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Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Responsible for overall management of the MULTIVAC U.S. Information Technology Department and strategic planning of technology systems for U.S. operations along with directing the local SAP IT Application support team.

Providing cybersecurity consulting services, including security assessments, incident response planning, and strategic advice to enhance cyber defenses for SMBs. Specialized in tailoring cybersecurity solutions to unique client needs, ensuring improved security postures in a dynamic threat environment.

Waregem, West Flanders, Be

• Overall responsible for the Cyber Security of the company, which includes its employees and facilities.• Developed and implemented an information security program from scratch, including policies and procedures to protect enterprise communications, systems, and assets from both internal and external threats. • Anticipate, assess, and actively manage new and emerging threats. • Work with executives across different departments to align security initiatives with broader business objectives and mitigate the risks of various security threats to the organization's mission and goals.

Established and documented procedures for the implementation of a new procurement system at the Government of Canada (contract)

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

• Built and managed talented teams of Architects, business analysts, developers, and other specialists. • Planned and managed technology budgets averaging $5M per engagement.• Introduced and executed Strategic IT Roadmaps for customers in Retail, Manufacturing, Insurance, and Health Care customers delivering savings of at least 30% across engagements. • Spearheaded design, implementation, testing, and support of IT applications and systems across Infrastructure and End-User productivity (Microsoft, O365, WebEx, …).• Managed IT infrastructure including Network LAN, WAN, MPLS Data Network, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery facilities, ERP applications, telecom, various third party applications including CRM, Internal reporting, database management and IT help desk.• Negotiated with and selected vendors for Telecommunications and Information Technology products, systems, and services. Established contracts and managed vendor performance after implementation.

Houston, Texas, Us

Delivery Director for Applications and InfrastructureResponsible for SAP-ERP, SAP-CRM, Oracle databases, and ETL systems projects for CPG customers.• Streamlined Application development and operations and reduced additional expenditure by upgrading from a pure Staff-Aug model to a more sustainable Managed-Services Model and thus achieving 25% savings and a dramatically increased CSat.• Rationalized the business procedures by administering an annual $15M budget and 270 employees’ organization.• Minimized severity-1 defects by 25% by restructuring and optimizing ITO services (Service-Desk, Level 1, Level 2 support) for all company critical and major applications.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Responsible for Development and Operations of the Master data management team, about 80 FTE located in Belgium, UK, Manila, Costa-Rica and the US. · Delivered integration of Product, Customer, Supplier and pricing Databases in SAP-SD Landscape. · Integrated and Migrated 5 major Legacy (Mainframe, AS400) Applications to SAP. · Implemented front-end tools based on Microsoft an Lotus Notes resulting in user Acceptance of the Global Master data concepts.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Informatics

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Other; Certificate Of Specialization In Business Strategy