• Led all Speedway IT project managers, as well as, contract resources, involving budgets, prioritization, managing work assignments, tracking portfolio target dates, ROI analysis, escalations, reporting, and other aspects of project portfolio management. • Responsible for hiring, training, coaching, performance appraisals, and corrective actions for all corporate Project Managers.• Created resource management utilization and availability projections to allow for more efficient portfolio management and resource usage.• Worked with all levels of leadership to report on portfolio progress, resolve issues, mitigate risks, and take action in advance of projected roadblocks.• Worked with 7-11 Strategic Sourcing, IT, Accounting/Finance, Store Maintenance, Information Security, and Legal to evaluate all options for exiting the 7-11 ERP transition service agreement with MPC.• Responsible for leading the effort of moving the SAP system to the Azure cloud platform.

• Consult closely with business leaders and executives on corporate strategy related to the Sales and HR systems.• Lead project managers on the execution of Sales, HR, and Marketing initiatives.• Leading the commercial tasks for the sale and separation of the specialty mills to Pixelle, including the configuration of the SAP system to support both companies during the transition period.• Directed the AI initiative from conception to implementation, automating the SAP order entry functions for the Customer Service organization.• Project managed the migration to a new HRIS and Payroll system, and HR data warehouse.• Expanded the use of Salesforce beyond CRM functions, eliminating multiple legacy systems, and saving $500K annual spend.• Project manager on the separation of the Catalyst Corporation Sales and Marketing functions.• Program manager for the corporate integration of NewPage into Verso.• Led the corporate wide clean up of SAP customer and material master data.

• Provided leadership and direction for all corporate project managers and contract resources. • Developed, consulted, and communicated project and portfolio initiatives, priorities, and status to Executive Leadership, and facilitated escalation and timely resolution of issues.• Transitioned a primarily IT focused PMO, to a team managing a balanced mix of business and IT projects.• Coordinated with IT and functional areas to create standard processes, templates, and key performance indicators to better evaluate and manage portfolios, programs, and projects. • Project Manager of a team of Executive and Senior leaders, working on the Verso/NewPage merger and integration preparation.• Worked with all levels of the company to create Transition Services Agreements for the sale and separation of the mills sold to Catalyst as part of the Verso/NewPage merger.• Launched a Project Management process with R&D, focused on resolution of quality issues.• Program manager for the NewPage corporate restructuring.• Managed the claims resolution for the NewPage bankruptcy, processing over $1B in claims.

• Program manager for a $10 million Manufacturing Excellence program for both operations and maintenance efforts across 8 paper mills, resulting in a 3 year $100M savings.• Manufacturing Execution Systems Project Manager for the Stora-Enso acquisition, transitioning them from their legacy system and integrating them with SAP.• Planned and executed upgrades of SAP and manufacturing systems.

• Project Manager of the corporate SAP CRM initiative using Salesforce.• Planned the design and implementation of the SAP Lead Management function. • Orchestrated the redesign and enhancement of Reynolds on-line procurement application, and the integration with back end fulfillment systems. • Built and managed the team that implemented the Enterprise Application Integration system. • Project manager for the Virtual Office project which moved the sales reps into home offices, encompassing 109 US facilities, 10 Canadian facilities and over 900 associates. • IT Project Manager on the divestiture of the non-automotive forms business to Relizon.