IT Strategy Consultant at LRS
December 2011 - February 2012
Developing new Business Service offerings at Charter Communications.
Owner/Project Management Consultant at Integration Management Professionals
July 2010 - November 2011
Specializing in DSD acquisition integration and business re-engineering project management
Sr. Project Manager at SARA LEE Corporation
September 2006 - August 2010
IT Lead for a $15MM project to replace 4400 mobile computing devices. Responsible for Project execution and implementation in the following areas: DEX 5010 implementation, paperless proof-of-delivery solution, support system design and execution, vendor management for device supply, data interface design, go-live coordination.
Sr. Mgr. E-Commerce Applications (RFID, EDI, Data Synchronization & Web). at SARA LEE BAKERY GROUP
December 2002 - September 2006
Served on SLC Global Committee on RFID and was responsible for Baking Divisions RFID Compliance Project with Walmart. Managed the ETL team for EDI and Data Synchronization and served on Transora implementation committee. Responsible for the development of an internal PMO application to forecast and track IT labor commitments.
IT Director PMO at EARTHGRAINS
May 2000 - December 2002
Primary systems contact on Metz Bakery acquisition and merger team. Assumed on-site management responsibility for the Metz IT shop during its closure.
Managed an 85% retention rate of all critical application support personnel during both transitions.
Developed a contingency outsourcing plan
Effectively management knowledge loss for zero-impact service delivery.
Worked on Kelly IT Labor Team, which developed the new contract labor selection system for all of Sara Lee.
Responsible for identifying IT gap resource needs for my division's entire IT development portfolio and developing resource orders with our IT vendors and leading the selection process for all BSG resources.
IT Change Center Manager at The Earthgrains Company (Anheuser-Busch Food Div.)
1996 - 2000
Responsible for development and delivery of user training through the majority of the SAP rollout. Developed the BSG training environment. Began the development of standards for project based skill assessments, training material development and change management for system implementation. Co-Managed the DMS documentation initiative for training acquired bakeries.
EDI Analyst at ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS
February 1994 - June 1996
Developed and support EDI translation maps for DSD sales and billing documents.
EDI Analyst at CAMPBELL-TAGGART, INC
September 1992 - February 1994
Worked with strategies and technologies for paper-less transfer of CT's business documents - e.g. invoices, purchase orders, A/R statements and remittance advisements. Instrumental in every aspect of development and coordination of CT's initial EDI roll-out.
Route Distribution Systems Engineer at Campbell-Taggart, Inc
June 1982 - February 1993
Master Data collection and load for Route Accounting system implementation, Price and cost table generation, and A/R interface development. I also performed route profitability and optimization analysis.
MIS Operations Support Supervisor at CAMPBELL-TAGGART, INC
May 1988 - September 1992
Managed a 24-hour support help desk for all of CT's distributed computer systems. Coordinated computer rollout to support company's first HHC rollout initiative.
Route Distribution Systems Specialist at CAMPBELL TAGGART, INC
June 1986 - May 1988
Responsible for installing market projection software, training operators and investigating market base errors at bakery locations
Mobile Solution Consultant at IBM Global Process Services
January 2012
Currently working on Incident Resolution and Bakery Application Incident Management for all Mobile Sales and Manufacturing/Distribution applications
o Performed Problem Management analysis (Pareto Analysis) to identify improvement opportunities on mean-time-to-repair.
o Audited Vendor service efficiency (ATT, Motorola,Zebra)
o Reviewed and updated operations and support knowledge management and configuration tools, including break-fix cause categorization.
o Performed Level-3 analysis on Incidents as needed.