Cio, Vice President Information Technology
The key executive charged with leveraging investments in technology to achieve the corporate vision of becoming a Global leader in outsourced sales for a multichannel sales and marketing workforce of more than 3500 professionals across the United States and Canada. Led the following functions: Enterprise Architecture, System and Network Engineering, Information Services, Application Development, Data Center Operations, IT Service Desk and Information Security. • Created an IT strategic plan linked with the business strategy, identified momentum initiatives for incremental revenue growth and breakthrough initiatives for blockbuster growth• Transformed IT into a strategic asset expanding the company service portfolio with Innovative IT capabilities contributing to a sales increase of 20% • Built a Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse and moved the enterprise from a spreadsheet dependency to an Information based decision making model by delivering end user self- service tools reducing analysis elapsed time from weeks to hours • Mobilized order management system, leveraging iPads boosting sales representative productivity and increasing orders placed by 25%• Developed a Leads Mapping System integrated into Siebel CRM reducing administrative time for sales management by 300% and increasing lead penetration rate by 15%• Centralized, simplified and standardized infrastructure using virtualization technology. Established ITIL service management framework to facilitate the delivery of high quality IT services across the enterprise• Established IT governance to align leadership in the use of IT assets and prioritization of activities focusing resources on the achievement of company goals and reduced consulting spend over 75%• Organized IT talent as a strategic resource and expanded competencies with a blended approach of outsourcing, off shoring and cloud computing increasing the overall value of the IT function