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I am a strategic and pragmatic enterprise operations executive, recognized for my deep expertise and passion as a specialist in multiple industries, including supply chain, profitability, revenue growth, financial services, and manufacturing.I excel at building relationships across functions and departments to gain a unique understanding of business needs and develop strategies and systems that help businesses move in the right direction to achieve their goals. As a respected subject matter expert and speaker, I am knowledgeable in operational best practices and frameworks, including Six Sigma and Lean, enabling companies to scale quickly without interrupting business.My extensive IT experience allows me to create forward momentum with tech-based business solutions. The opportunity to work with companies ranging from $15M to $15B in revenue across a dozen countries and four continents in manufacturing, distribution, and retail provides a broad perspective and case studies to support decision-making.A few of my proudest accomplishments include:➠ Multiple transformations of IT departments to improve productivity, reduce costs, increase performance and availability, and define collaborative positive cultures that increase employee engagement, satisfaction, and motivation.➠ Authoring multiple technical and process publications and articles focused on the printing and packaging industry.➠ Being an invited speaker at the FPA Executive Conference, Printing United, and EFI Connect User Conference.➠ Leading technical and business process optimization across Finance/Accounting, Customer and Order Management, Production Planning and Scheduling, Procurement, Operations, and Quality Management.➠ Spearheading 15+ ERP implementation projects as an end-to-end project manager, and providing solutions architecture and advisory services across more than 50 other implementations.I thrive in challenging, collaborative environments and cultivate a culture of learning and continual professional development. If we haven’t connected outside of LinkedIn, send me a connection request!