As the Chief Information overseeing all aspects of McIlhenny Companies information technology, which includes core IT infrastructure, business applications, and key strategic partners of the most well-known manufacturer of hot sauce products in the world, distributing to over 190 countries and territories and bottled in 25 different languages. TABASCO is a 150 year old brand and is the sauce that flavors the world.

I'm passionate about solving problems and helping to improve processes using technology as a strategic lever a company can pull. I'm known for being a business person that happens to know Technology very well, and enjoys transforming inwardly focused technology teams into business partners that deliver killer results. I believe in using leading edge technologies like automation, digital labor and analytics to provide my business partners with the lowest cost to run the business and the highest return on value-added business projects. I'm on a mission to help CIOs get out of the day-to-day and delivering business goals through technology. ★★ Board Members ★★Technology is the most important agent of change today; hardly any industry is immune to both its value-creating and disruptive potential. Yet I perceive a large gap between the direct experience of non-executive directors and the experience required to challenge and support chairmen and CEOs in their quest to bring the best technology to their business. ★★ CEO|COO|CFO ★★Using technology as a strategic weapon has never been more important than it is today. Business strategy and technology must be forged together and deliver business value faster and more efficiently than ever. With the acceleration of cognitive analytics, automation, digital labor, business intelligence and cyber security company must focus on how to take advantage of these new trends now.★★ CIO|CTO|CMO ★★Frequently a trusted partner that can just get things done for you creates calm and serenity in your life.I have helped several companies in the following areas:Transformed all systems from Order to Cash (to JDE E-1), Back Office, and InfrastructureImplemented a Strategy and Plan for a DevOps organizationIT Assessment for Strategy, Personnel, ITSM and ERP selectionProvided a Digital Strategy for increased visibility for a consumer products companyImplemented Automation Software for both Development and IT Operations

Create and deliver an industry leading Digital platform to include B2C, B2B and Social Marketing and CommercePosition the IS organization as a strategic business partner. Develop and deliver a long-term (3-5 years and beyond) IS strategy that is customer driven in our business-to-business environment helping establish SRS as the preferred roofing distributor for roofing contractors and manufacturers to do business with.Deliver a marketing strategy and plan to engage our customers and provide a world class customer experience.Develop process maturity and discipline as part of implementing an enterprise data strategy and architecture that contemplates both current and future needs of the Company.Provide people leadership including the development and mentoring of existing IS and Marketing staff (building upon strength of existing team) to build a continuous improvement and strategic mindset.Drive new business and demand generation through our digital platform to acquire new customers and move current customers that are engaging through legacy channels to newly developed digital channels.Develop and implement an enterprise-wide security and disaster recovery strategy that ensures the safety, reliability and robustness of SRS’ IS systems.Ensure consistent uptime and reliability of the Company’s IS Systems. Effectively build, lead, and manage the core IS functions.Oversight for product marketing, product management, content marketing, corporate marketing, digital marketing and marketing analytics Lead in the development and implementation of “front-end” technologies that support incremental profitable growth and provide a strategic advantage over the Company’s competitors.Drive productivity and scalability of the IS function while maintaining reasonable costs for the Company’s competitive advantage.

* Established rapport and understanding for technical and non-technical audiences from “C-Level” and board level participants as well as department heads and line staff by presenting and discussing strategies that supports the overall business vision* Moved Internal Customer Satisfaction Survey from < 50% to > 90% in two years. * Oversaw staff of 65 global resources to deliver >400 projects and enhancements on time and within * $30M budget and improved on-time delivery of IT projects from 30% to greater than 97%* Created Centers of Excellence for Digital Development, Project Management, Infrastructure, ERP, Business Intelligence and Security * Managed integration of AFS, SD, PP, MM, FI, CO, SC, WM and IPC SAP modules * Spearheaded launch of enterprise social media platform to open new marketing channels for customers and prospects, resulting in wider market reach and real-time engagement. * Increased revenue by 5% implementing the first company e-commerce strategy accessing new market channel and increasing market share. This was built on a LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).* Reduced IT budget by 15% creating a Best of Breed as measured by an external auditing firm (IBM) * Used a blended model of onshore, near shore, and offshore resources to deliver a cost-effective approach to meet business demand and keep costs below budget in China, Costa Rica and India* Completed a Data Center Relocation from an Enterprise location to a Tier IV Data Center within 48 hours* Successfully upgraded SAP 6.0 encompassing product enhancements, budget development and accountability, implementation, business process integration, training and post implementation optimization* Conformed to ITIL Standards with deployment of Automation tools and platform* Developed and delivered Business Continuity Plan – (successfully exercised during ice storm 2011)* 85% Virtualized Infrastructure, 90% Cloud deployment Azure, 92% IT Ops Automation

