Vice President Of Information Systems
CurrentDirect day-to-day operation of a medium-scale information systems network with international partnerships (China/Switzerland/Germany/Taiwan/Canada). Perform comprehensive analyses such as Internet and network security requirements, capacity planning, bandwidth utilization estimates, performance metrics establishment, data storage requirements, disaster recovery planning, and security processes. Oversee multiple outsourcing contracts and an annual budget.• Confronted with a difficult ERP migration, created organization’s first multi-functional team-based project with appointed team leaders; significantly improved communications, buy in, and teamwork; delivered EPR implementation on time and under budget.• Managed $1 million annual budget, distributing funds among salaries, software, hardware, outsource services, vendors and travel expenses. Consistently came in under budget by delivering projects on time and preventing feature creep.• Faced with inefficiencies due to major system upgrade, promoted team building, 5S, cross functional training and employee involvement; increased productivity and contributed to significant process improvement and return on investment from system upgrade.
