Scott Butz Email & Phone Number

Irving, Texas, Us

As the Chief Cloud Architect at Caterpillar, I provide technology and architecture leadership that paves the way for Caterpillar to successfully adopt the public cloud computing capabilities of MS Azure and Amazon Web Services. Starting at the beginning of 2022, I have been focused on leading the onboarding of Google Public Cloud and Google Cloud Identity.

Chicago, Il, Us

Developed and enabled cloud strategy, cloud application and hosting architecture, IaaS/PaaS cloud capability and process and technology integration with the on premise environment; managed a lean team of outsourced cloud technicians responsible for 24x7 MS Azure cloud operations.• Led analysis of 300 on premise based applications to determine appropriate cloud hosting models• Migrated 20 on premise based applications to MS Azure resulting in significant annual cost savings• Deployment of 15 new cloud applications resulting in significant annual cost avoidance• Established "Enterprise Cloud Hosting Capability" that addresses security, management, monitoring reliability and included the deployment of VM Hybrid cloud computing capabilities• Created cloud operating procedures that included policies and standards for deployed Azure services• Implemented Cloud to Cloud integration services, processing 40 million messages per day• Completed business case, project plan and a successful proof of concept for the migration of 300 digital marketing sites to Azure

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Managed $10+ million dollars of outsourced global services and service definitions for integration technologies, web servers, database servers, SAP BASIS, job scheduling and software asset reporting; Led technology strategy and supplier relationships for Middleware, DB and application integration technologies worth $50 million.• Led global application services projects for Cadbury acquisition and Kraft/Mondelez company split within budget and project timeline• Delivered $2 million in annual software maintenance/service delivery cost savings• Infrastructure Architect and Member of CTO Architecture Review Board

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Sr. Manager Global IS Technology Management & Architecture (2003 – 2006)Led a team of six architects that determined global technology standards and the commercialization of new technologies. Specific areas of responsibility included SAP NetWeaver, EAI, DB, and middleware.• Led the commercialization of SAP NetWeaver in support of a 5 year billion dollar global implementation of SAP ECC6

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Managed a $2.5 million operating budget and a highly skilled team of eight, responsible for the technology strategy, developer support and the operations of Content Management Systems, IBM Rational Source Control & Change Control Systems, Seebeyond EAI, and IBM WebSphere Application Server enterprise environments.• Commercialized new enterprise WebSphere and Rational environments that hosted 20 plus mission critical applications within project timeline and budget

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Handpicked by IT senior leadership to represent the IT function and profession on a small team of entrepreneurs that explored potential Kraft sponsored .com spinoff opportunities with regular briefings and business plan reviews with Kraft Executive leadership• Completed 3 profitable business plans

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Responsibilities included managing a team of four employees that developed and supported marketing research and decision support systems for the Billion-dollar New Meals Division• Created Nielsen and IRI custom reporting and analysis applications and delivered end user hardware and desktop software support for approximately 100 division employees

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Managed a staff of 27 IS professionals that supported, implemented and developed procurement, formula optimization, maintenance management, contract administration and commodities tracking applications used in 30+ manufacturing and headquarters locations• Picked to lead the IT function on a special project that outsourced 12 plant indirect material storerooms• Served as IT college recruiting manager for the headquarters location

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Led a project team of four that re-engineered processes and consolidated 26 accounts payable locations• Developed A/P processes and financial policies for the new shared service center that reduced transaction costs by >50% and improved efficiency for billions of dollars of A/P distributions annually

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Provided consulting services and project management for the implementation of Supply Chain Systems at 15 Kraft manufacturing facilities across North America• Completed implementation of three MRP systems within project timeline and budget• Planned and led semiannual Supply Chain Systems User Conferences for 200+ employee attendees

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Managed staff of six, including cost analyst, material planner, systems analyst, and contract programmers• Led the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning application for $500 million in finished goods