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As a WGroup Principal, I provide C-suite IT executive advisory consulting services to Fortune 1000 organizations striving to reduce operational expense while driving transformational service improvements.We are an independent technology management consulting firm, and since 2004, we have been helping IT leaders align IT with business outcomes, accelerate digital transformation, and enhance technology capabilities to increase revenue and reduce cost. The unique part of our business model is that our consultants are exclusively former CIOs and IT executives. Our services include:1) IT Strategic Planning: Transformation Management, IT strategy, cloud strategy, sourcing strategy2) IT Cost Optimization: service benchmarking, M&A integrations and splits, applications and infrastructure rationalization3) Service Delivery Transformation: Sourcing advisory (ITO strategy, RFP lifecycles, renegotiations and re-competes of contracts, TSA elimination governance, transition), vendor management, IT service management, IT governance and demand management, organizational design, cloud strategy4) Operational Improvements: organization design, BRM, vendor management, governance, demand managementWe work in small teams, as an extension of yours, with a non-prescriptive and practical approach to your unique challenges. For more information on WGroup, please visit http://thinkwgroup.com.

Oversaw IT transformation of a $4-billion privately held technology wholesale distribution company with over 1200 staff and spanning North American operations. Promoted to CIO to establish the IT department as a trusted business partner. Entrusted to turnaround people, processes and technology to realize the President’s vision of utilizing IT as a catalyst for growth. Successful digital transformation now driving annual revenue growth by 10-20% with IT strategy execution.Executed a multiyear transformation plan that enhanced IT and eliminated barriers for business growth.People• Built a highly skilled organization that aligned with the business and minimized critical skills gap• Established a culture of accountability, proactive response and a customer first mentality• Encouraged out of the box thinking and rejected the status quo Technology• Modernized data center and implemented disaster recovery• Re-architected infrastructure and invested in current technology solutions to improve system availability, performance, scalability and capability• Replaced or re-architected legacy applications with best of breed 3rd party applications• Implemented Dynamics AX ERP for internal financials• Established cloud presence (SaaS and Azure)• Implemented a cybersecurity program and culture that secured D&H’s information. Process• Established an IT business focus that enabled the business and reduced cost.• Established SDLC, governance, process and controls • Established Agile methodology for projects and development• Established ITSM best practices for service delivery both internally and externally to customers• Established support and maintenance best practices• Identified and minimized risk including people and technology • Established IT strategic goals and vison in alignment with business strategic goalsManaged resources and a $32M budget with responsibility for five direct reports and 135 IT staff and consultants.

Established the initial IT architecture strategy and roadmap within D&H. Executed roadmap under budget and exceeded expectations including data center and disaster recovery. Managed resources 4 direct reports and 50 staff in the Infrastructure, Helpdesk, Application Support and IT Operations teams. . Key Technology Vendors: Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco, IBM, Brocade, NetApp, Redhat, Citrix, APC, Dell, AppleSelect Contributions:• Data center modernization improved system availability (>99.999) and application performance. $150,000 annual OPEX cost savings through system consolidation, energy savings and reduced maintenance costs

Consulting responsibility for architecting and implementation of a Disaster Recovery Solution, including management of a project budget. Key Initiative: Architected co-location cold site with near real time replication from corporate data center connected via MPLS and internet. Completed ontime and under budget.

Provided technology leadership for senior engineers providing enterprise management and support for infrastructure services • Member of core team to evaluate, recommend and successfully implement SAP ERP• Awarded 2010 American Water CAO Excellence Award for outstanding leadership. • Provided technology leadership and guidance for the two mission-critical data centers • Responsibility for IT SOX compliance reporting• Primary Operational Technical Contact working with Accenture on design and implementation of new SAP infrastructure • Liaise with vendors and clients.

Provided technology leadership for mission-critical environments and designed applications that positioned DST Health Solutions as a value-leader while increasing profit margin. • Served internal business clients as senior technical consultant, integrating new customers and technologies and applying Six Sigma process improvement methodology.• Direct infrastructure R&D. • Supported sales by providing technical expertise in solution proposal and presentation stages. • Led 12-month integration of 2 complex, dispersed IT infrastructures to on-time, on-budget completion.• Delivered customer deployment savings of 25% to 40% while maximizing DST profits, designing enterprise healthcare application environment for service provider model, engineering high ROI for customer hardware and software implementations.

Software developer and team leader within the Store Systems group.