Edward Clark, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

My role as the VP of Sales & Business Development will be to support Syren Cloud, Inc. Global Customers and continue our tremendous growth by working closely with our executive management team, existing and prospective clients, and our tremendous engineering resources! Syren Cloud, Inc. is a specialist data engineering and supply chain solutions company. With over 400 employees, and development centers in USA and India within 3 years of starting operations, Syren serves F100/F500 or… Show more My role as the VP of Sales & Business Development will be to support Syren Cloud, Inc. Global Customers and continue our tremendous growth by working closely with our executive management team, existing and prospective clients, and our tremendous engineering resources! Syren Cloud, Inc. is a specialist data engineering and supply chain solutions company. With over 400 employees, and development centers in USA and India within 3 years of starting operations, Syren serves F100/F500 or high-technology clients such as Johnson & Johnson, eBay, Microsoft, and GitHub among others.Leveraging our specialist capabilities in the supply chain, data consulting, and software design and engineering, we help clients realize their goals and build 21st-century businesses.We deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities, to thrive in an ever-changing world.Our areas of focus:• Building next generation technology solutions driven by AI/ML to identify and eliminate Supply Chain bottlenecks• Provide strategic consulting to clients to reduce supply chain costs• Innovate Syren's Control Tower platform as a market leader in supply chain intelligence as an autonomous self-driving bottleneck resolution solution• Build Supply Chain data optimization and quality solutions for clients https://syrencloud.com Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create cloud-based service offerings in distribution sector (retail, consumer products, travel & transportation): * Oversee large, complex Azure cloud migration, modernization, & transformative programs/projects. * Steer cloud migration and modernization strategy for major customers. * Formulate strategic account plans, identify and close consulting opportunities, & steer engagement planning, budgeting, risk, and team… Show more Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create cloud-based service offerings in distribution sector (retail, consumer products, travel & transportation): * Oversee large, complex Azure cloud migration, modernization, & transformative programs/projects. * Steer cloud migration and modernization strategy for major customers. * Formulate strategic account plans, identify and close consulting opportunities, & steer engagement planning, budgeting, risk, and team leadership. * Provide cloud strategy, architecture, roadmap guidance, & leadership for enterprise cloud migration programs including business case and migration roadmap development. * Forge C-suite relationships, shape proposal development, & contribute to proposal pricing strategies. * Leverage cloud migration discovery, profiling, migration, and operations technologies and tools. * Design high performance and scalable cloud architectures. * Modernize applications including refactoring legacy applications on Azure. * Architect with CICD and DevOps tooling and processes. * Build decoupled architecture frameworks for cloud native applications. * Provide well-received input & guidance into staffing process, & actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities. * Serve as subject matter expert to accelerate and optimize sales and delivery in high growth areas. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Contributing valuable inputs, I am driving front-line operations while proficiently executing Cloud-based projects, programs, and services. Applying creative Learning & Development prowess, I meticulously provide leadership and coaching on strengths to highly collaborative and promote and support forward-thinking Team Members to consistently meet internal and external stakeholder expectations.

Greater Chicago Area

Driving sincere efforts, I attained 4 level promotion through series of increasingly responsible positions from Sr. Consultant II - IT Architecture and Planning; Enterprise Strategy Consultant, Enterprise Architect - US Services; Managing Architect - Enterprise Strategy Program; Senior Managing Director - Digital Advisory Services to Senior Managing Director – Cloud Architecture & Industry Services. Employing robust experience, I have been successful in leading and managing a team of… Show more Driving sincere efforts, I attained 4 level promotion through series of increasingly responsible positions from Sr. Consultant II - IT Architecture and Planning; Enterprise Strategy Consultant, Enterprise Architect - US Services; Managing Architect - Enterprise Strategy Program; Senior Managing Director - Digital Advisory Services to Senior Managing Director – Cloud Architecture & Industry Services. Employing robust experience, I have been successful in leading and managing a team of Solution Architects in accomplishing high value, complex, and highly visible engagements with a large focus on digital transformations for the world’s leading companies in diverse industries. All initiatives undertaken by me to guide and mentored the team have helped planning, designing, and delivering cutting-edge digital transformations to the Clients. My experience entailed delivering advisory and planning services to Microsoft’s top enterprise customers. What deserves to be additionally highlighted is my valuable experience in mapping out customer problems, translated business needs into technology requirements for inclusion in contracts and/or statements of work (SOW), assisted in contract negotiations, and proficiently delivered solutions throughout the complete life cycle.Moving ahead, I mentored Customer Account Teams in identifying and closing business development opportunities while continually driving add-on business within existing projects.  Actively led America’s Time Zone Strategic Pursuit Team for Microsoft's largest cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiative  Track record of success in the development and implementation of customers’ strategic technology initiatives I expertly applied strong leadership in orchestrating US Enterprise Strategy Service and Global Delivery Partnership for Service Line 1 with superior and sustained results I attained efficiency in securing Partners as a part of the overall Microsoft services delivery model Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Service Desk Operations | Network and Workstations Operations Improvement | Deployment Strategies | Team Leadership | SLA Adherence | Client SatisfactionI pivotally developed the metrics to monitor operations and drove process improvement initiatives. Successfully, I achieved the IT Budget control worth $1.3M in adverse financial circumstances.

