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Fort Myers, FL, US

Asheville, North Carolina, US

• Head of IT and Executive Team member leading the development of the technology ecosystem from its evolving startup phase for one of the nation's largest EPC utility-scale solar contractors. The organization, operating.
• Delivered company's inaugural ERP system 18 months after halting, re-envisioning, and properly scoping into smaller deployments the entire floundering initiative.
• Achieved $1M in annual savings by renegotiating with vendors and implementing an effective end-user license management process.
• Developed a comprehensive Cybersecurity program in alignment with CIS Critical Security Controls and NIST CSF frameworks supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection requirements and expanded two-way trusted business.
• Introduced and cultivated a healthy Cybersecurity culture resulting in 91% decrease in phish-prone rate and achieving a 99% completion rate for annual awareness training.
• Launched Data Governance framework and executed multi-year Digital Content Modernization and Governance program across digital assets, including creating integrations between Salesforce and SharePoint for dynamic site.

Camberley, Surrey, GB

• Global CIO responsible for executing the strategic technology vision and ensuring optimal operational performance and service delivery for the Global IT Organization. Led technology teams spanning the U.S., Europe.
• Partnered with international legal teams to ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other personal data privacy regulations. This collaboration led to the relocation of mail and data to European Union data centers and.
• Collaborated with sales, marketing, digital, and e-commerce teams to enhance the commercial digital presence, optimize product syndication, support Salesforce instance, and streamline and automate online order.
• Partnered with the due diligence leadership team of an acquiring PE company to provide pre-acquisition financial and technology information. Post-acquisition, worked closely with the new Global CEO and CFO to.
• Significantly enhanced the overall cybersecurity posture through the development of a comprehensive cyber awareness program, implementation of user education initiatives, revision of the disaster recovery program.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Senior leader and Corporate Transformation Team member serving in several roles within Snyder’s-Lance, a leading provider of CPG snack foods. Following the acquisition by Campbell Soup, took on significantly increased.
• Served on the Synder’s-Lance Corporate Transformation Team which identified $300M in savings prior to the acquisition. Additionally, collaborated with the CFO in zero-based budgeting exercises to identify, review, and.
• Drove the post-acquisition digital integration and transformation of the combined Direct Store Delivery technology ecosystems of both Snyder’s-Lance and Pepperidge Farm, highlighted by the $10M rollout of a new.
• Oversaw the process and collaborated closely with the snacking division's combined sales, marketing, and legal leadership teams to assess and choose a new mobile sales and delivery platform, replacing multiple aging.
• Established a mobile equipment procurement and support program in partnership with an external company to service over 8,000 independent snack route business owners. This initiative resulted in significant support cost.
• Actively managed the project to upgrade the entire Snyder’s-Lance production and backup architecture onto the Oracle Supercluster M7 Engineered System platform. Hardware cost alone exceeded $1M and resulted in greatly.

US

• Head of IT and Executive Committee member reporting to the CEO. Responsible for all Information Technology assets, digital security, service delivery, and technology partnerships for this leading manufacturer of.
• Delivered capabilities to support the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency and defense contractor purchases, including ISO 9001 certification for two manufacturing and laboratory facilities.
• Deployed B2B capabilities with strategic business partners to coordinate orders, raw materials consumption, inventory movement, product quality, and manufacturing status. This enabled several multi-million-dollar.
• Coordinated the selection, procurement, and preparation of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system enabling the redesign of major manufacturing process and real time production reporting.
• Implemented digital manufacturing advancements, including wireless automated production reporting, automated conveyor systems, PLC monitoring and controls, laboratory testing, dye formula management, fabric inspection.
• Optimized the organization's infrastructure to enhance security, scalability, reliability, and resiliency to better serve the needs of multi-plant manufacturing operations, federal government agencies, and business.

• Senior Management Team member reporting to the company President. Responsible for the development and delivery of software applications for this nationally recognized provider of Direct Store Delivery route accounting.
• Partnered with the company President to successfully transition the company's revenue and business model from remarketing 3rd-party hardware and software to developing proprietary and highly profitable solutions on.
• Led the development of the company's primary route accounting, business intelligence, and mobile solutions. Executed complex system and database integrations, including successful integration with competitors'.
• Collaborated with the sales and marketing teams to support the external sales cycle by providing technical sales support, preparing and delivering product demonstrations, and negotiating contracts with customers’.
• Introduced Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate and replace manual entry of daily transactions across diverse software solutions following the acquisition and consolidation with multiple competitors.
• Worked in collaboration with customer executives and Advisory Committee leaders to formulate product roadmaps and determine deployment timelines for software releases.

Mba, Master Of Business Administration

Business And Computer Science

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Computer Programming