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Indianapolis, IN, US

• Serve as an integral executive leader responsible for the IT budget and leading a team of upwards of 18 resources across 4 offices in driving the information technology vision, strategy, and execution supporting the.
• Introduced new and consolidated existing technologies, including consolidating the use of Zoom, Teams, and Jabber to Teams exclusively allowing easier collaboration across the firm, and migrated from Cisco hardline.
• Led the initiative to automate the e-filing process, removing the need to manually file with CCH, securing 97.6% automation, allowing for resources to pivot into higher level tasks, and saving hundreds of thousands of.
• Provided strategic direction and guidance in developing prep work concerning automated tax forms for 2 large clients that delivered 1K+ hours savings, resulting in 1 of the lowest realization clients becoming a top.
• Responsible for advancing the firm’s security model delivering an increase in security while decreasing friction among staff.
• Continuously focused on enhancing efficiency and introduced innovative support processes and ticketing solutions resulting in a 50% reduction in First Response time and 60% improvement to resolution time while.

Carmel, IN

• Hired into the parent company as Director of Information Technology and leveraged expertise to provide assistance to Weaver Fundraising, such as identifying large gaps with a new concept the organization was investing.
• Responsible for leading a team of 15 resources and contractors and vendors and led all information technology and Marketing for the $160M provider of fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations, spanning.
• Provided guidance in developing budgets, strategies, and solution delivery methodologies spanning ERP, data warehousing, and master data management, supporting organizational top performance.
• Focused on implementing innovative technologies to increase efficiency, such as pivoting from PHP to Angular for web development and Ionic to Flutter for mobile development, completing both in 9 months, as well as.
• Spearheaded the development of a mobile POS application that provided visibility into sales and inventory, supporting a user base of more than 300K managing orders, securing architecture testing to 112 orders/second.
• Mentored, trained, and developed a strong COE team and established a solid foundation aligning talent and qualifications with the needs of the business and clients, lowering the daily volume of trouble tickets by 80%.

• Responsible for leading both software and Infrastructure projects.Key Achievements:
• Teams are focused on the right tasks
• Delivered software solution to allow for electronic records of flu clinic rather than manual recording and data entry
• Updated Timeclock system for the network

Columbus, IN

• Responsible for serving on-site as Project Manager with Cummins Inc., a Fortune 500 corporation, leading a $10M initiative to implement Business Intelligence solutions by Teradata, delivering leadership with.
• Introduced Lean methodologies and improved processes that revolutionized the effectiveness of the project and served as a trusted advisor providing direction and guidance in areas of business, vendors, and IT staffing.

• Primary strategist and authority over creation of mobile application (external) and web-based application for enterprise (internal). Support individual ADESA auto auctions to ensure optimum operations. Gather.
• Integral leader of release management planning and execution
• Provide comprehensive oversight and change focus for all QA and UAT testing
• Responsible for 500k budget
• Provide Project Management leadership for developing enterprise web application and external facing mobile application
• Provided leadership for developing Customer Master

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Directed all aspects of M&Q enhancement projects, from inception through evaluation. Delivered comprehensive trainings for all account project managers, ensuring cohesive, measured team performances. Managed and.
• Critical chain expert relied upon by senior management and project stakeholders

• Oversaw and optimized 48 projects within Lilly USA, ensuring timely, cost-efficient project deliverables. Architected and directed team of employees and vendors to deliver Marketing Management System. Worked through.
• Subject Matter Expert for two new project management technologies (MS Project Server and ProChain); Assisted team of 14 project managers to utilize new tools and transition existing projects
• Spearheaded creation of reusable process to retire systems, which allowed for retirements to be completed consistently on shorter timeframe with less risk; Process enabled 30 retirements to be completed in less than.
• Managed multiple large scale data warehouse projects with budgets ranging from 100k -10M
• Influenced development efforts and issue resolution thought the project lifecycle
• Instrumental in capture 30% budget reduction through advisement of senior leadership

• Founded, grew and eventually sold construction company specializing in custom concrete, brick and stone mason work. Executed all startup requirements, including building of articles of incorporation, sales.
• Captured 10X revenue growth over five-year span