Bart Carmichael

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Director of IT at Columbia Machine @ Columbia Machine, Inc.
vancouver, washington, united states
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Vancouver, Washington, United States, United States
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About Bart Carmichael

Bart Carmichael is a Director of IT at Columbia Machine at Columbia Machine, Inc.. He possess expertise in integration, erp, sharepoint, business intelligence, management and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I worked directly for Bart at Reliance Steel and Aluminum (then EMJ) from 1999-2002, and again for a period of time between 2009-2013. Bart was tasked with the special project (among others) of developing a needle-moving warehousing automation system (WAX/TRAX) for EMJ, then a $1B company. With a small team of just a handful of employees, Bart was able to successfully guide our team to create a suite of programs that increased efficiency so much that while EMJ grew to over $2B of annual revenue (doubled), their warehouse staff was actually able to be reduced. The order tracking/fulfillment programs were so effective that they allowed EMJ to achieve 99.9% on-time order fulfillment and to begin an 'On time or free' policy that would refund both the cost of material AND transportation if an order sourced from their warehouses was not delivered on the promised date. Many people in the metals industry know that EMJ stands out for its customer service, but few know about the integral role Bart played in its success. By the way, EMJ's system was so effective that despite having been in place since 1994 (warehouse automation was added much later), EMJ refuses to go to another system and give up the distinctive advantage that their current ERP provides. To achieve this at all is amazing, but to do it with a small staff, is unheard of in the IT industry. This is an example of the kind of manager Bart is and the vision he possesses. Bart would be a gem on any executive team." and "Bart is one of those rare managers who also naturally puts his staff at ease while both mentoring and motivating them. When I joined Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co last year, I was faced with mastering a completing new system unlike any I had previously worked with. I had the good fortune to work with Bart who guided my training and staged my responsibilities allowing me to rapidly master the unfamiliar system. Bart’s positive attitude and respect others built a cohesive and happy team that achieved remarkable results. Bart has my highest recommendation."

Bart Carmichael's Current Company Details
Columbia Machine, Inc.

Columbia Machine, Inc.

