Robert Stalder Email & Phone Number

Bristol, VA, US

Emory, Virginia, US

• Completely rebuild the IT organization at the University
• Lead a team of six full time employees to provide all IT and audio-visual services to support the Mission of the University
• Oversee the performance of an external third-party company that delivers 24/7/365 first tier help desk services to the entire campus
• Manage another third-party provider of all wired and wireless network services to the entire campus
• Establish a predictable and cost-effective strategy for refreshing the existing fleet of desktops & laptops
• Plan and execute a refresh of the data center infrastructure

Reston, VA, US

• Managed a team of eight team members onsite, and an additional six team members offsite to fulfill the College’s information technology requirements for help desk services, desktop support services.
• Served on the College President’s Executive Leadership Team, and actively contributed to the success of the entire College across all campus offices by being visible at many student & faculty events both on campus & in.
• Actively maintained relationships with state government agencies, private companies, and non-profit partners in the Mississippi Delta region
• Ensured consistently reliable availability and performance of all IT-related services on campus, such as Canvas, Jenzabar, iZenda, JICS portal, PowerFAIDS, and Google Applications for all students, faculty, and staff

Memphis, TN, US

• Led a team of 30 developers, database administrators, and ERP application specialists to maintain and support all of the major enterprise-wide systems at the University, such as Banner ERP and its associated bolt-on.
• Managed a $5 million budget of salaries, benefits, training, software licensing & maintenance, and hardware costs associated with all of the major enterprise-wide systems at the University
• Led the implementation of completely redesigned university website, Educational Advisory Board Guide mobile app, CollegiateLink, iModules, DegreeCompass, Luminis 5 portal, Royall & Company admissions application.
• Guided the Enterprise Application Services team through a major restructuring in support of the University’s strategic plan to significantly improve graduation and retention rates
• Implemented continuous process improvements to enhance service levels through adjustments to service desk support ticketing processes, as well as software development lifecycle/project management processes
• Acted as the primary “in the trenches” linkage between the central IT organization and each of the academic and administrative units within the University to achieve its strategic goals

Stamford, CT, US

• Led the assessment team that performed quantitative benchmarking and qualitative interviewing of the entire IT organization for the State of Michigan. Evaluated all functions within Michigan’s IT organization.
• Evaluated follow on SAP module/functionality rollouts for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) after go live, including the sequencing of projects, the readiness of the organization for the new SAP functionality to be.
• Performed detailed analysis of alternatives (AoA) for a Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) solution for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), including a best practices review of the AFMC’s functional requirements..
• Reviewed all testing documentation and observed Customer Acceptance Test demonstrations to ensure that SAP fulfilled the terms of its contract with DLA to properly design and test the integration of SAP’s Public Sector.

Arlington, VA, US

• Structured the research & analysis of benchmarking surveys & studies utilizing the ITIL framework at their core
• Conducted data analysis on research data sets to derive actionable insights for Members and write comprehensive research reports to provide specific recommendations on how Member can improve the performance of their IT.
• Interviewed high-level business executives to determine their most pressing business problems
• Identified proven solutions to those pressing business problems through background research, data analyses, and interviews with other high-level executives.
• Developed teaching materials to inform the Membership how to implement the best practices from their peers to eliminate those important business problems

Schenectady, NY, US

• Supervised application security testing of all applications in the supply chain portfolio of applications, which included vulnerability testing, code reviews, and compliance with all security architectural requirements
• Managed implementation and rollout of Oracle’s Self-Service Purchasing application
• Managed custom web application implementation projects using J2EE, WebLogic, JSP, and Oracle technologies across all headquarters functions
• Directed the procurement & installation of Sun Solaris application & database servers
• Coordinated activities between offshore development & support teams to accomplish overall program objectives
• Wrote & negotiated statements of work to transition application from development to pro

• Planned, estimated, and managed customer solution implementations of Idapta’s eMarket and eCommerce Platform applications
• Tracked budget, schedule and resource trends for customer implementations
• Worked with Product Management group to scope out functional requirements for next generation software products
• Gathered interface requirements and designed integrations with SAP

GB

• Performed general project management activities, such as coordinating efforts of the team leads, tracking progress of the project, developing the workplan, and preparing the bill
• Responsible for project staffing, tracking the budget, preparing progress reports for the steering committee, and coordinating the performance assessment process
• Managed the effort of client personnel to perform design, construction, implementation, and go-live tasks for SAP's Service Management module
• Conducted end-user training on SAP’s Service Management & Materials Management module

Dublin 2, IE

• Implemented the procurement & field service work processes in SAP for a large European dairy, juice, and soft drink processing equipment manufacturer in London, United Kingdom
• Managed a team of six SAP configurers/process designers working in a wide variety of SAP modules
• Redesigned the procurement process in SAP for a large, rapidly-growing medical device manufacturer in Boston
• Implemented the purchase-to-payment process in SAP for a shared services initiative for a Fortune 500 industrial products conglomerate in Houston.
• Design, coded, and tested client/server applications using PowerBuilder, SQL Windows, and UNIX C programming environments for a medium-sized snack food manufacturer in Columbus, Georgia

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Marketing & Finance