Dave Upton Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Joined a recently acquired and rapidly growing division of Lowe’s to lead digital transformation of the organization and technology integration through a period of rapid change post M&A. This included building brand new product offerings from the ground up like our Purchase Card, and deploying new governance frameworks (PCI) and processes to drive better business and IT alignment.Over the past 3 years, we have scaled the technology team from 22 to over 60 staff while undergoing a tremendous modernization journey. This included migrating our legacy ERP to the cloud, deploying brand new BI and infrastructure platforms and deploying new digital sales platforms that enable us to serve our customers, as a result scaling digital from 25% to 42% of Revenue.

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

★ Established the IT organization, hiring and managing 12 direct reports and administering a $3.5M IT budget. Within 45 days, launched an IT security program that lowered phishing risks from 35% to lower than 5%.★ Developed and deployed cloud-based infrastructure, a formal information security program, and the alignment of technology to meet the unique needs of engineering and manufacturing operations.★ Used software asset reviews, contract negotiations, and vendor relationship management to capture over $2M in savings on IT spend, a reduction of over 28%.★ Reduced hourly consulting rates by 45%, saving $150K in annual software development expenses.★ Implemented a new ERP system within divisions, improving business efficiency and time to market while enabling real-time reporting that improved EBITDA by 10% at the division level. Further matured the ERP platform to enable a 30% reduction in white collar staff, a reduction in inventory by $13M, and a 20-day improvement in Order to Delivery.★ Adopted a fully integrated engineering software toolset that lowered annual software costs by over $100K and engineering hours by 60% for new pressure vessel, MPS, and tank designs.★ Led projects that included a migration to SD-WAN, the consolidation of PBX solutions to an SaaS solution, the implementation of Office 365 and Azure, and a mobile labor capture solution on the production floor that increased labor utilization by 12%.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT TRI-POINT OIL & GASTri-Point Oil & Gas Production Systems is a manufacturer of make-to-stock and engineered to order oil and gas production and processing equipment, as well as a provider of wellhead field services, and distributor of OEM service parts.

Pasadena, Texas, Us

★ Supervised six direct reports, a 20-person department, and an IT budget of $10M, managing cost containment, systems performance, and availability for 45 branch locations worldwide.★ Debuted an IT security program featuring cloud, application, endpoint, and user training.★ Directed the launch of seven sites, two divestitures, and three acquisitions, with a scope of responsibilities that included due diligence and technology transitions/integrations.★ Transitioned support to an in-house function and directed a six-month effort to rebuild infrastructure, software applications, and a strong engineering team, securing $1M in savings.★ Replaced and upgraded servers, storage, and firewalls, debuted a formal patching process, and deployed Windows 10 throughout the organization.★ Modernized infrastructure through transitions to cloud architecture; led a 60-day Office 365 migration that impacted 850 users.★ Lowered telecom spend by 30% while achieving greater than 200% bandwidth increases by transitioning the WAN to MPLS and SD-WAN for all branches.★ Achieved $3M in savings by renegotiating contracts for managed print services, hardware, and connectivity.★ Orchestrated the opening of a 250,000 square foot digitized distribution center featuring over 50 wireless access points throughout the warehouse and a multi-acre outdoor yard.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT FLOWORKS INTERNATIONALFloWorks International is a specialty industrial supplier of pipe, flanges, valves, actuators and controls, plates, bars, fittings, and related products, as well as provides technical solutions to the energy and industrial sectors.

Houston, Texas, Us

★ Garnered multiple promotions, culminating in Manager of Business Technology, supervising a team of more than 20 professionals and a $17M department budget.★ Credited with improving the perception of the IT function through multiple high visibility projects.★ Developed a new infrastructure team for virtualization and DevOps, as well as an ITIL service delivery framework and a $45M outsourcing program with IBM Global Services.★ Produced over $1.6M in annual savings through continuous improvement initiatives.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT THE FRIEDKIN GROUPThe Friedkin Group, an automotive parts manufacturing and distribution business, is the largest private company in Houston, and the second largest distributor for Toyota Motor Company in the United States, with $7B in revenue.