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Clover, SC, US

Salisbury, North Carolina

• Established and oversee all operations for a startup brick and mortar and online outdoor lifestyle store and brand
• Maintain strategic vision with ownership, customer base, market, and brands
• Implemented and own a fully integrated set of applications to manage all in-store and online operations, including Point of Sale, Inventory, E-Commerce, Human Resources, and Fulfillment
• Manage marketing/social media strategy development and implementation
• Evaluate metrics to monitor specific and overall performance to continuously improve efficiency
• Established and maintain all vendor relationships with leading national outdoor brands

Wilmington, North Carolina

• Served as IT owner for corporate systems, owning application support and project implementation for systems related to G&A functions including Finance, HR, Marketing, and Corporate Communications
• Served as IT liaison to executive leadership in corporate business functions, establishing IT strategy and developing the IT portfolio roadmap
• Evaluated design feasibility, time, and cost constraints. Ushered projects and systems through full SDLC. Monitored portfolio financial performance, assessed issues, and led corrective action
• Project ownership and vendor relationship management for complex and strategic IT projects including Cherwell CSM, SumTotal LMS, CA Clarity PPM, and Databasics Time
• Spearheaded research and selection of new ERP System and negotiated contract terms. New system replaced 10 existing systems and projected savings are $50 million over 10 years. Significant exposure to Oracle Cloud ERP.
• Managed various international Technical Teams composed of project managers, business analysts, developers, and process improvement analysts. Hired, evaluated, and directed staff of up to 16.

Wilmington, North Carolina

• In consecutive roles, managed project and support functions for Lawson ERP and other corporate systems
• Technical Project Manager for Lawson ERP implementation which extended over 1.5 years. Removed customizations to system and globalized general and administrative processes.
• Managed international Technical Team composed of project managers, business analysts, system administrators and developers. Hired, evaluated, and directed staff of 15.
• Led multiple projects implementing new capabilities by enhancing or upgrading systems, including: SuccessFactors HCM, TM1 custom bidding system, TrackWise CAPA management system, and XAIT Porter proposal development.

Columbia, South Carolina

Managed all major software selection and implementation projects for the Financial Systems Services group within AgFirst, the funding and IT provider for the southeast region of the Farm Credit System covering 15 states and Puerto Rico. Had overall responsibility for all AgFirst staff and deliverables on the projects, as well as responsibility for.

Columbia, South Carolina

Managed large scale implementation of SCT customer information systems for multiple utilities. Responsibilities included project planning and tracking, resource assignment and allocation, and overall management of project team personnel and client interfacing. Implementations averaged 13-14 months and 15,000 hours of SCT effort. Responsible for bringing 5.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Project team leader on systems implementation, process re-engineering, and activity-based costing engagements
• Daily management of a client project team, facilitation of client fit/gap sessions, analysis of captured data to develop requirements and specifications, direction of application configuration and implementation
• Development and management of project financials and business case
• Industry experience included financial services, consumer products, utilities, and chemicals

Mba, Finance

Bs, Finance

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi