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Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Usher in the premium seating areas at Great American Ball Park; a true dream job for me. Have also added responsibilities in the Special Events area as well as giving tours of GABP.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Performing audits of landlord invoices in comparison to the property leases for large national retail chains.

Mason, Ohio

Assisted the CFO by leading the process to select a Tier II ERP system for this life sciences company.

Wilmington, Ohio

Assisted the CIO with the negotiations and approval process for re-implementing the Oracle JD Edwards ERP System for a home decking manufacturing company.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Provided project management support to the CFO of a wholesale apparel company as they implemented an ERP system and the vendor's warehouse management module.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Led a business process re-engineering/software enhancement project for my former retail employer.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Engaged at a nationally known window manufacturer and installation company as a Project Manager in the implementation and rollout of Oracle CRM On Demand.

Providing my services as an independant IT consultant to the Greater Cincinanti market. Recently completed an IT assessment for a small local manufactuing company and their ERP system. Most of the recommendations involved organizational improvements to insure user involvement in the IT initiatives. The CEO is currently implementing these ideas.

Successfully implemented SAP IS Retail and Financials for the Sunglass Hut brand in August 2009. Consultants commented "This is one of the smoothest SAP 'go lives' we have ever seen."Was on the project leadership team from the very first meeting with SAP through the entire design & development phase and into the post-production support period.

Overall Role at Luxottica RetailResponsible for leading large project teams in the on budget, on time delivery of large system integration projects. Primary point of contact to the business community defining business problems and implementing technical solutions. Projects spanned custom solutions to package implementations to integration of acquired companies. Reported directly to senior IT leader. With consistent corporate growth, job titles and scope of effort increased while job duties primarily remained the same. The majority of work centered in supply chain and logistics. Also led development efforts in financials, marketing, business intelligence, point-of-sale, health care and project methodologies. Job Title Progression•Vice President of Systems Development (2005 – 2009)•Associate Vice President of Systems Development (1997 – 2005)•Senior Director of Systems Development (1995 – 1997)•Director of Systems Development (1993 – 1995)•Senior Manager of MIS (1991 – 1993)•Project Leader (1987 – 1991)

Worked as an IT consultant, starting at the Senior level and quickly being promoted to Manager. Engagements were in various industries such as municipal courts, utilities and health care. Roles ranged from systems analysis to software selection to project management. Left the firm to pursue a career in a corporate setting.

Designed and tested custom business application programs used to manage the shipment and billing of coal production. Unfortunately, the company went out of business.

Worked as an IT consultant, starting at the Staff Consultant level and progressed to Senior Consultant. Engagements were in various industries such as wholesale, manufacturing and mortgage banking. Roles ranged from programmer to systems analyst. Left the firm to reduce amount of travel.

Installed business application software