John Jordan Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

FORTIUM PARTNERS is an IT turnaround and technology firm providing world-class IT leadership to industry's executives assisting them in solving complex business problems, bringing efficiencies to the enterprise that has a positive affect on the bottom line through the effective use of technology. FORTIUM Partners have all served as CIO’s or CTO of companies of significant size and have 20-30 years of experience helping CEOs, Boards, and Investors lead substantial technology initiatives and solve complex problems.

Greater Atlanta Area

I.T. Risk Assessments I.T. Process ImprovementsI.T. Documentation, Standards and Policies for End Users and TechnologyERP Assessments ERP Implementation and Project ManagementManufacturing and Distribution

Evaluate Information Technology and document issues and recommend solutions to mitigate I.T. risksPost ERP Evaluations – Review ERP implementation process, document results and recommend solutions to mitigate implementation inconsistencies within the new system.Process reviews and recommend where the ERP system will improve overall business process that improve business results.ERP implementation and risk mitigation project management

Greater Atlanta Area

I.T. Consultant to the Executive Leadership team with responsibility for enterprise wide information technology strategy and innovations.Drove the review and selection for the company’s new JD Edwards ERP system. System improved the inventory dramatically by processing finished goods and reducing raw materials in real time verses the next day and reduced the time it took to process orders and ship. Searched and recommended the consulting firm to help in the support of the new ERP system.Built the I.T. infrastructure to support the business’s short and long term business goals.Created and managed the I.T. cost controls, annual operating and capital project budgets.Developed and maintain I.T. policies and standard operating procedures.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Drove selection and implementation of Oracle's Enterprise One "JD Edwards” ERP to replace the old JD Edwards AS/400 World product.Key member of the Executive Leadership team with responsibility for enterprise wide information technology strategy and innovations.To meet the demands of the sales organization’s rapid growth and the support of existing customers and prospects, identified and implemented Constellation’s CRM.Led cross functional change management team, re-engineering business processes for improved efficiencies and use of technology resources.Establish Information Technology infrastructures that define best practices for I.T.'s service management, enterprise security infrastructure, technical operations, and business continuity.Develop three-year Information Technology strategic plans designed to meet company’s goals and objectives. Including business case justification, cost rationalization and return on investments.Introduced web based technologies to improve marketing and sales processes, leading to a 20% ($24MM) increase in sales.Improved processes for tracking marketing campaigns and sales productivity.Introduced SaaS ("Software as a Service") that substantially improved the enterprise supply chain which lead to the improvements to scheduling, fabrication, and workflow for material and labor procurement. Improvements resulted in assembly cost reductions of $500,000 and reduced build times by 10%.Data Center Transformation: - Enabled sharing of strategic information through the consolidation of 15 remote data centers into one centralize virtualized private cloud. - Produced data center environments with SLA's of 99% uptime. - Introduced IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) which reduced the company’s overall technology expense by $350K which redirected I.T.'s attention to business strategy verses technical architecture

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Oakwood Homes a source for mobile & manufactured homes with 300 sales centers and 29 manufacturing plants with revenues approaching $1.5 billion. Led the implementation of J.D.Edwards ERP.Led the Y2K conversion team that was accountable for developing the conversion approach and the re-programming of applications required to meet the requirements of the year 2000.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Thompson Medical a manufacturer and distributor of over the counter health and beauty aids.Thompson Medical, a spin off from Slim Fast Foods, presented the opportunity to build a start up Information Technology department.Developed and improved customer relationships through the use of EDI, reducing the Sales Order Processing departments head count from 5 to 1 and processing 90% of the company sales. Implemented a project implementation methodology for software development and package software implementation.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Responsible for the development and support of all business applications at Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Led the selection and implementation of J.D. Edwards World ERP.Areas of responsibility: Accounting, Human Resources, Food and Beverage, Shipboard Systems, and Logistics.