Plex automates the plant floor and informs the top floor. Our manufacturing cloud ERP software is designed from the ground up connecting suppliers, machines, materials, people, systems, and customers. Focusing on the unique requirements of discrete and process manufacturing, the Plex Manufacturing Cloud delivers production control, inventory management, supply chain management, and more so you can be more competitive, efficient, and responsive to your customers needs.As GVP of Cloud Operations, I am responsible for managing and maturing Cloud Operations in order to provide a hosting framework that enables the best in class SaaS ERP solution in the world. - Availability: Monitor and manage with the view of the customer- Reliability: Mature our operational best practices- Scalability: Meet the growth of our customer demand- Security: Design security and compliance into everything we doAs GVP of Release Management, I ensure that we have well defined release processes as well as excellent internal and external communication around everything Plex produces.

Responsible for the architecture and hosting of all facilities, infrastructure and platforms supporting all Sears online properties. Design and implement agile solutions that enable the transformation of traditional IT verticals into an integrated retail platform. Drive efficiencies into the development, release management and support organizations by establishing end to end repeatable processes which are supported by accurate and timely analytics. Work across all divisions in the company to eliminate redundancies built up from legacy operating models.

Responsible globally for all IT services within Novartis servicing Client deployment and support, Infrastructure hosting, Email and Collaboration platforms, Networking, Security Operations and Mobility services. Special focus on building and implementing a global infrastructure hosting organization with a focus of providing highly scalable, reliable, GxP and SOX compliant platforms. Migrated the organization from a totally outsourced hosting service into a more agile and mature internal/contracted/outsourced employee and vendor solution. Ensured technical capabilities and design ownership were brought back in-house, allowing the company to be more responsive to fast paced industry demands and customer needs.

Responsible for defining, developing, and driving a company-wide mandate for all online applications to adopt the Windows Azure platform. Manage a consulting and development organization (25+ employees) to create stop gap guidance and solutions for the Windows Azure Platform in order to mitigate development, design and operations blockers the platform may have.

Delivered the Live Mesh application as part of an executive research project which was tasked to model how a next generation online application development organization should function. Developed and executed the strategy of how operational processes should be integrated into the design, development, test and product release phases for the application.

Chartered to manage Microsoft.com as the primary showcase of scale and functionality for Microsoft products and establishing repeatable operational best practices that could be shared and replicated throughout the industry. Managed a 120 person engineering organization for Microsoft’s Server and Tools division.