PROFILEA highly experienced, senior IT manager with a strong track record of strategic leadership, global organization development, relationship building and clear communications. Extensive experience across numerous business and functional areas of Procter & Gamble, with recent focus on Research and Development. Strategic thinker, with the ability to conceptualize ideas into a plan to successfully drive business results. Highly experienced in constructive cost reduction, including leveraging onshore and offshore business models to deliver outstanding results while lowering costs.AREAS OF EXPERTISE Knowledge Management: 10 years experience leveraging all facets of Knowledge Management, including collaboration, communities, knowledge capture/sharing, search, processes and state-of-the-art tools.  Offshoring/Outsourcing: Led the development of P&G’s offshore patent analysis capability, with two vendors and 45 people in India, and a 10-person P&G organization in Bangalore.  Shared Services/Service Management: Created and managed numerous global services as a P&G Service Manager.  Business Transformation: Led major business transformation and process improvement efforts, including creation of the Knowledge and Collaboration Services organization.  Cost Reduction: Extensive experience lowering costs in a constructive way resulting in $75M in cost savings/avoidance over five years. Global IT Leadership: Experienced leading large, diverse global organizations, with a strong track record of delivering results across all functional areas of P&G.