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Establish and maintain the architectural standards and roadmap for End-User devices used across the PepsiCo global enterprise. • Led new technology evaluation ensuring business value and alignment with architectural and security standards. • Collaborated with multi-regional business units and IT, introduced new technologies, socialized existing standards, ensured corporate objective achievement, and reduced cost and complexity. • Oversaw technology vendors ensuring product expectations align with the business, IT initiatives, and localization requirements. • Conducted technology evaluations and proof of concepts to ensure business value • Collaborated with the Information Security group establishing and maintaining device security standards. • Conducted and presented at regular development forums to establish and maintain development standards. • Provided consultation with the operational support teams to ensure proper issues identification and resolution. • Communicates with other IT groups to ensure solution alignment with architectural and security standards.

Established the Mobility Center of Excellence to define the global mobility strategy and coordinate all mobility initiatives across PepsiCo. • Managed and negotiated products, services, and maintenance with global mobile suppliers resulting in better equipment and reducing the overall cost to PepsiCo. • Coordinated with the global business units documenting mobile device inventories to develop hardware purchase forecasts. • Provided information to IT groups to ensure full adoption and support of mobility initiatives. • Established the PepsiCo Enterprise Unified Device Management Solution used to manage application deployments and the security posture on over 130,000 mobile devices.

Managed a team dedicated to the development and support of the PepsiAmericas software portfolio. • Managed the deployment and continued support of mobility solutions across 4000+ mobile field users. • Partnered with the Sales department to understand their requirements and coordinated with various groups to meet those requirements. • Partnered with the operations support group to ensure the appropriate training and tools were available to provide end-user support. • Managed third-party vendors to ensure alignment with IT initiatives.

Directed the strategy and roadmap of a software solution provider specializing in a suite of products designed specifically for companies that manufactured and distributed products through direct store delivery. • Managed development priorities to ensure results were on time and budget. • Assisted the sales department during customer calls to ensure solutions met customer requirements. • Fostered relationships with vendors to enhance product portfolio. • Managed the Customer Advisory Group and conducted Customer Review Meetings, providing input for future solution enhancements.

One of the founding principal and EVP/Chief Architect for a startup company that provided mobile handheld sales and distribution solutions for multiple industries. • Defined the original business concept, obtained financing, and built a team to develop and support mobile solutions. • Expanded company to 50 employees and over 50 customers in two years. • Partnered with the sales department to gather customer requirements and demonstrate capabilities. • Established relationships with major mobile equipment suppliers and collaborated with companies for joint sales and support calls. • Established and managed customer users group conducting regular reviews and an annual user meeting to better understand issues and solution requirements.