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New Brunswick, Nj, Us

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Lead global integration by condensing multiple platforms into a single business process and system, supporting the Medical Device integration program. Partner with business executive leaders to shape, prioritize, resource, and deliver solutions.• Provide business relationship management, business analysis, and project management leadership for integration programs.• Formulate IT strategies to support and enhance business capabilities for healthcare provider engagement.• Oversee application lifecycle management and global reduction efforts for all applications/platforms in the Global Education Solutions IT product line.Accomplishments:• Successfully launched a global healthcare provider contract management system for the Medical Device sector in multiple regions which resulted in the consolidation of >16K legacy contracts and retired three platforms, increasing efficiency by >50%.• Launched service request intake and needs assessment management platform for North America. • Eliminated over 80 applications resulting in an 85% reduction in platforms with an annual savings of over $1.3 M in operational expense.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Led innovation efforts and a global digital integration program to consolidate applications in support of the acquisition of the Synthes companies and integration into the DePuy companies of Johnson & Johnson.• Managed a team of three direct reports as well as $35M in global IT capital and $84M in expense budgets for DePuy’s IT department.• Served as the business IT owner for the initial “Health Partner for Knees” patient-facing application. • Drove digital and innovation strategies for the DePuy franchise, liaising with global and regional marketing and IT development teams.• Partnered with the executive board to define strategies and provide operational updates and metrics. Accomplishments:• Reduced digital applications from 310 to 32, for an annual operating expense savings of $1.7M. • Delivered the first live knee replacement surgery HD video-conference across multiple sites in North America and Chennai, India, which resulted in an operational expense savings of over $50K. • Attended and spread enterprise messaging to vendor partners and media at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) supporting the launch of the “Health Partner for Knees” application, 2015 & 2016.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Led business intelligence architecture for DePuy commercial, supply chain data, and analytics.• Delivered master data management, analytics, and reporting platform for a consolidated SAP manufacturing ERP platform supporting over 14 J&J operating companies with data sourcing from over 23 separate systems including AS400, JD Edwards, JDE One World, ChESS, SAP, and Hyperion.• Built a consolidated sales reporting system utilizing data from six systems and eight external data sources.Accomplishments:• Delivered a harmonized user experience by consolidating multiple BI analytics/reporting programs into one seamless platform, while reducing operational expenses by 50%.• Received the Standards of Leadership Award for successfully delivering the Mitek Sales Reporting Platform.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

A contracted employee through CDI, INC on assignment with Johnson & Johnson. Managed a global web application platform supporting validated commercial and supply chain applications that represented over $3B in annual revenue.• Performed application builds, deployment, and administration.• Provided platform monitoring, upgrades, and 24-7 support.Accomplishments:• Implemented processes and controls that increased platform uptime from 65% to 98%.• Streamlined server infrastructure that delivered $980K in annual operational expense savings.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

A contracted employee through CDI, INC on assignment with Johnson & Johnson. Performed daily backup and restore activities, server builds, and day-to-day server administration.• Oversaw multiple server environments containing HP, SUN, AS400, and Intel hardware.• Managed a global web application platform supporting validated commercial and supply chain applications that represented over $3B in annual revenue with a 24-7-365 support requirement.Accomplishment:• Successfully deployed a new remote access system to DePuy Orthopaedics sales force.