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Allentown, Pennsylvania, US

Timonium, Maryland, US

• Provide technology leadership to middle market businesses and nonprofit organizations.
• Identify technology solutions that align with business goals by facilitating requirements gathering.
• Develop agile practices and governance around technology portfolio management and project delivery.
• Create One IT culture across all platforms and disciplines to deliver superior user experience.
• Restructured the project management office in a large professional services organization.
• Facilitated a centralized applications development team for an international firm.

Frederick, Maryland, US

• Exceeded project timelines and budgetary goals within $500M energy distributor with 450k active customers across a national footprint by providing strong leadership and effective interdepartmental communication.
• Defined business process, application, and technology requirements for multiple applications across units.
• Built alignment between business and technology groups by facilitating communications and negotiating with team members.
• Achieved cost savings and improved/modernized technology infrastructure to better serve customer needs by implementing new programs.
• Ensured consistent customer experience through accurate data input by implementing Quality Assurance teams.
• Maximized skills and improved internal response times by merging all IT functions into one department.

Frederick, Maryland, US

• Provided organization and oversight of applications support, business intelligence, acquisition integration, and team training for the 5th largest propane company in the United States.
• Managed integration and transition to new general ledger, CRM, customer billing, and mobile computing solutions in 2018.
• Identified operational efficiency opportunities and drove organizational competitiveness to achieve higher organic growth rates by designing and implementing business intelligence solution for multi-tiers of management.
• Transitioned 27 external acquisitions onto company systems, processes, and procedures from 2012 – 2018.

Frederick, Maryland, US

• Led software standardization project, including training and conversion of 58 retail outlets to company standards.
• Managed relationships and costs with technology vendors.
• Initiated formal sales tracking and commission program.
• Designed operational KPIs and first-generation operational metrics reporting.
• Implemented supply management system that managed supply contracts, payables, freight, cost, and inventory.

• Refined standard management reporting and analysis across a decentralized platform.
• Identified key performance indicators and standard metrics in Eastern 6 divisions of the company.
• Led back-office software standardization project, including training and conversion of 95 retail outlets to company CRM package.
• Initiated telemetry project across retail divisions.
• Tested and deployed a second generation of on-board truck computing.
• Managed relationships and costs with technology vendors.

• Provided budgeting and forecasting for 24 company-owned Retail Petroleum Distributers in NY, NJ, PA, CT, and OH with revenue of $90M.
• Performed general ledger maintenance and review.
• Administered risk management program to protect inventory value and preserve margin in fixed price sales using NYMEX traded contracts and OTC derivatives.
• Negotiated supply contracts.
• Conducted Sarbanes-Oxley training and compliance management.

• Led acquisition integration of retail petroleum business.
• Oversaw daily operations of bulk energy, propane, and HVAC business with annual sales revenue of $6M.
• Assumed full P&L and budget accountability.

• Led acquisition integration of retail petroleum business.
• Oversaw daily operations of bulk energy, propane, and HVAC business with annual sales revenue of $12M.
• Assumed full P&L and budget accountability.

Whippany, New Jersey, US

Springfield, MA, US

Whitinsville, Massachusetts, US

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

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