James Kline Email & Phone Number

Hilliard, Ohio, Us

• Information Technology Department head• Responsible for setting direction and strategy for all aspects of IT

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Information Technology Department head sitting on Simonton’s Executive Committee• Responsible for setting direction and strategy for applications & infrastructure• Manage Simonton’s IT team of about 50 including direct management of IT Directors & Managers • Responsible for setting & managing IT budget across the Simonton enterprise• Member of Senior IT Leadership team for parent company – Ply Gem (NYSE: PGEM)• Sponsored and guided a project to replace our customer facing order management system & configurator with an industry leading toolset (WTS Paradigm Centerpoint)• Led a cross-functional team of Directors & VPs to define our ERP systems vision and devised a plan for proceeding• Executed a Data Center move from our private facilities to a co-located model with NetApp and Cisco UCS technology• Effectively negotiated contracts that have secured pricing discounts and other benefits while setting up strong long term vendor relationships• Successfully reduced costs in networking, telephony, and wireless while increasing service & performance levels• Drove the implementation of PC standardization and a PC procurement process leading to greater business reliability and a lower TCO

Cary, North Carolina, Us

Information Technology Department head for Simonton Windows • Responsible for setting direction for applications & infrastructure• Supervise a team of IT Managers & Directors overseeing all aspects of IT at Simonton• Identify Issues & set priorities for Applications and Infrastructure teams• Responsible for Setting & managing corporate IT budget

Cary, North Carolina, Us

Project Manager of Oracle EBS r12 implementation• Successfully led the implementation of Oracle EBS 12.1.3 at a $50MM business unit with a broad set of Oracle technologies including Financials, Manufacturing, Order Management & Purchasing• Project completed On Time and On Budget• Responsible for day to day Project Management of a 14+ person implementation team• Responsible for setting and seeking approval for the project Budget, as well as day to day budget management• Responsible for change management and business communication• Responsible for Vendor and Resource Management including consulting and hosting team

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Manager and Team Leader of internal Business Process Reengineering (BPR) team responsible for business process mapping, analysis, and redesign• Project manager for a BPR project to evaluate, map & recommend solutions for HR systems and processes• IT Project Lead for Oracle CRM OnDemand selection and implementation • Project manager for Great Plains database consolidation project, including process redesign and implementation• Project manager & designer of a business intelligence project to identify and provide visibility to current pricing practices• Key team member of a specially appointed cross-functional task force responsible for analyzing the current business practices and strategy and then identifying and eliminating unnecessary cost within the business• Lead team member in ERP (Oracle vs. SAP) evaluation process • Drove business change related to financial & operations projects• Project management for various BPR projects

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Project manager of various infrastructure projects include NetApp SAN implementation• Responsible for design & purchasing decisions for servers, networking, storage, PCs and related software• Responsible for Microsoft Enterprise agreement negotiation and management• Responsible for SQL Server development management and project management related to BI initiatives• Responsible for managing BI analysts, SQL Server and Oracle DBAs, Systems and Network Administrators, and other associates including hiring, reviews and associate development• Managed the initiation of outsourced DBA services including contract negotiation and ongoing relationship management

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Responsible for SQL Server development management and project management related to BI initiatives• Responsible for managing BI analysts, SQL Server and Oracle DBAs, and other associates• Responsible for BI architecture and design including star schema data marts based on Kimball principles • Advanced several key BI initiatives by involving business leaders and establishing data governance within functional business areas• Led BI projects and development using Microsoft technology including SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Responsible for management of several .NET developers who serve the business needs of internal and external clients nationwide• Responsible for certain areas of achieving SOX compliance as our private company was acquired by a public company (Fortune Brands)• Project manager of SAN evaluation and resulting purchase and implementation of an HP EVA storage array• Responsible for design and purchasing decisions related to server and storage hardware and software• Project manager for development of many applications written in .NET and SQL Server• Responsible for various IT aspects of a green field facility start up• Responsible for various IT aspects of acquisition integration for the several companies and facilities• Introduced virtualized computing into the organization (VMware

Cary, North Carolina, Us

• Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of several mission critical SQL Server databases and Windows servers• Worked closely with accounting and accounting software vendor (Microsoft Dynamics) to solve problems and implement solutions• Designed and implemented data architecture for internally developed applications• Responsible for needs assessment and purchasing of server and data storage hardware for corporate data center and satellite facilities• Responsible for implementing several key technologies including Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Content Management Server• Responsible for development of several utility applications written in VB and VBscript

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