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Austin, Tx, Us

The Austin SIM Chapter connects CIO's and Technology leaders with a philanthropic focus on increasing Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity within STEM in Austin.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Austin area technology executives who meet to share insights and build partnerships, while gaining exposure to and advising early-stage companies.

Austin, Tx, Us

The ACC Continuing Education IT Industry Advisory Council is composed of regional IT employers and experts who make recommendations to the ACC CE IT Staff about how to move the IT Program offerings forward. The Chair and Co-Chair lead discussions about what has existed and worked, and which programs or areas need to be added, enhanced, or removed. The Dean, Director and Coordinators work with the Chair and Co-Chair to discuss issues and recommendations.

Kerrville, Texas, Us

70-year-old family-owned and vertically integrated multi-channel retailer with over 130 company-owned stores in four states, and over 300 wholesale locations nationwide.Hired by the owner/CEO with a vision to transform the business with technology as a competitive advantage; integrated the end-to-end business processes, including product development, manufacturing, logistics, retail, wholesale, and supply chain, and transformed the company’s omnichannel experience and data-driven digital strategies to accelerate growth.–Lead a team of 8 direct reports and about 60 FTEs to digitally transform business operations allowing a 4X growth in 10 years while delivering exceptional customer experiences.–Collaborating with the CEO to launch marketing strategies including a new partnership with Dillard’s, expanding into 240 of their locations, and other high-end stores across the mid-west, and developing brand awareness and customer insights–Launched customer data platform, realized a 50% efficiency in marketing spend–Launched a new eCommerce platform and incorporated ML modeling and data intelligence to drive increased online revenue from 15% to over 40% of the overall business.–Led an NPS over 90% and was recognized by News Week as the Best Customer Experience in 2021, 2022, 2023.–Led a reimagining of product delivery to demand-based forecasting to enable real-time inventory visibility and improved supply and customer attainment from 80% to 95% by adopting advanced supply chain tools.–Led technology and manufacturing improvements, reduced lead time in manufacturing by 50% - from 8 weeks to 4 weeks, and grew from 2 to 4 manufacturing plants.–Developed A+ team with attrition of less than 5% over the last 10 years, and led a 5-star ticket response rate–Member of the 401K committee with fiduciary responsibility for over $100M in assets.

New York, New York, Us

Formerly AMF Bowling Inc., the Largest U.S. owner and operator of bowling centers with more than 300 bowling facilities, and a manufacturing plant with 8,000 employees. Sold to PE firm in 2001 after declaring chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company divested global operations across thirteen countries in 2004, to be US based only. In 2006 was bought out by a second PE firm which sold the company’s manufacturing component the same year.Chief Information Officer reporting to the CFO/COO having began as the Director/Interim CIO in 2006 and was promoted to Vice President of IT to right-size the title; transformed the industry as the largest owner-operator of bowling alleys. – Provided leadership and direction to help transform the company and industry from a lackluster “bowling alley” to a customer-focused, data-oriented, family entertainment center. – Delivered new experiences enriched by unprecedented digital capabilities and customer engagement in addition to specialized lighting, music, food, beverage, and more, at scale across 300 locations. – Developed a 5-year plan to upgrade facilities, shift strategy, and attract casual bowlers to high-end audio-visual experiences. – Led marketing work including the development of a loyalty program, digitizing menu boards, launching the websites, co-developed digital marketing strategies to drive customer acquisition and developed a marketing database with over 3M customers. – Aligned disparate systems and took all systems from analog to digital, while focusing on cost-cutting and cost management.

New York, New York, Us

Led the turnaround of an IT Department with low morale, no clear direction, and internal discord, and developed a team of 6 direct reports and about 35 FTEs. – Launched the company’s first-ever branded ecommerce site and online reservation program as the company evolved from a recurring league business to a family entertainment center.– Created a separate leading high-end brand, “300,” with upgraded themes and services in about a dozen locations, including high-end event food and beverage. – Developed and deployed an advanced system to align corresponding dashboards and analytics to track and manage internal theft and an exception-based system that helped detect and recover over $1M in losses. – Performed a strategic upgrade to the core network to support video streaming across 300+ locations; consolidated services from 36 vendors to one and increased overall reliability of the network 10-fold to 99.99%. – Increased efficiencies by automating a legacy process to manage bowling leagues with a custom application that saved an estimated 2% ($325K) in labor annually with an ROI of less than 12 months. – Lowered product and pricing update cycles by 80% with an Enterprise POS management system and integration with digital menu boards. – Cut costs by more than 10% annually, centralized telecom management, consolidated and optimized vendors, and established tracking, for the first time at AMF.

New York, New York, Us

Led the innovative approach to incorporate weather forecasting, to allow better strategic labor planning for all locations nationally.

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

Technology consulting and Y2K readiness assessments at various clients

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Led the design and implementation of ERP (Symix) for Wipro's support division with over 20+ locations across the country.

Delivering Information Services

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ms, Computer Science