Transformed over 700 staff in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, and China into one Global I/T organization centered around the practices for Project Management, Application Development and Testing, and specialized practices for SAP, Hyperion, BI Reporting and Trade Promotions Management. • Created Practices to be the single authority for design, delivery and world-class implementations of value-adding solutions using SAP, Hyperion, and Siebel.• Introduced a disbursed resourcing model that allowed the use of resources from multiple locations to increase the value proposition for projects and support.• Reduced cost for Application Support and Maintenance using offshore resources to drive down the total cost of support by over $14 million dollars.• Accountable for global budget with over 50 cost centers totaling $60 million dollars• Managed integration of APO, SD, PP, MM, FI, CO, SC, WM SAP modules maximizing the ERP investment while implementing an upgrade from 4.6c to ECC 5.0 and then to ECC 6.0. • Led transformation of SAP by consolidating 43 separate SAP instances down to 16• Established Project Management Center of Excellence for all IT projects including a Project Portfolio Management solution, a Governance solution, with 80+ project managers across 5 continents.• Direct and oversee the Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure programs and projects meet organization goals and requirements• Led the work to achieve CMMi certification in Project Management processes, procedures and standards • Enabled Business Process Improvement through technology for retail marketing/delivery and order fulfillment/processing increasing sales by 7.8% and increased shelf space by 16%.• Generated business support for new digital product strategy including social and mobile technologies.Escalated concerns related to efficient and effective execution of program elements as necessary to executive control board.

Lead project teams, with more than 100 staff in US, India, Brazil and Philippines, to analyze data interaction and design data classification across enterprise, in support of globalization and customer experience.• Rank in top 10% of more than 250 IT managers for effectiveness at managing people.• Manage team to deploy process enhancements that achieved SEI-CMM Level 2 certification and TMM Level 3 certifications. • Saved $15 million in 2003 and $27 million in 2004 by leading segment institutionalization of organizational business process improvements.• Delivered strategic plan that created global models and significantly shortened development time by reducing complexity of enterprise data 45%.• Delivered 105 projects with 95% on time delivery and $425 million in benefit in 2004.• Created strategy that enabled group size to expand with limited funds by planning, forecasting and utilizing offshore development and test centers in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ireland, India, Philippines, Poland and Russia• Direct and oversee the Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure programs and projects meet organization goals and requirements• Program Manager of team to deploy process enhancements that achieved SEI-CMM Level 3 certification and TMM Level 3 certifications. • Established and implemented Center of Excellence for SAP and Oracle Applications.• Developed application that coordinated needs of marketing, sales and engineering groups for Dell Online product. • Saved $3 million annually by implementing unique approach to web development within Dell.• Established executed project plan, designed architecture and managed complete development life cycle.• Built teams to staff immediate needs of department as well as strategic future development plans.

Managed team of eight in developing web applications and architecture design for cost accounting system for major insurance client that provides insurance to the US military. * Developed and met $1.8 million budget and ensured 36% profit margin.* Reduced monthly/quarterly closing time 30% and manpower 48%, exceeding client expectations.* System consisted of multi-tiered presentation, business logic and database environment utilizing HTML, ASP, Visual Basic 6.0 COM, Oracle 8.0 database, ActiveX servers and SQL.

Managed IT projects for corporate security department, including information systems/networks coordination, telecommunications planning, hardware/software procurement, training and support.• Led project team of five to image completed background files for compliance with FAA regulations. Redesigned and programmed legacy applications to integrate with new imaging system.• Managed network conversion of department server from Novell to Windows NT and established e-mail and telecommunications for all foreign and domestic corporate security personnel.• Redesigned billing program used to recoup money from Postal Authority for background checks performed for ramp and cargo personnel.• Leave of Absence for USMC military service 1991-1995