Leading the digital transformation at Quirch Foods.

Fortium Partners is the world's largest provider of technology leadership, providing world-class leaders to clients focused on finding solutions to complex technology issues or difficult-to-solve operational challenges. Fortium serves public and private companies across a variety of industries, placing operational leadership in technology-related roles. Fortium Partners have 25 or more years of technology experience, most recently in a senior leadership role.Dennis Hernandez is a Partner in Fortium Partners’ South Central practice, where he drives technology-enabled transformation to improve profitability and optimize processes. A business-oriented IT executive, he skillfully manages multi-million dollar contracts to ensure service quality and value. His capabilities include negotiation, implementation, and management of complex relationships and systems with partners such as SAP, IBM, Salesforce, Workday, Infosys, and TCS. Dennis is recognized as an accomplished people leader who focuses on collaboration, simplification, customer service, and cost transparency. Working with the clients of Fortium Partners, Dennis leverages 30 years of experience guiding multiple technology M&A projects, creating digital new digital capabilities through cloud and mobile technologies, and implementing Agile and DevOps organizations.

♦ Led delivery of technology capabilities for finance, human resources, and corporate administration functions.♦ Created new digital capabilities in finance and human resources by implementing cloud and mobile technologies, including implementation of Workday Human Capital Management and Financials.♦ Transformed technology function by implementing Agile and DevOps organization, process, and tools.♦ Negotiated multimillion-dollar contracts and managed complex relationships with key technology partners including SAP, IBM, Salesforce, Infosys, and Workday.♦ Founded Hispanic associate resource team. ♦ Served on organizing committee for 2018 United Way campaign.

♦ Contributed to sales strategy by injecting innovative, technology-enabled solutions to accomplish sales goals and vision.♦ Created and executed new digital e-commerce platform for customers and marketing associates.♦ Drove focus and customer care to resolve priority operational issues with sales stakeholders and customer.

♦ Led transformation of IT enterprise services function into business-focused, agile, and aggressively cost-conscious organization.♦ Saved $8,000,000 in IT operational expenses and sustained customer service levels through outsourcing of infrastructure operations.♦ Performed duties including IT strategy and architecture, infrastructure management, service management, testing services, program management, vendor management, and offshore partner relationship management.♦ Outsourced infrastructure operations activities as well as promoted culture of collaboration, simplification, openness, and service.

♦ Led technical separation program to create stand-alone IT environment for divested business in Australia as well as provided transitional IT services for 18 months.♦ Delivered large and complex program on time and on budget (18 months/$62,000,000) with multiple stakeholders and delivery partners through structured governance process and strong program management.♦ Separated entire IT environment with over 200 business applications, including SAP, and underlying hosting/telecommunications infrastructure.

♦ Led global IT management services team focused on realizing cost-saving and simplification agenda. ♦ Headed cost savings initiative program that achieved $7,000,000 for global IT budget over one year.♦ Drove close alignment between business unit IT and global IT services. ♦ Delivered strategic IT programs that spanned global IT function. ♦ Orchestrated planning of global IT function as well as defined engagement model between global IT services and dedicated business unit IT teams. ♦ Headed efforts to measure and improve financial and operational performance of IT organization through formal benchmarking and customer satisfaction surveys.

♦ Developed IT strategic planning process. ♦ Produced and implemented strategy into action framework that translated strategic vision for IT into strategic initiatives and functional/individual performance objectives. ♦ Created performance management system for IT. ♦ Led global infrastructure services separation as part of confectionery and beverages businesses separation. ♦ Integrated IT services catalogs for five global business units. ♦ Outlined choices available to business and associated costs/service levels.

♦ Created new function that integrated strategy development, IT governance, and program management capabilities across Americas region. ♦ Drove development of integrated IT strategy. Collaborated with peers on management team to define strategies by function and integrate into business-focused IT strategy. ♦ Developed and implemented governance model of IT. ♦ Led regional Program Management Office function to report on IT performance, drive business steering groups, manage project pipeline, and direct staffing process.

♦ Sold and delivered enterprise transformation efforts on cost reduction, process efficiency, business process reengineering, and creative uses of IT. ♦ Structured and managed cost reduction program that totaled $175,000,000 in annual savings. ♦ Drove execution of offshoring, process standardization and automation, site consolidation, and staff reduction initiatives. ♦ Designed shared services organization for ticketing and IT management for major arts organization in Dallas. Identified potential savings in operating expenses of $3,500,000 over five years. Revamped organizational business model.

♦ Developed customer base of five key clients in telecommunications, financial services and government sectors across Latin America that resulted in $10,000,000 in annual revenues. ♦ Led assessment of mobile telephony market potential in Mexico for second-largest media company in Mexico. ♦ Determined alternative entry strategies that leveraged existing capabilities in media and retail. ♦ Led development of comprehensive Year 2000 strategies for major financial institutions in Latin America. Assessed level of exposure as well as defined and implemented strategies for risk mitigation. Redefined and advanced IT strategy.

♦ Led ten major engagements in telecommunications and financial services industries. ♦ Managed development of application architectures and best practices for commercial retail banking applications. ♦ Revamped business processes and technical architecture of major financial institution’s money market trading floor. ♦ Steered business model redefinition based on industry best practices. ♦ Drove evaluation and selection of commercial off-the-shelf solutions. ♦ Developed IT strategies for major financial institutions in Argentina, Ecuador, and Dominican Republic.

♦ Focused on systems implementation of custom development efforts and commercial off-the-shelf solutions. ♦ Led three major implementation engagements in financial, packaged goods, and government sectors. ♦ Headed design and development of executive information systems. ♦ Oversaw implementation of largest IT project in Mexican government history to support the creation of Mexican federal voter registry during 1991 national elections. Managed testing, process redesign, and rollout of applications and business processes across 18 regional data centers. ♦ Implemented ERP system for leading food company.

♦ Redefined business model for customer care functions and evaluated viability of packaged customer care application. ♦ Produced accounting and cost management processes to improve product profitability tracking.