Information Technology Manager
Reporting to Vice President and General Manager, responsible for all IT functions to facilitate in-sequence module production line application Highlights• Developed, enhanced and managed mission critical, integrated error-proofing applications within a real time, in-sequence manufacturing environment, resulting in achieving and maintaining Ford’s highest quality award. The Ford Q1 award is Ford Motor Company's highest distinction for supplier quality• Recruited and… Show more Reporting to Vice President and General Manager, responsible for all IT functions to facilitate in-sequence module production line application Highlights• Developed, enhanced and managed mission critical, integrated error-proofing applications within a real time, in-sequence manufacturing environment, resulting in achieving and maintaining Ford’s highest quality award. The Ford Q1 award is Ford Motor Company's highest distinction for supplier quality• Recruited and managed a highly responsive/diversified technical IT team of up to twelve employees including external software application contractors • Upgraded production line controls resulting in efficiencies that led to labour reduction of over $1 Million annually, after first year of employment• Led a team charged with the design and architecture of a new fibre optic network infrastructure and wireless communications resulting in increased network and application performance• Implemented business need for a disaster recovery plan, consisting of on-site and off-site redundancies to mitigate production down time• Negotiated new software, hardware and communications agreements with vendors, resulting in operational saving of over 40% per year• Established 24/7 monitoring / on-call IT Help Desk Support significantly reducing downtime costs Show less