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2019 to present: Currently working to architect, develop and implement a world class global trade management and compliance capability.03-01-2016 to present: Also, currently in late-deployment of Dynamics 365 F&O and Azure services to stores and warehouses around the world (160 plus countries to be supported). 05-01-2014 to 03-01-2016: Architect for a major re-engineering effort known as the Facilities Lifecycle Services (FLS) initiative, replacing the legacy facilities management systems with industry state of the art systems provided by the Oracle business partner. 01-01-2012 to 05-01-2014: Oversaw the upgrade of PeopleSoft financials systems from version 8.9 to 9.1. Also developed the global cash management systems and global controllership controls monitoring systems. 12-03-2006 to 12-31-2011: Helped upgrade the major supply chain systems used globally, implementing the Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) initiative. Leveraging business partners and systems from Microsoft (Dynamics AX 2009), Oracle (PeopleSoft financials) and IBM (WAS, WESB). These systems service one of the most globally diverse and broadly distributed supply chain environments in the world - serving over 180 countries.

Centerville, Utah, Us

Directed product and software development in the customer relationship management and sales force automation spaces (CRM/SFA). Developed partnerships and customer relationships. Responsible for the strategic technical direction, P&L and overall product and team performance. Realized 20-30% annual growth for 5 consecutive years. Brought new cloud enabled products and services to market and improved existing ones.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Directed early development of SaaS and PaaS cloud technologies, including utility computing and content delivery agent applications. Architected products for consumption by the Citrix channel community. Oversaw development teams performing joint development between Citrix and other software companies. Participated in the acquisition of an enterprise level portal development company (Sequoia Software Inc.) located in Columbia Maryland. Assisted the re-engineering efforts needed to retrofit the products for use by the Citrix channel community.

New York, Ny, Us

Developed and implemented strategic sourcing, including investment purchasing, procure to pay and order to cash systems, including web based storefronts for the Fortune 500 retail industry. Accounts included SuperValu in Minneapolis, American Stores and Albertsons in Salt Lake City and Boise, and Overwaitea in Vancouver, British Columbia. Deployed to each account for multi-month to multi-year engagements. Lead developer for the on-site technical teams. Developed software using C with embedded SQL, Ingres 4GL and Informix and Oracle Databases. Liason with other software development teams co-developing software in Leeds, U.K., and Seattle WA. Synthesized and compiled the multiple code streams onsite, into a single deliverable version of the applications for the account. Oversaw software code control and was directly responsible for the applications configuration and correctness at each account, and for the software environments used by each team for Development, QA, User Acceptance, etc..I was an employee of British/American Consulting Group (BACG) - BACG was acquired by Lawson Software.

Midvale, Ut, Us

Helped bootstrap a startup initially called D2 (DiscountsDirect.com). Later known as Overstock.com. Participated in the architecture and development of early industry e-store web ordering technologies including online order to cash and procure to pay solutions.

Helped architect, engineer and support one of the best (end to end) enterprise level software solutions for the Retail industry. (Note: Tomax was acquired by Salesforce.com via the DemandWare acquisition) Developed the software for point of sale, procure to pay and order to cash processes. C Language on various Unix and Windows environments.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Project Management

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science