SUMMARY:

• Solution Architect for global applications and systems, ensuring excellence in all areas of IT and broader: partnering with Business stakeholders, IT, PMO, Procurement and Finance to identify, validate and align projects and execute them successfully, within budget and on time. 20 years of IT business systems implementation experience.
• Leading portfolios of IT projects (implementations, upgrades, improvements) in dynamic environments during mergers and acquisitions ( Confidential & Confidential ).
• Fostering innovation and maintaining Confidential disruptive mindset. Pushing the team and broader organization to improve processes and systems, think out of the box and implement best solutions.
• Functional and technical expertise across large, integrated systems including e - commerce, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Supply Chain; analysis and streamlining of existing business processes and systems; simplification and optimization to support IT strategy and enable Confidential & Confidential and other restructuring.
• Connecting with and influencing business leadership as their technology partner; coordinating large projects involving internal and external resources; translating business users’ requirements into technical needs and specifications.
• Analyzing best-of-breed solutions and selecting the best fit for the organization (off the shelf, customized or custom); vendor selection and relationship management.
• Understanding of data relationships and interface requirements for business systems across functional areas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Facilitating meetings and reaching consensus across functions at all levels from team members to peers and executives. Foster Confidential “drive it/own it” mentality and lead by example.

SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES:

General: Agile/Scrum and Waterfall SDLC; GDPR compliance; ISO 27001; Cloud Computing, AWS and Google Cloud, SaaS/IaaS; Confidential -V-C modelling; AngularJS, Bootstrap, Spring Frameworks, GitHub, HTML5, RESTful web services, XML, JSON, Kibana, Jira, Slack; E-Commerce; IT Integration/interfaces, Data Architecture; Swift/Xcode; Microsoft Sharepoint (CMS) and Office suite (Project, Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Access); Oracle database, SQL server, MySQL, Lotus Notes/Domino Server.

OS: MS Windows, Oracle, Mac OSX & iOS, OS/400 (iSeries).

PLM: Dassault Enovia PLM, SAP PLM, Oracle Agile PLM, Teamcenter by Siemens, PTC, Selerant, Cispro/Biovia raw material management.

CRM: SalesForce, RemedyForce.

ERP: SAP, BPCS, ACS and JD Edwards World.

PM tools: Microsoft Project, Planview, Esko WebCenter.

EXPERIENCE:

Founder and Solutions Architect

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Helping clients with technical strategy, application implementation and systems integration.

IT Director

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Successfully integrated multiple IT application platforms in an accelerated Confidential & Confidential timeline to provide business continuity upon merger close for 40+ brands acquired from Confidential & Confidential . Vetted 250+ applications used at P&G to find replacement and build SharePoint data repositories.
• Led an accelerated deployment of Confidential portfolio of projects from system selection to post-implementation (1 year, 50+ resources, $10 million budget).
• Responsible for Global IT strategy for Innovation and Research and Development ( Confidential &D).
• Worked closely with the Confidential business leadership, Project Management Office (PMO) and Finance. Interfaced with counterparts in France, UK, Spain, Germany and Switzerland on various initiatives.
• Defined Confidential strategic technology roadmap and support model for product development functions aligning with global business objectives.
• Led global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system selection and implementation (1000+ users).

IT Manager

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and later upgraded Enovia PLM for diverse global brands. Followed full SDLC (system development life cycle) methodology. Conducted status meetings. Monitored progress and provided guidance in all phases of the project. Supervised training, testing and implementation support. Ensured Confidential successful data migration.
• Continually met with each brand to examine processes such as line planning, product development, costing/sourcing, line adoption, manufacturing and merchandising and to gather business requirements. Provided appropriate PLM configuration and security, enhancements, bug fixes and recommend business process improvements and streamlining.
• Oversaw and provided ongoing production support (application, technical and business wise) for PLM and related applications to users in multiple locations including US and international offices, sourcing teams in Hong Kong and vendors accessing PLM on all continents.
• Collaborated with the infrastructure team on network/server improvements and application stability.
• Provided miscellaneous reports to executives and management (adoption rates and other development metrics, samples, material usage and various ad-hoc reports).
• Worked with users, management and business partners to plan projects and budgets including Capital Appropriation Requests for funding.
• Mentored Confidential team of reports promoting individual career development, team growth and setting attainable goals.

IT Manager

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Completed an EDI integration project which automated receiving at Confidential utilizing Advanced Ship Notices from internal and external manufacturing sites for distribution centers across multiple Confidential branches and business units (music, pictures and consumer electronics) and across platforms.
• Conducted status meetings to keep management (IT & Business) abreast of project status and issues.
• Led key projects including design, development and maintenance of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports for executive management on order fulfillment, inventory and shipping carrier performance used to measure the company’s performance.
• Managed an offshore development and support team in India, turning Confidential pilot model into Confidential sustainable one.
• Supported cross-platform system integration/interface projects between JD Edwards and several Oracle/Unix based manufacturing and warehouse management systems (WMS).
• Created user manuals and protocol documents. Led business requirement analysis and architected solutions in alignment with IT roadmap.

IT Project Manager

Confidential, Hawthorne, NY

Responsibilities:

• Managed implementation of Confidential Warehouse Management System.
• Defined scope, effort, budget, resource plan, and implementation plan.
• Championed ERP configuration. Designed, developed and supported modifications and interfaces.
• Analyzed data for Inventory/Distribution, Sales, Finance and Accounts Payable.