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Savannah, Ga, Us

Roanoke, Va, Us

Virginia Transformer Corporation is the largest U.S.-owned transformer manufacturer in North America. Responsibilities:• Set up a strategic IT roadmap to support aggressive business growth plans• Executing strategy, structure, and culture shift to transform IT into a thriving enterprise organization• Scale operations to meet the demands of a larger organization while maintaining efficiency and effectiveness• Championed evaluation of global discrete manufacturing ERP software (incl. Oracle, MS Dynamics, and Infor)• AWS Cloud migration – Storage, Server, Computing, Network, Cybersecurity, Hybrid• Execution roadmap for Cybersecurity CISA certification• Application Modernization – 80+ legacy applications modernizing utilizing API & Cloud architecture• Introduced best practices for IT Governance and Processes – PMBOK, ITSM, ITIL, NIST, Agile Management, Scrum

Savannah, Ga, Us

Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, De

FORCAM software solution enables manufacturers to make faster & smarter decisions on their shop floor.• Reporting to the Investor directly and responsible for customer acquisition, sales, consulting, project delivery & operations for the Americas region• Doubled revenue in the first year and increased sales funnel ten times• Executed a value-driven sales approach (MEDDIC) and digital and account-based marketing.• Implemented professional service delivery framework - PMI & Microsoft SureStep approach.• Negotiated and approved contracts or agreements with customers, federal agencies, and other organizational entities

Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, De

Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, De

FORCAM software solution enables manufacturers to make faster & smarter decisions on their shop floor.• Led the professional services organization of 75+ employees across 10 countries, including business consulting, project management, product support, training academy, and internal IT• Performed corrective action plans to solve organizational and departmental problems. Prepared and presented reports concerning activities, expenses, budgets, and other items affecting business operations and trends• Drove reduction of project burn rate from 800% to 0% in less than two years by implementing software test management and establishing a project management office (PMBoK)• Negotiated and led multiple $1M+ implementations with CIOs, COOs, VPs, and corporate counsels at clients

Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, De

Interim Managing Director for FORCAM UKI was restructuring the team and taking care of compliance issues.

Ludwigsburg, De

• Reported to the CIO, implemented a regional IT strategic plan consistent with the organization's established mission, vision, core values, and strategic plan, and ensured proper execution• Oversaw America region operational and capital expenses, including contract negotiations, purchase, and installation for all software, hardware, and consulting services• Initiated and oversaw multiple and smart manufacturing lighthouse projects• Lead global smart manufacturing MES vendor evaluation and selection for 50+ plants

Ludwigsburg, De

• Reported to the Board and was responsible for employee engagement of 200+ employees and developing a small offshore center into a full-scale multifunctional service center organization, including Product Engineering, IT, Purchasing, Quality, Finance, and HR• Provided leadership on global service center strategy and execution priorities• Exceeded board of director expectation ramp-up plan by greater than three times• Received Board Corporation Leadership Award “Culture, Communication, and Collaboration”

Ludwigsburg, De

• Reported to the CIO and coordinated information technology areas with 10+ countries, including Consulting, Project Management, IT Strategy, IT Budget & Cost controlling, IT Governance, and IT Policies & Guidelines• Developed and implemented corporate IT strategy following industry best practices• Executed regional IT team, managing remotely to align IT standards• Lead European IT service center implementation with annual savings of $2MM

Houston, Texas, Us

Several strategic CIO projects at Application, Infrastructure and/or Organization level for Fortune 100 companies. Responsible for acquisition, project management, design, and implementation of our customers and working on a trusted relationship to understand the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of the customer and his business challenges to address further solutions and strategies.

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for project management, design, and implementation on a European and Worldwide level at Procter & Gamble. Focus on Gillette and Wella migration into Procter & Gamble. This includes merger issues, system integration, process improvements, and software implementations.

Houston, Texas, Us

I was managing 15 collection specialists responsible for accounts receivables of around 300 Mio Euro per month. Accountable for project management worldwide with a focus on Triaton merger issues, system integration, process improvements, and implementation. Further focus on close teamwork with sales administration and consultancy for European management.

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for managing a team of 35 – 50 IT technician apprentices beginning from interview up to examination. Present and develop Seminars for technical, vocational, and soft skill trainings. Primary contact for all IT Hard- and Software requests for more than 300 users in 4 sites in all related IT-Areas such as Network, Storage, Server, or Client issues.

Houston, Texas, Us

2nd and 3rd level support for the EMEA EDI gateway includes mapping and transporting files, UNIX, MPE, and network. After six months, follow the development path and switch over to EDI IT project managers. 1 year stay at Palo Alto CA/USA for outsourcing project to GEIS (General Electric Internet Services).

Houston, Texas, Us

Support UNIX CAD Applications and 3rd level user support and programming UNIX scripts in ksh, csh, and bourne shell.

UNIX & Network Support EngineerBuild-up a CAT 5 network etc.AS400 / OS400 system administration

Responsible for the production line of laser particle equipment.

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Professional Studies

Boston Leadership Program, Executive Leadership For Experienced Leaders

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology

Associate'S Degree, Communications Electronics Technician

Associate'S Degree, Boatman Of Inland Navigation