SUMMARY:

• IT professional delivering strong strategic solutions that drive enterprise level projects aligning the business with IT providing process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom - line gains.
• Business professional that is motivated by change and understands how to leverage IT based on a company’s vision.
• Energizes teams that take pride in providing high-quality services and dependable systems.
• Executive Presence and Experience Project Planning/Execution Team Building & Mentor
• IT Governance Self-Motivated Style Vendor Management Budget Administration
• Cross-Functional Team Supervision Change Champion Portfolio Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

IT Associate Director / Strategic Project Manager

Confidential, Carlyle, IL

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with Owner, CEO, CFO and business unit leaders in developing cost-cutting strategic level IT/line-of-business initiatives targeting product cost reductions.
• Crafted $8M budget and directed team of 12 developers, programmers and analysts supporting application development portfolio aligned with organizational goals.
• Collaborated with infrastructure to establish Azure cloud services and VMware server technology to manage system architecture and deployed operational data store to consolidate information reporting.
• Initiated ITIL based change control process and incorporated new Business Analyst team to manage user request priorities and deliverables with well-defined procedures, roles, and accountabilities.
• Led 3rd party vendor and cross-functional team of 20 in implementing grower ERP resulting in standardization of production processes and financial reporting including on-line material requisitioning across 200 sites.
• Supervised third party software development team to stabilize 24/7 Enterprise feed operations consolidating multiple order systems. Directed project team of 30 and deployed centralized enterprise order system resulting in a 70% reduction in mill downtime and streamlined organizational data flow.
• Drove optimization of transport investment by collaborating with business leaders to establish Fleet management system allowing real time data for analyzing vehicle assets from purchase to disposal.

IT Director Applications

Confidential, Elmhurst, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managed twenty-two (22) IT application team members located in the US and Mexico during the companies SAP implementation supporting existing ERP, EDI, Warehousing, Supply Chain, Finance and Salesforce CRM for enterprise-wide distribution and manufacturing.
• Provided leadership for Varsity logistic software upgrade across 10 distribution centers, upgrade from Outlooksoft BI to SAP BI, and managed software development to track inventory shipped from China JV to Nogales, Mexico.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Rockford, IL

Responsibilities:

• Effectively led successful Axiom ERP implementation migrating to corporate main enterprise system responsible for business resource management, overall planning, managing 3rd party vendor and project execution.
• Assembled cross-functional team responsible for driving process improvements by getting beyond the symptoms, identifying underlying sources and recommending quality solutions.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Bowling Green, KY

Responsibilities:

• Recruited to lead acquisition executive team in planning separation of ERP, engineering and infrastructure from original parent company.
• Managed company evaluation of SAP mid-size business suite vs Microsoft Axapta and Navision cementing business leaders’ choice in ERP and ensuring organizational needs were met.
• Collaborated and developed plan with client infrastructure group to build out existing server farm and network to accommodate additional personnel, engineering, and network expansion.

Manager, Applications Support

Confidential, Streator, IL

Responsibilities:

• Directed the design and development of business applications for IT services supporting iSeries ERP, manufacturing systems, Finance, HR, Supply Chain Distribution, Marketing, and Sales applications.
• Utilized Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Techniques to streamline manual practices which increased production process efficiencies and shop floor control.

Director IT

Confidential, Elgin, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prepared, tracked, and executed IT Strategic Plans. Outlined short-term (1-year) and long-term (3-year) roadmaps, managing US, Canadian and European staff of twenty-two (22) ensuring IT alignment with group strategies.
• Established priorities and built IT Centers of Excellence which transformed Infrastructure, Client Services and Application Development into a cohesive group supporting 1700 internal and external customers at multi-site operations.
• Collaborated with C-level Officers on $15M IT budget aligning with operational improvements, enterprise advances and departmental goals to achieve core business priorities.
• Co-developed an $18.2M enterprise model and business investment plan that achieved Board of Director approval for repositioning group operations under a single instance of Oracle JD Edwards.
• Directed vendor RFP negotiations and proposal process for procurement of significant IT initiatives.
• Oversaw IT operations including build out of multiple data centers, standardized local and wide area networks, help desk, voice, and disaster recovery failover.
• Collaborated with business leaders to bring information analytics to the management team by implementing Cognos BI across six (6) divisions.
• Recommended, designed and deployed enterprise real time Web ordering system which led to a 30% increase in parts business without expanding the parts sales administrative staff.
• Led several four (4) ERP package implementations for heavy equipment manufacturers in US, Canada and Europe.