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Sycamore, Illinois, Us

Racine, Wisconsin, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Direct global deployment of transformational technologies to drive growth, reduce costs, and improve client experience in a matrix organizational structure. Advise corporate leadership in matters of technology planning, development, and budgeting. Own IT solution delivery, support, and execution of technology projects valued at $5–10M. Manage direct reports and project teams of 50–60. Drive consistent value for operational, tactical, and strategic activities across 8 global enterprise IT Portfolios. Lead a team of Business Relationship Managers to ensure strategic alignment across the enterprise. • Fostered increase in alignment of business initiatives and IT projects by developing a strategic planning tool for executives to establish organizational priorities and support resource allocation.• Drove internal awareness of substandard on-time project delivery to begin corrective measures.• Led the systematic roll-out of demand intake and management processes across the enterprise to further drive IT / Business strategic alignment and effective delivery of IT solutions.

Durham, Nc, Us

Led enterprise strategic planning for team of 125+. Contributed to corporate IT budget development and managed project financial resources. Optimized technology investments and aligned IT activities with key business priorities. Developed a lean technology portfolio and built a visionary technology road map to support positive business outcomes.• Saved $250K annual operating expense via portfolio rationalization by developing and implementing a multiyear road map to establish processes for technology selection and vendor contract negotiations.• Aligned activities with strategic partners, focused on incremental cloud migration, and filled critical portfolio gaps.• Reduced licensing and implementation costs 20%.

Durham, Nc, Us

Managed program and strategy for major enterprise resource planning (ERP) migration project, including oversight of budget and a global team of 30 analysts and developers. Developed Oracle EBS solutions to functional areas of order management, engineering, procurement, warehouse management, manufacturing, finance, and supply chain planning.• Delivered zero down-time in multi-million dollar ERP program for a large division, and facilitated a consolidated enterprise view of financial ledger and business operations.• Retained several critical, high-performing IT resources who had worked on a legacy system and were instrumental in successful transition to new systems and technologies.

Durham, Nc, Us

Led a global team of Microsoft .NET developers tasked with building custom ERP systems. Innovated solutions in engineering and order management systems. Managed change of systems, personnel, and processes after Ruud Lighting acquisition by Cree, Inc.• Assembled a global offshore development team and directed 24/5 agile development on several mission-critical systems.

Planned software development strategy and oversaw projects in enterprise technology integration and legacy system evolution. Implemented leading-edge design and architecture tools to provide business value and competitive IT advantage.• Achieved zero downtime in migration of legacy warehouse management system to new hardware, secure wireless network, and a modern platform. Increased workforce utilization 20% and delivered >99.9% first-year uptime with new system.

Managed software engineering projects and high-level software system design. Collaborated with system stakeholders and aligned developer activities with project goals and corporate objectives. Moderated peer reviews to improve software quality.

Designed software and databases to meet end-user requests and ongoing corporate needs, with a focus on transitioning legacy code to contemporary technologies. Maintained system-wide documentation, especially business rules impacting software systems. Coordinated and led user training.

Developed new proprietary software and completed perfective system maintenance. Led programming team on large warehouse management and accounting projects, including system testing, quality assurance, peer standards review, and user training and support.

Supported legacy code and software to optimize performance; maintained detailed software documentation.

Bachelor Of Science Electrical Engineering, (Software Engineering Focus, Computer Science Minor)

Master Of Science Software Engineering, (Software Architecture)