Stephen Barone, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Senior Officer responsible for Leading organization through a digital and business transformation to drive efficiency across our capabilities, while setting us up for forward looking digitalization of CRE. Pushing forth direction, strategy and programs around HCM, ERP, ECM and digital marketing, including our global website. ►Directed multiple RFP processes to delivery cost efficiencies for both SaaS cost as well as system integrator for both ERP and Workday.►Created and directed a newly formed Operations Committee to provide governance and structure to strategic initiatives. ►Managed Digital transformation budget of $10M and a team of 75 across all real estate disciplines. Driving operational efficiencies and estimated cost savings of $3M, with long range ROI over 150%. ►Managed and delivered new ERP platform, streamlining our front and back office operations. ►Led the implementation of Workday HCM with the SVP of HR. Deployed the full suite of modules and move to new HR Business Partner for payroll and benefits administration. ►Implemented complete Enterprise Content platform integrated with ERP product suite for delivery of key documentation in a mobile, user friendly SharePoint tool. ►Spearheaded the launch of new global website, including enhanced capabilities for stronger brand recognition and call to action.►Streamlined to revenue process, while enhancing the forecasting capabilities. Drove adoption of leasing CRM platform in conjunction with pushing out a rolling 2 year revenue forecast. ►Participated as key speaker at numerous industry event and webinars for ERP, HCM and Commercial Real Estate.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Executive IT leadership role accountable all technology in support of Business Development, CRM and Marketing, including lead generation, nurturing and customer experience efforts as well as establishing and maintaining the productive and value driven relationship between Information Technology and the business community; Support and align IT, Service Lines and corporate departments and help balance expectations, priorities, service levels and investment; Manage $20M Operational and Capital Expenditure budgets annually; Direct Global IT teams of 30, including Directors, Project Managers and business analysts, in support of all Regions and Service Lines totaling $5B in annual revenue. Team make up is both FTE and consultant, both on and off shore. Promoted within 12 months to be accountable to largest service offering. ►Found new opportunity to enhance customer satisfaction by creating the IT strategy for global Salesforce implementation in conjunction with Global CIO and Business Unit senior leadership.►Increased new revenue generation more than $25M and cost savings of an estimated $4M by creating a 5-year technology roadmap for global Salesforce, including mobilization, identity management, data initiatives and business development platform.►Lead technology direction for the global marketing efforts, including content management, responsive design and creation of new global digital footprint.►Building Marketing Architecture Platform to drive innovation within digital space. Focus on SiteCore, Coveo and Azure services. ►Created new capability with deployment globally Marketing Automation with Pardot.►Provide IT leadership on integration efforts surrounding revenue recognition for Americas business, which represents 2/3 EBITA. ►Drive implementation of new global intranet, focusing on ease of use, integration of 2 organizations and regional variations.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Senior IT leadership role accountable for establishing and maintaining the productive and value driven relationship between Information Technology and the business community; Support and align IT, Service Lines and corporate departments and help balance expectations, priorities, service levels and investment; Manage $8M Operational and Capital Expenditure budgets annually; Direct Global IT teams of 30, including Directors, Project Managers and business analysts, in support of multiple Service Lines totaling $100M in annual revenue. Promoted within 10 months to be accountable to largest service line. ►Direct development of IT strategy in conjunction with Global CIO and Business Unit senior leadership to drive Global expansion for multiple Service Lines, including Valuation and Advisory and Corporate Occupier and Investor Services.►Created 5 year strat plan for global enterprise platforms within service lines, including mobilization, data initiatives and cloud based architecture, providing new revenue generation in excess of $4M and cost savings of an estimated $2.5M►Led BI initiatives, using Qlikview, MS SQL and SAP Data services. Incorporated internal and external data sources to provide client and internal facing views of actionable data. ►Collaborate with IT Governance to implement IT control standards, including DR/BCP, incident management, software release management and information protection to align with Sarbanes-Oxley, SSAE 16 and IT compliance in accordance with ITIL practices.►Provide IT leadership on global ERP implementation, reducing TCO by one third and driving business efficiencies across multiple regions enabling agility and service line growth. ►Lead team in strategy / planning / development / implementation of the following custom and cloud based applications: SharePoint, SalesForce.com, Argus Enterprise, Property Tax platform, Job tracking custom application and desktop Valuation reporting modules as well as ERP applications.

