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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Accomplished IT leader managing programs, projects and teams of all sizes. Significant experience managing all phases of project life cycle to deliver local, national and global, custom and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) IT solutions. Known for building relationships with project teams, vendors, and business teams. Record of success establishing new organizations to deliver and support Mfg. Operations and Shop Floor, Transportation and Warehouse Management and Environmental, Health and Safety solutions.

Plano, Tx

Business Program Manager tasked with selecting, delivering and deploying IIOT Predictive Maintenance solution onto the Frito-Lay Manufacturing Plant Shop Floor. Lead/owned all aspects of project including requirements definition, design, software solution configuration, testing, deployment and end user training. Through use of online instrumentation installed on equipment, solution detects changes in temperature, vibration and current and alerts maintenance of pending equipment failures to prevent unplanned Production downtime. Reduced maintenance OT labor, parts spend and increased equipment availability for Production.

Plano, Tx

Leading IT teams responsible for Global Enterprise Transportation systems, legacy North American Warehouse (Red Prairie) and Mfg. systems for Quaker Foods, Tropicana and Gatorade facilities and Global Environmental, Health & Safety systems

Responsible for Mfg. IT Systems strategy, development and delivery for PepsiCo. Partnered with Mfg. Operations and Controls Engineering teams to identify, source, configure/develop and implement mfg. systems for North American based facilities.