Greater Chicago Area

Project Management and Implementation | Manpower Management | Customer Satisfaction | Resource Optimization

Chicago, Illinois, United States

IT Audit and Site Survey for Manufacturing and Retail Facilities | IT Strategies | Web ApplicationsI made notable contributions in implementing IT strategies to support ongoing and prospective business requirements included network infrastructure, operating system, applications, ERP system, and web presence. Putting in distinguished efforts in standardizing auditing procedures and thereby saved $100K over a six-months.Proactively, I served as General Manager for the 2… Show more IT Audit and Site Survey for Manufacturing and Retail Facilities | IT Strategies | Web ApplicationsI made notable contributions in implementing IT strategies to support ongoing and prospective business requirements included network infrastructure, operating system, applications, ERP system, and web presence. Putting in distinguished efforts in standardizing auditing procedures and thereby saved $100K over a six-months.Proactively, I served as General Manager for the 2 concessions at Terminal 1 & 3, and project-managed opening of two concessions at O’Hare International Airport (Terminals 2 & 3). Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Backed by huge years of experience from 1986 to 2003 in this Company, I attained 8 levels promotion through series of increasingly responsible positions from Unit Supervisor Trainee; Senior Systems Information Resource Analyst; Manager; Senior Compensation Analyst; Division Manager to Enterprise Systems Manager in various Departments such as Premium Account Department, Process and Systems Support, Human Resources, Enterprise Help Center, and Workstation Deployment and System Management Service… Show more Backed by huge years of experience from 1986 to 2003 in this Company, I attained 8 levels promotion through series of increasingly responsible positions from Unit Supervisor Trainee; Senior Systems Information Resource Analyst; Manager; Senior Compensation Analyst; Division Manager to Enterprise Systems Manager in various Departments such as Premium Account Department, Process and Systems Support, Human Resources, Enterprise Help Center, and Workstation Deployment and System Management Service Department.I proficiently streamlined, monitored, and improved the entire incident process; provided 24/7 technical support to global clients, and supported an SLA of 100% uptime. Essaying a key role, I drove continuous service improvement with the help of proactive and reactive problem management process across the key web-based applications.Utilizing strong interpersonal skills, I coordinated with 27 Team Members in Northbrook and 28 in Hudson, Ohio to organize diverse training programs and staff engagement activities. I was accredited by Chairman’s Quality Award twice for my exceptional contributions, dedication, and notable achievements Putting in distinguished efforts, I was recognized by the CTO for my competency in saving $50M+ through technology investments by cost-effective initiatives and coordinating the design and construction of Enterprise Command Center I attained a 92% Leadership Index in 2003 for Quarterly Leadership Management Survey I was acknowledged by Meta Group for formulating ‘best in class’ processes for web application monitoring Competently, I planned, structured, and executed an Operational Readiness Project that cut off the monitoring and incident management activities and aligned technical services with business application groups Upgraded all home office and extended campus workstations (10K+) for Y2K compliance with zero rollover incidents Initialization of standard compliance communication forums for Integration Owners Show less

B.S., Financial Analysis

Activities and Societies: Purdue Univ. Varsity Football (Member of 1985 Peach Bowl Team, R.B.), 1984, Verle H. Campbell Award Winner.

Phd Candidate, Organizational Leadership/Information Systems & Technology, Honors Student

Activities and Societies: Inducted in National Society of Leadership and Success, May 2018 Received Professional Certification, Post.

M.B.A., Executive M.B.A.

Activities and Societies: Lake Forest Executive Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1999 Executive M.B.A. Program