for growing a global portfolio of annuity revenue based on XaaS solutions, BPO/ITO, application/infrastructure managed services, product management, cloud development and digital workplace/customer initiatives. Prior to that, Chas came from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he had grown the company revenues and brand by utilizing his expertise in business operations, business development, sales, marketing, alliance/partnership management, strategic planning and was integral part of the FAO management team to achieve #1 in FAO Advisors by The Black Book of Outsourcing. Prior to that, Chas led several large sourcing engagements in his senior level management roles at neoIT and Computer Sciences Corporation. At IBM Global Services, Chas led various Retail IT, ERP and BPO projects including one for a large distributor in a BPO solution that resulted in operational and HR cost savings over a 5 year period. Prior to that he was at Ernst & Young, where one of the projects was a BPO/ITO project for a large retailer that resulted in significant cost savings for the client, increased internal IT customer satisfaction and developing their initial enterprise global outsourcing strategic plans.

Chas holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems from University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO. Chas has served on the several Board of Directors, including APICS as the chairman of the Finance Committee.