Brett Phillips Email & Phone Number

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Responsible for the full end to end enterprise technology and corresponding business processes to grow and mature the world’s number one guitar manufacturer.

Exeter, New Hampshire

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Responsible for leading end-to-end IT/Digital activity (strategy development, business engagement, program/project delivery, operational and service management, employee development) for a growing $5B pet care business across North America.• Strategic co-pilot responsible for collaborative business engagement with NA Petcare Leadership at the GM, VP, and Director level to ensure maximum value for the annual $65 million IT investment.• Responsible for development of end-to-end 5-year IT strategic roadmap and investment plan aligned to overall business strategy to drive growth and value creation. • Successful oversight and leadership of all IT portfolio and development activities across the entire Systems Development Lifecycle.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Personally selected by Mars CIO to facilitate and lead all IT related M&A aspects – from negotiation through integration - of the $2.9 billion acquisition of the Iams / Eukanuba pet care business from P&G.• Led IT cross-functional team in the successful delivery of all related deal-sign to deal-close activities (implementation of payroll and benefits, e-mail, instant messaging, mobile phones, and other key IT capabilities) for 1200 transferring P&G Petcare employees in only 120 days – the quickest close that P&G had encountered for a transaction of that size.• Developed implementation strategy and directed the on time and on budget ($30M) IT program for the successful integration of three manufacturing sites, two regional distribution centers, and all corporate HQ functions across the application (Mars SAP ERP and JDA WMS) and infrastructure platforms over a 15-month timeframe. • Responsible for creating and leading a transformation team of over 50 employees in the overall implementation of complete end-to-end IT Infrastructure and Application capability for the newly acquired business.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Responsible for driving the overall IT strategy, activity set, delivery, and operational support for the Petcare US business unit. Broad scope of responsibilities included strategic planning and IT leadership, development of key business partner relationships, project management and delivery, Operational Excellence, employee development, and business process transformation across a $3B business entity.• Developed effective and collaborative business engagement with Petcare US Senior Leadership at the GM, VP, and Director Level to ensure maximum value for the annual $30 million IT investment. Through understanding of business priorities, developed IT roadmap to support and align with future business goals and activity. • Implemented enterprise IT Governance process to prioritize funding, resources, and align business needs with proper solutions.• Managed successful delivery of numerous Sales and Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse related projects on time and within budget delivering significant benefits to the Petcare US business. Collaborated with Senior Leadership to create and drive functional area strategies. • Successfully developed and executed strategy to implement a Demand Signal Repository (DSR) for for our top customer to provide more actionable insights against retailer point of sale data. • Selected by leadership to lead enterprise wide Mars special project around internal Mobile Solutions. Developed strategy and roadmap and lead efforts in the delivery of increased capabilities. • Drove 99% SLA and Customer Service Metrics for US IT Applications. Implementation of Change Management Best Practice and IT Control Security Frameworks across ERP, Physical Logistics.• Direct line management and development of a highly motivated and engaged team of five Associates and seven consultants with consistently high Gallup scores.• Selected for Mars Accelerated Leadership program / Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in 2012.

West Chester, Pa

Responsible for driving business process and technical implementation efforts in the successful integration of Sales related systems for both the Nutro and Petcare US Integration Projects. Hand selected by Senior Management for ability to thrive and deliver in difficult political environment. Broad scope of responsibilities includes IT leadership, business process transformation, and development of key business partner relationships.

West Chester, Pa

Responsible for management of the Mars Global Trade Promotion Management Template (Seibel) and defining Global TPM strategy and approach. Broad scope of responsibilities included strategic planning and program management, developing key business partner relationships, associate development, business process transformation and IT leadership.• Managed successful on time implementation of the Version 5.0 Template to both US and UK markets consisting of over 600 users which delivered key system improvements along with a re-architected BI capability to support Trade Promotion Analytics.• Collaborated with Regional US teams to develop and deliver all necessary integrations to support the Chocolate US SAP Atlas go-live. • Drove transition of development activity to Satyam Offshore Development Team. Received “Best in Class” recognition from both vendor and Senior Management for the overall transition process. • Direct line management and development of a highly motivated and engaged team of six Associates, four consultants, and 24 off shore resources. • Successful budget management of $1.9 million.

West Chester, Pa

Responsible for leading regional IT team in the implementation of Trade Promotion Management functionality for the U.S. region and delivering significant improvements in system functionality, product quality, and project management over the previously installed version. Broad scope of responsibilities included day-to-day project and budget management, strategic planning, key business partner relationships, associate development, business process transformation and IT leadership.• Against a fixed deadline, overcame several significant hurdles to lead the 2004 implementation to a successful and on-time delivery. Achieved recognition for the largest and most successful project implementation in the U.S. Mars unit in 2004 from both the system’s users and senior management.• Collaborated with development teams in the United States, Europe and Australia to deliver system to over 300 U.S. based Field Sales Associates, including the development of over 25 interfaces to and from legacy systems.• Coordinated and directed efforts of a high performing project team of six resources. Led development and direct line management of three associates. • Selected for special opportunity in leading US Customer Program Management Office. Responsible for program management for over 15 IT projects with budget in excess of $8 million.