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Independent Business Technology Advisory and Project Management for Mid-Market Companies and Private Equity FirmsZelo Solutions offers independent business technology consulting services. With zero affiliations or partnerships with technology solution vendors, you can be assured that Zelo resources will bring an unbiased viewpoint based on experience and objective analysis that results in 'eyes wide open' decision making for important technology investments. After thorough analysis and development of a strategic plan and roadmap or IT due diligence assessment, Zelo resources can remain engaged to guide customers and PE partners through the system selection and implementation initiatives. We can provide end-to-end support throughout your business technology transformation that is highly focused on cost-effective delivery of customer objectives.Core Service Capabilities:> Business Technology Strategy and Roadmap Development> Business System Selection, Planning and Implementation> Business Process Optimization> IT Due Diligence and Post-Close Technology Integration, Improvement/Optimization> Post-Close Technology Carve-Out Representative Engagements:* Resource partner with Advisory firms supporting ERP selection, implementation and IT Due Diligence* Technology PMO integration lead for PE backed rental industry merger. Systems included Microsoft Dynamics 365 SF.com, Tableau, Xactly, among others. * Various IT Due Diligence and Business Technology assessments (insurance, manufacturing, service industries)* Advisor for several ERP/CRM selections (Oracle Cloud, MS dynamics 365, Workday, UKG, Ceridian, ADP, Netsuite, Epicor, Sage Intacct, Service Titan, FieldPoint,D365 Field Service, and other niche HRMS platforms). * ERP Project Leader for a Global Workday deployment. 3 countries, ~4000 EE. scope included Finance, HCM and PSA.* PM support for multiple Service Titan/SageIntacct projects. * Revenue Forecasting assessment based on Salesforce.com

Interim 16 month leadership role to help define and implement the overall technology and acquisition integration strategy. Led a team of 6 highly skilled technology professionals to deliver several strategic technology projects including:> Development of 5 Year roadmap, acquisition onboarding and integration playbooks and ERP project management library (templates, project plans, project tracking dashboards, system design and process documents, data conversion specs, etc.)> Project leadership for implementation of a Field Service ERP platform (Service Titan/Sage Intacct) with integration to 3rd party website scheduling and chat solutions> Project Manager for implementation of a centralized BI solution connecting ~35 HVAC Brand systems using ETL tools and producing critical daily, weekly and monthly KPI's> Project support for the development and deployment of a cyber security program

> IT Due Diligence, Key Deal Issues, M&A IT Integration Planning and Execution> Technology / Business Performance Improvement for ~40 Portfolio Companies* IT strategic planning, software selection and implementation (ERP,CRM,LIMS,BI/Reporting)* Process improvement across sales, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, close-to-report,* IT infrastructure and security assessment, planning and outsourcing* Interim IT leadership, resource management and recruiting

* IT Strategy and Roadmap development* ERP system selection and implementation* Supply Chain/Operations focused solution architect (QAD and JDE Enterprise One)* Project management and application consulting* Business process re-engineering* ERP optimization, upgrade, re-implementation* Knowledge management, business development support* Practice mentor to Consultants / Sr. Consultants

- Achieved ISO9000 certification- Daily management of production schedules, kanban supply- Quality Management (root cause analysis, improvement and analytics)- Cellular Manufacturing- Inventory management- Lean Manufacturing- Management of ~40 UAW employees