Operations, Risk Management & Compliance for Finance, Supply Change, HR & Procurement IT Portfolios, a large organization of more than 2k IT professionals, being the catalysts to support, enable, and add value to the domain squads, thus creating an organizational culture that people want to be a part of. Major achievement: Streamline operational cadence through strong collaboration, communication, and facilitation, reducing overall preparation workload by >50% enabling a 25% reduction in… Show more Operations, Risk Management & Compliance for Finance, Supply Change, HR & Procurement IT Portfolios, a large organization of more than 2k IT professionals, being the catalysts to support, enable, and add value to the domain squads, thus creating an organizational culture that people want to be a part of. Major achievement: Streamline operational cadence through strong collaboration, communication, and facilitation, reducing overall preparation workload by >50% enabling a 25% reduction in meeting time maintaining an overall satisfactory posture in Compliance. Show less

In 2015, IBM faced the largest Transformation effort in the last 20 Years and Edgar supported the adoption of Agile in CIO teaming with the rest of the areas to drive a major cultural transformation. He was promoted to lead the CIO Procurement and Logistics Portfolio for the entire organization, representing more than 320 IT professionals & managing close to 170 applications to support total spend in the Company for around $52B and 5M shipments WW driving a 20% reduction on IT Spend, from $47M… Show more In 2015, IBM faced the largest Transformation effort in the last 20 Years and Edgar supported the adoption of Agile in CIO teaming with the rest of the areas to drive a major cultural transformation. He was promoted to lead the CIO Procurement and Logistics Portfolio for the entire organization, representing more than 320 IT professionals & managing close to 170 applications to support total spend in the Company for around $52B and 5M shipments WW driving a 20% reduction on IT Spend, from $47M to $39M, in the first year. Major achievements: Establish an integrated end to end procurement solution based on the market leading SaaS platform (SAP Ariba) that provides the foundation to harness all data, Innovate using cognitive capabilities, leveraging Watson APIs Hyperledger and continued exploitation of analytics throughout the portfolio and supported IBM’s key logistics strategic transformation & simplification. Show less

Edgar Joined IBM CIO in July 2012, when he was named Sr Manager in charge of IBM Manufacturing, Distribution, Demand/Supply and Procurement Portfolios reporting to the BT/IT Run Organization. After more than 15 years in Supply Chain, it was time for a new Challenge, expand Networking and also Support Growth on a large strategic area in IBM Guadalajara, Edgar was in charge of the expansion for the CIO RUN Organization in Mexico, leading more than 200 IT Professionals, supporting 150 locations… Show more Edgar Joined IBM CIO in July 2012, when he was named Sr Manager in charge of IBM Manufacturing, Distribution, Demand/Supply and Procurement Portfolios reporting to the BT/IT Run Organization. After more than 15 years in Supply Chain, it was time for a new Challenge, expand Networking and also Support Growth on a large strategic area in IBM Guadalajara, Edgar was in charge of the expansion for the CIO RUN Organization in Mexico, leading more than 200 IT Professionals, supporting 150 locations and 554 applications WW.During his first 2 years in CIO, Edgar lead to a stabilization and controls posture in two complex Portfolios supporting Manufacturing and Procurement by enabling a Small Technical Group to quickly address Critical Situations, improving Serviceability by developing right skills in the Organization and deploying an Expedite Communication Process to manage Stakeholder’s expectations. Edgar has also been active member of Systems Group Management System, representing the CIO organization in different sessions hosted by IBM's VP of Global Manufacturing and IBM's Chief Procurement Officer and partnering with the Operations Team on Successful Quarter End Operations since 2014. Looking for additional opportunities and challenges, Edgar is taking a new role effective July 2015 as Sr Manager leading the Software Manufacturing Portfolio with more than 150 technical professionals around the world to deliver software and services to key parts of IBM's operations teams globally. Show less

After his First Management experience, Edgar has taken different assignments in Global Logistics, until he received his Second Line Management Opportunity in 2007, managing all Import/Export activity with more than 300 people and a total Throughput of almost US$2 Billion. During that time, Edgar was also leading divestiture projects to Sanmina, Lenovo and Hitachi and submitted his First Patent Application Invention Achievement Award for a Layered Freight Security Method, a process still in… Show more After his First Management experience, Edgar has taken different assignments in Global Logistics, until he received his Second Line Management Opportunity in 2007, managing all Import/Export activity with more than 300 people and a total Throughput of almost US$2 Billion. During that time, Edgar was also leading divestiture projects to Sanmina, Lenovo and Hitachi and submitted his First Patent Application Invention Achievement Award for a Layered Freight Security Method, a process still in place and extended to other locations and companies as well. In 2009, IBM decided to outsource its entire Global Logistics Operation and Edgar was selected to lead the Transition to Geodis and be part of the Control Tower managing Americas Operation after the divestiture. More than 2,000 people successfully transferred in a $365 M deal. During the following couple of years, Contract stabilization with Geodis was required, Steady State definition and 4 Satisfactory Corporate Audits were successfully completed. Show less

First Management Opportunity in July, 1999 supporting Manufacturing and Distribution, leading around 20 people and recognized by the IBM Excellence Award for the Direct Distribution Project, representing savings in transportation and Client Satisfaction with significant reduction in Transit Time. Promoted to Export Manager in 2002, where we started global operation out of Guadalajara supporting Servers & Storage WW (Single source)

Graduated with Honors in July, 1996, Edgar was selected as part of the First Generation of interns since 1991, and after couple of Months, hired as a regular employee. Edgar started his journey in IBM as Export Analyst for North America region, supporting the largest Export Operation for Personal Computers.