Geoffrey Horwitz Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Riverwoods, Il

At The MacMentor we provide the absolute best in Apple device training. With our mentoring sessions we help you integrate your Mac, iPhone iPad and even that fabulous new Apple watch to your life (your business), and the things you do in it, allowing you to get the most out of your technology and be as productive as you desire to be.

Deerfield Il

DUNK! is a networking/relationship building group, we meet once a month, 3rd Friday. Founded by Larry Rosenthal, Geoff Horwitz, Alan Waner and Eric Zitron.

Deerfield Il

Co-Founder of the Advisory Group D.A.M.N (Dynamic Alternative Mentoring Network). THE D.A.M.N team will help you build your networking skills as well as helping you build confidence in who you are. Our mentoring will help bring out your passions. You will learn to command your audience, to make your audience your sales-force, learn to be remembered and become the go to person in your profession.

Deerfield, Il

Former Member, Board of Directors for the DBR Chamber of Commerce.

Northrook, Il

Providing guidance and leadership to consumers and businesses that seek assistance with their iOS and Mac Solution. Leader of Apple Camp for Teens ages 8-15, where kids learned how to create music on GarageBand and movies using iMovie.

Guiding and providing leadership to a team of on-shore and off-shore employees and contractors within the HRIS team...The team provides technical and functional support for the SAP CRM and BI systems used by the Abbott HR team.

Successfully help launch SITA Corp.'s Business Infrastructure Virtualization Practice; guided the development of offerings in the following areas: Operating System Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Storage Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization. Engaged with clients to provide architecture, consulting and implementation services. Working closely with virtualization team to create "packaging" services to encapsulate applications for vendors. Building partnerships with virtualization vendorsWorking with clients to assess their virtualization requirements

Built an impressive record of achievements and advancements for this global consulting company. Rated as above average performer received awards for project team initiatives and chosen for new key initiatives based on consistent contributions in establishing credibility and confidence throughout an organization in regards to production direction, marketing, introduction and adoption.Successfully led multiple project teams to on time and under budget implementationsIncluding Portal and Content Management projects leading a team of consultants doing content modeling and content architecture design.Part of team that led SAP revenue growth by close to 25% within one year.Spearheaded SDN like developer network within Accenture. Recipient of internal awards for client and consultant success.

Built and successfully launched the Netweaver portal practice. Engaged in scoping portal initiatives, interacting directly with clients and consultants on the planning and implementation of the SAP Portal, and confirming consistent adherence to the SAP ASAP methodology. He worked closely with consultant teams conducting requirements gathering and business review workshops. Key customers that Geoff supported as part of the portal practice included the Center for Disease Control (CDC), McKesson - Pharma Division, Verizon - Mobile Phone Division, and Home Depot.Selected accomplishments:Introduced, advocated, and engaged customers. Created best practices for the SAP Enterprise Portal.Drove the growth of the consultant ecosystem by 100%IBM Small Mid-Market SAP Group2006I was engaged in a project for a medical device company that included the cost justification for implementation of the SAP Enterprise Portal, Business Intelligence (BI), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) modules. He was responsible for creating the roadmap of prioritized initiatives, business opportunities, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and solution dependencies, as well as the high level implementation plan for all of these SAP modules based on business value to this mid-sized medical supply manufacturer.

2004 to 2006Portal Project Manager having full leadership and accountability for the successful implementation of a collaboration and communication platform for business units within Symbol Technologies to drive efficiencies and effectiveness through the SAP Enterprise Portal. To accomplish this, worked closely with the various business unit leaders to define portal requirements. He successfully led the portal team, consisting of six consultants and six company employees, throughout the implementation of CRM Opportunity Management, Employee Self-Service and Manager Self-Service, cRoom functionality, TREX (search) functionality and Knowledge Management (KM) functionality. This SAP implementation effort included the integration of eleven existing intranet sites into the portal KM platform.Selected accomplishments:Built a governance model for Portal, completely streamlining and optimizing team interaction with key constituents. Established and led Community Managers in implementing an industry portal, providing team members with a centralized means to access pertinent information.

Greater Chicago Area

Led numerous proof of concepts for SAP EP 5.

While at Top Tier was involved with pre-sales consulting and proof of concept portal implementations. Was certified for all levels of the Top Tier Portal technology. When Top Tier was purchased by SAP, Geoff joined SAP's Midwest Portal Implementations Team. As a senior consultant with SAP, he led numerous Enterprise Portal v5.0 efforts including customers such as Dow Corning, Wrigley, Entegris and Molex.

I was a Powerbuilder Subject Matter expert as well as a Sybase DBA

Bachelors, Liberal Arts And Sciences

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies