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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Recruited to increase IT velocity, streamline operations, and eliminate barriers to growth. Responsible for company's overall technology strategy and leading the applications, infrastructure, security, and support teams to support over 50,000 members and more than $8 Billion in assets under management. Lead the company’s efforts in investigating and applying new technology including AI, Advanced Analytics, Blockchain, and Smart Contracts to decrease risk and improve returns.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Recruited to prepare company for IPO by retiring unsupported legacy applications and developing new products & services to facilitate growth.• Eliminated key remaining barrier to IPO by replacing unsupported financial systems with new SOX compliant cloud ERP in less than 6 months.• Implemented Agile processes to increase IT velocity and delivered 50% improvement in time to value.• Refactored key legacy application extending life of the program and avoiding $3 million in new mobile device spend. • Developed applications that allowed expansion into new markets resulting in 400% growth in those markets within 2 years. • Enhanced applications to provide competitive differentiation and retain key strategic accounts.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Hired to lead enterprise development, development & business analysis teams.• Improved average time to value from 6 months to less than 2 months. • Eliminated over 30% of legacy backlog by redesigning service management processes.• Delivered tools that reduced time to quote complex custom manufactured equipment by 75%.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Business Implementation Leader• Responsible for managing adoption and implementation of common ERP system (SAP) across multiple global food and commodity handling businesses. • Led on-site and remote implementation teams to retire legacy applications and convert to shared platform for Grain & Oilseeds, Malt, Chocolate and Animal Nutrition businesses. IT & Strategy Leader • Led shared service for Cargill’s worldwide commodity trading businesses (expat assignment in Switzerland). Managed development & support teams in Europe, Asia & North America. • Developed and managed Identity Preservation system for Cargill ag & food businesses (Specialty Grains, Cargill Meat Solutions, Animal Nutrition). • Examiner for Cargill Business Excellence – Cargill’s implementation of the Baldrige criteria. Focused on evaluation of process, data management, business intelligence and IT strategy. • Developed and managed technology plans for acquisitions & divestitures. • Two-time winner of Cargill’s Chairman’s Innovation Award for new IT product development. Sr IT Manager – North American Retail Agriculture (Cargill AgHorizons)• Turned around failing ERP project for North American agriculture businesses. • Refocused technology team and scope of ERP project resulting in successful rollout and $5 million savings by reducing 30% of positions and replacing integration partner.• Assembled team to build, implement and support shared IT platform for 130 remote farm service businesses across US & Canada.

Mba, Information Technology And Marketing

Ba, International Commerce (Economics, Political Science, German)