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Dublin 2, Ie

Full Go to market responsibility for Accenture's Products South business covering Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality, Automotive, Industrial Equipment, Mobility, and Life Sciences industries. Responsible for Accenture's full suite of SAP businesses across Implementation, Application Outsourcing, Cloud, and Operations within the South geography and across these industries.

Dublin 2, Ie

Senior Business and Integration Architecture Executive responsible for collaborating with clients to drive business value. Focused on large global transformation programs that are enabled by the implementation of technology solutions from SAP.

Founder of a Digital Transformation Consulting company focused on enabling large global enterprises to deliver significant business improvements through the implementation of Business Transformation Programs. I served as the Global Program Manager for a Business Transformation Program at Bombardier that is designing a new target operating model that will be enabled by the deployment of cloud based solutions from SAP. These solutions include SAP S/4 1809, SAP Arriba, SAP IBP, SAP SuccessFactors, and SAP Leonardo. Past engagements included:Building the digital strategy for Pneuma Respiratory, a company focused on creating therapeutic treatments for diseases of the lungs using a digital first platform for inhaled drug delivery.

Plano, Texas, Us

I was the Go-to-Market owner for the ERP Practice, challenged with generating over $900 million in total pipeline and closing over $350 million in sales on an annual basis. My role included internal business transformation to improve both the quality and quantity of offerings across consulting, technology, advisory, support and digital transformation services using ERP solutions from SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, NetSuite, and Salesforce. I set the strategy and direction for the Global SAP business at NTT Data with over 10,000 global resources and $1.5B in annual revenue. Selected major customers included GE, Honeywell, Hitachi, Bank of America, BMW, Coca Cola, Cisco, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, and Daimler.• Created and Launched “Time to Value” product offering focused on the Agile time boxed implementation of ERP solutions• Led teams that supported over 50 active customers strategizing and executing Digital Transformation initiatives with next generation technology including In-Memory computing, machine learning, digital manufacturing, cloud migrations, real-time and predictive analytics, and new SaaS implementations• Drove integration of Go-To-Market operations for the Dell Services business into NTT Data• Achieved a significant improvement in the rankings in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP Services from niche to challenger• Established NTT Data as a Platinum Partner for Oracle Cloud offerings• Personally owned the sales effort at major clients that generated over $30 million in bookings

Round Rock, Texas, Us

As the Global SAP Practice Leader, I set the overall strategy and direction for the total Dell SAP business including hardware, cloud, software, and services. My responsibilities included pre-sales, sales, alliances, strategy, talent management, global delivery, and client relationships.I owned consulting, implementation, and managed services for all SAP solutions including ERP, CRM, HCM, and BI products. Key customers included: Treehouse Foods, Triumph Group, Dana, Graphics Packaging, Verso Paper, Novelis, Siemens, Honeywell, SeaWorld, Sony, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and University of KentuckyIn 2016 this practice had over 500 FTE's delivering $75 million in annual revenue at over 100 active customers.• Achieved more than 100% revenue growth and 150% profitability growth from 2010 to 2016 • Managed delivery of over 1,000 successful client projects at over 250 unique customers• Managed long term support relationships for 50 different customers that delivered average annual savings of 10% in Total Cost of Ownership• Established a Strategic Global Alliance between Dell and SAP focused on delivering increased revenue opportunities.• Led the strategy, definition, development, and implementation of productized service offering in the areas of SAP HANA and SAP Cloud Products.• Personally, owned Client Relationships at some of the largest customers representing over $250million in revenue over this period.• Managed the acquisition and integration of two different SAP consultancies based in Germany and China.• Established Global Delivery Centers in Mexico, India, Slovakia and Romania.

As the Global Practice Leader I directed all the managed service business across SAP, Oracle, Infor, and Microsoft solutions with responsibility for sales, solutions, pre-sales, alliances, strategy, analyst relations, delivery and talent management. I started this business unit inside Perot Systems in 2006 and drove over 300% revenue growth over a 4-year period. Significant customers included Boeing, Owens & Minor, Graphics Packaging, United Technologies, Enterprise Rental Car, Harvard Pilgrim, Graphics Packaging, and Verso Paper.• Sold, transitioned, and managed over 30 new managed service customers over four years. • Achieved a 95% renewal rate for existing managed service contracts.• Led the strategy, definition, development, and implementation of productized service offering in the areas of managed service delivery.• Personally, owned client relationships at some of the largest customers representing over $300million in total contract value• Managed the startup of services for customers with operations in US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, India, and China, including Global Delivery Centers for Application Managed Services in Mexico and India

Owned client relationships, sales processes, and program delivery process for business consulting, Supply Chain and SAP implementation programs at major clients in the Commercial industry. The business consulting projects included Business Case, Business Process Reengineering, Transformation Roadmaps, and Software Selections. Supply Chain implementations involved the implementation of demand planning, distribution planning, production scheduling, and transportation planning packages from i2, and Manugistics. The SAP implementation programs were full suite projects at major clients included: MeadWestvaco, Sentry Safe, Omnova, Coca Cola Bottling Consolidated, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.• Personally, sold and managed $15 million in project services revenue annually.• Supply Chain reengineering work at Coca Cola Bottling Consolidated was featured in the 2003 Perot Systems annual report.• Led teams of 50 – 100 FTE’s on multi-year implementation programs.• All projects managed were 100% referenceable• Received 2005 Consultant of the year award for Business Consulting

Hired to start the Supply Chain consulting practice, focused on the implementation of i2, Manugistics, Oracle, and SAP APO. Created strategic and operating plans, developed marketing, sold and supported execution of offerings, built relationships with software vendors, and managed practice operations, including personnel and customer delivery.I grew the Supply Chain Practice to 50 consultants with over $15 million in annual revenue over a 3-year period. • I personally sold and managed a project for our largest account, Coca Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, which reengineered the entire supply chain with the implementation of Supply Chain Solutions from Manugistics.I also played leadership roles on the following projects:• Baker Furniture – Oracle EBS implementation• Domino Sugar – ERP implementation• International Paper – Supply chain assessment• GE Plastics – Oracle EBS implementation• Calgon Carbon – ERP software selection• Ciba Vision – ERP and Supply chain solution software selection

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Managed all ERP business applications for the global operations of this worldwide manufacturer of removable disk storage for the PC industry.• I developed a global IT operations strategy for Verbatim that recommended a global prototype and rollout of SAP’s R/3 financial, distribution and manufacturing applications. The benefits identified were in the magnitude of $3 - $5 million annually.• I completed a Due Diligence Review of the IT operations of a European acquisition. • Conducted an operational review of the existing implementation of Oracle Applications in France, England, and Ireland.

Dublin 2, Ie

I had leadership roles on the following projects• Dr Pepper Snapple – SAP implementation planning project• National Gypsum – ERP Business Case and software selection• Planters LifeSavers – SAP implementation / Supply Chain Implementation / Business Process Reengineering• Champion Aviation – ERP implementation• Glaxo – Business Process Reengineering• Novo Nordisk – Procurement Strategic Assessment• Guilford Mills – ERP Implementation