Information Technology Consultant

Led the development and management of IT Department to support leading privately-held, industrial packaging distributor growth to over 50 locations in U.S., Mexico and Canada. Worked closely with top management to support business through design, implementation and support of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP system, collaboration systems, customer portals, business intelligence, mobile access, CRM and business continuity. Developed and managed internal employees, outside consultants and… Show more Led the development and management of IT Department to support leading privately-held, industrial packaging distributor growth to over 50 locations in U.S., Mexico and Canada. Worked closely with top management to support business through design, implementation and support of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP system, collaboration systems, customer portals, business intelligence, mobile access, CRM and business continuity. Developed and managed internal employees, outside consultants and relationships with key IT partners. Show less

Developed and supported the ERP system and other IT systems. Worked closely with the business departments to develop supplemental logistics system to reduce costs. Led technical efforts to tie in remote locations for online access. Worked closely with business departments to incorporate use of PC's.

Branch Manager of St. Louis-based privately-held consulting organization with staff of 80 consultants. Managed relationships with key St. Louis enterprises.

Experience as Systems Group Manager responsible for infrastructure of networked systems and also as Application Support Manager responsible for meeting specific application needs of large research organization. Member of team setting Agricultural Company IT vision and strategy. Project lead on investigation of supercomputer leading to installation of Cray supercomputer.