Responsible for leading IT PMO group including project governance, methodology, execution, reporting, resource planning• Deliver $40M annual project budget• Drive agile adoption across IT teams• Oversee execution and delivery of most critical business technology initiativeResponsible for leading IT Financial Business Office• Budget, track, forecast and manage entire IT budget of over $80M• Develop and implement process improvements in workflow, approval, capital expenditures, and reconciliation

Responsible for engaging with business executives and senior leaders to discuss corporate strategy, align IT capabilities, and lead project execution; Collaborate with business on strategic ROI; Manage 3-year plan; Measure project success and business benefits achieved through key performance indicators; Responsible for overall delivery of shared IT and business initiatives.• Responsible for annual $3 - $5Million project portfolio • Oversaw multi-million dollar re-platform of Acehardware.com eCommerce site showcasing store-level pricing, local-to-life strategy. New site has driven increased sales conversions representing a 50% sales uplift • Led merchandising Product Information Management initiative to drive improved online catalog sales. Streamlined and updated business processes to expand product attribution, create consumer centric taxonomy, and improve data quality and completeness. Implemented capabilities to manage non-structured product related content such as images, videos, and knowledge sheets. Outlined data governance procedures for ongoing quality control.• Responsible for providing business sales support for Ace Hardware International Holdings (a majority-owned and controlled subsidiary of the Company with a non-controlling interest owned by its international retailers). Planned, tracked and measured outcome of merchandising assortment plans increase sales through local distribution channels resulting in 10% increase in sales volume• Executed critical contract negotiations with vendor partners to align thought-leadership, project management, and delivery• Employed various project delivery methodologies, project management approaches and software development lifecycles to drive project delivery saving of over 25%• Drove strategic planning sessions within IT team to recognize Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Strengths. Implemented plans to improve project efficiencies, improve metrics, and improve resource alignment.

Responsible for strategic direction of application solutions and architecture for supply chain and finance systems; Responsible for implementation of new software solutions to drive revenue and cost saving to organization; Responsible for vendor negotiations with regards to application solution delivery and maintenance, Responsible for support and system stability of business applications on a 24X7 schedule; Manage relationship with onsite and offshore vendors to deliver business initiatives and system support. Responsible for compliance to SLDC and Project Lifecycle governance, system interface controls, and IT general controls for both package and custom applications; Responsible for Software Engineering budget management.• Took on a lead role in Ace’s Business Transformation project to implement SAP SD/MM/FICO systems. Oversaw delivery of all system configuration and development. Managed internal development teams as well as over 350 consultants. Responsible for budget management of over $15M in engineering deliverables.• Participated in strategic planning for business and IT initiatives for WMS, Inventory Control, International, Order Management, and Finance• Drove change management initiatives with software engineering to leverage out-tasking, design and interface solutions, and packaged solution implementation resulting in an average of 65% increase in SE delivery capacity• Provided direction and guidance for Enterprise Architecture initiatives• Drove system decommissioning strategy and 3-year portfolio targeting declining technologies• Implemented support structure to maintain system stability for SAP, JDA, MQ Broker, Informatica, COBOL, Microsoft technologies. Leveraged internal, onsite and offshore resources• Drove process improvement for SDLC and change management • Participated in annual internal and external audits, drove IT risk mitigations

Managed application development activites for Supply Chain solutions including SAP implementation and integration.