In 2008 I founded Merit, LLC to serve as a consulting firm that assisted organizations across all areas of technology and business management. Over the past 11 years, I have worked directly with companies to shape their strategy, vision, and IT programs. Throughout each engagement I worked to align business and IT organizations, and played a hands-on role throughout the implementation of new processes, software, applications, programs, and strategies.KEY ENGAGEMENTS President and CEO | NEEDSGAP, LLCDirector, Board of Directors | SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSCIO and SVP, Customer Experience Center | VMS BIOMARKETING CIO and SVP | ADESA, KAR AUCTION SERVICES, INC.CIO Advisory Practice Leader | PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERSELECTED HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS✔ Grew the Life Sciences Advisory Practice for PWC by more than $2M, in addition to growing revenue from less than $1M to nearly $8M over 32 months for the regional CIO Advisory Practice.✔ Successfully transitioned a $30M offshore software factory to $5M near-shore team as part of a major turnaround effort; this salvaged the company’s relationship with Toyota, a major client. ✔ Championed innovation enterprise-wide by leading a $220M acquisition and integration of OPENLane.✔ Improved nightly batch processing from less than 50% to greater than 95% on-time processing by leveraging an existing, underutilized enterprise architecture organization.✔ Leveraged 1,200 contract personnel to provide telephonic support through the company’s new platform, increasing revenue from $14M to $23M.✔ Reduced development costs 300% and decreased launch costs 500% by rearchitecting the company’s technology platform. ✔ Supported a 200% volume increase while reducing administrative support costs 50%; transitioned from a small call center environment to a virtual, anytime, anywhere model.

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In 2004, I was recruited internally to serve as Vice President and Chief Information Officer, where I was tasked with restoring Lilly’s confidence and trust in Information Technology.To accomplish this task, I stabilized its global infrastructure, redefined its service delivery model, leveraged emerging technologies, and created a governance model that forced alignment of each business unit, functional, and regional organization.LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY2,500+ employees$50M in annual CAPEX$250M in first-time expenses approvedSELECTED HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS✔ Built the business case and secured approval for more than $250M in first-time expenses that included networks, servers, storage, desktops, and data centers.✔ Stabilized the network within 90 days and gained full control in 18 months by introducing the concept of “Fragile Assets”, and declaring the entire network to be a fragile asset.✔ Delivered a 3-year savings of $35M while serving as Chief Technology Officer of North America.✔ Identified more than $25M in efficiency gains through the use of Six Sigma methods, resulting in the first Six Sigma Champion Award from the Chairman at the Annual Leadership Conference.

Chief Information Officer of Lilly Industries Europe, and member of the operating board. SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS✔ Sponsored SAP implementation to deliver a $5M cost savings within the first 18 months.✔ Supported the centralization of the Critical Care business across through the successful implementation of Siebel CRM.✔ Captured a 3-year reduction to OPEX of $30M by championing a new IT model for Europe.✔ Developed and rolled out an innovative governance model to expose and fund innovation, resulting in rapid introduction of a common e-detailing approach.

Held various leadership roles in IT (Head, Scientific Computing, Manager, Information Services, Director, Global Business Units, Information Officer, Global Solution Delivery and Support, etc.), as well as cross-functional assignments in HR (Head, IT Recruiting) and Corporate Finance (Director).