Providing project and program management, interim senior IT leadership, business advisory services, technical system/application services and consulting for organizations of various sizes from sole proprietors to large corporations.Project Highlights2015 - Present | Short-term Technical and Business Consulting Services - Canada, Europe, USAVarious engagements delivering short-term project management and execution for diverse companies facing issues including infrastructure optimization, ERP consulting, and technology leadership strategy.2014 - 2015 | Graham Construction, SAP Finance & Procurement Manager - Calgary, AB CanadaGraham is employee-owned; one of the largest construction companies in Canada with over 1,300 salaried staff and 2013 revenue of $2.1 billion.Reported to VP of Finance, then department moved under VP of IT; managed a team of up to 7 employee and consulting resources in the SAP Solutions Center responsible for supporting the Finance, Controlling and Materials Management modules in SAP ERP (ECC 6.0 EP5), consolidations and management reporting in SAP BPC 7.5 and supplementary financial reporting in SAP BW 7.0.2013 - 2014 | Short-term Technical and Business Consulting Services - CanadaMultiple client engagements consisting of business advisory services, tightening security of wireless infrastructures, diagnosing and replacing malfunctioning desktop and laptop computer components, deploying new printers and other network devices within existing wired and wireless infrastructures.

Agrium is a $15 billion major retail supplier of agricultural products/services in the Americas, leading global producer/marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products with over 14,000 employees worldwide.Reported to Director of Applications, total budget and management responsibility supporting SAP ERP ECC 6.0, BPC 7.0/7.5 (Business Planning & Consolidations, both in use with NetWeaver and Microsoft back ends, respectively) and BI 7.0 financial applications for the North American Corporate and Wholesale business units.Supported over 200 users reporting to the CFO in Corporate, the Wholesale VP Finance and various accounting roles providing consolidations and budget planning functions in the Retail and the Advanced Technologies business units. Client & system support responsibilities included finance, controlling, treasury, financial supply chain, consolidations, planning, reporting (Qlikview), workflow, OCR (ReadSoft) as well as other related finance applications (some of which were cloud-based solutions).Team leadership of up to 12 direct reports with total annual expense budget responsibility of over $5 million and annual capital expense budget of up to $2 million.Solution architect for cloud-based Treasury Management System interface design to/from SAP ERP.

Burton is a market leading $700+ million wholesaler/manufacturer/retailer of apparel, hard goods and accessories in the board sports industry.Reported to COO, total budget and management responsibility for a staff of 30 in the USA with oversight responsibility to IT personnel in Austria and Japan. Managed entire back end infrastructure and back office applications including data center, help desk, telephony, ERP applications, networks, client hardware and software.Proposed and completed a project to re-implement core SAP application components including a move from R/3 to ERP ECC 5 with AFS 5.0, CRM 4.0 ISA to 5.0 (B2B), and BW 3.5 to BI 7.0 with Enterprise Portals in 2006-07. Project included a migration from proprietary HP-UX HW and OS to open source SUSE Linux and x86 computing platforms, introduced use of Unicode and a complete SAP organizational restructuring.Moved from frame relay to MPLS technology for WAN connectivity and to VOIP from POTS for telephony in 2005-06.Renegotiated the primary telephone vendor contract gaining significant year-over-year cost savings for the company in long distance and calling card charges.Initiated and completed SAP core database migration for more than 10 servers from Informix to Oracle in 2004.

Evonik Industries is a $13+ billion specialty chemical manufacturer headquartered in Germany employing over 35,000 people worldwide.2002 – 2003 | Head of Application Projects: North America – its.onGreensboro, NC / Mobile, AL / Parsippany, NJ USAReported to President, responsible for replacing legacy financial applications with SAP R/3 solutions at all North American locations. Directed the internal IT services organization (its.on Corporation) four-month system implementation. Modules installed included FI, CO, SD, PS, MM and CATS. This was a mission critical project, since existing systems were due for shutdown in January 2003. Project completed successfully, on-time and within budget.2001 – 2002 | IT Project Leader, CHOSEN Project - its.on Parsippany, NJ USAMember of the core project management team, managing about 15 IT staff members on a $60 million global SAP R/3, EBP (Enterprise Buyer Professional), EH&S and BW implementation project for multiple business units and service units within North America. Primary focus on team was system & network infrastructure architecture, design and deployment.

Reported to CFO, responsible for all aspects of IT (SAP ERP, data center, telecommunications, networks, etc.) at all US locations of this $225 million specialty chemical subsidiary of Degussa. Twelve staff positions reported to the IT manager.Led three-month upgrade of SAP R/3 3.1H to 4.6B in 2000 using all in-house resources. Project leader to construct B2B & B2C sales-side e-commerce solution fully integrated into SAP R/3 (live in early 2001).Established VPN, web e-mail, company intranet and redesigned the Internet website, all completely maintained and managed by internal staff.Last responsible for a $1 million project to upgrade the network infrastructure as well as initiating a $600,000 project integrating RF data collection into warehouse management processes in SAP R/3.

1997 - 1999 | Consultant, SAP FI/CO – Creanova GmbH Marl, Germany2.5 year assignment in Germany ending as a member of the RohMax SAP implementation team responsible for the FI module for France, USA and Canada. Assisted in the SAP implementation of CO at Hüls AG in 1997-8. Administered user security for CO on an on-going basis.1996 - 1997 | Manager, IT Client Services - Piscataway, NJ USAProject manager supporting 2 divisional businesses with all IT related work brokered through this position. Wrote detailed specs for all work requiring programming effort while member of joint IT & business leader committee established to set project priorities.1994 - 1995 | Manager, Financial Systems Technology - Piscataway, NJ USAFinancial project leader reporting to the CFO for implementation of the G/L, A/P, A/R and fixed asset modules of the ERP software in use at all N America plants. Responsible for all aspects including technical design specs, end-user training, financial reporting and project team management. Completed the financial system changeover on time and within budget. Member of business transformation project involving outside management & technical consultants, providing assistance in developing revised processes and procedures to advance international competitiveness.1990 - 1993 | Project Leader Financial Systems - Piscataway, NJ USAManaged up to 3 analysts & 2 consultants. Provided technical & application support to the finance organization on the G/L, A/P, assets and purchasing modules of the existing ERP system. Created & installed PC database applications for financial reporting, including outside interfaces for payroll, phone charges & leased car expenses into general ledger. Assisted in plant maintenance system implementations at multiple sites, servicing the purchasing, inventory control, maintenance and project accounting areas. Provided & taught various training classes for computer system end-users.