Bruce Ayling Email & Phone Number

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Solutions and Technical Architecture consultancy focused on the Healthcare Insurance Industry

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Multi-vertical Technology & Leadership consulting to include Blood Banking, Employment Services, and Information Security. Predominant focus on Organizational Development, Integration, Platform Modernization, and Scalability.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

($1.4B Blood Bank. 2nd largest in the US with a diverse portfolio of business and aggressive M&A driven growth)Led IT through unprecedented industry challenges, associated cultural upheaval, and almost 50% acquisition based growth while rebuilding the foundation, standardizing systems and services, and creating business-technology alignment• Eliminated IT silos, created a “one team, one mission” culture, and established deep Executive relationships on a foundation of common purpose, earned credibility, and proven service delivery• Consolidated platforms, identified risks, eliminated waste, and negotiated contracts to reduce / avoid licensing, maintenance, and service costs in excess of $3M over less than 3 years• Collaborated with peers and business partners to institute leading practices in project / program management, technical architecture, service delivery, business analysis, and SDLC.• Partnered with the CISO to co-lead a comprehensive NIST based Information Security assessment and multi-year risk reduction program designed to remediate and modernize all aspects of Information Security • Led a comprehensive RFP process and vendor selection for cost reduction and consolidation of 12 Data Centers, hybrid cloud integration, select managed services, and a complete overhaul of systems architecture to include advanced capabilities for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity• Redesigned a 100+ location network using technologies such as SDWAN and Micro-Segmentation to optimize costs, performance, security, and alignment with evolving business requirements

Columbia, South Carolina Area

($8B Regional Bank with significant M&A driven growth} Senior IT Leader responsible for creating alignment with Applications / Business requirements and delivering integrated Hardware, Software, and Operational Services• Developed team members and processes to drop outage incidents by over 50% in under one year• As part of the largest bank acquisition in South Carolina history, planned for and executed an on time / on budget data migration, systems integration, and cut-over of core financial platforms

Phoenix, Arizona Area

($4B Multi-national High-Tech Manufacturing)Led Global IT infrastructure using a hybrid model of HP / IBM services supporting a multi-cultural internal team of 100+ IT professionals distributed across three continents• Created $5M in annual savings while implementing a critical $20M M&A integration and Infrastructure / Application modernization roadmap• Partnered to renew Project Management focus while establishing unified Applications / Infrastructure strategies aligned with corporate objectives • Instilled a metrics driven culture of continuous improvement that measured, presented and implemented IT operational enhancements and cost-reduction initiatives• Developed top talent and built relationships across all levels of the organization

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

($3.8B Major grocery retailer in the mid-Atlantic)Led Enterprise IT Infrastructure & Database / Data Warehouse platforms across Harris Teeter’s footprint of 25,000 employees in 200+ locations• Overhauled and aligned Grocery-Retail Application platforms with business demand to include CRM, Teradata Data Warehouse, UNIX Logical Partitioning, SAN Modernization, Mainframe capacity optimization, MPLS WAN migration, Windows Virtualization, Oracle ASM, and High Availability (HA)• Led Requirements, Design & Implementation of Data Warehouse in support of Customer Intelligence • Renewed team cohesion and individual team member contributions through proactive performance management and targeted mentoring. • Core stakeholder driving the formal inception of a PMO managing a demand pipeline in excess of 90 major projects

Columbia, South Carolina Area

($3B Global supply chain management solutions)Progressive advancement culminating in responsibility for strategic direction of Enterprise IT Infrastructure to deliver value within the UTi Global framework of 20,000 employees in 468 locations in 50+ countries• Developed Global Data Center consolidation strategy and collaborated to establish standardized Software and Hardware Architecture for legacy systems conversion for next generation applications delivery in support of a changing industry, integration requirements, and ongoing M&A driven growth• Achieved 18 month ROI with $8M annual savings through a Network & Technology consolidation project resulting in technology standardization and service optimization • Led a 100+ member geographically distributed multi-national team comprised of UTi and partner resources