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Encinitas, California, Us

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Member of the Executive Leadership Team accountable for a 450 member team and operating budget of $70M+/year for global customer & technology operations of QAD’s Cloud subscription and software maintenance business:* Transforming All Technology Matters to Enable SaaS Business Model: Executive lead for all technology matters (architecture, engineering, infrastructure, networks, security, operations, support, compliance, finances, SLA’s, disaster recovery, business continuity) of QAD’s 8 major product lines (Supply Chain, Transportation, ECommerce, Manufacturing ERP) during successful transformation from IaaS & hybrid-SaaS in global Private Cloud centers to SaaS offerings & operations leveraging public clouds (AWS, Azure, Alibaba, GCP) for scalability, security, and margin improvement. * Optimizing Cloud Architecture and Customer & Technology Operations for 9.8% Margin Improvement: Executive lead for cost optimization (royalties, licensing, contracts, technology, labor) initiatives consolidating global engineering and customer service operations into strategically located centers of excellence in North America (United States, Mexico), Latin America (Brazil), Europe (Ireland, France, Poland, Spain, Germany), and Asia Pacific (China, Indonesia, India) while improving financial margin on cloud subscription and software maintenance business by 9.8%.* Standardizing Product Lifecycle Policy to Enable $90M in Residual Software Licensing Revenue Opportunities: Led the establishment of the product lifecycle enforcement program creating formal adherence to the technology lifecycle with enhanced lifecycle policies, revised contractual terms & conditions, and a formally published support service catalog enabling the ongoing measurement and improvement (people, process, technology) of support service SLA’s, performance, cost, and quality. Product lifecycle program utilized to formally enforce contractual terms & conditions for increased yearly licensing renewal revenue.

Reston, Va, Us

Member of Technology Executive Team accountable for 120 member team and operating budget of $30M+/year leading cloud-first transformation & modernization of business technology (business operations, supply chain, manufacturing) portfolio:* Modernizing while Lowering Operating Costs by 23% with Cloud-First Strategy: In partnership with senior business leadership, led a $20M+ multiyear, cloud-first, digital modernization strategy focused on service optimization & operational excellence to enable the newly divested company operating model & growth targets ($4B to $7.2B in revenue). Optimized business services, processes, and technology systems achieved yearly run-rate savings of 23%. As part of digital modernization, teamed with prominent public cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Oracle, SAP) to architect, design, implement, and operate 25 SaaS deployments which enabled the redesign and reimplementation of all major enterprise business technology systems, business intelligence capabilities, and enabling technology infrastructure, including finance, procurement, human capital management, CRM, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, machine learning, data analytics, EDI, vendor integration, and automation engines. * Enabling Growth via Full Cost Absorption of $3.3B+ in Acquisition Integrations: IT Lead for integrating the business technology portfolios of 3 acquisitions (combined revenues of $3.3B+ and 10K+ employees) with full financial cost absorption into the reimplemented and modernized business technology portfolio enabling growth and scale. * Reducing Release Cycles from 4+ Months to 3 weeks by DevOps & Agile Standardization: Spearheaded transition & coordination from diverse, legacy set of delivery methodologies to a standardized DevOps & Agile methodology. Instituted formal product and value stream strategy empowering a customer focused, business value, and user adoption approach driving continuous improvement and continuous delivery in hybrid cloud environments.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Appointed by executive leadership to lead IT track (230 member team) for $4B divestiture. Played strategically critical role executing go-to-market launch of the new divested company (SAIC) as a $4B, 15K employee public company:* Successfully Instantiating the IT Organizations of 2 New Public Companies: Developed and executed on a complex strategy and design to seamlessly segregate the business and technology operations, including the technology portfolio (applications, infrastructure, networks, security, data centers) and IT organization (700 employees), of the legacy company into 2 new public companies (Leidos: $7B, 25K employees; SAIC: $4B, 15K employees).* Establishing New IT Organization Operating Budget within $100M Divestiture Target: Directed the strategy, design, & implementation of the divested company’s (SAIC) new IT organization & technology services within $100M divesture target for the annual operating budget. Closely liaised with Executive Steering Committee & Board of Directors to ensure strategic alignment of business and technology services.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Member of Technology Executive Team optimizing collaboration between Finance & IT organizations managing $11B+ in annual revenue. Led 80 member team responsible for overall direction and execution of finance technology project ($8M+) and service ($18M+) portfolios. Member of CFO’s extended staff participating in weekly strategy sessions:* Enabling 30% Faster Financial Consolidation and Close Cycles: Served as strategic partner to corporate CFO and business leaders as part of executing numerous technology-enabled enterprise financial and business initiatives, including new subsidiary financial consolidation services, enhanced enterprise business analytics, and alignment of all company financial operations to standardized accounting schedules for 30% faster financial close cycles.* Unlocking $2.4M in Yearly Saving with Legacy System Retirement: Led the consolidation of offline business entities and legacy financial systems onto the standard enterprise financial system. Consolidation efforts included archiving & retirement of technology footprints (licensing, infrastructure, networks) for $2.4M in yearly savings.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Member of Technology Executive Team accountable for enterprise IT project ($50M+) & service portfolios ($100M+):* Lowering Operating Costs by $35M: Led modernization and standardization initiatives of business processes and systems of the IT project & service portfolios ($35M reduction in yearly run rate) in concert with establishment of shared services center. Formalized full traceability and transparency of enterprise investments with business case, TCO, and SLA standards while establishing alignment of IT portfolios with industry (COBIT, ISO, ITIL, NIST).

Reston, Virginia, Us

Member of DCIO Leadership team accountable for design & implementation of enterprise IT control framework:* Leading First Successful SOX Attestation in Advance of IPO: Designed and deployed IT controls framework and then subsequently led implementation across corporate & subsidiary (US, Canada, Europe) organizations as part of the first successful Sarbanes-Oxley attestation in conjunction with initial public offering (IPO).

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Responsible for the Data Management professional service initiatives of Blue Oasis Technologies. Technology services focused on regulatory compliance, data security, data integration, data quality, and data management architectures in the defense, energy, consumer goods, medical & healthcare, and financial services markets.

Responsible for overseeing and managing the Engineering and Project Management staff for Software Partners’ technology consulting practice in the government, education, financial services, electronics, and biotech markets.

Worked in numerous Corporate Information Technology capacities to accommodate the tremendous growth of a new transportation division of Laidlaw International, Inc. Yearly revenues in a two-year period increased from 500 million to 2 billion through numerous acquisitions and corporate expansion across the United States.

Walldorf, Bw, De

Member of the Sybase Quality Control department responsible for designing, implementing, and operationalizing automated test suites for identifying errors and inconsistencies in the enterprise database product line. Sybase was later acquired by SAP.

Masters Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Double Major: Computer Science, Mathematics