Vice President
Ibm Corporation
Worldwide - Based In White Plains, Ny
Vice President, Global Retail Industry (White Plains, NY)P&L responsibility for the global retail industry segment• Secured $30M + of IBM corporate investment to greatly expand the IBM store solutions.• Signed $50M+ multi-year contract for IBM to build and host the Worldwide Retail Exchange.• Signed and managed multiple partnership agreements with application software providers.• Presented IBM’s first NRF (National Retail Federation) Super Session to audience of 2,000+.Vice-President, IBM Global Services, Retail Industry (Somers, NY)Responsibility for services sales and services delivery for the US retail industry customer segment.• 1998 US retail industry outsourcing contracts signed for $500 million.• 1999 US retail industry contracts signed for $975 million.• Target Corporation 5-year outsourcing contract signed 3/99 for $400 million.• Grew revenue and gross profit by 30%.Director, Retail Industry, IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (Paris, France)• Leadership to EMEA field units responsible for sales of IBM’s retail Point-of-Sale solutions.• Gained commitment from Carrefour to switch from NCR to IBM POS devices.• P&L responsibility for EMEA Retail industry revenue - growth of 6%.• Transitioned a country-based operating model to an EMEA-based industry model.Director, Wal-Mart Account (Bentonville, AR)• Generated over $400 million of revenue of IBM products and services to Wal-Mart Stores.• Created an IBM first-of-a-kind 100+ person service team to provide store repair services.• Signed 3-year contract with Wal-Mart to develop and deploy new POS application.• Senior Location Manager for Northwest Arkansas, including liaison with government officials.