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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Grew an eCommerce business from inception to a $5 million/yr business.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Directed the IT Strategy for Finance, In Room Hotel Technology, Facility Management, Hotel Development, and Legal. Reported directly to CIO.• Directed a $30 Million Back Office Infrastructure and Wi-Fi Upgrade Program managing a team of Project Managers, Application Managers, and Vendors. The program resulted in increased bandwidth, Wi-Fi coverage, and availability across 600+ hotels.• Set and aligned the strategy to replace several financial systems with a modern ERP. Managed the RFI/RFP process to select the new ERP vendor with an estimated budget of $5-$8 million.• Renegotiated the Telecom contracts to reduce the overall yearly spend by ~15%.• Managed resources responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Financial Systems.• Set and aligned the In Room Technology requirements for all new build hotels resulting in an elevated guest experience. Directed the Project Managers, Application Managers, and Vendors to deliver the installations on time and in budget for 18 new hotels.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Leads teams of project managers to deliver large scale programs. • Directs the infrastructure and networking program which will enable the conversion of all Starwood data to Marriott applications.• Managed a $10 million IT Infrastructure Program that enabled the spin-off of the Starwood Vacation Ownership.• Provided cross functional leadership across multiple IT agile development teams, training, marketing, operations, and lock vendors to deliver the SPG Keyless program within the $20 million budget and ahead of extremely aggressive deployment dates.• Leads the continuous improvement of training & development, process and approaches, and tools used within the PMO

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Program Manager: Led global initiatives from conception through market launch using program and project management techniques to ensure success. • Managed a program with a fiscal year $35 million budget, ~25 application managers, 5-10 project managers, 3 external vendors, and ~50-100 business unit resources. The program delivered an end to end change of P&G’s product lifecycle management and shut down ~25-50 existing applications leveraging one global platform and transforming business processes for ~15,000 employees and external partners with the objective of reducing the go to market time for a product by 50%. • Delivered a program which transformed the way P&G recruits consumers to participate in research studies. The program introduced an online component along with a service component that increased the productivity of ~1500 Researchers and reduced costs by $5 million/yr. • Led the SAP program which implemented a new global channel hierarchy. Managed a global team to classify and load 2 million customers worldwide.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Primary point of contact for Gillette and Duracell’s R&D and Engineering business with responsibility for determining short and long-term IT plans.• Created, aligned and delivered a 5-year strategic roadmap to transition legacy Gillette and Duracell R&D applications to Procter Gamble’s suite of IT applications.• Responsible for ensuring Gillette and Duracell’s R&D organization’s IT scope and requirements are communicated and represented within the overall Global IT organization’s portfolio and projects• Communicated with key stakeholders regarding progress, decisions, and risks associate with IT roadmaps and projects.• Analyzed the R&D organizations IT Facility spending and made recommendations that resulted in a 25% cost reduction which included closing/migrating a site.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Application Manager: Responsible for the management of key corporate technology projects and for the management of resources required to execute on assigned initiatives.• Successfully managed the implementation of a vendor software solution for Gillette R&D specification management. Coordinated vendor and IT resources required to support implementation. • Responsible for development and support of legacy Gillette and Duracell R&D applications.• Managed a team of contractors in the development effort for ISO certification software and delivered the initiative on time and within budget.

Global, Us

Lotus Notes/Domino Developer: Key resource responsible for partnering with clients and internal team members to develop and maintain Lotus Notes databases.• Consulted clients in determining programming needs and developing cost/benefit analysis of potential systems. Developed both domino and client side databases for Fortune 500 companies. • Responsible for project management of the systems development process including budgeting costs, scheduling, database construction, project monitoring and reporting to clients.

Mba

Bachelors, Computer Science