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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Providing value creation advisory services to the middle-market, bringing years of enterprise experience into this space. Leading IT due diligence, carve out planning, integration planning, and IT cost and staff analysis.

Chicago

Initiated and led transformational change across core systems to enable continued, aggressive business growth. Adopted retail best practices and implemented new systems, coming in on time and $800K under budget, including:● EMV PCI compliant Point Of Sale (POS) rollout to 130 retail stores, which reduced system downtime by 80% and increased customer capture by 90%.● Forecasting and Planning system for 10,000 SKUs, which led to $1MM inventory reduction and 25%increased serviceability during marketing campaigns● CRM which facilitated de-duplication of 2 million customer records and customer segmentation through purchasing patterns by demographic and psychographic.● Order Management System enabling true omni-channel experience and industry leading clienteling and customer personalization.● Mobile first Web Replatform with search engine optimization● Integration with legacy ERP and WMS without any system downtime.Other key projects:● Stabilized ERP system by creating company’s first test environment to upgrade Microsoft GP● Led PCI compliance through aggressive network segmentation and hardening, tokenization, two factor authentication, and appropriate log monitoring.● Restructured 90% of IT organization to align with current workload● Reduced IT opex budget by 10% through server optimization and telecom savings while introducing store network redundancy, WiFi, and VoIP phone systems.

Riverwoods, Il

Responsible for the management of all significant Infrastructure projects including mergers and acquisitions, strategic banking and payment platforms, security remediation, and database/middleware upgrades. Worked closely with senior management to transform strategic business plans to implementable project plans. Directed staff of 13 senior project managers. Led Infrastructure activity necessary to support the integration of multiple acquired Lending companies. Co-authored technical plans to re-host a suite of applications and websites(IIS, .NET, SQL Server) for an Originations platform. Managed network connectivity for a variety of communication methods (Connect:Direct, Web Services, Citrix).Instrumental in creating a technical strategy to integrate multiple applications across large financial institutions. Performed a detailed cost/benefit analysis of Servicing platform options; recommendations were adopted. Synthesized coherent timelines and project documentation from a variety of disparate sources.

Collaborated with organizational executives to develop a comprehensive technology roadmap that was a key factor in enabling the realization of organizational goals. Ensured the continual development and implementation of successful, cost-effective technology solutions by leading the implementation of best practice methodologies across the entire Software Development Life Cycle.Leveraged exceptional interpersonal skills to develop and maintain productive relationships, drive consensus among leadership teams, and effectively manage a staff of 60 diverse personalities. Worked closely with end users, often times learning and performing their specific role, to acquire a detailed understanding of the functions, processes, and areas of potential improvement for every functional area of the organization.

Computer Science

Undergrad, Computer Science

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