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Chicago, Il, Us

Executive IT organization leader for Eaglemark Savings Bank of Harley-Davidson, a global consumer and commercial financial services family of companies. Digital Champion delivering technology to market, sell, issue, and service motorcycle retail loans and insurance products; to provide and service dealership commercial loans, incentive and loyalty programs, and dealership retail operations; and, finally, to ensure compliant technology for banking operations.Select Achievements:● Digital: Led the revitalization of consumer loan origination process that had been in place for two decades, aimed at providing improved support for dealers and riders. This effort resulted in a fully digitized loan origination experience, enabling consumers to apply for credit, customize rates, terms, down payments, and protection products. Notably, it marked the first instance where an H-D motorcycle could be purchased online.● Cloud: Executive champion driving Global 'Exit the Data Center' strategy. The program modernizes over 700 application workloads to the cloud eliminating the high-cost and reliance on legacy infrastructure and local/regional data center facilities.● IBM Cloud Council: Founding member of the IBM Cloud Council where a select 12 members aid IBM in growing their private and public cloud capabilities to compete in this fast-growing market.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Accomplished Fortune 500 senior IT business partner, trusted advisor, and technology leader with repeated success building high performing teams and systems globally. Accountable for strategic technology directions, cloud infrastructure, data & analytics team and global technology operations for 5,000+ employees across seven manufacturing locations in two countries and eight corporate/non-dealer locations in five countries. Select Achievements:● Connected Products: Led the IT architecture design and build to enable Harley-Davidsons first connected vehicle platform. This platform supported Electric and Touring vehicles globally. The platform provided riders with feature-rich tools and experiences: stolen vehicle notification, charging notifications and exciting awards tracking. ● Azure Cloud: Decision maker on the direction to modernize H-D infrastructure to the Cloud. Evaluated all cloud providers and cost scenarios, built business case and gained cross-functional support to exit our data centers around the world.● Innovation: Pioneered first IoT Visual Inspection solution to analyze painted parts for defects not seen by manual inspection stations; applied leverage automation (RPA) to automate delivery of infrastructure services for customers.● Strategic Planning: Hand-selected to join CEO’s “Gang of 11” charged with developing strategic initiatives to generate $2B in new value; modernized retail operations, devised five-year product plan, and identified strategic partners.● SAP Advisory Board: Played critical role on SAP Automotive Advisory Council; served as Steering Team Member with responsibility to direct SAP on enhancements and features needed to support Automotive market

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

As the Director of ERP Program Delivery, I supervised the Global Delivery Team and was responsible for six portfolios, including Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, IT, Finance, and ERP. I managed a group of staff and consultants who partnered with our internal business stakeholders to align unique business processes with innovative technology solutions. I also implemented and maintained effective working relationships with business and technology infrastructure partners to guarantee we achieved our global initiatives.Select Achievements:● Director of Innovation: Coordinated with senior leaders and CIO to build new department; liaised with IT thought leaders, strategic suppliers, and internal SMEs to innovate new business processes, technologies, and digital opportunities.● Change Management: Revamped IT delivery organization to achieve high level of excellence by implementing strong scope governance, health assessments, clearer role clarity, financial reporting best practices, and solution design reviews.● Project Delivery: Successfully executed SAP ERP Global Template blueprint while serving as Project Champion to support needs of Harley-Davidson US, EMEA and APAC manufacturing and sales offices.● SAP Implementation: Managed project to establish SAP in two US final assembly plants with full shop floor integration including just-in-time inventory, automated wireless carts, and a no-fault forward quality solution integrated with wireless torque tools.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

In this role, I led efforts to enhance our operations by aligning the business strategy, line of business capabilities, and information technology investments. The role called on me to implement various technologies to solve financial and business services problems. I also managed application and infrastructure implementation and business re-engineering tasks.Select Achievements:● Business Solutions: Architected and established various business solutions to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and maintain revenue growth.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Earlier in my career, I guided new product deployment and efforts to strengthen mission-critical information technology operating environments including AIX, Windows, VMWare, iSeries and data storage environments. I also provided effective leadership, management, and coaching to 12 direct reports.Select Achievements:● Team Leadership: Earned recognition for outstanding leadership skills and rare combination of integrity, growth-minded thinking, creativity, and discipline.

In my role as President of the WGFD Board I was accountable to fund, staff and equip the WGFD full-time and volunteer member's to be able to adequately support the communities of Wales and Genesee Wisconsin. I ran monthly meetings, approved expenditures, evaluated merger opportunities, develop vehicle replacement plans and worked with elected officials to improve the Fire and EMS services for the community.

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Business, Management Information Systems

Certified Enterprise Architect (Cea), Computer Science

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