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Director of IT at Columbia Machine
vancouver, washington, united states
Website:
colmac.com
Employees:
341
Bart Carmichael Work Experience Details
  • Columbia Machine, Inc.
    Director It
    Columbia Machine, Inc. Sep 2023 - Present
    Vancouver, Washington, United States
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  • Superior Farms
    Director Of It
    Superior Farms Oct 2019 - Jun 2023
    Sacramento, California Area
    Founded in 1964 with headquarters in Sacramento, California, Superior Farms is North America’s largest, and most sustainable, processor and marketer of lamb.Director of Information Technology Responsible for all IT and a member of the executive management team. ERP implementation – replaced CSB with Microsoft Dynamic’s F&O Implementation of SharePoint for the enterprise Migrated Exchange servers to Office365 for all divisions Opening of the Sheep Discovery Center in Utah Migration of WAN from MPLS to SD-WAN Participated in LEAN events and executed suggested process improvements.
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  • American Fast Freight
    Director Information Technology
    American Fast Freight Oct 2015 - Mar 2019
    Greater Seattle Area
    Responsible for all IT and a member of the executive management team. Consolidation of IT functions and departments after the following acquisitions Caribbean Shipping Services in Florida and Puerto Rico. Global Transportation Services in China, Vietnam, and various locations in the US Grand Worldwide in various locations in the US Alaskan Express in Seattle and Alaska Implementation of SharePoint for the enterprise. Migrated Exchange servers to Office365 for all divisions. Implementation of Board Business Intelligence software. Consolidation of AR, AP, and GL, into Microsoft’s Dynamic’s GP. Participated in LEAN events and executed suggested process improvements. Replaced FileMaker system with TMW’s TruckMate TMS
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  • Rail Delivery Services
    Vice President Technology
    Rail Delivery Services Oct 2013 - Jan 2015
    Fontana, Ca
    RAIL DELIVERY SERVICES/Fontana, California (2013-2015)Vice President Technology➢ Responsible for all IT, Technology related activities, and IT personnel in the company. Reporting to the CEO and working with the rest of the executive management team to develop and implement a long term technology strategy consisting of mobile computing, infrastructure refresh, vendor partnerships, and IT staff development to support an aggressive multi-year growth plan.➢ With the company growing at a 30% rate in 2014, dispatch was getting overwhelmed with calls from the drivers. By installing a tablet in each truck in the fleet and developing applications for drivers to process trips and stay in communication with dispatch, the need to hire additional dispatchers was avoided by driving down the phone calls by 80%.➢ With the tablets now in the trucks, we purchased the JJ Keller electronic log system to track drive time. Once fully implemented total violations will be reduced.➢ 25% of paperwork was eliminated from the Safety department by capturing driver inspection forms on an in-house application developed for the tablets.➢ The in-house application, critical to the business, is written in FoxPro and dependent on an old, unsupported version of Novell running on 10-15 year old servers. This version of Novell will not run on any operating system newer than XP. Moving to a single network by eliminating Novell and standardizing on Active Directory will allow the company to uniformly upgrade the infrastructure, upgrade the desktop, get the company back to supported systems, and replace old, failing servers. A project was started to modify the FoxPro code to work on Active Directory, which will enable us to get off Novell and start the upgrade process.➢ In parallel with the FoxPro rewrite, Accent, a company specializing in infrastructure support, has been engaged to execute a long-term server plan to replace most of the servers, and install a disk array.
  • Harvest Meat Company, Inc.
    Sr. Vice President, Information Technology
    Harvest Meat Company, Inc. Mar 2013 - Jul 2013
    Greater San Diego Area
    At over $1 billion in revenue, Harvest services locations across the US. The family of companies includes Hamilton Meats, Western Box, Solomon, and Harvest Meat.Sr. Vice President, Information Technology➢ Responsible for all IT related activities and personnel across the entire family of companies. As a part of the executive management team, put together a strategy to get the companies on a single software platform, upgrade the infrastructure, and install proper controls to key processes.➢ Resolved Hamilton’s cost tracking problems in their processing plant by reworking the inventory flow and implementing regular physical inventory counts. This resulted in correcting a $20,000/week out of balance problem.➢ Completed a network upgrade with ATT to resolve performance issues.➢ Started a conversion to Exchange/Outlook for email to get off of unsupported Eudora.➢ Implemented the F9 and Hyperion reporting tool to give accounting better access to the financials across all companies.
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  • Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co
    Applications Manager
    Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co Feb 2009 - Mar 2013
    RELIANCE STEEL/Cypress, California (2009-2013)Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE:RS) is one of the largest metals service center companies in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 locations in 38 states, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom, the Company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of more than 100,000 metal products.Applications Manager Responsible for setting up ERP implementation standards for project management Responsible for the BI team made up of 5 analysts and developerso Created and implemented three dashboards, one for Corp. and two for operationso The dashboards sat on a data warehouse that was populated from several ERP systemso The BI team worked closely with the MDM team to standardize data across the several ERP systems Currently implementing an ERP package across the Reliance family of companieso Team Tube – Implemented 8/1/2009o Encore Metals – Implemented 11/1/2009o Durrett Sheppard Steel – Live date 8/1/2010o Chatham Steel – Live date 10/1/2010 Mentoring all project managers and overseeing all projectso Data center consolidationo Various software upgradeso Enhancements to the core ERP systemo Installing SharePoint within IT
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  • Frontier Homes
    Director It
    Frontier Homes Feb 2007 - Feb 2008
    FRONTIER ENTERPRISES, INC./Ontario, CaliforniaFrontier Enterprises, at over $250 million in revenues, is comprised of a liquor distribution company, a cigar retail store, private clubs, airline charter business, commercial real estate management, and home building.Director of Information Technology In the highest IT position in the company and a member of the executive management team, I was responsible for all systems, telecommunications, applications, infrastructure, and security. The IT budget was $10 million and the staff of 10 consisted of managers, analysts, and programmers. Maintain Oracles 8.11 ERP system as well as Microsoft’s Navision (Dynamics) ERP system Developed web sites for all businesses with marketing companies. Opened Club Caribe private club and installed a POS system Opened Azucar, a retail cigar store and installed a POS system Launched the first brewing for B2 Beverages Supported expansion of home building operations into Arizona
  • William Lyon Homes, Inc
    Director It
    William Lyon Homes, Inc Jun 2004 - Oct 2006
