Management consulting for strategy creation, organizational transformation, and large project execution.

Led IT for the Consumer Brands, Food Service, and the Strategic Partner Solutions business units. Collaborated with business executives and IT shared services teams to identify, fund, and implement key capabilities required to deliver the business plan. • Executed Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) transformation by implementing best practice processes and information for the Demand Planning, Sales, Marketing, and Finance teams. Achieved a consistent practice that plans the sale, then sells the plan.• Led the implementation of a direct store delivery (DSD) mobile sales solution that delivered the capability to dramatically improve service and increase sales by over $40M in the first year of operation• Implemented a new trade promotion management & optimization (TPM/TPO) solution. Dramatically improved deduction days outstanding.• Integrated order to cash processing for Better Baked Foods, Mama Rosa, and Drayton Food acquisitions. Separated Schwan’s Home Service from the Company after acquisition of Schwan’s by CJ Cheiljedang.

Led Project and Portfolio Management and Corporate solutions development for the General Mills global IT organization. • Accelerated business profitability through centralization and relocation of work to our global work centers, strategic sourcing relationships, workplace solutions, automation, and our continuous improvement practices.• Led the development of processes and skills, along with annual planning and prioritization for IT functions globally.

Led global 24x7 data and network operations, global productivity support and job scheduling. • Created 24x7 follow the sun service desk organization with personnel in the US, Argentina, and China. Offered support in five languages to boost productivity of our growing global business.

Led all aspects of global office productivity environment, including 23,000 PCs and global network and telecommunications infrastructure. Direct responsibility for $20M annual operating budget and 145 personnel. • Drove transformation that improved service levels by 20% while reducing headcount and budget by 30% through global technology standards, process improvement, and refined roles and responsibilities.

Joined General Mills via their acquisition of Pillsbury. Responsible for HR, R&D, Quality & Regulatory, Consumer E-Business, Finance, and all other Corporate function systems. • Drove integration to a single portfolio of applications for combined company within the targeted period of 18 months.

Managed 10,000 client desktop environment, email, telephony, database administration, EDI, business intelligence, e-commerce, security, architecture, and development environments. Initially 190 FTEs and $65M budget. • Improved service levels and team performance across all functions. Drove consistency of configuration, insourced labor and hosting, and eliminated audit and security deficiencies. Reduced headcount and budget by 40%.

Established function responsible for architecture, middleware, data modeling/administration, development environment, project management, and training. Staff of 170 and budget of $24M. • Partnered with development teams to produce a process centric culture with a focus on delivery. Revamped architecture and modernized application portfolio.