Kevin Bacon, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Mooresville, Nc

As a pivotal member of this dynamic and evolving IT management team, played a crucial role in propelling our organization to an industry leader in hospice/healthcare services by strategically positioning the company to deliver the highest standards of healthcare to patients. • Organizational Growth and IT Leadership – New office startups, re-locations and mergers saw facilities grow from 100 to over 600 offices within a 7-year span. Led a highly motivated team providing IT support for these locations with over 10,000 clinical and corporate employees. Oversaw telecommunication services, cellular computing devices, and essential office equipment. Through these efforts, strategically positioned the company to deliver the highest standards of healthcare to patients served• Cost Savings and Financial Management – Tasked with identifying IT-related cost savings. Over $2.5M in annualized savings were identified in the first year of employment. This facilitated the strategic and cost-effective allocation of resources• Modernization of IT Equipment – Spearheaded the refresh of 20,000 tablets across two lines of business concurrently within a 12-month period. This undertaking leveraged project management skills; preparing business cases and budgets; seamless coordination of technical resources; effective management of vendors and supply chains; timely equipment procurement; efficient configuration and deployment processes; concise asset management; and the delivery of comprehensive reporting• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures – Successfully navigated reorganizations, integrations and challenges, demonstrating proficiency in a diverse range of skills including Organizational Planning, Team Building, Collaboration, Budgeting, Business Cases, Contract Negotiations, Procurement, Software Evaluations, Integrations, Process Improvement, Project Management, Asset Management, Vendor Management, Business Continuity that significantly impacted the company's overall success

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Reporting directly to the President, serve as the corporate IT executive for this industry leader in spring parking brake actuator technology and electronic brake monitoring systems. Annual company revenues in excess of $50 million.Charged with expanding the role of IT by providing departmental restructuring, a solid vision, and inspired leadership. Aligned IT priorities with stakeholders’ mission-critical objectives and key business goals. Responsibilities included:• Corporate HQ Relocation – Merged administrative and R&D sites into a modern facility, featuring a new data center, upgraded communication services, standardized printing and implemented robust network security measures• Staff Organization – Lead IT support staff through intense project lifecycles by establishing detailed job descriptions, including agreed upon responsibilities and related expectations. Motivate staff through rewarding high performance and goal attainment, resulting in outstanding support of internal corporate IT systems• Cost Reduction – Within first 120 days, eliminated $150K in costs from annual service & maintenance contracts without sacrificing quality/service level agreements

Goldsboro, North Carolina Area

Privately held and founded in 1926, MOP is a leader in processing high quality, branded pickle products representing the second best-selling brand in the US and the #1 brand in the South. Annual company revenues in excess of $400 million.Fulfilling this newly created corporate role, successfully led departmental restructuring. Through a solid vision with inspired leadership, built an organization focused on aligning IT priorities with stakeholders’ mission critical objectives and key business goals. Continually coach/mold IT staff to excel and become highly valued assets within the company. • Implemented a five-year IT growth plan, achieving goals to boost corporate efficiencies and ROI. Established an IT project accounting system and a Helpdesk support center. Renegotiated Hardware & Software Support Agreements, averaging 20% annual savings• Established a centralized Data Center by consolidating multiple distributed processing locations. The company now operates in a secured, virtualized computing environment with robust business continuity provisions• Technology Deployment/Implementations include: Microsoft Windows, Server Virtualization, Virtual Desktops, Unified Communications, Mobile Device Management, Electronic Data Interchange, Document Imaging, Payroll Systems, IBM AS400 Mainframe and Business Continuity

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

In light of the current economic conditions, innovative business strategies were necessary for organizational stability. Innovative IT solutions were developed for new business endeavors, with focus on improving efficiencies in production processes. Annual company revenues in excess of $40 million. Highlights include: • Re-engineered labor-intensive product return & customer credit processing methods by developing a database application. The new process reduced process time by 98%, eliminated human error and accelerated customer credits • Streamlined administrative workflows by migrating key users from various Windows-based tools to MS Office 2007, addressing communication issues and preventing daily file corruption. Conducted comprehensive employee training • Resolved email & Exchange server instability by effectively managing data storage

Goldsboro, North Carolina Area

Professional Project Management role overseeing IT projects for 9,000 employees across 30 manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, South America and Canada. Successfully lead projects exceeding $1M in capital, enhancing production performance of core business systems. Highlights include:• Created a network application to automate sales forecasting & production scheduling, replacing time-consuming and error-prone Excel spreadsheets, reducing the monthly preparation time from 30 days to 1 day• Developed a network application for 20 plants replacing daily manual production reports. This real-time system eliminated the need for data entry, ensuring consistent & reliable results within seconds, eliminating 8-hour efforts in each department

Goldsboro, North Carolina Area

As manager of 25 hourly & salaried employees, responsible for evaluating fundamental programmatic concerns with the existing ERP system (BPCS on IBM AS400) that were causing major inefficiencies in the manufacturing process. Results included establishing new ERP programming logic, business operating procedures, sound departmental structure, succession planning, employee training, new shipping & receiving docks, and FIFO in raw material areas. Improved production efficiency by streamlining the ERP scheduling module. Cut master schedule preparation time from 5 days to 4 hours weekly. Achieved a 90% boost in schedule accuracy and reduced scrap rates from 30% to 4% within 3 months.

Albany, Georgia Area

As manager of a newly created Production Control department, responsibilities included developing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to coordinate all production to produce 70,000 tires per day. Successfully created a LAN based scheduling system (MS Access & Visual Basic) over a 12 month period which improved production efficiencies from 60% to 98% within 12 months. Managed 50+ hourly & salaried employees.

Albany, Georgia Area

As a member of the original Plant Start-Up Team, established an IT Department to support the production of 70,000 passenger tires per day.• Designed & constructed a new, state-of –the-art 2,000 sq ft data center• Hired and trained 12 member staff of developers, operators & technicians• Purchased and installed computer equipment (2 Mainframes, 8 Servers and 100+ Personal Computers)• Purchased, developed, installed and supported 12 mission critical software applications• Administered Meridian Telephone Switch, Voicemail and 500 telephone units• Administered cellular, paging & data communications systems• Established radio frequency bar code systems• Developed and conducted computer training courses for 1,200 employees

Mba, Business Administration, Cum Laude

Executive MBA Program

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology, Magna Cum Laude