INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER from the building products and consumer package goods industries currently focusing on open source technologies and AI.RECENT PROJECTS:Creation in Odoo ERP of a low-cost model for horticulture businesses including propagation management, tracking and analytics, inventory management, and sales management integrated with Shopify.Strategic consulting and business development engagements with a number of IT service providers.Assessment of a specialized sports equipment supplier’s existing ERP system (keep or replace decision) and recommended maintaining and improving existing system.Senior advisor to an ERP conversion that went live with a trouble-free start-up at the end of 2021.  The implementation was the most comprehensive ERP implementation so far in its building products fabrication segment.  Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and planning cycles were fully implemented within the ERP core model with unprecedented two-way integration with the pre-existing MES system as well as full financial integration (virtual elimination of manual journal entries).  Assisted project from inception through software selection, blueprinting, build, and go-live prep. Developed the plant floor systems for inventory receiving, handling, and finished goods storage including equipment selection and network and security protocols implementations.

Led Information Systems in North America. Managed budget of $8M and 4 direct reports, 35 indirect.➤ Responsible for network and computing infrastructure and Helpdesk support manufacturing business. Provided direct tech support to top managers.➤ Managed transition of all IT systems from Saint-Gobain to Ardagh Group after sale in 2014 and remained well under budget with minimal disruption to business including SAP conversions and consolidation of data centers and first steps to to consolidated core model.➤Prepared SOX compliance for IT in support for Ardagh IPO.➤Managed multiple restructurings of the U.S. IT Team and established SAP competence center and common U.S. user support.

Managed corporate web and industrial systems and a web development and industrial IT team of 4 persons.➤Advised and coordinated worldwide software selection and RFP for CRM and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) insuring exacting software selection process and a consensus among all stakeholders.➤Created Industrial IT team and chaired key projects in technology data management and SAP PM that improved operations and data quality for industrial processes.➤Restructured and expanded the Saint-Gobain Packaging Internet technical team and systems.➤Led SAP-based customer portal implementation in Europe that provided on-line ordering and data transparency to customers and our sales team.➤Facilitated creation of multi-lingual, multi-company expert system for real time defect management.

Led the adoption of the Internet for the business.➤Led implementation of Saint-Gobain Containers E-Business Strategy.➤Chaired the world-wide Saint-Gobain Digital Marketing Task Force that enabled E-Mail Marketing across all of Saint-Gobain (assignment from the SG CFO).➤Led best-practices documentation mission in Italy as part of SAP blueprinting for the US business.

DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, Muncie, INDeveloped annual sales and marketing plans that provided top line values for business plan and budget and performed ad hoc studies such as the Canadian plant market and feasibility study that surfaced profitability concerns.QUALITY PROCESS MANAGER, Muncie, INLed certification of multiple plants certified by Anheuser-Busch and introduced digital systems for customer support strengthening the relationship with SG’s largest customer.QUALITY MANAGER (+ New Business Development Assignments), Athens, GALed first ISO 9000 implementation in North America for Saint-Gobain. Selected to lead two new business studies resulting in new business for Saint-Gobain.PRODUCTION MANAGER + New Business Development Assignments, Mountaintop, PAImproved insulation production for industrial markets, led task force with R&D and Marketing to sell out production line, improving plant results by more than $500K.STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER, Aix-les-Bains, FranceManaged annual business plan (Sales, Production, and Inventory) in collaboration with Finance. Chaired key action plans around strategic business initiatives, Led Plant Managers’ meetings and coordination.