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Chicago, IL, US

Brook Green, London, GB

· Manage dependencies across all stakeholders and contributors within a project to ensure they are kept involved and up-to-date at all stages throughout the project life cycle. Escalate in accordance to the RAG status action plan if any of these dependencies or deadlines may be significantly missed/have an impact on key project milestones.· Track.

Brook Green, London, GB

• Manage deliverables, dependencies, deadlines, and resources throughout projects to achieve milestones and objectives.
• Communicate status to all team members and stakeholders and escalate any issues or risks as needed
• Manage, and support a specific capability/product with continuous improvement of necessary plans, process, and artifacts
• Model, encourage, and support client, company, department, and project management standards and best practice
• Model and encourage company values
• Participate and contribute to deparment meetings, communications, and initiatives

Brook Green, London, GB

• Lead and assist new customer implementations
• Formulate, document, and deliver professional implementation plans
• Identify key project participants and successfully guide individual and group interactions to satisfy expectations, milestones, and deliverables
• Anticipate, address, and remedy challenges and changes to plans
• Complete contract and implementation activities within budget and on time
• Define and document ‘to be’ business flow for the use of the solution

• Creates business solutions with bottom line impact through robust analysis, lean process engineering, focused solution design, enterprise technology integration, implementation, and tight project management. Expertise.
• Marketing Technology
• Content Management
• Multi-channel production
• Data Publishing
• Business System Analysis

Hamburg, DE

• Create bottom line business results through definition, sale, and implementation of technology and process solutions to enhance the marketing operations of Fortune 100 retailers.
• Reduced the time to retrieve marketing assets by 60% with Digital Asset Manager (DAM) and Product Information Manager (PIM) integration
• Cut marketing lead times 33% using process improvement and marketing production technology
• Defined and implemented a solution to publish the world's largest catalogs
• Pioneered the launch of new marketing technology Software as a Service (SaaS) product in North American with premiere implementation
• Slashed implementation cycle from days to minutes with the development of a turn-key infrastructure strategy utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Hamburg, DE

• Drive business improvements through solution definition, end-to-end implementation and integration of enterprise Product Information Manager (PIM), Digital Asset Manager (DAM), Marketing Resource Management (MRM), and.
• Developed and implemented integrated technology and process to create next generation automated marketing production of the world's largest catalogs requiring 40% less effort
• Developed a solution using software and process to synchronize a complex, dynamic, taxonomy of millions of SKUs between Product Information Manager (PIM) and SAP with 100% integrity
• Development of several critical path product features, including Single Sign-on (SSO)
• Cut 25% off the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) utilizing Agile methodology
• Saved $100K in labor costs annually with the replacement of legacy system

Mclean, VA, US

• Lead the marketing production strategy for $40MM enterprise marketing technology program to optimize the $1.5B marketing spend of $50B retailer
• Delivered enterprise integrated marketing solution-$10MM annual savings
• Added marketing production functionality-$20MM annual savings
• Integrated seven technologies into one enterprise marketing technology solution
• Improved the UX/UI of promotions management tool (.NET)-reduced errors by 25%
• Added loyalty program into offer and promotions management tool (.NET)

Bnei Brak, Israel, IL

• Managed professional services to drive the launch, development, sale, and implementation of a suite of enterprise, multi-channel technology (On-Demand Promotions) to enhance the marketing operations of Fortune 100.
• Built and led professional services department to support the launch of marketing technology by delivering solution design, implementation, and support
• Led the successful integration of marketing technology into several Fortune 100 retailers year one
• Ensured the uptime availability of mission critical marketing production software for retailers nationwide
• Designed and implemented marketing production system capable for producing hundreds of versions totaling millions in circulation with a fraction of the effort
• Collaborated with off-shore development (Tel Aviv) to develop key product features

• Led and managed the operations (IT, Print Production, Graphic Design, Customer Support, and Shipping departments) of regional publishing enterprise to deliver customized content and publishing for hundreds of.
• Built state-of-the-art, on-demand, just-in-time print production facility
• Continuously expanded production output by 25% annually
• 99% of publication orders were delivered within 12 hours
• Developed employee incentive program-resulted in 100% on-time order delivery
• Managed continuous improvement program to reduce waste 34%

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Led regional team of 75+ with development and implementation of on-demand, publishing solutions of capital equipment and software technology in the publishing, retail, financial, and medical industries.
• Orchestrated regional product launch capturing $2.5 million in revenue
• Developed and implemented 26 technical publishing solutions
• Awarded Fast Start Award-124% of quota
• Awarded Xerox President’s Club-254% of quota

• Capture revenue by developing and implementing technical direct-to-press print and data publishing solutions (versioning, personalization) to the print, publishing, retail, financial, and medical industries.
• Advanced the state of variable data by premiering transparent channel personalization
• Solution captured $2.5MM investment in 18 days
• Supported the National Print Production and Application Testing Center
• Most successful team worldwide, four years running
• Helped implement solutions in some of the largest printers in the country: RR Donnelly, Deluxe Check, Moore Graphic, and Lifetouch Studios

Tampa, FL, US

• Developed and managed new training division of established staffing agency. Managed staff and resources to provide technical training on software products to hundreds of clients.
• Opened new division within 30 days of proof of concept.
• 99% successful placement of trained candidates.

Vernon Hills, Illinois, US

• Supervise the spec manufacturing of proofs and film and plate separations for print projects using state of the art technology and software to ensure accuracy of content, color, and quality. Maintain and calibrate.
• Decreased production waste by 88%
• Converted analog production to 100% digital production
• Key resource in launching new book publishing department

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