• Drives the strategic development of digital roadmaps across teams, focusing on outcomes and documenting value propositions.• Collaborates with functional and technical leaders to plan and implement technology solutions.• Fosters strategic alignment and partnerships with peers and leaders in adjacent functions.• Communicates value creation and business propositions throughout the organization.• Evaluates research and market analysis, engages with vendors, and stays informed on industry innovations.• Provides thought leadership and translates vision into actionable strategies for utilizing digital solutions to accelerate business growth.• Designs and executes sustainable processes, managing enhancements.• Leads, mentors, and coaches direct reports and guides embedded digital product owners.

Managed the integration and disposition of 200+ software solutions, 250+ lab instrument pcs, and 150+ file share servers and SharePoint site collections, used by the research and application development workflows, for the DuPont M&M acquisition by Celanese. Responsibilities included:• Oversaw integration activities like data migration, system integration, and change management.• Collaborated with the business to determine system requirements, specifications, and manage costs and timelines.• Resolved issues during application migration between corporate networks, including hands-on server migration and data extraction.• Provided escalation support to Technology & Innovation users for the resolution of integration-related issues.

• Provided IT expertise and guidance for the M&M Technology organization (Research, CAE, TS&D, PS&R).• Built relationships with leaders and digital ambassadors to identify, prioritize, and execute strategic IT opportunities that drove innovation and met business objectives.• Developed and maintained IT game plans, capability roadmaps, and project portfolios, incorporating industry best practices and digital solutions to enhance function and business performance.• Collaborated with functional leadership to prioritize investments, achieve FAIR data principles, automate data flows, and formalize lab informatics strategies.• Oversaw IT project implementation, ensuring value realization as outlined in business cases. Guided project leads and SMEs through the project lifecycle, addressing impediments and navigating corporate IT systems/processes.• Managed a discretionary project budget plus one million annually.• Served as escalation and oversight for all IT-related matters, including vendor management for the Technology organization.

• Facilitated the integration and transition of custom R&D lab automation, process control systems, and software applications, coordinating with business SMEs, Research IT Leads, FS&RE, and other IT teams.

• Led a complex research informatics and lab automation program for the coatings business. • Coordinated a large agile team (15+ developers) to enable high throughput lab capabilities, streamline data collection, and deliver intuitive applications for end users and external customers (eXposure Vision). • Managed the delivery of an interdependent tool suite, combining robotics, image analysis, instrument data capture, test result entry, and data visualization on a cloud-based interface.

• Collaborated with R&D Finance Director and R&D Operations Team to develop corporate metrics tracking Innovation Growth and product sales from R&D investment.• Negotiated common definitions for metrics and developed BW dashboards with Marketing Excellence, Strategic Planning, and Global Reporting teams.• Solicited user requirements, created “tagging” solution roadmap, pair-programmed in .Net, wrote SQL database schema, and optimized data feeds with NEA/SAP teams.• Transitioned development/support for several applications to internal teams.• Administered SharePoint 2007 Farm, developed custom solutions on SharePoint, and actively administered Tableau Server and developed dashboards.• Led the development of .Net, SQL, and Tableau solutions, including a proof-of-value Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), contributing to in-Silico research portal efforts.

• Worked with R&D Finance and Strategy leaders to establish the corporate metric, Patent Advantaged Sales.• Developed systems and reports to identify global product sales enabled by patent protection. • Streamlined SAP data flows by building relationships with global reporting teams. • Created custom browser applications for managing Information Release, Inventor Award, and Inventor Re-muneration processes using Oracle, SQL Server, ASP, AJAX, JavaScript, and XML. • Served as Memotech IP management system product owner and participated on the CPA Global software advisory board.

• Led cross-functional R&D/Legal teams in Six Sigma MAIC projects to improve intellectual capital management processes.• Guided the requirements gathering, design, and development of ICM modules in Memotech software with CPA Global.• Developed complex Oracle queries, functions, stored procedures, and Crystal Reports for IP portfolio management.• Assisted global intellectual capital teams with the decision-making process for developing the appropriate IC/IP protection strategies for their businesses.

• Advised global intellectual capital teams on IC/IP protection strategies.• Created reports for IP prosecution and maintenance decisions.• Trained new managers and team members on IP management processes and tools.

Designed, built, and supported software applications built using Lotus Notes, Oracle databases, and Crystal Report based solutions for the Global Legal Department. Streamlined work processes related to Conflict of Interest Tracking, Physical File Management, IP Project Management, and Activity Based Time Tracking. Led Activity Based Costing activities and the establishment of Business Rules for the Legal Department, including developing and maintaining relationships with internal businesses, controllers, and other functional contacts for recharge and re-billing inquires. Actively developed applications with Lotus Notes, Oracle and Crystal Reports.