CIO at Papé Group.Keeps You Moving®As a fourth-generation, family-owned business with more than 150 locations and 2,700 employee members, Papé serves the capital equipment needs of the construction, forestry, agriculture, warehousing, material handling, and trucking industries throughout the West.Papé is dedicated to keeping your equipment running. We accomplish this through a single, shared mission of providing consistent, quality customer service—coupled with a giant network of resourceful operations throughout Alaska, Hawaii, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington.

Strategic and tactical technology leader for fast-paced, customer-focused manufacturer and distributor of specialty gardening supplies. Our product offering of over 5,000 products includes everything needed for indoor, hydroponic, organic, greenhouse and outdoor gardening.Supporting company's fast growth in a dynamic industry, retaining engaged technology talent and building bridges to customers. SAP transition completed from Epicor ERP, integrated with Blue Ridge Demand Planning, Raymond Warehouse Control System, Banyan Transportation Management, Honeywell Voice automated warehouse management and picking, advanced Websites and eCommerce services. Tableau Business Intelligence and Salesforce CRM.

Led infrastructure, operations, desktop support, business intelligence and applications teams, as well as remote consulting resources. Completed software requirements definition, evaluation and selection of ERP and PLM systems. Expanded intranet with micro-apps to support niche operations teams. JD Edwards ERP, Microsoft CRM and Siemens Product Lifecycle Management systems support Warn, its customers and suppliers.

Systems Engineer and Operations for Encompass Solutions: Epicor ERP and Lawson M3 ERP among other ERP market leaders. Customer/Prospect solutions design and prototypes; Sales Operations management; Consultant to the marketing team; Selection services; Solutions consultant.

Implementation, strategic development and expansion of ERP system. Liaison between IT, Executive team and business partners. Led team of developers, analysts and consultants supporting the multi-site, multi-currency ERP solution and additional custom applications.