eCommerce consultant to the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a non-profit automotive trade association in North America. Duties include representing AIAG in standards organizations and North American and global eCommerce projects to ensure that automotive requirements are delivered. • Promote eCommerce concepts within the automotive community.• Lead automotive presence as a member of the Global interoperability test bed methodologies (GITB).• Lead automotive presence in the Open Applications Group (OAGi) in the standards of global XML schemas.• Participate in the Joint Automotive Industry Action Forum (JAI), a collaboration of North American, European, and Japanese automotive interests.

Director of Supply Chain and e-Commerce at AIAG. Duties included overseeing projects where automakers, suppliers, and service providers worked collaboratively to drive cost and complexity from the supply chain via global standards development and harmonized business practices. • Developed generic, item-level RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) recommendation for automotive.• Conducted several AIAG events highlighting materials management, logistics, customs, and regulatory issues for automotive industry.• Developed global returnable container recommendation collaborating with member organizations in Japan and Europe.• Transformed existing AIAG training to e-Learning experiences.

Defined the strategy for the design, development, and implementation of Web Services within Ford Motor Company. Duties included serving as the Chief Architect for Web Services.• Researched and documented relevant Web Service specifications and standards.• Implemented functional, load, and performance testing using 6-Sigma techniques to prove viability of the selected platform.• Documented best practices in Strategy, Design, and Development guides that included a reference application and embedded video for developer ease of use.• Led Ford presence as voting member in the Web Service Interoperability Organization (WS-I).• Led Ford presence as co-chair of the Electronic Commerce Steering Committee in the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG).

Program managed the introduction of advanced messaging technology within Ford Motor Company. Duties included management of technology research projects.• Defined an event-based architecture for a major order-based initiative to replace the 30 year old legacy batch application.• Program managed a manufacturing Kanban application, requiring asynchronous messaging using Microsoft BizTalk. • Implemented the infrastructure (called eHub) and a centralized support staff, for future asynchronous messaging applications.

Managed the proliferation of development tools within Ford Motor Company. Duties included serving as the chair of the internal Ford Motor Company Development Environment Operating Committee.• Interviewed divisional operations and documented existing tools (400 plus).• Led company-wide effort to categorize tools according to an emerging, core, declining, and peripheral scheme.• Conducted several proof of technology projects for emerging technology and made company-wide recommendations.

Managed a large project team that consolidated several divisional manufacturing applications into a single corporate application Duties included project management, technical reviews, business requirements analysis, and quality assurance.• Managed large team (up to 45 personnel) of designers, developers, and testers.• Received several internal awards for IT Systems Excellence.• Launched over 200 application programs (online and batch), successfully.