Tim Rutherford Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, WI, US

Folsom, California, US

Contract-to-hire with FujiFilm Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI)Projects and responsibilities include:- Manage the implementation of a new ITSM service catalog.- Support the implementation of a configuration management database (CMDB).- Support implementation of IT Infrastructure for new building in partnership with the IT Infrastructure Manager. - Includes.

• Lead participants through a strategy-focused business simulation within an ERP framework, highlighting the impact of their decisions across functions like manufacturing, supply chain management, finance, and.
• Design and facilitate ERP simulation workshops, aligning IT and business strategy, emphasizing resource optimization, data-driven decision-making, and change management.
• Analyze ERP transaction data, supporting teams in optimizing production, marketing, and financial resources for improved outcomes.
• Lead simulations of new ERP processes, showcasing the value of IT portfolio optimization in driving business efficiencies and reducing operational costs.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Chaired the Global Architectural Review Board (GARB) to ensure the completeness of artifacts in the EA repository, enhancing strategic IT alignment.
• Served on the Cloud Technology Assessment Review Team, contributing to secure and efficient cloud technology implementations.
• Partnered with portfolio and domain Enterprise Architects to document business priorities and maintain key attributes of global IT entities, driving optimization and rationalization of the IT landscape.
• Enforced architecture principles, guidelines, standards, and patterns, ensuring compliance and quality of information captured in the EA repository.
• Facilitated Business Architecture modeling on projects as needed, using TOGAF methodology and LeanIX EA metamodel structure to align IT with business strategies.
• Led training for broader IT teams on the EA Repository tool, promoting consistent documentation practices and enhancing organizational knowledge.Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion / DEI Advocate:

• Led SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation workshops, guiding corporate and academic clients through complex ERP migrations and integrations.
• Conducted change management exercises, preparing clients for new processes and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Developed and delivered ERP simulation courses, emphasizing strategy and competitive advantage using SAP S/4HANA, and authored a widely-used textbook on ERP strategy.
• Facilitated hands-on learning of SAP ERP systems, bridging business processes and IT capabilities for 1000s of students and numerous corporate clients.
• Managed multiple teams in ERP simulation environments, fostering collaboration and strategic decision-making to achieve profitability and efficiency.
• Created supplementary educational resources, including a strategy-oriented ERPsim YouTube channel and online materials, reaching a global audience.Contract employment at the following:Wichita State University, Wichita.

Orchard Park, New York, US

• Established first web-enhanced courses consolidating direction and expectations yielding consistent results
• Selected, coached, supervised, and trained instructors for standardized content delivery across all sections
• Developed student’s professional soft skills and employment documents in preparation for internships

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Managed integration of AS400 and Oracle systems, ensuring comprehensive data access and regulatory compliance.
• Co-developed a real-time “bridge” between Oracle Ecommerce and mainframe-oriented CSRs, enhancing system interoperability.
• Provided Tier 4 technical support and led QA testing for new products and legal compliance across all 50 states.
• Conducted data analysis for legal proceedings and developed documentation to support compliance efforts.
• Managed project-testing changes to major functionality of web, mainframe, and desktop applications.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to implement new products and regulatory changes, ensuring timely delivery.

• Gathered project’s business requirements using non-technical terms following a bottom-up approach
• Interpreted requirements to create & submit RFP on behalf of client as “Rutherford Advisory Group”
• Computer Networking, Telephone Systems, ERP Solutions, WAN/LAN, etc.
• Matrixed & rated vendors to meet feature, process, strategic, & implementation requirements
• Presented findings to organization decision makers with “pros and cons” for top 3 vendors

• Ensured that our client's IT strategy aligned with its business goals. Analyzed business needs, and the external environment, and worked with stakeholders, management, and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) to develop and.
• Transformed from an uncertified Novell Netware shop to a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider
• Standardized & led the transition from custom-built “Frankenstein” workstations & servers (1998) to:
• Consistent hardware from reliable vendors within custom-built workstations & servers (1999)
• Consistent hardware led to reduced labor costs with image-based OS deployment
• Reduced on-site struggles to find drivers and support for inconsistent hardware

• Migrated complicated multi-day “paper and pencil” payroll process to 45 minute digital task

• While most websites were static “information only” pages, pioneered PHP with MySQL dynamic websites o Implemented the very first fully searchable online dating website o Won 3 awards from Microsoft in the 1996 Activate.
• Streamlined several highly specialized technical processes into one fully automated and simple process

• As SAP released its first non-mainframe Windows-based relational database:
• Developed & coded full "Cash to Cash" dBase IV ERP system using original architecture & logic
• Based on per item forecast: developed electronic MRP to procurement to production process
• Utilized common database (MRP, production, etc.) to create production schedule, packing slips, etc.
• Tracked basic P&L bookkeeping across company – created original ad-hoc financial statements(We didn’t call it “ERP” or “MRP” back then, it was designing and coding database software to run the manufacturing company!)

Master Of Business Administration, Mba, Training And Development, International Business, Business Writing

Ba, European History