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Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Burger Consulting Group, LLC. provides technical architecture, strategy and analytical consulting services to IT executives looking to augment existing IT solutions and drive service innovation. All project engagements.
• Provide business strategy and technical leadership for three Fortune 500 firms and entrepreneurial start-ups to elevate operational performance and services.
• Key leader on Information Technology teams leading multiyear mission critical projects including supply chain management and ecommerce software development/roll-out, ERP multi-environment upgrades, data center.
• Work with executive staff to develop business cases, scope projects, create scheduling/budgeting processes and deliver management progress presentations.
• Manage staff of consultants and employees charged with technical operations, orchestrate educational/training strategies for client personnel and coordinate software vendor development actions to ensure compliance with.
• Analyze client company skill sets to enhance staff performance and expertise. Show less

Irving, Texas, United States

Providing IT technical strategy, solution design, integration, and delivery of a transformational B2C/DTC eCommerce initiative along with development leadership for all external vendors. Responsible for teams defining new internal business processes and leading program communication to executive stakeholders; directing external API development and.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Executive advisor and program manager providing architecture planning and facilitation services for $150 million-plus SAP ERP infrastructure investment. Ensured platform-agnostic, cost optimized development of.
• Provided cross department project management and leadership for $3.2 million dollar multi-environment, multi-system SAP upgrade and coordinated with business partners for on-time, successful deployment. Included.
• Provided cross department project management and leadership for $3.2 million dollar multi-environment, multi-system SAP upgrade and coordinated with business partners for on-time, successful deployment. Included.
• Managed vendor relationship, secondary negotiations and on-boarding for key software implementations supporting SAP infrastructure on behalf of Verizon's senior leadership. Included formal vendor approval processes.
• Leadership and responsibility for architecture and upgrade plan management, and related implementation plan, for consolidated, virtualized 450-plus server SAP environment across five U.S. data centers. Inclusive of.
• Identified need for better controls of internal infrastructure inventory and led project to institutionalize the identification of re-deployable assets. Enabled transparency and annual cost avoidance of over $2 million.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Managed 15-person consulting team retained by Frontier after its $8.6 billion acquisition of Verizon’s wireline operations in 14 states. Provided seamless operation of Verizon’s financial ERP and supply chain.
• Key member of joint Frontier/Verizon leadership team that completed conversion within… Show more Managed 15-person consulting team retained by Frontier after its $8.6 billion acquisition of Verizon’s wireline.
• Key member of joint Frontier/Verizon leadership team that completed conversion within budget and within one month of initial timeline.
• Managed core team that operated Verizon systems throughout conversion process in manner that was transparent to users, including devising and orchestrating significant, rapid recovery effort after a major unplanned.
• Partnered with new and legacy business management for smooth conversions and systems decommissioning. Coordinated Verizon and Frontier IT ERP technical activities post-sale.
• Engaged to return to Verizon immediately after completion of conversion. Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Provided consultative oversight to geographically dispersed team that managed $35 million SAP migration from mainframe to clustered Linux/Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment. Led disaster recovery element.
• Led project team that relocated systems from a sold data center to multiple locations. Effort completed with minimal downtime, end user transparency, and in compliance with reliability, speed, and cost… Show more.
• Led project team that relocated systems from a sold data center to multiple locations. Effort completed with minimal downtime, end user transparency, and in compliance with reliability, speed, and cost requirements.
• Conducted project review that identified, communicated, and prioritized issues threatening success. Developed and facilitated implementation of recommendations that kept project on track.
• Led disaster recovery/business resumption design, planning and implementation as well as endpoint encryption/security programs. Worked directly with business senior management as well and end users to ensure corporate.
• Hired by Frontier for post-acquisition operations and conversion because of proven ability to work across departmental and functional lines and comprehensive knowledge of ERP/SCM systems. Show less

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• Engaged by General Manager as his surrogate on organizational change initiative driven by Yantra SCM and OASIS Point of Sale implementations; a $15 million, 25-person effort. Collaborated with company’s IT Directors.
• Recommended establishment of IT steering committee, revision of change order process and approvals, and standardized progress reports. Increased project transparency and decision… Show more Engaged by General Manager.
• Recommended establishment of IT steering committee, revision of change order process and approvals, and standardized progress reports. Increased project transparency and decision quality.
• Provided management oversight, clear documentation, and reporting for subsequent scope changes on behalf of executive teams for development and deployment of a cross-site inventory point of sale system.
• Managed day to day operations of internal and onshore/offshore consulting resources. Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Led product development initiative to transform company from $500 million, five-percent gross margin wholesale distributor of mobile handsets to high margin provider of mobile industry SCM services. Reported to COO/GM.
• Led 30-person team that developed Yantra-based, JDE-integrated application for handset asset tracking throughout repair and refurbishment. Key player in closing new four accounts in six months that generated 25% gross.
• Led 30-person team that developed Yantra-based, JDE-integrated application for handset asset tracking throughout repair and refurbishment. Key player in closing new four accounts in six months that generated 25% gross.
• Awarded U.S. Patent 07835951 for distribution channel management system that included ecommerce storefront, back office cloud systems, and CellStar order fulfillment. Product delivered 15-35% gross margins and $2.
• Recruited by General Manager to join CellStar in technology strategy executive leadership role. Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Skillfully directed system implementations by leading high performance team of programmers, systems analysts, consultants and administrators. Provided oversight for SAP interfaces including EDI, custom real-time.
• Built profitable business relationships with high value clients by connecting… Show more Skillfully directed system implementations by leading high performance team of programmers, systems analysts, consultants and.
• Built profitable business relationships with high value clients by connecting several trading partners such as Dell, Compaq, Lockheed Martin, IBM, General Electric, Best Buy and Galileo International to company ERP.
• Successfully managed multiple “go-lives” through development, testing and support in collaboration with several integrated trading partners. Show less