    WILLIAM LYON HOMES, INC./Newport Beach, California (2004-2006)William Lyon Homes, at $2 billion in revenue, is one of the largest single family detached and attached home builders with operations in California, Nevada, and Arizona.Director of Information Technology Responsible for a $10 million budget and staff of 12 located in California, Nevada, and Arizona. A member of the executive management team. Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley IT compliance. Partnered with Grant-Thornton for internal audits and with Ernst & Young for external audits. Audits included comprehensive review of security, application, physical, and management controls. Successfully implemented remediation on deficiencies for clean audit opinions. Responsible for all software, hardware, and telecommunications. Implemented integrated PDA’s in the field eliminating paperwork for the supervisors. With real time updates to building schedules, problems with sub-contractors are resolved much faster which limits the impact on the overall build schedule. Implemented CPS’s CRM software in the home models. The software allows salespeople to print buyer documentation at the site saving time. Peripheral benefits include a mortgage calculator, integration to core systems, and option review. Implemented CPS’s Warranty module for after sale customer service. Benefits included exposure to the entire sales cycle for warranty personnel and increased customer service. Implemented Active Directory. Initiated a JDE ERP upgrade to PeopleSoft 8.11. Brought the Intra-net in-house at a $1 million per year savings. Initiated a document imaging project to eliminate over 100,000 boxes of stored documents. Completely reworked the check writing process to save man days per week in accounting.
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  • Santee Dairies, Inc
    Director It
    Santee Dairies, Inc Jun 2002 - Nov 2003
    SANTEE DAIRIES, INC/City of Industry, California (2002-2003)Santee Dairies is a $250 million fluid dairy manufacturer and bottling company serving the Southwest with the brand names of Knudsen, Arnold Palmer Tee, Foremost, and Welch’s juices.Director of Information Technology Responsible for a $1.5 million budget and staff of 10 A member of the executive management team. Responsible for all software, hardware, and telecommunications. Ran 5% under budget in 2003. Consolidated multiple long distance vendors, reducing yearly costs by over $10,000. Consolidated Novell, NT, and W2K networks into W2K. Acquiring new hardware was a part of this project. By standardizing hardware and bringing support in-house, we realized over $100,000 in yearly savings. Implemented Terminal Services, which greatly reduced the need for end user support as applications were centralized. Upgraded and standardized end user desktop environment to W2K and Office 2K. Through a company intern project, IT trained two college students and managed them through the hardware and software upgrades. Brought Web servers in house and eliminated hosting services. While working with the Santee marketing department, we redesigned the web page and are currently maintaining it in house. Implemented a comprehensive backup system for all programs and data. Implemented VPN for employees working away from corporate. The results are faster access to the corporate network, lower connection costs, and a much more stable connection. Developed and implemented an internal problem tracking system. This gives users a standard way to report problems or suggestions, and allows IT to prioritize tasks.
  • Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
    Manager Special Projects
    Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Aug 1995 - Jun 2002
    Manager of Special Projects and App Dev Co-managed a $32 million project in Chicago. My responsibilities included all software, hardware, network, and management of outside vendors relating to software and hardware. The other manager was responsible for the building, concrete, etc. The result of the project was four fully automated picking systems, which resulted in halving the manpower in the warehouse, improving inventory management, and doubling the capacity of the current warehouse. Warehouse Automation. This project involved two new technologies to the metals industry – bar code scanning and RF networking. All processes involving paper in the warehouse were modified to use handheld bar code scanners that were directly linked to the mainframes through an RF network. Applications were developed and implemented across all warehouses in the company. ROI was 14 months on this two-year project by eliminating employees that were matching paper, tracking orders, and redundant staff for order processing. Conversion of mainframes. Upgraded to new mainframes for performance improvement. Participated in renegotiation of the contract with the outside vendor for an annual savings of $1,200,000. Developed manufacturing sub-system to enhance value added services, which required manufacturing of bulk steel. A new building was built in Indianapolis, including a full infrastructure implementation. Evaluated outside software packages for the machine connections (PLC), integrated those packages with our central ERP system, and modified our ERP to work with the outside packages. Part of operational re-engineering team to reduce overall company costs. Areas addressed were physical inventory counts, picking, purchasing, sales document flows, put-away, inter-branch transfers, and material movements.
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  • Eds Group
    Ase
    Eds Group Aug 1994 - Aug 1995
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  • Distribution Architects, Intl
    Project Manager
    Distribution Architects, Intl Apr 1988 - Aug 1994
    Greater Phoenix Area
    DISTRIBUTION ARCHITECTS, INTL./Tempe, Arizona (1988 - 1994)DAI is now Infor, which develops and sells a fully comprehensive ERP software package to distribution and manufacturing companies.Project Manager Managed the implementation of ERP software for multiple fortune 500 companies in North America and Europe. Industries include paper (RL Crain Canada), entertainment (PolyGram Records America), food (Ralston Purina America), auto (RHP Bearing Canada), retail (Black & Decker Brussels) and furniture (MFI England). As part of the sales team to prospective clients, I did sales demos, technical support, and assisted in time and cost quotations.Director of Customer Support Started a customer support department for clients who had already implemented the package. Starting from scratch, the department grew to 15 programmers and analysts supporting over 30 companies, and generating 10% of the company’s revenues.Programmer/Analysts Programmed and implemented a Warehousing module. Programmed and implemented a Transportation module. Programmed and implemented a physical inventory sub-system within the Inventory module.

Bart Carmichael Skills

Integration Erp Sharepoint Business Intelligence Management It Management Business Analysis Information Technology Project Management Sdlc It Strategy Enterprise Architecture Software Documentation Vendor Management Process Improvement Security Data Warehousing Networking Crm Data Center Requirements Analysis Software Project Management Visio Budgets Sql Strategy Telecommunications Active Directory Program Management Technical Support Disaster Recovery Software Development Itil Strategic Planning Access Business Process Jd Edwards Microsoft Sql Server Databases Ms Project Oracle Visual Basic Troubleshooting Operating Systems Software Implementation Windows Server Unix Windows Pl/sql Soa

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Bart Carmichael works for Columbia Machine, Inc.

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Bart Carmichael's current role is Director of IT at Columbia Machine.

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Bart Carmichael attended Kansas State University.

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Bart Carmichael has skills like Integration, Erp, Sharepoint, Business Intelligence, Management, It Management, Business Analysis, Information Technology, Project Management, Sdlc, It Strategy, Enterprise Architecture.

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