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

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