SALLY Varner
@sallyvarner
Senior change management leader using analytics to drive strategic organizational transformation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a senior change management professional with 19+ years of experience, focused on using analytical and statistical skills and insight into customer behavior to support organizational strategic objectives. I bring deep strengths in change management methodologies, project management, stakeholder analysis and management, training, communications, and change management impact assessments.
As CEO and Management Consulting / Change Management Leader at Newfoundland Consulting (2016–Present), I lead organizational readiness and transformation work for large global implementations. I led a global SAP organizational readiness effort (~35,000 users) from ECC to S4 HANA, managing a team of ~40 resources and aligning stakeholder management, communications, training, business readiness metrics, and role mapping to business needs.
At Shell, I served as Transformational Change Lead for the Deepwater Data Excellence team, helping mature data culture and literacy across the organization and delivering $34M+ value in 2023. I created and promoted a data literacy program across the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, while advancing enterprise data strategy through improved governance, foundations, sharing, and lifecycle alignment of master data.
Earlier at Chevron (2016–2022), I led cybersecurity behavioral change across operational technology cyber resilience, governance communications, engineering and innovation, insider threat, and intelligence awareness. My work consistently centered on executive alignment, education, training, measurement plans for sustainability, and improving how organizations make decisions—whether in cybersecurity, data transformation, or SAP training and adoption.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
CEO & Change Management Lead
Newfoundland Consulting
Jan 2016 - Present (10 years 4 months)
Led global SAP organizational readiness for a ~35,000-user ECC to S/4HANA transformation and managed a 40-resource change management team across stakeholder management, communications, training, business readiness metrics, and role mapping. Drove data literacy and data excellence change initiatives, contributing more than $34M in value in 2023 and supporting enterprise data strategy execution.
Led behavioral change management for the Operational Technology Cyber Resilience Program, ensuring cyber safeguards effectiveness for PCN environments and supporting enterprise governance alignment. Created and delivered cybersecurity awareness and executive communications (including board-level materials and threat briefs) and supported insider threat change initiatives focused on monitoring anom
Org Change Mgmt Practice Manager
Newfoundland Consulting
May 2013 - Aug 2016 (3 years 3 months)
Built and deployed change management and training strategies for major energy clients, including a Hyperion Essbase implementation for Phillips 66 and procurement labor management via Fieldglass for Angola. Led drilling and completions workflow change leadership with benefits of $60M in 2014 and projected $210M by 2018.
Managed nine resources to deploy global SAP training for two releases totaling $3.45M in revenue and led change management design, build, and deployment for the petroleum organization. Oversaw learning and immersion training delivery (including executive walkthroughs) to ensure teams were prepared to adopt new systems and workflows.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Walsh College
Master of Business Administration, Management
Completed a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Management in December 2005.
Centre College
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in June 2004.
Centre College - Centre in Italy
Academic Study, Arts
Completed an academic study of the arts during the winter semester (2003).
Centre College - Centre in Mexico
Academic Study, Spanish Language and Writing
Studied Spanish language and writing during the fall semester (2002).
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