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Longmont, Co, Us

Managed major IT project initiatives supporting mission-critical business processes; provided support and maintenance for Oracle ERP, EDI and Agile PLM systems. Managed relationships between IT and business units including: Contract Manufacturing, Operations, Accounting & Finance, Sales Operations, Customer Service and Configuration Management.

Broomfield, Co, Us

Managed newly formed PMO, defined and implemented PMO framework. Established a team of Business Analysts and Project Managers responsible for customer support and project delivery. Instituted project governance and communications standards.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Led IT development teams responsible for design, engineering, construction, implementation and support of ERP, B2B, Web, Middleware and Business Intelligence applications.•GE Access Distribution "Key Talent" for contributions as a manager and leader. •IT leader for Oracle 11.5.9 upgrade. $2.6 million project completed $300,000 under budget and on schedule.•Established a scalable development organization with clear goals and purpose. Created a results driven structure, through use of Six Sigma tools.•Improved offshore staffing model for all commodity development work. Renegotiated contracts driving down monthly costs by approximately $10,000.•Directed development of ERP patching strategy driving down the total cost of ownership and reducing “one off” patching to only emergency patches. •Managed development of a standard partner engagement methodology for B2B applications which reduced time to activate partners from several months to less than six weeks.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Infrastructure leader for systems and voice/data network engineering teams responsible for design, engineering, development, implementation and support of all server, network and storage systems.• Re-focused network and infrastructure teams to deliver against approved business and IT project objectives. Teams became self-directed work groups consistently meeting or exceeding customer expectations.• Reduced long distance rates 40% by taking advantage of rates negotiated by the GE global network office resulting in a cost avoidance of $90,000. • Reduced annual telecommunications expenses by $645,000 by leading a Green Belt process improvement project. • Resolved network bandwidth issues impacting overall performance by directing the installation of high-speed fiber local access. Wrote business case and secured funding for two DS-3 data circuits. Installed systems provided instant performance improvements meeting immediate and long-term needs.

Drove implementation of telecommunications facilities to meet commitment dates and ensure customer satisfaction with a staff of technical application consultants and network service managers. Partnered with pre-sales, sales, network and operations as well as local telecommunications providers to ensure successful customer implementations and ongoing support.

Led design, engineering, implementation, operations teams responsible for communications infrastructure supporting corporate worldwide networks including Canada, Europe, Japan and Puerto Rico. • Partnered with international IT Managers to improve cross-functional processes. Implemented resource sharing with European Headquarters, eliminating additional hiring needs.• Developed service level agreements and negotiated contracts for international and domestic frame relay networks. Decreased number of international regional networks from seven to one, reduced domestic rates 40%.• Organized design, testing and deployment of a prototype ATM corporate network. Secured $3.2 million in funding to fully implement to production.• Directed the implementation of a seven-year plan to re-engineer corporate headquarters physical network layer, which was completed in five years.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Digital Switching Center Supervisor; Honorable Discharge