Patrick Kohout Email & Phone Number

Greater Memphis Area

• Serves as strategic owner of application development and support across multiple divisions reporting to the Sr. Vice President of Operations• Manages $1M annual capital expense budget for technology implementation and application development and $200K annual operating budget for application support• Actively champions technology vision and evolution of strategy to maintain relevant application road maps • Leads executives and key business users in identifying opportunities, defining deliverables, and developing strategies, priorities and initiatives• Oversees project efforts to develop cloud based solutions to achieve strategic corporate initiatives• Formulates metrics and key performance indicators and manages efforts for continuous improvement by ensuring feedback loops are prioritized in the project lifecycle• Negotiates contracts with vendors and manages the relationships and timelines to ensure contractual requirements are met• Leads demonstrations and presentations of new technology and applications for executive team, internal business users, preferred partners, and customers• Maintains the organization and processes of product backlogs and application support systems• Serves on Data Governance Committee charged with the development and continuance of data standards across the organization

Greater Memphis Area

• Managed and delivered multiple large scale projects on time and within budget by creating and maintaining project plans to ensure adherence to best project management practices• Handled communication of project status, timelines, budget tracking, and critical milestones• Handled updating of project documents such as project charters, project management plans, issue logs, and risk registers• Determined project requirements thru various methods including user stories, brainstorming, and discovery workshops • Managed team in project activities such as detailing work breakdown structures (WBS), qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and activity duration estimations • Led efforts to identify process improvements and implement corresponding application changes

Greater Memphis Area

• Worked with sales and marketing teams to consistently review and refine customer loyalty program to support company-wide sales strategy• Worked with executive team to develop short- and long-term strategies to increase market share and strengthen overall brand image• Handled business intelligence reporting focused on operational expense reduction initiatives and competitor analysis

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Rock Hill, South Carolina