O3 is a Manufacturing Operations Management Edge Computing Platform designed to automate the last mile of manufacturing. O3 orchestrates machine, man, material, method in a lean framework that digitally connects the shop floor to the value chain. Applying analytics & AI in real time to thousands of tags, from hundreds of machines, O3 acts as a co-pilot calling stakeholders to the right action at the right time. Listening not just hearing machines, O3 dynamically tunes production parameters to maximize availability performance and quality. Converging Lean and AI, with next generation IOT connectivity, O3 is an operational excellence platform that helps manufacturers conserve resources while driving productivity and efficiency. O3 plays the role of an orchestration platform while providing a single-point-of-truth for the enterprise.

Next Generation Smart Manufacturing (Converging MES + LEAN Ops + Industrial Data Ops)

Reporting to the CRO Tarik had global responsibility for Emerging Business including Commerce, Workforce & Edge Computing.

Angel Investor focusing on the startup market in Egypt.

As General Manager of Infor’s then newly created India, Middle East & Africa (IMEA) Business Unit, Tarik Taman was entrusted to create a new high growth emerging market region. Tarik managed Infor’s direct and channel businesses across all 12 of the company’s verticals in 75 countries. Opening offices in Tunisia, Egypt, UAE, Saudi, & India Tarik’s tenure highlights include 45% growth while growing the team from 50 to 250 people. Tarik was based in Dubai reporting to Infor’s President.

Tarik previously served as Infor’s General Manager of Human Capital and was responsible for acquiring and unifying 5 separate companies into a leading End 2 End HCM player. Tarik lead the acquisition team’s due diligence & integration of investments topping 300 Million USD. Tarik was responsible for all aspects of the business including Strategy, Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Support & consulting. Under Tarik’s leadership Lawson (HR & Payroll), Certpoint (LMS), Peopleanswer (Talent Optimization), Enwisen (HR Shared Services), and Workbrain (Time & Attendance/Scheduling) converged into the marketplaces most comprehensive human capital management offering. Tarik Taman had direct responsibility and management of a global development team of over 200 engineers and transformed a primarily on-premise offering to a true mult-tenant SaaS solution while growing license revenue 40%+ per annum. Tarik was based in Minnesota reporting to Infor’s President.

As CEO & Director of Quantum Retail a supply chain optimization startup, Tarik led the firms growth from 2 to 10M USD, from 1 to 5 customers, from 15 to 50 employees all while producing 7 figure net earnings without taking outside capital. He was responsible for all aspects of the business, and prepared the company for sustainable market share growth. Tarik was based in Minnesota reporting to the Board of Directors.

Tarik served as Group Vice President (M6) EMEA for Oracles first Global Industry Business (Retail). After being acquired in a bidding war between Oracle & SAP, Tarik was retained to manage the division’s second largest region. Tarik Integrated Retek, & Profitlogic into Oracle Corp and was responsible for managing all EMEA customers. Tarik grew the organization from 15 resources in 2 countries to 80 in 22 countries. During his tenure highlights include increasing customer count from 18 in 4 countries to 55 customers in 25 countries, Increased 1st year license bookings YOY by 250%, and Increased total revenue (License, Support & Consulting) in 3 years from 45M USD to 100M USD.

Vice President, Europe Middle East Africa Promoted to General Manager of the company’s second largest region Responsibility for managing sales, service, and support relationships with all EMEA customers Given mandate to reduce cost & turnaround poor trailing 6 quarters Downsized sales & consulting resources by aprox 50% Participated on company executive committee Lead company’s business model transformation from low volume high price point Tier 1 enterprise, to higher volume lower price point best of breed go to market approach

Vice President North America  Promoted to directly managing the company’s largest region, encompassing US$130M in annual revenue Responsibility for managing sales, service, development, and maintenance relationships with all North American customers and prospects Responsibility for all sales, forecasting, contract negotiations, field strategy, messaging, referencability, cash flow, and the North American ecosystem Participated on company executive strategy board Highlights: Booked 55 Million software license contracts Simultaneously achieved 130% of license bookings goal while downsizing team by 50% Achieved 125% of consulting bookings goal Managed end-to-end relationships with two 8-figure contracts  Managed 18 total transactions Successfully negotiated 2 potentially very harmful customer satisfaction issues back to referencabilityDirector of Sales Grocery, Drug and C-Store Promoted to being responsible for entering new retail sub vertical, including creating sales and marketing strategy, designing vertical industry solution, executing go-to-market initiatives, and ensuring solution delivery. Booked 24 Million in software license contracts. Simultaneously achieved 128% of goal while downsizing. Managed end-to-end relationship with one 8-figure contract. Managed 7 total transactions. Successfully negotiated company’s most challenging customer satisfaction issue back to referencabilityDirector of Sales Softlines/Apparel Promoted to being responsible for maintaining and growing companies largest sub-vertical. Booked 18 Million in software license contracts Achieved 136% of goal Managed 9 total transactionsMajor Account Client Executive  Managed the two largest and most complicated sales cycles in company history (Department of Defense and Gap Inc.) Lead on both 12 month negotiation cycles Booked 45 Million in software license contracts Achieved 345% of goal  Managed 7 total transactions

1997–1999 Lawson Software St. Paul, MNNational Accounts - Sales Manager Healthcare Promoted to Manage National Accounts Sales Team - Targeting Multi-Billion Dollar Integrated Delivery Networks and HMO’s Responsibility for growing new target account concept Booked 6.7 Million in software license contracts Achieved 125% of goal Managed 4 total transactions Top 10% of Regional Sales ManagersNational Account Executive Healthcare Promoted to seed new national account concept from previous regional coverage model. Booked 3.1 Million in software license contracts Achieved 117% of goal Managed 2 total transactions Top 5% of AE’sRegional Account Executive Healthcare Responsibility for a 5 state region of first fledgling vertical within company Booked 3 Million in software license contracts Closed one of company’s first 1 Million dollar + deal Achieved 180% of goal Managed 7 total transactions Top 5% of AE’s

Emstat was the leading Electronic Medical Record and Emergency Department Management System. Account Executive Responsible for greenfield territory for young clinical software company with transaction sizes from $100K to 400K Booked 1.2 Million in software license contracts Achieved 120% of goal Managed 2 total transactions # 2 rep in company

Client Manager Responsible for sales and implementation & support for emergency room and ambulatory care clinical software company with transaction sizes from $25K to 150K Sold and implemented over 30 systems Consistently in top two in sales and customer satisfaction

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