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Indianapolis, IN, US

Redmond, Washington, US

• Responsible for the digital transformation of Microsoft’s global content marketing and social channel engagement capabilities through business process and technology. Responsible for the transition to modern end-to-end.
• Portfolio principal for Microsoft’s global marketing technology stack enabling enterprise scale of campaign and content planning, digital asset management, localization, social marketing, customer advocacy.
• Defined the digital transformation vision and strategy to optimize the global Martech stack enabling the transition from disparate point solutions to connected marketer and seller experiences
• Managed contract and licensing negotiations, accessibility, privacy, security compliance, and internal ecosphere fit across 17 external SaaS providers with a $25M annual budget
• Established trusted partnerships with external software suppliers enabling transparent communication on strategy and product direction while enabling mutual success
• Championed business process mapping in marketing IT organization to drive feature development clarity and internal supportability maturity

Redmond, Washington, US

• Responsible for innovation and business process optimization of Microsoft’s reverse supply chain encompassing internal SAP ERP, home-grown applications, outsourced supplier factory systems, and B2B integration points..
• Portfolio principal for the Microsoft reverse supply chain systems driving strategy, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional execution creating value through transaction automation and process simplification
• Engineering Program Manager of Microsoft Supply Chain IT leading a cross-functional team from planning, execution, and run operations for a $22M annual budget
• Chief business and solution architect for the future state architecture of Microsoft’s Care and reverse supply chain organization; transformation from home-grown warranty, device track/trace, and order management to.
• Led the architectural design, plan, and execution for the integration of Nokia’s Care supply chain with Microsoft post acquisition; each company had 250+ applications running their distinct environments
• Architected and lead the delivery of the reverse supply chain, logistics provider integration, and partner onboarding for domestic China consumer direct returns and cash on delivery operations

Renton, Washington, US

• Accountable for the corporate information systems ranging from interoffice telecommunications to factory control systems, corporate manufacturing and distribution, coffee lot track/trace, financial management.
• Lead post acquisition systems integration strategy and execution for eight legal entities and five facilities encompassing green coffee importation, manufacturing, distribution, and sales
• Authored corporate QA/QC strategy and policies to revive stressed relationship with major retail foodservice customer
• Envisioned and developed world class supply chain quality control application winning the ‘2009 Innovation Award’ from major global foodservice customer
• Architected and enabled controls in manufacturing systems for green coffee commodity lot traceability and cost accounting
• Implemented internal controls and change management solutions for Information Systems team

Redmond, Washington, US

• Managed internal business unit and partner requirements, process documentation, unit testing and internal SOX compliance for Microsoft Reverse Logistics worldwide supply chain system
• Coordinated quarterly release and testing requirements with external return and repair partners
• Designed application architecture and process changes for the serialized device and warranty engine, call center and external partner systems to support Xbox 360, Zune, and MSNTV hardware
• Fostered partnership with offshore teams transitioning systems operations activities to low-cost region
• Recognized for exceeding expectations during large scale transition to low-cost hardware repair operations

US

• Product owner for Microsoft Dynamics GP accounting, manufacturing, distribution, EDI, and reporting
• Developed and deployed sales forecast, production costing, and corporate budget systems integrations
• Designed network infrastructure architecture and budget to support corporate growth plan
• Standardized internal sales reporting to provide ‘single version of the truth’ for financial and management metrics

• Facilitated end user training for Microsoft Dynamics GP distribution and manufacturing
• Increased productivity with automated exception reporting and sophisticated reporting solutions
• Prepared and measured against budgets for ERP implementations, report, and application development
• Project Manager and super user for internal Changepoint Professional Services Automation implementation