Global Information Technology Manager/Director Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

17+ years’ success leading business innovation and process improvements for global companiesHands - on leader and skilled communicator able to build, motivate, and equip cross-functional teams to exceed expectations and succeed in all operational aspects.
Thrives in fast-paced, technically sophisticated, and competitive industries demanding continuous improvement and creative problem solving skills.
Analytical and organized with keen eye for detail while being highly adaptable, passionate, and willing to take risks for results.

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CAREER EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Global Information Technology Manager/Director

Directed consolidation of two Confidential divisions requiring an Enterprise Business system migration. Completed conversion on time and below budget without disruption to operational performance. Consolidation will save $2M annual costs.
Drive team focus on reducing costs by process improvements and execution of large strategic projects, policies, and training programs.
Play integral role in compliance with regulatory standards as Sarbox Certified Auditor, performing quarterly and semi-annual audits on IT activities at corporate level.
Identify and capitalize on potential business changes, including analysis and removal of non-value added tasks to save $370K in recurring annual costs.
Maintain 99.999% network/hardware uptime record through effective support and supervision of teams in defining standards and schedules, performing upgrades, incident management, and disaster recovery testing.
Highly engaged business partner providing leadership for all levels on IT related topics, especially strategy related initiatives, both corporate and divisional.
Spearheaded Enterprise System Conversation project involving 537 processes and oversight of 11 programmers, successfully in meeting performance goals in first week.
Contributor in increased global sales in APAC and Latin American through effective planning, strategizing, and process improvements in collaboration with sales and divisional leadership.

IT Project Manager

Salt Lake City, UT

Led cross-functional development teams to identify, create, and improve applications to solve long-term problems and remove non-value added tasks.
Consistently improved department performance and completed multiple successful IT projects through ongoing review and coaching as well as support in daily activities, strategic planning, and outstanding problem solving.
Spearheaded development of requirements planning system to increase productivity by 40% and enable improved decision making by creating system-wide visibility.
Successfully increased productivity by 30% through design and implementation of new order fulfillment program and tracking systems.
Created and launched part return tracking system able to decrease cycle time by 70% and order processing program relieving 52 man-hours per month for each strategic planner.