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Easley, South Carolina, United States

Hobe Sound, Florida

• Led the ERP Symphony Master File replacement project at Southeastern Grocers to cleanse and rebuild legacy item, location, and vendor files in preparation of the rollout of ERP.
• Analyzed, selected, and negotiated a contract with ItemMaster to enable E-commerce imaging, and item master file management, at a significantly higher quality and lower cost than SEG internal processes allowed. Placed.

Monticello, South Carolina

• Restored a 210-year-old antebellum plantation into The Pearl of Monticello wedding venue.

Mauldin, SC

• Prepared a strategic IT vision by conducting an overall assessment of the current technology and technical needs of the company including market differentiators.
• Cancelled the in-progress ERP project as the package was not sized for Regional’s growth; evaluated alternatives and recommended a new applications strategy.
• Trusted member of the C-office and executive team presenting in strategic board meetings and working with the board of directors to set and accomplish organizational goals.
• Implemented infrastructure improvements; virtual desktops, network replacement; VOIP, data center outsourcing; reduced downtime, security risk and reduced the IT budget by 10%.
• Reorganized the technology teams meeting the objectives of individual, departmental, and organizational goals.
• Directed and managed plans, schedules, policies, and programs for multiple projects, data processing, networking, operations, desktop services, and information systems.

• Led a systems replacement project for state unemployment for Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina to implement a consolidated multi-tenancy system; assessed project risks and devised mitigating actions.
• Enhanced development and drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong program leadership.
• Assessed vendors through on-site observation and interviews to determine strengths and weaknesses in work performance, methods, and team functions.
• Reviewed diverse organizational problems to assess concerns with areas such as workflows, communication, and cost controls.

• Built and led all IT functions for a $250M+ global automotive manufacturer with 12 facilities spanning across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America; replaced the entire IT infrastructure and application.
• Collaborated with company partners to develop and actualize private equity plans resulting in a sale at 9 times the initial value within 18 months.
• Under a contractual one-year deadline, led the Sage infrastructure team to build ground up including networks, VOIP, ticketing system, and collocating new Microsoft stack technology to enable the install of a new end.
• Selected a Microsoft SQL ERP platform enabling easy access to data through a low budget business intelligence implementation; produced $8-$12M in manufacturing savings through ERP system enhancements while managing the.
• Created strategic IT acquisition plans to advance company's mission and objectives and promote revenue, profitability, and growth; developed long-range plans for business growth, resulting in 30% increase in sales.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Orchestrated systems development and project management responsibilities for a large claims processing team (seven directors/development managers, 50+ associates and 30+ offshore developers); managed an administrative.
• Re-aligned team to deliver higher quality code at a higher rate of productivity; effectively reduced production defects by 9% and added an additional 100+ hours weekly to dedicate to code delivery vs. support.
• Served as primary interface between executive management and IT, communicating proposed implementations of new systems and current system upgrades; directed team to re-engineer the 'Summary Check' application reducing.
• Leveraged prescribed quality management tools such as requirements reviews, code review, impact analyses, and scripted quality assurance testing to support updates.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Responsible for a global development team of over 100 associates (six development managers, 90+ associates, 30+ offshore developers/consultants) as well as third-party vendors; successfully managed a $15M.
• Consolidated seven independent companies' supply chain systems into one unified enterprise system, including aquisitions, using the 'best of breed' approach aimed at streamlining business processes across all Ahold.
• Integrated multiple vendor packages across various technology platforms using state of the art interfacing software.
• Assisted with driving strategy through construction and implementation of new Freetown Distribution Facility targeted to enhance inventory management, automate crane selection and transportation routing.
• Successfully implemented a standardized warehouse management system, purchasing system, and billing system across all Ahold warehouses; increased workflow efficiency by 29% which significantly boosted staff productivity.