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• Reporting to the President, leading the companies’ digital transformation, strengthening and expanding customer-facing technology and information systems, as well as overseeing internal infrastructure and process.
• Develop IT strategy and 12 & 36 month roadmaps in alignment with commercial goals
• Lead transition to paperless operations by implementing an ERP with integrated mobility to reduce headcount and manual process
• Transition to hybrid cloud and hosted managed server solution to add disaster recovery and improve business continuity
• Design and implement policies and procedures to improve operational performance
• Review operations and security gaps and implement new infrastructure roadmap

Spring, Texas, US

• Brought in to lead the transformation from start-up to enterprise class environment to meet business needs and growth. Partnered with executives and senior stakeholders to define strategic goals, while also playing.
• Substantial business system enhancements: custom development of real time alert system to instantly notify traders of significant market events; re-architected legacy market data database/application to deliver 100%.
• Cost saving initiatives: Negotiated MS Enterprise Agreement and implemented Office 365
• Established customer-centric approach to IT support; delivered operations performance improvement by implementing KPI and business SLA for helpdesk and application support teams
• Led the IT integration of systems and staff following acquisition of a San Antonio based crude logistics business
• Implemented PMO; improved service delivery capabilities by adopting agile project management and enhanced iterative development processes; reduced implementation cycles to 2 weeks

London, London, GB

• Responsible for all aspects of information technology required to grow and support EDF’s wholesale energy trading applications, telecommunications, and computing infrastructure. Directed staff and contractors, managing.
• Work closely with executive stakeholders and senior leadership to ensure consistent alignment of the IT strategic direction with the overall business plan and objectives
• Identify business process and automation improvements, develop business case with ROI, design, develop and implement solutions; lead project portfolio steering, executive IT reviews; manage IT operating and capital.
• Led a team to design and implement new Environmental Products, Gas and Power trading products into ETRM (EnCompass)
• Custom iPad & web application development of mobile crude ticketing system for crude oil logistics start-up, including trucking, rail, tankage and blending; acquisition and integration of a national crude trucking.
• Led the development and implementation of a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plan; procured and implemented a secondary data center, work site recovery office and remote access solution

• Senior Consultant for technology consulting practice providing IT, project management and staffing resources to energy and telecommunications organizations
• Project Office/PMO lead for $16MM global IT infrastructure separation of BP’s chemical business into a new, separate entity. Managed projects, budgets and back office to deliver new WAN/LAN network, core.
• Contract negotiation, SOW and SLAs, deliverable tracking, risk controls, budget management, scheduling, implementation, cost tracking, reporting, invoice administration, and payment and document management
• Implemented 10,000 global user, web-based application

US

• Project Manager for the design and implementation of global business procedures and IT systems to accurately track and manage telecomm and network equipment.
• Implement on-time and on-budget ($1.5MM) a database and suite of 4 in-house custom applications to track $250MM of equipment real-time, including procedures, documentation and training
• Led requirement gathering, definition of user interface and functionality, performed UAT, monitored project milestones, budgets, resources and tactical and strategic objectives
• Manage cross-disciplined project team to reconcile asset tracking system with SAP resulting in $10MM saving
• Defined business procedures and systems to facilitate the global sale of assets generating $30MM revenue

Managed government and regulatory affairs in a strategic role initiating industry-wide changes while balancing commercial risk. Negotiator and company representative on key commercial and regulatory issues for both trading and industrial activities.