Frank Ieradi Email & Phone Number

Bridgeport, NJ

Technology and Senior Management Information Systems Leader at Chelten House Products, Inc. Chelten House has been a leader in the premium food manufacturing and distribution industry for more than 70 years. Through our culinary and operational expertise, we provide proprietary private label programs that enable our clients to differentiate themselves in.

• Provide career preparation through group and individual meetings, and real world experience by providing job shadowing and week-long internships to Rowan University MIS and Supply Chain students.
• Invited and Guest Lecturer for Rowan University business students, teaching career readiness and MIS Industry expectations.
• Serve as an ongoing mentor to graduated students, providing continuing career advice.

Burlington, NJ

• Balford is a privately owned & operated refrigerated food & beverage DSD distribution & sales company with over 250 employees & headquarters in Burlington NJ operating since 1892Balford has 2 distribution centers with.
• Provide Information Technology, Business Process, and Customer Service leadership for Balford Farms, the largest independent dairy and refrigerated products distribution company in the PA,NJ,DE region and exclusive.
• Recruited to integrate supply chain, warehouse, and distribution business process, plus acquisitions and divestitures into an existing and operational ERP system.
• Lead and manage all IT aspects including multiple 3rd party vendors and SaaS systems, Master Data department, and Customer Service department including call center technology.
• Integrated acquisition of Rosenberger’s Dairies brand and distribution network into Balford systems.
• Managed and successfully completed major upgrade of ERP system.

Horsham, PA

• Information Technology leader for American Driveline, parent company of AAMCO and Cottman automotive repair centers and Global Powertrain Systems, the national leader in remanufactured transmissions.
• Brought onboard by CFO to stabilize or replace legacy systems, including primary AS400 J.D. Edwards ERP system, Point of Sale (POS) system, Exchange Email, and franchisee portal.
• Designed a Franchisee Management System to track all franchisee activity through life of franchise agreement in one location.
• Acquired Salesforce.com to manage franchise sales, support, and store performance.
• Completely updated Franchisee portal, providing access to data and business tools to franchise owners.
• Selected, purchased, configured, and installed a Mitel VOIP call center

• Served as the Information Technology leader for Preferred, North America’s third largest provider of industrial frac and resin coated sand to the oil and gas industry. 6 manufacturing plants and 54 distribution or.
• Recruited to take company from entrepreneurial startup running with QuickBooks and spreadsheets to an appropriately staffed department with a successfully implemented and operational ERP system.
• Evaluated and selected a mid-range Infor SyteLine ERP system, which provided best fit for corporate goals and activities. Prepared project charter and scope of work documents. Budgeted all acquisition and completion.
• Responsible for plant operation and manufacturing systems, including SCADA systems, control systems, truck and rail loadout, and PLC programming. Included Rockwell Automation, Allen Bradley, Wonderware, and Citect.
• Designed and built a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), which pulled data from controls to provide accurate measurements, automated operation, and analysis of plant and product loadout facilities.
• Procured and established an IBM Maximo plant maintenance system. Integrated with ERP system so all financial transactions would remain in one database while plant staff processes their daily work in the Maximo.

• Provided direction and leadership for all aspects of Technology related projects for EMSL, the nation’s leading environmental and asbestos testing laboratory with 42 US and Canadian labs.
• Produced long term strategic plan for migration from outdated and restrictive legacy system to a modern flexible modular system based on industry standard tools and frameworks.
• Planned a workflow process to measure lag times, monitor chain of custody, and provide backlog scheduling.
• Designed and installed a Mitel VOIP phone system in corporate headquarters. System included an advanced call center, call accounting, remote office support, teleworker support, and disaster recovery.
• Proposed, negotiated, contracted and installed a cloud based VOIP phone system for use in remote site laboratories. System provided maximum flexibility for call processing, disaster recovery, and customer service.
• Led project to redesign and add extensive new functionality to client access website. Responsible for ongoing expansion of functionality and all development.

• Served as the Information Technology leader for Jevic, the leader in nationwide hybrid breakbulk-free trucking transportation. Provided direction and leadership for all aspects of departmental functions with a staff of.
• Progressive advancement from Network Administration Manager, to Network Services Director, to Director of I.T.
• Lead through I.T. transitions, including rapid growth, going public, sale to a multi-billion dollar public company, spin-off to a 1.2 billion dollar company, downsizing, outsourcing, in-sourcing, divesture, and.
• Negotiated multiple communications contracts with vendors such as AT&T, Global Crossing, Qualcomm, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and Alteva. Some individual contract values exceeded 4 million dollars.
• Reduced communication costs as percent of revenue from 1.39% to.89%, saving over 1 million dollars per year.
• Reduced recurring monthly service and license expenses by over $250,000 through renegotiation of contracts and agreements. Established a tool using GL data to show largest areas of opportunity.

• Brokerage services processed back-end trades for NASDAQ and provided market data to 80,000 stock brokers. Consolidated and managed data feeds from every global stock market.
• Managed 97 SUN UNIX servers in a high availability 24X7 environment.
• Complete responsibility for production operations Windows NT multi-domain network, including research, planning, testing, purchase, configuration, growth management, and administration.
• Member of Automated Operations, a select committee of 15 individuals who reported directly to the Vice President of Operations. The group was charged with analyzing, simplifying, improving, and automating operational.
• Created and implemented a training department. Developed certification guidelines to ensure associates would meet operational standards. Wrote and administered web based and on-line testing.
• Proposed and wrote an on-line Operations Management System. This system replaced antiquated methods and was adopted as the official operational event reporting and management tool.

Bachelor’S Degree, Information Systems And Education, Summa Cum Laude

Associate’S Degree, Computer Science

Data Processing And Data Processing Technology/Technician

High School