Ron Booth Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for developing, aligning, and maintainng the Services Demand and Investment Plans, working with the Upstream Business in setting the Infrstructrure budgets and monitoring actual expenditure and IT services.
• Managed team of both employees and contractors, including positions in Canada and Venezuala, to create annual budget and demand forecast as well as monitoring performance and challenging business demand through the.
• Active member of the Upstream Americas IT Infrastructure Leadership Team as well as the Global Lead Demand Planning Team leading multiple initiatives related to demand planning.
• Managed several IT Infrastructure programs for Upstream Americas, including IT Request Management, Customer Asset Refresh, Reference Data Cleanup, Cost Take Out Program.
• Implemented formal process using management information for managing and monitoring monthly budget and demand for Upstream Americas by Line of Business providing cost transparency to enable clear focus on value.
• Supported transition and merge to consolidated Upstream Demand Planning Team.

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided financial support to the Jiffy Lube organization through team leadership, business planning and reporting, management information, business decision support, project management, and governance & assurance.
• Project lead responsible for the migration of processes to a Shared Service Center in India which generated $1M annual savings
• Project lead responsible for the DS1/GSAP implementation for US Fast Lubes
• Managed a team, including a position in London, to ensure clear accountability and committment for delivery of specific outcomes as it relates to the Fast Lubes finance functions.
• Implemented improvements in management information processes and content delivering value added decision making to leadership
• Created new process and challenged assumptions and plans to support the creation of the annual planning process for Fast Lubes which provided more visibility to initiatives and benefits.

Houston, TX

• Customer advocate within the IT department which required the ability to anticipate, identify, and respond quickly to business changes and priorities while maintaining external focus through providing technical and.
• Co-project manager for $1.8 M Order Management Center Project implementing Siebel software and new telephone system integration.
• Managed IT Demand Management process for technology projects for Commercial Fuels Marketing & Distribution
• Key IT liaison for the Siebel software implementation within the Transportation Business Development Community.
• Recommended technology solutions to solve business issues for internal groups support including the IT intranet strategy project.

Chesterfield, MO

• Provide General Manager and other head office departments with financial information to assist with business decisions within the region while managing the operating plan process, capital proposal proces.
• Managed the Central Region operating and capital proposal process of >$10 million
• Planned, managed and presented results of the Market Analysis Project for the Central Region
• Facilitated and managed the Y2K process for the region
• Supervised and developed two financial analysts and two administrative staff

Ontario, CA

• Increase gasoline volume and net income for sales area through base volume and new business growth
• Developed a strategic approach to managing sales area which resulted in 1% increased in volume and 4% increase in net income.
• Supervised and developed territory counselors to grow their own territories and increase value to Shell

Ontario, CA

• Supported sales staff, district management and head office with management information and financial reporting
• Managed district operating plan process of > $5 million
• Supervised and developed district administrative staff to more effectively support the sales staff and our customers.
• Enhanced district management information by focusing on financial and business drivers.

Houston, TX

• Completed business requirements, logical and physical design, and integration testing for Hydrocarbon Management System
• Project Team Lead responsible for implementing a $500K system release by ensuring commitment to delivery, prioritizing tasks and identifying/resolving obstacles to achieve the goal.
• Supported and maintained the Hydrocarbon Management System.

Mba, Finance

For International Business Class in 2004, traveled to Milan, Italy and Munich, Germany.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Information Systems