Tom Chambers Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx

Houston, Texas Area

APICS is a supply chain professional society.Served the organization in multiple roles, including VP of Communications, VP of Membership, Treasurer, and webmaster.

Houston, Tx

➤ Hired specifically to lead a project for an aircraft engine manufacturer. ➤ Project team consisted primarily of senior / PhD-level individuals with experience working at NASA, US Department of Defense, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft.

Houston, Tx

Continental Express, Inc was spun off from Continental Airlines in April 2002 to create ExpressJet Airlines, and it continued to do business as Continental Express. During my tenure, it was listed on Fortune’s list of most admired U.S. airlines, recognizing four consecutive years with compound annual revenue growth exceeding 25%. It operated 274 regional jets in 108 cities in the U. S., Canada, and Mexico.Led the specification, selection, and successful implementation the following mission-critical systems, to support the growth of ExpressJet and its spin-off from Continental Airlines: ➤Maintenance, Engineering, and Inventory Systems -- supporting 1,600 employees in the Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Warehousing, and Finance departments. ➤ Enterprise Reporting System -- provided report creation and distribution for a number of ExpressJet's enterprise systems.➤ Accounts Payable Support System -- provided invoice data capture for both the inventory and accounting systems.Supported the specification, selection and successful implementation of:➤ Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) System -- Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll, and Purchasing modules, supporting all 8,000 employees in the company. Developed the following systems to satisfy operational, audit, and SOX compliance requirements:➤ Marketing Intelligence -- market share and competitor analysis by market.➤ Inventory Valuation Analysis System➤ Manpower Reporting System➤ Forward Passenger Booking AnalysisSpecific responsibilities and accomplishments included the following:➤ Led projects with budgets of up to $10,000,000 and fully-dedicated teams of up to 17 people.➤ Negotiated license and consulting agreements and managed vendor relationships.

Houston, Tx

Reviewed financial performance for the following business units of Continental Express: Flight Operations (pilots); Inflight (flight attendants); Airports; Maintenance & Technical Services; and Material Services (Purchasing and Warehousing). Responsible for budgeting and financial review of 96 airports and four crew bases.Oversaw the preparation of rolling forecasts; month end closings; financial reporting; and annual capital, manpower & expense planning. Responsible for the financial oversight of a $100 million spare parts inventory consisting 24,000 unique part numbers.➤ Identified surplus aircraft parts that were subsequently sold for $6 million.Completed a 4 year inventory transaction review and inventory valuation audit within a four month period in support ExpressJet’s audit requirements for its spinoff / IPO. ➤ Praised by the ExpressJet CFO repeatedly over many years for my efforts. ➤ Told by the E&Y audit partner that we had successfully completed an impossible task.

Houston, Tx

Reviewed the performance of Continental Airlines' Flight Operations, Inflight, International, Marketing, and Reservations Divisions.Served in a Continental Airlines division of eight people responsible for merging the operations of three independent commuter airlines into Continental Express.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Business Administration, Computer Science