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Responsible for the Management of all IT related functions within Renaisance Global Logistics and James Group International

Founder and owner of IT Project Management Professionals, LLC. Which specializes in providing IT Project Management Consulting Services.

Responsible for the oversight of all IT functions within the plants that supply Ford and GM. Primary responsibilities included oversight of all IT related projects for 10 manufacturing plants. Interfaced with Plant and Business Unit leadership to ensure that all business requirements were being met. Also, responsible for ensuring plans adherence to IT standards and policies.Major projects included:IT Program Manager responsible for the simultaneous launch of the Ford P415 program within the existing BWI Warren facility and the new JIT plant facility; Because of delays in the business finalizing the site selection in Kansas City the IT systems launch schedule had to be compressed to less than half the normal lead time with no increase in the budget. Simultaneously project managed the launch of the IT systems to support the new plant launch; GM561), which was completed on time and on budget.Successfully project managed the IT systems transfer of Chrysler Overhead systems production from BWI-Detroit to BWI-Warren and Ford C170 Seating production from Plymouth to Detroit.

Variety of IT Management Responsibilties including: Operations, Development, Project Management, ERP Systems Support, Network and Technical Support, Project Management.

Variety of IT Management responsibilites including: Project Management, ERP Systems Implementation and Support, Development, Network and Technical Support, EDI.

A Variety of IT Management responsibilities including: Project Management, EDI, Network Design and Support, ERP System Implementaion and Support.

Responsible for the oversight of all IT functions within the plants that supply Ford, Toyota, and Honda. Primary responsibilities included oversight of all IT related projects for 11 manufacturing plants. Interfaced with Plant and Business Unit leadership to ensure that all business requirements were being met. Also, responsible for ensuring each plant's adherence to IT standards and policies.Major projects included:Major new plant launch; which included JIT Seating, Door Panels, Overhead Systems, and integrated Foam Production, Injection Molding, Welding, and Headliner Fabrication, which was launched on schedule and under budget.

Responsible for managing all EDI support and projects for 70+ Automotive Systems Group plants in North America. Served as JCI's AIAG representative on the Business Process Workgroup, and the XML BOD Standardization Workgroup. Major projects included:Managed the conversion of all supplier and customer EDI from GEISS and IBM Advantis to Covisint which saved JCI over $230k per year.Project managed the conversion from Gentran and Trinary EDI translators to IBM Websphere XML Messaging which reduced ongoing support and development costs by over $200k per year.

Management responsibility for IT Application and Technical Support and Data Center Operations for 40+ Seating plants. Key accomplishments were:Participated in the planning, budgeting, and approval process of the Seating ERP System Conversion project.Facilitated the integration of Seating and Interiors IT functions, which reduced IT support costs and improved organizational synergies.

Responsible for the oversight of all IT functions within the JIT plants that supply GM. Primary responsibilities included oversight of all IT related projects for 7 manufacturing plants. Interfaced with Plant and Business Unit leadership to ensure that all business requirements were being met. Also, responsible for ERP System application support and training.Major projects included

Management responsibility for Applications Support and Development

Held the responsibility for MIS systems for an automotive plastics manufacturer.Experience includes:Successful implementation of a wide variety of manufacturing and accounting packages.Served as lead analyst and project manager of numerous custom development projects.Managed the conversion from an IBM System/36 running MAPICS-II to andAS/400 running MAPICS-DB.Managed the implementation and support of Customer EDI using Future-Three's Automotive Release Control System.Support and management of a four plant IBM AS/400 network,Advanced from Data Processing Supervisor to MIS Manager in first four years.

Advanced from plant laborer to Cost Analyst in the first 1½ years. Since then, I acquired experience in systems operations, and software development on IBM Systems 34. In addition I played a lead role in the implementation of multiple IBM MAPICS manufacturing and accounting applications.

Bachelors, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics - Accounting; Computer Science

Program included extensive course work