David Ballard Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale. Arizona

Fountainhead continues to bring action-oriented problem solvers and change agents to your key strategy development and strategy execution projects. For the past 6 years Fountainhead has focused on supporting Higher Education institutions by providing Workday advisory services for your HR, Finance, and / or Student implementations. Our resources can lead or support your internal team in the areas of Program and Project Leadership, Functional Team leadership and subject matter expertise, Change Management, Integrations, Data Conversion, Testing, Deployment, Cut Over, Support Models, and Quality Assurance. In addition, Fountainhead remains committed to offering our clients business and IT strategy services including Cloud Readiness and ERP Assessments, IT and enterprise strategy development, business process redesign, and other custom services designed to meet your specific needs.Selected engagement highlights include:2022- Present: Higher Education Workday Financials implementation, where we led a large PAC12 R1 institution's Spend Management team from Config and Prototype through deployment and stabilization. All Procure to Pay, Supply chain, Expenses, Miscellaneous Payment process configurations were in scope including testing, data conversion, integrations, gap application implementation, training material development, and post go live support. We continue to support this client through stabilization and knowledge transfer efforts. 2019 - 2022: Higher EducationWorkday Student implementation, leading an R1 institution's Change Readiness effortsFull platform ERP Assessments IT Spend Analysis and StrategyPlease let me know how Fountainhead may be able to help you or your organization.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Lead all West Market activities, responsible for building and sustaining client relationships, ensuring overall client satisfaction, delivering and overseeing all consulting projects, building and developing local consulting resources, and contributing to the health of local community service organizations.Most recently, David:> Delivered critical Workday Financials Program Management support in the areas of Integration, Data Conversion, and Deployment Planning on a successful PAC 12 Higher Education institution implementation.> Overall Account leadership for a Pac 12 Higher Education institution implementing Workday Financials> Overall Account Lead and Project Lead for a Commercial Manufacturing organization implementing Workday HCM> Delivered an ERP cloud-based strategy assessment for a Higher Education health system in SoCal> Developed a departmental Application Strategy Assessment to replace an aging Financial / Admissions / Student platform for Pac 12 Higher Education institution> Led an overall IT Strategy and strategy execution project for a well-known SoCal not-for-profit, which included a Workday Financials & HCM selection and subsequent implementation

Scottsdale, Az

Fountainhead Consulting specializes in providing action-oriented change agents and influencers to your project or consulting engagement who will immediately add value. We focus on results and are driven to maximize value to our clients in the Higher Education, Telecom, Media, Healthcare, and Consumer Products space:Representative Fountainhead accomplishments include:Saved 20% on inbound transportation for a very successful adult beverage distributor by sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and implementing new carriers for all inbound lanes. We replaced the top four carriers representing over 90% of total transportation dollar volume.Provided critical pre- and post-launch support for a successful telecom MVNO start-up, leading the integration activities with the mobile carrier and ensuring a successful telco launch. In addition, Fountainhead supported business process and IT integration efforts through design, build, and testing with over 15 separate vendor applications. Developed and implemented new supply chain strategies for Top 5 cable provider, saving in excess of $500M. Transformed inventory model from push to pull, optimized distribution network, and reduced inbound and outbound transportation costs while optimizing fleet management spend.Created a new Program Management Office operating model for a $20B telecom enterprise, impacting organization structure, project lifecycle processes, roles and responsibilities, and technology toolsetsDelivered a detailed Organizational Assessment for a leading Telco, covering two departments, 450 FTE’s, and $45MM in spend. Reduced FTE’s and labor spend over 20%, reduced unnecessary management layers, excessive spans of control, as well as non-value added work at all position levels.

Experienced hire into Consumer and Industrial Products practice. Sold and delivered strategic supply chain improvement programs to Fortune 500 enterprises.

Sold and delivered Lean-based continuous improvement transformations at healthcare provider facilities. Served as Lean Transformation Sensei for hospital systems, guiding C-level executives and their staff on their lean journey.

Progressively responsible roles from Senior Consultant through Director level, selling and delivering multi-million dollar supply chain improvement and risk mitigation programs for Fortune 500 Aerospace, Industrial Product, Retail, and High-Tech enterprises. Member of senior leadership team hand-picked to rebuild Supply Chain Advisory Practice.

Production manager for high-tech specialty metals supplier to semiconductor industry.

Production supervisor for copper manufacturing company. Directed production scheduling, shop floor execution, and quality inspection and assurance areas.

Hired into Manufacturing Management trainee program, gaining exposure to all functions. Primary focus areas included production planning, and business and financial analysis.

Masters Of Business Administration

Bs, Industrial And Systems Engineering