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Los Angeles, CA, US

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, US

• BrightView is an industry leading landscape design, development and maintenance business with over $2.8 B in annual revenue and 21,000 employees, created from the merger of ValleyCrest and the Brickman Group after.
• Responsible for leading IT strategy, governance, business support, applications and infrastructure.
• Promoted to SVP in 2014 and then EVP in 2016.
• Our team transitioned business units to a standard ERP and processes, while ensuring SOX readiness. In addition, we have deployed strategic new capabilities including mobile apps for 4,000 crew leaders in the field, a.
• We have also supported the integration of 30+ acquisitions, enabling standard business solutions.
• BrightView completed its IPO on the NYSE in 2018.

• Team successfully implemented ERP, CRM and content management solutions to support finance, HR, accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory management and other business functions.
• Company was acquired by KKR private equity, resulting in a merger with The Brickman Group and new leadership role.

Aliso Viejo, CA, US

• Led global IT team in support of business functions including product engineering, sales, finance, HR, operations, supply chain and contract manufacturing.
• In addition, the team managed the technology for engineering, data storage, networking, security, desktops, mobile devices, help desk and data center operations.
• Successfully implemented global ERP solution for internal and external stakeholders. The team's achievement was recognized with a CEO Award.
• Facilitated divestiture of business unit to Intel Corp.
• Transitioned select application maintenance responsibilities to offshore partner.
• Implemented ITSM processes for incident management and change control.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Formed IT Steering Committee and developed multi-year strategic roadmap.
• Implemented companywide CRM and collaboration solutions.
• Reduced operating costs by deploying a B2B e-commerce application.
• Implemented data warehouse and BI portal for business performance reporting.
• Led process and system integration for 4 acquisitions.
• Negotiated and managed IT co-source arrangement for application and infrastructure services.

Dublin 2, IE

• Responsible for leading large-scale business change and system initiatives. Managed projects up to $25 M budget with team of 100. Led system development and implementation of client business solutions across North.
• Communications & High Tech industry practice with additional experience including Consumer Products, Industrial Products and Media & Entertainment.
• Led process reengineering, application development and global rollout for the Intel Inside Online Network, a system to manage $800 M in annual market development funds. Transformed program operations from internal to.
• Subsequently at Intel, led reengineering for intel.com Content Management functions, and separately global process design for a HRIS implementation.
• At Caterpillar, conducted Sales Management business and system diagnostic.
• At DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), led development and rollout of a global Merchandise Planning and Distribution system.

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