Larry Coe Email & Phone Number

Whitby, Ontario

McNairn Packaging manufactures a broad range of food packaging products for the food service, supermarket, bakery and food processing markets, with an emphasis on creating innovative, value-added products that help our customers succeed. Our products are supplied to our end users through leading distributors of packaging and food service products across North America.

Toronto, Canada Area

Canadian-based international manufacturer and a world leader in plastics processing. ABC Group’s core business (an Automotive Tier 1 Supplier) is the design, development and production of plastic automotive systems and components for automotive OEM's worldwide.Recruited by the IT Manager to develop and lead systems implementation activity in new systems applications. Provide analytical and functional support for all Epicor CMS ERP applicationsLeadership Achievements • Led the implementation of standard cost, production and financial reporting at an existing plant.• Collaborated on the implementation of EPICOR CMS ERP at a new start-up• Collaborated on financial and operational audits of technology assets with emphasis on strengthening quality, upgrading network security, expanding risk assessment capabilities and controlling user access. Technological Achievements • Implementation and Administration of CISCO 5510 ASA to provide VPN access for employee and suppliers• Completed the final implementation and administration of the Vision Solutions OMS/ODS high availability solution• Completed the final implementation and administration of the Oracle BIEE Solution

A recognized worldwide provider of products and solutions to assist companies in becoming and remaining competitive in the food and water supply, energy production, and environmental protection sectors. • Appointed Canadian project lead for the high profile global enterprise-wide transactional pricing implementation for 80 users in Canada, forecasted to be deployed in 38 countries in October 2010.• Direct various infrastructure upgrades to stabilize and optimize the environment. Prepare and present business cases to management to secure funding for high value projects.• Completed IT disaster recovery plan and off-site testing

A North American Performance Management solutions partner offering professional solutions design, development, training, and support within the IBM Cognos performance management and InfoSphere information management software portfolios. Hired as an expert in TM1 due to planning and financial background. Upgraded the definition of the multi-dimensional model to reflect the current Epicor CMS ERP solution.

Operating from 2 North American manufacturing facilities, McNairn Packaging is a world-class provider of food packaging products with an emphasis on supplying innovative, value-added solutions to help our customers succeed.Held the following 2 progressively responsible positions:MANAGER, INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2003 – 2008BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST 1995 – 2003Leadership Achievements • Devised and implemented a radical shift in IT service provision with limited resources to accomplish goals to optimize IT performance for 170 end-users.• Instrumental in gathering requirements, writing, distributing and assessing an RFQ to implement the Solarsoft application for manufacturing, inventory, sales management and purchasing. Delivered high profile project on budget and on time with no disruptions during a 6 month transition.• Managed the 3-person IT Department with full accountability for contract negotiations, ERP development and implementation, software maintenance contracts, and data-centre reliability.• Transitioned the company from a custom non-integrated environment to a “packaged” integrated environment to allow the entity to focus on manufacturingTechnological Achievements • Deployed a Radio Frequency based warehouse pick/pack/ship application interfaced with Epicor CMS to record production transactions throughout the 220,000 sq. ft. facility.• Implementation and administration of a real-time shop floor production reporting system Implementation, development and administration of company website• Implementation and administration of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)Implementation and administration of Lotus Notes and related CRM package• Implementation and administration of Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)• Recommended and implemented a Windows 2003 server environment with no disruption to business activities to support the expanding needs of desktop users while minimizing support costs.

A division of Pitney Bowes, manufactures and distributes RFID tickets, tags and labels; printers, encoders, labellers and portable printers to a global customer base. Held the following 2 progressively responsible positions:MANAGER, INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1990 – 1995SYSTEMS ANALYST / PROGRAMMER 1990Leadership Achievements • Steered the company through a radical change and process automation phase, introducing the BPCS and JDEdwards applications in partnership with external consultants.• Selected by the President as a key leader in the “Compete To Win” program with a mandate to develop the company’s Vision Statement.• Wrote and submitted the RFP to replace hardware and software for the Management Information System.Technological Achievements• Lead the replacement and selection of the phone system.• Desig, implementation and administration of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)• Interface the production equipment to the BPCS ERP system for real-time shop floor production reporting• Implementation and administration of a Novell Network infrastructure

Whitby, Ontario

• Project Lead for the implementation of the corporate-wide MRP system which radically enhanced the company’s ability to provide real-time data on operational, financial, and production information. Application transitioned the company from a manual to an automated entity, boosting competitiveness and driving down costs.

Cma (Certified Management Accountant), Accounting And Business/Management

Oracle Bi 11G R1: Build Repositories Ed 1

Build and execute analyses to test and verify a dimensional business model. Use the Oracle BI Adminstration Tool to administer Oracle BI.

Ccna - Cisco Certified Network Associate

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Accounting And Business Administration, Accounting

Capm - Certified Associate Project Management