Ken Edwards Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ky, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Within the Midwest Region, responsible for the overall strategy, performance and growth of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Services Offering including: Duck Creek, Retail, Core Financial & Procurement, Distribution, Health, Manufacturing, Project-based, Utilities, Heavy Equipment, Managed Services, Migration Services.

Seattle, Washington, Us

I have been managing the delivery of ERP and CRM solutions for over 20 years. With focus primarily on manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries, I have successfully lead teams through global deployments of Microsoft Dynamics 365, AX, NAV, and CRM, SAP, Oracle, and others.As a Director of Program & Project Management in ERP, I am responsible for ensuring delivery excellence and customer satisfaction. My primary objective is to provide the highest quality resources, solutions, and program management principles to our customers.Prior to joining Avanade, I have great experience as an IT executive with large, global, manufacturing / distribution, and retail organizations for over 25 years. I have extensive experience in deploying ERP and CRM applications and have managed deployments and recoveries through North America, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, including India, and Russia.

Dayton, Ohio, Us

Within the Enterprise Application Solutions group, I manage the Microsoft Dynamics practice which specializes in Dynamics 365 Enterprise (AX/CRM), Dynamics AX 2012, Dynamics CRM. Customer Relationship Manager, Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, Practice Manager. Centric is a large, national, consultancy with strong Microsoft experience in Dynamics, PowerBI, Azure, SQL Server, Server, and infrastructure. Our consultants provide services for: Implementation, Upgrade, Software Selection, Project Management, Business Process Review, Functional Analysis, and Development.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. is the world's largest bedding provider. The company develops, manufactures and markets mattresses, adjustable bases, pillows and other sleep and relaxation products. Combining a proud history and groundbreaking innovation, the company holds some of the most highly recognized brands in the industry: Tempur®, Tempur-Pedic®, Sealy®, Sealy Posturepedic®, Optimum™, and Stearns & Foster®.As Director, Global ERP I was responsible for large scale ERP projects related to both domestic USA locations and International locations.The company is currently upgrading all of its global facilities to Microsoft Dynamics 2012 R3. My group in the USA consisted of a cross functional, talented, team of Finance and Order to Cash Analysts while my Global group was made up of both Order to Cash and Procure to Pay Functional Analysts.During my time with Tempur Sealy, within the Global Group, managed deployment of Dynamics AX 2012 to several countries including: the Nordics (Sweden, Finland, Denmark), the Benelux countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands), Russia, Germany, and the UK.My North American team was attached to projects in the United States and Canada.Tempur Sealy is a terrific company with a highly talented group of professionals who are passionate about their work.

Bardstown, Kentucky, Us

AMERICAN FUJI SEAL, INC. / AMERICANS DIVISION / FUJI SEAL, INTERNATIONALGLOBAL MANUFACTURER OF SHRINK SLEEVE LABELING AND APPLICATOR MACHINERYROLES:• Senior Director of Information Technology and Enterprise Program Manager• Divisional Project Manager of a multi-million dollar Dynamics AX 2012 rollout • Manage all divisional IT staff, partners, and vendors• Define and manage department capital and expense budgets• Define Global Template for ERP deployment• Review and approve all vendor and partner contracts ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Revitalized a failed implementation of Dynamics AX and took it LIVE in 3 months (stalled 3 years)• Revitalized a failed implementation of Shop Floor Statistics and Machine Integrations software (PMA)• Implemented EDI for purchase order, invoice, and shipping notifications• Reduced IT department costs by 35%• Replaced Dynamics Partners with new consultants which matched corporate goals and generated quick resultsNOTE: After the death of my wife in 2015, I was forced to find a position closer to Lexington, Kentucky to support my teenage daughters.American Fuji Seal is a terrific company, with a highly talented management team. They are passionate about their work and strongly support their customers.

Lexington, Ky, Us

GLOBAL MANUFACTURER OF CERAMIC TILE AND TILE ACCESSORIESROLES:• Administrate and Direct Information Technology Department staff• Define and manage department capital and expense budgets• Upgrade Technology Infrastructure• Vendor Contract Management and Approval ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Reduced Department Budget by 2.5M in 3 years• Rebuilt Technical Support and significantly improved response time• Implemented IBM Cognos version 10 reporting and analysis services• Implemented Microsoft CRM 2011 (On Premise) for Sales Force Automation / Organization

Singapore, Sg

Manufacturer of kitchen cabinet doors. Designed and implemented a sophisticated and highly automated manufacturing solution where Microsoft Dynamics NAV operated the entire shop floor. Raw materials entered the back of the plant and were placed in an automated storage location. From that point forward, through routing, sanding, lamination, and finishing and up until the doors are finished - they are never touched by human hands. It was an amazing implementation of the Microsoft platform and capabilities of German engineering and American automation.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Manager of the Technical Services Group in the Central District (Michigan to Louisiana - 13 States). Supported various ERP and WMS solutions including SAP, People Soft, Manhattan Associates, and others for fortune 50 companies.

Designed and monetized the Life-TRAK Ambulance Software System which provided a turnkey solution for private and public ambulance and emergency medical services. Offering dispatching, billing, payables, HIPAA compliance, training, and many other features - Life-TRAK was the #1 selling system for over 10 years. Through my work at TRAK I have 5 patents in vehicle tracking and dispatch automation.TRAK Software closed due to fears of Y2K and - being Unix based - the revolutionary Microsoft Windows platform with a mouse!Copies of Life-TRAK are still in use today.

Computer Science

Computer Science