Wes Beighley Email & Phone Number

North Haven, Connecticut, Us

Responsible for managing all aspects of Information Technology, Procurement, Strategy, PMO, Project Services and Deployment. Scope of the responsibility includes the Applications, infrastructure, WEB, Security & Compliance, Processes improvement, Business to IT alignment, IT Governance, Contract negotiations, PMO supporting manufacturing for 5000 plus retail sites and distributors.Took over a very de-centralized, high cost IT environment and turned it into a strategy focused organization & trusted business partner. Defined short & long term strategies & roadmaps in collaboration with the business partners. Established strong partnerships with the businesses, built a solid IT team which resulted in a significant cost reduction. Led an aggressive IT Transformation and successfully:• Realigned IT organizations to create collaborative cross functional environment reducing annual IT spend by 30% and producing more output & better quality• Consolidated and defined long term strategies for Applications, Infrastructure, Customer Services, Security & Compliance • Created PMO function, Established a Business – IT Governance council to increase revenue opportunities via technology advancesAccomplishments:• Consolidated multiple Finance, Manufacturing & Accounting systems and functionality into a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP system which created a system driven organization reducing labor hours 20%• Implemented / Enhanced WEB, CRM, HR, Legal, BI tools & Analytics systems etc… (Created Data Driven Culture, Increased WEB sales by 60% year over year, enhanced sales force connections by 20% daily)• Consolidated Data centers; re-architected LAN/WAN & Telephony system which reduced annual telecom expenses by 25% & increased customer support turnaround by 50%• Defined Cloud, Mobility and Smart-sourcing strategy; Established an IT partial outsourcing model• Solidified IT Security & Compliance - ensure compliance with all statutes

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for all aspects of Information Technology, Procurement, Strategy, PMO, Project Services and Deployment. Scope of the responsibility includes the Applications, infrastructure, WEB, Security & Compliance, Processes improvement, Business to IT alignment, IT Governance, Contract negotiations, PMO supporting 5000 employees and 1200 plus sites. Led the IT transformation to create an IT Shared Services organization at the enterprise level. Consolidated distributed IT environment. Defined Short and long term IT strategies, Stabilized IT environment, technology cost, and Improved IT efficiency & effectiveness• Designed and implemented multi-year plan to right-size IT resources, leadership and processes to support new business growth and goals. Initiated multi-year capital & operating expenditure program to upgrade systems and resources in all areas of IT improving and stabilizing all systems across the organization.• Managed $20M IT budget while keeping spend within 2% of annual revenue• Developed and implemented a strategic vision of the IT transformation to partial outsourcing to help shift technology spend from “running the business” activities to “growing the business” investments• Managed three acquisition and IT conversions for over 225 retail stores within a six month period allowing Mattress Firm to reach a $1 Billion Dollar Milestone• Managed the design, development and deployment of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP to support 1300 stores allowing continued growth, sales from any device anywhere and friendlier user interface which drove down learning curve time by 50%• Defined the overall transformation initiative IT program management structure; created IT transformation Program Management Office and developed project and program governance; worked with senior business leadership to present role and resource commitments

Burbank, Ca, Us

Led the software integration and engineering team building, managing and extending the business services layer (e-commerce, Business Intelligence, Learning, Customer Support Tools) for Disney Online Studios' products and services including Club Penguin, Pixie Hollow, Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean and Toontown.• Reduced operational costs by 40% and exceeded 99.99% uptime for online gaming subscription system by implementing an outsourcing subscription model for e-commerce• Created data driven culture to allow data to drive business decisions by creating daily dashboards and metrics to measure across all online games• Led the creation of a common team, metrics and objectives for consistent business measurements • Implemented a product lifecycle process to drive Key Performance Indicators and constant ongoing game improvements• Implemented a Software as Service (SaaS) model by outsourcing two e-commerce systems reducing annual operational costs by $1.3M annually• Successfully updated e-commerce systems to meet PCI standards & reduced annual labor requirements by 75%• Managed the development of a new patented social safe chat for kids to elevate child safety and help reduce annual labor by $700k annually• Consolidated customer support tools and created new user interface for quicker response time and better efficiency reducing labor costs by 20%• Launched online e-commerce into 15 European countries with four languages and 16 currencies to help increase annual revenues by 20%

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Led the operation and strategy of the Disney Global Network support team with responsibilities for project development, network operations and SLA support for over 5000 devices globally 24x7.• Successfully transitioned telecommunication support from an internally managed function at Disney to an outsourced service in an aggressive six month timeline• Established key role in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance effort, developing policies for technical controls and audit procedures for environment management• Managed a $15M budget and created cost savings trade-in program reducing budget by 5%• Brought uptime to 99.99%+ with network monitoring tools and training for Help Desk and engineering teams• Deployed a new Cisco MPLS (Multiprotocol Layered Switching) network giving clients more bandwidth at lower costs and saving over $1.2M annually • Implemented Riverbed network acceleration technology to improve application performance and decrease annual network costs globally by over $1M annually• Deployed and supported $32M Cisco VoIP solution for over 20,000 customers allowing reduced operating costs and global unified communications

Burbank, Ca, Us

Managed the operations of the local and metropolitan network technical support group for the Burbank/Glendale region and remote business unit sites covering 1500 devices 24x7. Directed the alignment of new technologies with business initiatives and applications. Managed the Wide Area Networks for store operations worldwide covering 500 remote locations.• Created and developed several new departments from disparate functioning groups as part of new IT shared services transformations to help reduce overall IT expenses by 20%• Enhanced reliability and stability by developing new SLA standards issued to network operations and vendors improving customer satisfaction by 9%• Managed $4M budget, forecasting, and all staffing functions reducing costs by $500k annually during Cisco End-Of-Life upgrades• Implemented a departmental resource pool to meet shifting business requirements and to reduce annual head count expenses by 10%• Implemented a departmental resource pool to meet shifting business requirements and to reduce annual head count expenses by 10%• Represented Consumer Products’ Global Leadership Team and reduced duplication of efforts within business units by 100%• Managed global IT data center centralization by implementing AD, SAN and Exchange • Provided a key role in the development of a Disaster Recovery and redundancy plan• Developed methodology and matrix management approach for the evaluation and implementation of new technologies to help lower IT costs• Headed DCP in The Walt Disney Company Security Team to protect assets/brand• Designed, managed and implemented a new infrastructure to support a 1.3 million square foot distribution center for $900M retail operations• Lowered desktop TCO by 50% with software distribution tool deployment

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Managed the corporate office I.T. infrastructure and distribution center for 600 stores.