HORIZON NUT COMPANY, Tulare, CA January 2020 – February 2021Quickly become system expert in Nut Processing application, Finance system and HRISData and Telecom Service implementation• 33% cost reduction and doubled bandwidth• Built failover network through separate carrierImprove IT Operations• Backup and recovery planned and tested• Creation of Test and Development environment• Cybersecurity• Work with IT vendors to build relationshipsImplementation of MS Power Business Intelligence reporting • Directed creation of Data Models and Reports from multiple data sources• Saved countless hours of manual report building in Excel• Built Pistachio receiving dashboard replacing hourly emails• Built data models to replace Excel extracts and manual report buildingImplemented Document Management system to replace paper intensive processes• Scan all paperwork related to receiving, automatically file and create metadata for searchability.• Created workflow for paperless invoice processing reducing approval time and multiple file cabinets.Spearheaded several improvements to Operations and Financial applications• Saved hours per week of data entry by implementing GL uploads from Excel into financial application• Improve data accuracy by reducing opportunity for user error• Implemented Sales Order Shipping via mobile scanning devices

• Led team of 11 for all corporate IT functions and IT operations for Plant Floor Automation group• Reduced IT expense overall by 11% and nearly $1 million in last 5 yearso 29% salary and benefitso 250% or $300K purchased softwareo 15% data and telephone service and quintupled bandwidtho 66% reduction in mobility spending• Countless upgrades, system implementations and 4 data center moves. All done with minimal disruption to the organization• Added wireless infrastructure to 80 acres of production and administration facilities enabling mobility for all users• ERP centric accomplishmentso Upgraded QAD from version 9.0 to eB2.1 and again to SE2011o Implemented automated data collection (barcode readers and application) reduced errors in ERP and increased the timeliness of datao Implemented the use of data replication (Pro2SQL) for better and real time reporting (SSRS) and leverage for use in other systemso Implementation of Computerized Maintenance Management System for better labor and inventory tracking plus root cause analysis working towards Autonomous Maintenance.o Implemented Demand Planning and Forecasting system reducing on hand inventories from 6 weeks to 1 weeko Converted ERP application from AIX to Linux saving $400,000 in capital expenditure and more than $35,000/year in maintenance costs• Directed the design and development of disaster recovery planning and testing• Directed the development of high availability systems to reduce the risk of downtime using VMWare and redundant internet connections• Negotiated annual savings with Microsoft by leveraging pricing models• Negotiated installation of fiber optic phone a data (doubled bandwidth) service at no cost. Doubled bandwidth again to meet increasing demands at no increase in net cost.• Led team to create a sales planning tool in 3 weeks that saved countless hours of using spreadsheets for more accurate sales forecasts and better reporting.• Cloud VOIP implementation for 90 users

• Project Manager/Business Analyst Information Technology, promoted from Operations Team Leader on ERP implementation, promoted from Operations Assistant• Project manager for Radio Frequency Data Collection selection and implementation – reduced inventory variance by $500,000 and staff by two (2) FTE ($80,000 savings)• Project manager for shop floor automated data collection project – data is entered in real time and data errors 98% eliminated• Developed lot tracing programs and reduced the standard QAD report from 100 to three (3) pages• Manufacturing team leader for the implementation of ERP system