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Responsible for global technology strategy, execution, and operations.

Led the IT team for the US division of the world’s largest global processor and distributor of Beef, Chicken, Pork and Lamb.Responsible for all aspects of enterprise information technology including application development, support and infrastructure for the US and Australia (SAP). Directed a diverse mixture of software applications including SAP (Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, CRM, APO, Warehousing and HR), Oracle/PeopleSoft (Financials and HR), Red Prairie (Supply Chain), Cloud Services (Transportation Planning, Margin Optimization, HR, Help Desk), Business Objects (Data Warehousing and Analytics), Quintiq (Scheduling Optimization), AS/400, Unix (including plant floor) and .Net Applications. - Directing an annual budget 10X million for OpEx and CapEx. Led a sizeable team of IT professionals including contractors and offshore. - Led the technology integration efforts for 3 major acquisitions – the acquisition of Smithfield Beef (2008), the acquisition of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding (2008) and the acquisition of Pilgrim’s Pride Chicken (2010).- Negotiated and directed the global implementation of SAP’s across the following modules: finance, general ledger, sales & distribution, advance planning and optimization, manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, treasury & risk management, human resources and payroll. - Led the implementation of SAP for JBS’s Australia business thus creating a single global SAP instance - Directed the technology components for a start-up transportation/trucking subsidiary - Teamed with fellow business unit leaders to forge strong, sustaining partnerships which resulted in increased technology spending of nearly 50% once trust in IT was established and tangible business benefits were demonstrated. - Championed 4 key IT goals: keep the lights on, deliver projects on time, improve culture and meet budget targets.

Held a number of senior leadership positions in Marketing and Sales, Human Resources and Healthcare- Led the global business relationship with Oracle/Siebel including governance of all Customer Relationship Management (CRM) projects. Member of Siebel’s Automotive Product Oversight Committee. Sponsored and chaired Ford’s Community of Practice for Siebel.- Led the technology aspects of Ford’s Global Contact Centers (Customer, Dealer and Technician facing) with operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, Scotland and the Philippines. This included managing joint-venture and offshore 3rd party relationships.- Led Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT compliance efforts for Volvo Car Corporation in Sweden. This included documentation and risk scoring of security and controls for over 200 different applications across the entire business. Met twice-monthly with Volvo and Ford’s executive committees to report status on compliance efforts.- Led the global implementation of two different ERP project teams: Global HR PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft Benefits. Both projects were multi-year with teams in excess of 50 people and a multi-million dollar capital spend.- Directed the technology aspects of Ford’s multi-billion dollar annual healthcare operations including leading a coss-functional team that reduced healthcare cost by 20% over 2 years.

- P&L responsibility and leader for the Training Services business unit which serviced multiple forture 200 clients.- Built a modern call center for the company to handle inbound and outbound training and tuition assistance inquiries from employees of companies Edcor serviced. This included significant automation (IVR and automated call handling).- Led an IT team of responsible for call center operations and custom development of Edcor’s proprietary software. Managed the integration and interfaces into 30 different Fortune 500 client’s HR systems.

Senior Consultant (1990-1993)- Worked on a number of IT consulting engagements as a project leader, business analyst and functional specialist- Assisted in creating various proposals for services to prospective clients.Tax Associate (1989)- Worked with various corporate and individual high net worth clients on tax planning, liability projections and tax compliance issues.- Was the first bachelor’s degree direct-hire into the Detroit office tax practice.