RESPONSIBILITIESDeliver overall vision and leadership for development and implementation of innovative programs that support the Supply Chain Management including; Operations, Distribution, Finance, Fleet, Travel/Meeting Planning; overall organization’s strategic goals and increase operating efficiencies while adapting to new requirements and strategic /operational plans; establish business alignment in all areas as a result of collaborative and value-add approach; manage $10-15M Operational and Capital Expenditure budgets annually; direct domestic IS team.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Direct domestic IS team of 15 that performs monthly B2B commerce product detail coding, totaling $2B in spend annually. Moving into international space to help drive leverage and into unit pricing savings worth $7-8M annually and revenue of $280M .► Collaborate on strategic ARAMARK PMOs with cost savings estimated at $20-25M to drive organizational efficiencies in Procurement, Performance Management and Work Force Effectiveness. ► Manage $3.5M program/product teams to replace Legacy Account Receivable / Accrual Accounting processes and applications and direct new process reengineering using Oracle and Cognos BI. ► Member of GS1 Foodservice Standards Initiative Advisory Board. Implementation of data attributes to manage data across Supply Chain more efficiently with saves estimated at $10-15M.► Intranet/Internet site support, including analytics, SEO and maintenance with focus on providing operations access to specified products through approved distribution channels. ► Lead Agile program to implement Cognos BI compliance management tool, increasing purchasing compliance to 97% and $3.5M annually in cost savings and NVDs.

RESPONSIBILITIESDirect IS/IT group of 4 users responsible for information services and project management, as well as operational support of a department that generates over $270 M in annual revenue for a 12B dollar organization. Manage, assist and lead the Supply Chain Management business owners in the creation of strategic business cases and high-level requirements for projects of varying budgets and complexity using PMI and SDLC processes. Responsible for annual budget preparation and oversight of over $8 M in project work as well as $1.5 M operational P&L budget. Help to align all functional areas including; Purchasing, Distribution, Operations and Finance to meet the needs of all groups and ARAMARK through project management and collaboration. Direct the activities of business, technical and programming personnel on assigned projects and daily operations. Also directed consulting / contractor resources where required.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Manage application portfolio which include data coding, financial, fleet management, supplier management and many more.► Support teams consist of business analysts, application developers and managers in 2 departments.► Over 3 million records coded and verified monthly which is around 2 B in spend.► Delivered custom built Oracle financial application for which over $270 M in revenue is generated.► Managed successful delivery of vendor approval/authorization application that is used by all ARAMARK Locations.

RESPONSIBILITIESSupervise LAN/WAN design, implementation & management for data centers, corporate office, 75+ remote offices, extranet.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Oversee, coordinate and provide appropriate support and consultation to various ARAMARK on multiple IT implementations, both data and voice.► Conducts preliminary qualifications and design criteria of LANs, WANs, VPNs and other data communications capabilities, coordinating as appropriate with Quality Control personnel and business unit personnel from End User to Senior Executive levels.

RESPONSIBILITIESWorked with organizations such as ARAMARK, Right Management, The Rose Group and others on critical applications that AECIO hosted and supported. Consulted for customers on all IT infrastructure projects and hosted applications. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Network team lead for PeopleSoft implementation for Right Management. ► Delivered Fiber optic backbone with Dell Brocade switches and 15 windows 2000 Servers for PeopleSoft Application.► Designed, supported & maintained networking infrastructure: 99.9% availability for web hosting application.Configuration of Cisco routing and switching hardware: PIX, 6500 series switches, 2600 series routers for Rose Group► Configured and Maintained Windows 2000 Domain infrastructure for customer base, including, Exchange 2000, SQL Server 2000, IIS and all other applications.

RESPONSIBILITIESEstablished, maintained, and optimized network performance by installation / repair, and researching and upgrades of software, network operating systems, and equipment. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Designed implemented, maintained and trouble shoot Exchange/Sendmail environment for 300+ local and remote users.► Define, build, configure, & maintain Win2K Domain Structure, DNS, Active Directory, and NTFS permissions.► Project lead for the Windows NT to Windows 2000 Domain migration.► Delivered and deployed Blackberry enterprise server and service for Senior Executive team.► Implemented and maintained Norton Antivirus Enterprise Edition.► Primary technical contact for 3rd party Windows NT system for data collection and storage (Government use).► Installation of hardware, software, drivers, OS patches, etc. on Server, Desktop, and Laptop machines on monthly basis with 0% downtime.► Established help-desk process for capture of current IT related issues as well as knowledge base.

RESPONSIBILITIESProvided Tier I/II support for Tier 1A clients responsible for $340 Billion in assets under management (5 minute SLA). Led team of 4 users responsible for the daily operational IT needs of Fund Accounting team, which posted the NAV to NASDAQ on a daily basis. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Lead team that provided Tier I/II support for financial clients responsible for accounting and managing 340 billion in assets. ► Project Manager for NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Authentication Domain Migration.► Managed Disaster Recovery activities: maintained integrity of the desktop environment at the "Hotsite".► Documented procedures for several department specific applications/processes.► Provided documentation of activities (problem resolution) in preparation of a centralization of support activities.► Developed an expertise and maintain key knowledge of Information Technology, such as Windows NT 4.0, CICS, TSO, MS Office, Lotus Notes.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Varsity Tennis, Lambda Chi Alphavarsity tennis, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Habitate for Humanity