Joel Scott Email & Phone Number

Howell, Mi, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

IT Leader responsible for defining strategy, overseeing development and ongoing support for 10+ major internal applications. Technologies spanning legacy mainframe to modern SaaS applications Major line of business focus included new product startups for Electric Vehicles, Small Fleet servicing, Government Fleets, and InsuranceConsistently delivered $20MM + of new development each year, resulting in productivity, revenue growth and improved experiences for clients, suppliers & employees

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

IT Leader responsible for the strategic planning and delivery of the yearly IT capital budget (ranging from $70 to $110MM annually)Worked collectively with IT and business leaders to identify, estimate and prioritize initiatives to ensure alignment with corporate strategic goalsLed a diverse group of IT Project Managers, Business Analysts, Product Managers, and Quality Assurance practitioners to deliver on the overall portfolioEnsured capital allocation was not exceeded or underspent to maximize in-year deliverables

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Responsible for the execution and delivery of capital projects for Element IT spanning $60 to $75MM annuallyBuilt a strong cross-functional team of project managers and business analysts Responsible for establishing and implementing Element's PMO model. This included developing standard operating procedures for project delivery and defining key performance indicatorsEnabled standard project health performance reporting that looked at the health of individual projects and programs at a singular level as well as an overall capital project portfolio view. Advised IT Delivery VP and CIO to help shape strategic direction

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Core team member for the Element GE Integration, focused on delivering best of breed new platforms to elevate ElementRan multiple large scale programs to deliver complex systems and integration with Elements legacy platformsAccountable for the delivery of the Xcelerate platform that was the main Fleet Manager portal for maintaining vehicle fleets.Accountable for delivering the Xcelerate for Driver platform, Element’s first mobile application to support fleet drivers with specific tasks critical to using fleet vehicles

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for the delivery and execution of large scale IT software development projects leveraging GE Scaled Agile frameworkMyFleetOffice2, a 3+ year, $30MM project to revamp Fleet's customer facing web applications. Partnered with the business to transition from a traditional Waterfall approach to a Scaled Agile Framework which improved the quality and throughput of IT development. The migration of GE Fleet’s on prem infrastructure to the corporate data center. Year long project with over 80 team members including architects, developers and testers

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Delivered the first 3 phases of GE Fleet’s new Ordering platform, which represented a significant advancement in the ability to configure and order fleet vehicles. Over 3 years, this this platform enabled highly automated process reducing ordering cycle time by 20% and allowing Fleet managers and drivers to order vehicles directly with minimal intervention form Vehicle Acquisition team members. Led the project to implement the TIC system that enabled GE Fleet to offset tax burden in specific states with offsetting remarketing sales saving the company $5 to $7MM yearly. System is still in use and savings have continued to grow as more states join the program

Boston, Ma, Us

Led business teams and SMEs through process mapping and requirement gathering sessions Constructed use case documents encompassing the standard and alternate path requirements, the specific error conditions, messages, and various system response conditionsCreated standardized unit, integration, and user acceptance test case scenarios and test cases

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

Worked in Best Buy’s Retail Graphic Services group primarily implementing systems that allowed planners and merchandisers to order and produce the collateral and signage used in all Best Buy stores throughout North America.

Denver, Co, Us

Led teams in the student loan and collections areas to ensure students got the funding necessary to attend school. Support all network and classroom equipment to ensure over ninety-seven percent (97%) uptime each quarter, led the quarterly refresh of existing classroom equipment returning each machine to optimal condition for the start of each quarter, led teams of student workers and setup of new classrooms each quarter as the campus grew. Work with the rest of the campus leadership team to ensure quarterly enrollment targets were met and students' needs were addressed.

Portage, Wi, Us

Oversaw all aspects of the information systems including Compaq, Windows NT and Novel servers, network hardware such as Cisco routers, PBX & IBM mainframe, and backup and disaster recovery capabilities.

New York, Ny, Us

Work with external clients to facilitate B2B connections and file transmissions for check clearing operations. This would include helping to develop and test standard transmission formats and work with cross party IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve B2B connection issues.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance And Financial Management Services And Operations Management

Ba, Mis