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Milwaukee, WI, US

Glendale, Wisconsin, US

• Manages IT and technology needs for Product and Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Product Development and Commercial/Marketing process areas at Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls Power Solutions). Prior to this have.
• Led 5+ global projects for Engineering and Program Management operations in last 5 years with combined project budgets $4M+, resulting in cost savings of over $10M.
• Leads onsite functional/technical project teams of up to 10, and supports consultants, and offshore teams of up to 5.
• Steers other global projects targeting errors and cost reductions with $300K annual budgets.
• Key contributions to the development of the 5-year IT roadmap, including IT strategic planning
• Leads 3 concurrent global initiatives with a combined budget of $3.3M over 2-2.5 years, implementing SAP and Daptiv Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) and Lab Information Management (LIMS) systems, delivering:🗹.

Founder of TwoGuysWithBalls.com, an online retailer of premium quality used golf balls. All popular brands such as Titleist, Callaway, Bridgestone, TaylorMade, Srixon, Wilson and more.

Fox Point, WI, US

Serve on the board of Next 18, helping the organization with technology and golf. Next 18's mission is to use the sport of golf as a conduit to provide transformational mental health resources and life skills training to veterans and first responders.

Blue Bell, PA, US

• Recruited for this specialized role focusing on SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process/solution design for client project implementations. Led technical teams, reported to the Director of PLM, and partnered.
• Led the PPM workstream for 4 global SAP PLM projects with budgets totaling $100M+ including directly managing technical resources and partnering with all levels of business leaders.
• Secured numerous contracts by conducting SAP PPM system pre-sale demos, comprised of configuring SAP PPM based on real customer business scenarios, for clients such as Kao Brands, Scotts, Bumble Bee, Johnsonville, and.
• Steered numerous operational areas, including Idea Management, Document Management & Collaboration, Recipe Development, Specification Management and Business Intelligence, and Project Financial Management.
• Led the PPM workstream of numerous projects for multi-billion-dollar manufacturing client organizations, including defining project schedules/milestones, ensuring timely completion within budget.
• Delivered automation over previous manual controls for a client, resulting in significant improvements to efficiency and cost savings by reducing errors and manpower needed.

London, GB

• Implemented global projects, managed software release projects, including planning release activities and resources. Led meetings and brainstorming sessions with IT teams, consultants and business users.Notable.
• Determined regional requirements and designed solutions for 2 global SAP PPM implementations, including:🗹 A 12-month pilot implementation in Asia and global implementations in Australia, Asia, South America, Europe and.

London, GB

This role involved providing support and consultancy to over 50 BAT operating companies across the globe, running Sage Line 500 ERP system. During this time, I have delivered business consultancy projects in several countries in Africa as well as Malaysia. Specialised in Finance, Distribution and Manufacturing modules of Sage Line 500 as well technical.

This position invovled design and development of web based and mobile software applications, analysing client requirements and proposing software solutions. In addition, actively participated in NetMedia product development sessions contributing towards the development of new software products and successfully managed the design, development and delivery.

Mba, Business Administration

B.Sc. (Hons), Information Technology