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Focused on helping executives and organizations develop and implement strategies to leverage technology during periods of transition. Emphasis on acquisitions, divestitures and turnarounds where IT strategy and enablement is critical to a company's success.

Radnor, PA

RSIS provides technology-driven, comprehensive supply chain services, asset services and technology that drive increased productivity, profitability and global competitiveness for our clients. Hired as CTO of Synovos to get them ready for sale to strategic buyer and strategic integration opportunities.

Greater Philadelphia Area

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Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for the carve out of a Private Equity firm acquisition of a global Medical Device company from a large Pharmaceutical business. Developed and implemented IT strategy, portfolio and organization design that will enable the company to operate independently, achieve double digit global growth and function in a compliant manner.IT Strategy for.

• Oversaw information systems and personnel for all of ARAMARK's $14B global food, facilities and support services lines of business. Directed systems and infrastructure planning and development, as well as drove.
• Developed global IT strategy that defined top line growth and margin improvement opportunities.
• Drove significant cost savings in IT enabling the company to focus investments on key strategic enablers.
• Created and implemented front-line applications and performance metrics that drove margin improvement.
• Implemented numerous employee, customer and consumer mobile applications

• Led worldwide manufacturing, quality control, and global medical call center areas of the $8B pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses. Direct responsibility for 300 global I.T. support staff in 13 sites
• Defined and implemented the governance framework for technology strategy and project management.
• Directed over 125 projects, exceeding $100 million in costs, to support FDA compliance related activities in domestic and offshore manufacturing facilities including over 220 consent decree commitments.
• Initiated global demand/supply planning and ERP projects in Singapore, Belgium and the U.S..

• Responsible for developing and executing against a strategic information systems plan that is directly tied to the business goals of the division. This includes facilitating a steering committee of senior executives.
• Led the implementation of a supply chain strategy that identified $18 million in savings through the establishment of improved processes and new systems deployment, including the implementation of SAP.
• Executed a sortation and distribution system consisting of wireless and handheld devices to improve customer service levels and reduce labor costs by 8%.
• Developed collaborative planning and forecasting systems with customers and retailers.

• Reported to the CIO of PepsiCo, Inc. worldwide. Established the strategic and tactical direction for applications to support the long and short term business objectives of the Corporate Headquarters.
• Led the development and deployment of executive information systems.
• Centralized the processing of human resource and payroll information for benefits administration.
• Implemented Financial Reporting, Legal and Strategic Business Planning systems.