I led an Enterprise Applications and Center of Excellence team of 60+ members and reported directly to the Global CIO, while partnering with business leaders in delivering solutions (development, implementation and ongoing support) for Louisiana Pacific Corporation. My team was responsible for delivering solutions and support to all business units and support functions. Key solutions and areas of responsibilities include SAP and solutions supporting Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Sales/Marketing, Manufacturing, Procurement and HR.

I led a portfolio team of 55+ members and report directly to the Global CIO, while partnering with business leaders in delivering solutions (development, implementation and ongoing support) for Mosaic’s Phosphates and Potash Business Units, EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety), and Procurement organizations.- While in this role, my team has greatly enhanced IT and business area relationships by delivering value-creating solutions and establishing trusted partnerships, achieved through enabling increased performance/efficiencies and lowering operating costs by over $6M.

I was chosen by the CIO to serve as the IT Leader responsible for successful acquisition of the CF Industries Phosphates Fertilizer Business, partnering directly with the M&A team to prepare for day 1 integration into the full spectrum of Mosaic’s IT framework.- Accomplished a highly successful integration, deemed by Mosaic senior leaders as one of the smoothest executed, through partnering with all departments to ensure a seamless integration into Mosaic’s financial SAP system, Maximo MRO system, and all infrastructure, Email, and core IT services.

In this role, I was selected by my department Director and CIO to lead a team responsible for delivery of services for the new global SAP set of applications. This was at the conclusion of a highly successful integration of our Brazil business unit into our overall centralized global SAP ERP environment. I was responsible for leading the North American, Brazilian and off-shore Indian application services teams through a critical time of stabilization and trust in the newly implemented global ERP system.- It was also during this time I was asked to lead a critical Business Impact Analysis of our newly formed application systems along with disaster recovery testing to ensure application recovery capabilities was aligned with business expectations. I worked with nearly 50 business leaders spanning 25 departments to execute a highly successful disaster recovery test; completing the project ahead of schedule and giving assurance to company leadership the IT systems were well protected to support business continuity in the event of a disaster.

During this timeframe, I built the largest and one of the most recognized groups within the Mosaic IT Organization; starting with a scope of 3 employees and a portion of North American IT server responsibilities and, with full backing of IT senior leadership, expanding to a team of over 40 employees and contractors across all Mosaic geographies with global responsibilities for all of Mosaic’s computer servers and end-user PCs. - Managed $20M annual budget for multiple geographies that ensured sustainability of critical business systems and executed life-cycle maintenance and upgrade projects to keep pace with new technology standards.- Produced over $3M in hardware reductions by utilizing cutting-edge virtualization technology to combine multiple virtual servers on a single hardware platform.

After leaving the USAF, I was hired by Raytheon and quickly promoted to a management role. This advancement was due to successful delivery of $3M program on schedule and within budget, involving development of a customized collaborative environment to government customers using EMC’s Documentum eRoom solution within 18-month deadline.

Chief, Networks and Computer Maintenance, U.S. Central Command - MacDill AFB, FL (May 1999 - Jun 2002)Executive to the Commander, 375th Airlift Wing - Scott AFB, IL (Jan 1998 - May 1999) Flight Commander, 375th Communications Squadron - Scott AFB, IL (Jun 1995 - Jan 1998)Mainframe Systems Manager, Air Force Global Weather - Offutt AFB, NE (Mar 1993 - Jun 1995)Student - Communications and Computer Systems Officer Course - Keesler AFB, MS (Nov 1992 - Mar 1993) I entered the Air Force after graduating college with my BS in Computer Science and was able to complete my Master’s Degree while serving at Scott AFB. A few highlights of my military career include:- Managing a multi-million dollar Windows NT 4.0 network supporting over 3,000 users on 4 separate networks, including deployable systems to support US Central Command 4-star general during contingencies/exercises; I was awarded General Tommy Franks’ personal coin for outstanding support of operations.- Selected as a USCENTCOM recipient of the Communications and Information Professionalism Award for 1999 and 2000, then forwarded to Washington D.C. to compete against all Air Force Captains.- Multiple time recipient of Company Grade Officer Awards for excellence in meeting needs for telecomm and computer networks throughout military service.- Commanded 145 people, largest communications flight in Air Mobility Command, in providing wide range of communications services; ranked first of 250 captains on Scott AFB by base commander for excellent support.