SUMMARY:

Business and technology leader with over 13 years of experience ranging from founding and running a successful startup, to serving as a Director of E - Business MDM and Customer Operations for the nation's largest paint manufacturer. Specializes in bridging IT and Business to manage projects successfully and deliver extraordinary efficiency improvements and cost savings. Leadership skills include hiring, team design, setting strategic direction and professional development. Bilingual and experienced in multinational environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Strategic Business and IT Planning Change Management C-level Communication Cost-Savings & Budgeting
• Cross-Functional Project Management Process Improvement Vendor Selection & Management Fluent in English and Spanish
• Data Modeling
• Rally Agile Development Software Microsoft Office Google Apps for Work
• Agile Development Methodologies Oracle E-Business Suite Stibo STEP Trailblazer Collaboration\Meeting Software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Functional Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Drove multi-domain Mater Data Management (MDM) vision, strategy and compliance across all divisions, product lines and data requirements to establish a single source of truth for sites and ecommerce
• Established and enforced ecommerce data governance standards to ensure data quality and consistency across all customer experiences and shopping channels globally
• Directed strategic planning and implementation of Stibo as Product Information Management (PIM) system and Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform with cross-functional and divisional teams
• Managed $7MM budget along with key vendor relationships including contract negotiations and sourcing
• Directed team that implemented new digital product catalog process and technology solution ( Stibo) which increased large national customer's use of Confidential -Williams by 15%
• Grew organic search traffic by 30% via Search Engine Optimization MDM techniques
• Created and on-boarded the MDM Center of Excellence ( CoE) team; including recruiting, defining roles and providing professional development
• Developed training programs that drove adoption of new technologies at the corporate and field sales levels
• Increased product speed to market by 97% by leveraging technology investments and process improvements
• Sponsored adoption of Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises ( SAFe) and partnered with technical team on Agile development methodologies transformation to increase speed to market

Confidential

Integration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Mentored, trained and translated for technology and operations teams to ensure broad skill development, cultural understanding and product quality across diverse markets and countries in Confidential
• Led development team to implement a mobile web order-taking solution from concept to implementation in 90 days for a 300-person salesforce in Brazil
• Championed the continued development and implementation of the mobile order-taking solution across multiple countries in Confidential and 1,000 sales representatives
• Created IT technical integration plan to facilitate the integration of Confidential and Confidential -Williams in Mexico
• Designed innovative omni-portal to aggregate all Oracle applications and services used by sales force allowing for greater collaboration, single source of truth and mobile access
• Coordinated project with Latin American Division Executive management, C-level Executives and in-country Presidents to evaluate and define new divisional pricing strategy
• Implemented Kanban style Agile, leading to 90% reduction in bugs and production errors improving development processes and code quality

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• As Acting Chief Information Officer ( CIO) I planned, evaluated and directed the Information Technology activities to meet the budget, service and quality objectives of the company
• Managed a 40-member team responsible for all IT systems, support and development
• Administered $7MM annual budget and was responsible for IT plans, projects, compliance, performance and all IT- related matters across the company
• Regional Leadership Meetings Executive responsible for regional leadership team members, alignment and consolidation of practices in 15 major cities and markets in North America
• Led multimillion-dollar Oracle Retail Point-of-Service licensing negotiation and initiated POS modernization program with $1.3MM in projected annual savings
• Generated $700k in annual savings by consolidating data/telecommunication providers across the US and Canada
• Developed and implemented integrated pricing data strategy in Oracle E-Business Advanced Pricing resulting in improved price realization totaling $31MM annually
• Implemented Oracle receivables for 110K customers; improving Account Receivables aging by 15% and generating over $800K in annual savings and increased cash flow
• Led 3-month effort to implement Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for orders to streamline data exchange with critical core customers resulting in $200K in annual savings from improved operations
• Improved productivity and collaboration tools for 1,400 users company-wide by migrating in 60 days from Lotus Notes to Google Apps cloud platform, resulting in $90K of savings annually

Confidential

Strategic Planning Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created and monitored a $550MM annual sales budget for sales force team of 600
• Managed 6-person team that maintained digital product catalogs and implemented Oracle Product Hub and Product Hub Data Steward with governance and workflows
• Participated in monthly global Commercial Sales and Strategy Integration Committee meetings to review and revise company objectives and KPIs to integrate the strategic plans of the US, Canada and Mexico
• Served as the main liaison between the Corporate offices in Mexico and divisions within the US brands
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of 5-year rolling strategic roadmap across all domestic brands
• Designed and built a centralized database for all real estate properties tracking with focus on reducing spend
• Completed implementation of Oracle Essbase for consolidated reporting of sales and operations financials
• Standardized product pricing strategy and led implementation of metrics for establishing market price by region
• Led initiative to consolidate data for 58K products and SKUs across all companies in the US and Canada
• Analyzed the macroeconomics of each region and recommended appropriate strategies and actions to maximize business growth and mitigate risks

Confidential

Financial Analyst

• Created $210MM expense budget for all US Confidential companies
• Responsible for financial forecast including compensation modeling for sales force
• Consolidated financial reporting into a centralized system (Essbase) for consolidation of global financials
• Prepared and distributed sales performance reporting and analysis for sales force of 600 across 500 retail locations
• Prepared monthly executive financial update for Chief Financial Officer ( CFO) and provided data and analysis for monthly financial letter for parent company in Mexico
• Developed revenue and margin reports comparing actual performance to budget for cash forecasting

Confidential, Orlando, FL

I nformation Technologies Support Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided user support of all IT functions for 40 retail stores, plant and corporate office with 200 users
• Virtualized user experience from using local PC's to Microsoft Terminal Services
• Migrated all financial, manufacturing and sales reporting systems with internal Oracle support team
• Created and designed Warehouse Management System (WMS) solution and solved break/fix issues

Confidential, Titusville, FL

Co-Founder

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw strategic and operational needs of company for both US and Mexico locations
• Recruited, hired and trained core team to scale company to 50 employees
• Relocated company to Mexico City to establish call center in a more cost effective manner
• Lead integration with parent company and ensured smooth transition during acquisition