Eric Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, OH, US

• Responsible for leading and managing the development, deployment and support of information systems and services for Corporate Functions, covering Finance, Legal, EHS, etc., and Business Analytics. Collaborate with.
• Work directly with business stakeholders to manage project demand and the portfolio of information systems supporting Corporate Functions like Finance, Legal, etc.
• Oversee and participate in software development, implementation, training and on-going production support for Corporate Functions like Finance, Legal, etc.
• Lead technical team to deploy and support enterprise business analytic tools
• Establish global standards for analytics data extract, storage, and security
• Oversee collaboration of functional leaders on definition of business analytic requirements

Cleveland, OH, US

• Managed IT functional teams supporting SAP FICO, SAP BW and SAP EHS modules and Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Suite. Project Manager for many information technology initiatives including:
• Planned integration activities for several global, large scale Software As A Service (SaaS) implementations including SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, Kyriba Treasury Management, Lease Accelerator.
• Developed corporate strategic design for business intelligence analytics and data management.
• Improved IT and business alignment in the areas of Credit Management, Sales Reporting, Accounts Payable, Global Master Data, Tax, Enterprise Performance Reporting, Corporate Finance and Human Resources.
• Collaborated on a strategic roadmap and led project team for application development to manage new GHS hazardous materials communications and RoHS and Conflict Minerals product compliance requirements.
• Monitored SOX compliance of a large number of SaaS application systems and External Services.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Managed IT security functions including user access provisioning, SAP application security, network security and Windows Active Directory.
• Defined three year IT security strategic plan.
• Designed global network vulnerability and penetration assessment program.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Managed the roll out of the corporate strategy for Sarbanes-Oxley preparations related to general computer controls and automated application controls. Coordinated external international resources to complete the audit.
• Designed and conducted audit programs for three ERP environments, including SAP, to meet Sarbanes-Oxley internal control testing requirements at multiple autonomous business units.
• Conducted 18 audits in nine different countries over an 18-month period as part of initial compliance.
• Designed and implemented corporate-wide application for tracking audit issue resolution.
• Analyzed and classified $15 M of annual inbound freight spend to identify potential savings.

• Organized and achieved critical deadlines of system quality assurance testing among 7 teams and 25 analysts for 3 separate rollouts of a global, SAP ERP system implementation.
• Established the process and timeline for the data conversion for a global, SAP ERP system implementation project involving 40 plant locations and 2000 users.
• Managed the upgrade and interstate migration of the Oracle ERP system for a $300 million business unit involving a 20-member project team with 4 team leads.
• Negotiated and rolled out a $3 M small packaged freight contract resulting in $560,000 savings.

• Completed extensive general computer control audits of SAP, Oracle, J.D. Edwards and GRMS installations including the underlying Oracle database and UNIX operating system environments.
• Evaluated Perot Systems’ computer center for potential outsourcing of computer operations.

Rochester, US

Managed a 2-year project and supervised a 10-member team responsible for implementing a shop floor computer application in 5 plants. Designed and coded management reports to analyze production efficiency and utilization. Cardell Corporation later acquired by Molex Automotive.

Worldwide, OO

• Supervised assessment of business computer application internal controls at General Motors by teams of consultants.
• Documented and tested automated controls in 7 critical General Motors’ computer applications.
• Implemented statistical sampling techniques for physical inventory at 12 General Motors plants.

Worldwide, OO

Specialist in the Computer Assurance Services (now Enterprise Risk Service) practice. Audited business computer application controls and general computer controls for financial audit clients.

Leading provider of software and services for midsize manufacturers including an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package called SYMIX (currently SyteLine). Changed company name to FRONTSTEP, later acquired by MAPICS. MAPICS acquired by Infor and changed software name to Infor10 ERP.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations/Logistics Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology