Kris Laszczewski Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

United States

Responsible for data integrity, structure, process and PIM system integration

Greater Chicago Area

Database Marketing Manager (promoted 2007)Manage team of 3, and freelance staff; temporarily managed 12 person department, for 18 months.• Sourced and implemented Catsy Catalog Management System in 2010.• Saved $90k by bringing 825 page Catalog in-house using automated page build.• Implemented Data Governance for improved, consistent product data in our catalogs.• Manage Product Taxonomy• Internal consultant for different business areas within DONo Implemented FTP site for sharing Starbucks and Chili’s export documentation for procurement dept.: creating fluid business process for improved customer experience and communication.o Initiated SAP data import functionality for mass product data changes for Product Information dept.: alleviated 35% of their daily workload.o Created custom designed web order guide for Sodexo customers: improved customer product specification guideline conformity and ease of use.o Manage customer web dashboards with current specials and customer documents: improved customer experience and communication between corporate and restaurant unitso Implemented SmartSheet automated workflow system for 3 departments: National Account: Customer On-boarding; Import dept.: Source, Spec, approval process; Marketing: automating business communication between associates, and suppliers.Content ManagerManaged team of 4 employees and up to 6 freelancers at any given time.• Sourced and replaced the MySQL system with a small CMS system called Totalworks in 2007.• Switched to Adobe InDesign for page building in 2007.• Sourced and implemented a new off the shelf MySQL database and Canto Cumulus database in 2003.• Managed their Quark DMS database, sent to New York to work with software developers starting April 2000.

Greater Chicago Area

Database Administrator (promoted 1997)Managed database and supported two departments of 42 users.• Sourced and installed the Pindar CMS Database which ran off a 4-D Server.• Integrated merchandising IBM System with the Macintosh OS system used by the advertising to create catalogs. Produced 22,000 pages annually.• Pindar sent me to England for a week to work with developers on software enhancements.• Gave over 30 demos to Pindar customer prospects on best-case usage of the system.Promoted 1994 - Network Administrator AssistantSupported 20 MAC users in advertising.• Responsible for troubleshooting hardware and software problems, training and resolving problems.• Created line art EPS and managed the Image Database using Archfile and Aldus Fetch.PC/LAN Administrator Typesetter and page layout• LAN administrator for 4 users.Highlights: 1. Sent to England by the Pindar company to work closely with their software developers on ways to improve usage, and software functionality improvements for future upgrades. I was the lead user in their 25-35 USA companies user group for 6 years.2. Created a 15 person inter-department task force (Merchandising, Marketing, IT, Pricing, Purchasing and Item Maintenance), successfully implemented process changes and user training to save 35% of production timeline on their 16,000 catalog pages annually.3. Created an electronic tracking process in the database, before workflow automation ever started.