Keith Layne

Resume

Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure Transformation Leader

25+ years leading reliable, secure, and scalable technology platforms, transformation programs, and complex enterprise delivery that enable business growth and operational performance.

$20M+
Largest Program Portfolio
1,000+
Applications Enabled
25+
Years of Experience
0
Unplanned Outages from Key Delivery
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Professional Experience

Selected leadership experience across infrastructure, transformation, engineering, and enterprise delivery.

Wells Fargo

Senior Project Manager (Contract)

2025–2026
Charlotte, NC
  • Revitalized a $20M+ enterprise middleware portfolio spanning MQ, Kafka, Redis, and Solace across four data centers and enabling migration of 1,000+ applications.
  • Reduced a 12-month schedule delay by approximately four months and progressed delivery from roughly 10% to 45% complete in the first year.
  • Managed six vendors and 12 contracts while maintaining operational stability and avoiding unplanned outages attributable to the work.
  • Completed the build phase and transitioned the program into observability, stability, and migration activities.

Vanguard

Senior Manager / Project Manager

Selected Experience
Charlotte / Enterprise
  • Led cloud migration work supporting 150+ application teams moving from legacy platforms toward AWS-based environments.
  • Managed 10+ direct reports and a $1.5M+ program.
  • Helped drive an enterprise SRE transformation engaging 1,500+ leaders and practitioners.
  • Led technology integration work for the Just Invest acquisition across data center, VPN, cloud, security, vendors, and 20 matrixed departments.

Barclays / RCI

Delivery & Technology Execution Leader

Selected Experience
Multi-Site
  • Managed approximately 10 project managers across four delivery hubs and roughly 20 concurrent initiatives.
  • Used OKR reporting and portfolio governance to improve visibility and execution discipline.
  • Delivered approximately 10% more projects year over year with the same or lower budget.

Deloitte

Senior Project Manager

2007–2013
Multiple Locations
  • Managed approximately 10 project managers and around 20 concurrent projects representing roughly $20M in annual delivery.
  • Led development and execution of 12 SOW/RFP engagements.
  • Helped train approximately 1,500 employees on Agile delivery practices.

IBM

Technology Lead

Earlier Career
Enterprise Operations
  • Led a 10-engineer Tivoli team supporting more than 20 client environments in 24/7 operations.
  • Improved mean time to repair by approximately 35% and reliability by approximately 45%.
  • Reduced maintenance-related incidents by approximately 30%.
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