Jeff St. Amant Email & Phone Number

Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States

Baton Rouge, La

Promoted multiple times with increasing levels of leadership responsibility. Provides strategic direction, guidance, and ongoing support to a 5-person team with a focus on coordinating and leading major IT projects for a regional newspaper with both a print and digital news offering. Accountable for ensuring projects remain in scope and stay under budget; holds full IT department budget responsibility. ➣ In charge of all day-to-day IT operations that include a centralized MPLS network in Baton Rouge and several satellite offices and over 400 users. ➣ Spearheaded the implementation of a new printing and production facility that positively impacted all departments in the company; drove the installation of a new payroll system and data conversion. ➣ Prepared and executed an IT strategy to move all core applications to a Cloud environment. ➣ Led the data conversion and implementation project for the recent Times-Picayune acquisition.➣ Implemented MS Office 365 enterprise-wide that resulted in improved internal collaboration capabilities and increased staff productivity. ➣ Designed and created an interface that combined data from two systems improving customer service and reducing man-hours needed to prepare production paperwork by 50%.➣ Designed and instituted a new packaging interface, an advertising interface to vendors, and a digital replica interface that improved data accuracy and reduced duplicate data entries.

Baton Rouge, La

Supervised an 11-person team (including five indirect reports) across the business analyst, infrastructure management, helpdesk, and operations teams. Analyzed and prepared IT budgets for senior leadership.➣ Collaborated with multiple vendors to complete system upgrades as needed.➣ Worked with auditors on quarterly and annual audits.

Baton Rouge, La

Oversaw and managed a 3-person team while providing project management and oversight for all major application projects. Led all staff hiring, training, development, and performance management; accountable for custom interfaces and the overall stability of the business systems. ➣ Drove the successful implementation of a Content Management System (CMS) that delivered digital content; reduced the size of the staff that managed the company website. ➣ Completed an onsite data center relocation into a co-located data center that resulted in improved disaster recovery capabilities and increased business continuity. ➣ Hand-picked as the project lead for implementing a new production facility that included mechanizing the entire packaging process; reduced the staff size needed to produce the product. ➣ Implemented a new ERP system and converted a legacy VMS to a Windows SQL circulation system.

Baton Rouge, La

Brought on board to provide in-depth data and application analysis while leading various software implementations. Assisted in the comprehensive evaluation and purchase of third-party software based on current business needs. Created workflows and trained departments to use the new systems. ➣ Spearheaded several projects to prepare for Y2K with a focus on conversions, upgrades, and disaster recovery; designed customer interfaces between third-party systems and vendors. ➣ Coordinated and oversaw multiple company-wide application and software upgrade projects. ➣ Led the team that introduced Pagination that resulted in more accurate and efficient page production while reducing customer credits and the number of employees needed for production.

Convington, La

Designed and implemented custom ERP software for the insurance and finance industries. Traveled to remote locations to lead the installation process and train end-users; participated in company audits.➣ Conceptualized, developed, and rolled out custom applications and reports that resulted in improved stability and provided new visibility into the business’s day-to-day operations.