Brian K. Lewis
Information Technology Leader – Corporate Business Applications
Hi-Tech Software, Oil and Gas Up Stream and Down Stream
Dynamic Leader with 15 years of demonstrated success in IT service delivery of business objectives with deep
business & technical knowledge. Effective communicator at all levels of the organization, a customer first attitude
skilled in leading cross-functional, technical, and business teams. Experience managing multi-million dollar
technology programs/projects internally and with external vendors with a focus on the CRM space. Helped Marketing,
Sales, and Technical Service groups attain business goals through effective assessment, selection, design, deployment
and continual improvement of enterprise software internally and as a consultant.
· Program & Project Management
· Technology Architect
· Salesforce Certified Force.com
Developer
· Salesforce Certified
Administrator
· Agile and Waterfall Project
Methodologies
· Definition and Management of
SLA and KPIs
· Strategic Technology Planning
· Oracle Marketing Cloud
(Eloqua)
· Siebel 7 Certified Developer
· Vendor Management and
Contract Negotiations
· Merger & Acquisition Planning
and Implementation
· Project Scoping, Budgeting, &
Risk Management
· Integration & Reporting
· Team Building & Mentoring
· Multi-Organizational
Relationship Management
· Call Center & Sales Automation
· Business Process Reengineering
· Software Presentations and
Demos
· Software Development Life
Cycle (SDLC)
· On and Offshore Team
Management
Professional Experience
Delivery Manager - Accenture
Current
The leading multinational management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company in the world worth
over 50B with over 300k employees.
Served as solution architect for world-wide implementation for Salesforce CRM application focused on Service Cloud.
· Worked with stakeholders, development team, and project management to design, build, and deliver
application.
Senior IT Applications Manager - Microfocus International
2008 – May 2015
Global Software Organization with a combined annual revenue of 1.4 billion USD which has Micro Focus, Borland, Novell,
SUSE, NetIQ & Attachmate as business units with 4000 plus employees.
Managed, implemented, and supported related activities for Salesforce.com, Eloqua, SAP CRM, Siebel CRM, and other
critical business applications. Developed and managed relationship with sponsors, stakeholders, operations, business
partner and vendors. Managed up to 17 team members, leads, managers, and contractors world-wide.
· Responsible for IT service strategy for all business applications supporting Sales, Marketing, and Tech
Support departments across a complex multi business unit organization.
· Content Management Systems
· Channel Partner Systems
Management
· Best Practice Adoption
· Mobile, SaaS, & Cloud
Computing
· Web and SharePoint Portal
· Familiar with ITIL and ITSM
Processes
· Social Media Savvy
· APEX, Visualforce,
ApexDataLoader
· ETL, Siebel CRM, SAP CRM, SQL
Server, Java, PHP, MySQL, HTML,
CSS, Access. jQuery, AJAX
· Change Management
· Managed IT relationship with multiple departments providing technical guidance, leadership, and direction
supporting business applications.
· Responsible for IT service design, transition, operations, and continual service improvement for all IT systems
supporting Sales, Marketing, and Tech Services departments.
· Managed complex implementation of Salesforce.com Sales Cloud application to 1100 users in a multi BU
organization in 7 months.
· Architected 3 separate integrations of Eloqua to Salesforce.com and Siebel On Premise CRM.
· Implemented and supported cloud marketing solution (Eloqua) into a multi-business unit organization.
· Managed the integration of multiple enterprise level cloud and on premise business applications.
· Worked hands on with the various business units as application owner to understand need and design and
implement solutions to fulfill their requirements.
· Created and implemented merger and acquisition strategy in the IT applications space for two separate
company acquisitions.
· Managed team of 17 developers and analysts on and offshore located in multiple offices.
· Leader of numerous agile, waterfall, and blended approach IT Projects.
· Created and implemented new Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) process greatly improved efficiency and
delivery of technology supporting multiple business units which reduced contractor dependency and resulted
in savings of over 1.2 million a year with improved customer satisfaction
· Lead enterprise application assessment, selection, and acquisition activities working directly with VP, C-Level
and vendors and software vendors. (Eloqua, Data.com, Salesforce.com, SAP On-Demand, MS Dynamics, &
several more)
CRM Applications Team Lead – NetIQ – now a part of Microfocus
2005 – 2008
· Lead team of developers in development and in establishing design and development standards
· Developed and configured Siebel application.
· Gathered requirements via conference room pilots, application demonstrations, and various sessions from
business users and operations groups.
· Designed and developed proof of concepts and actual solutions in Siebel CRM
· Coded custom data merging and archiving tool in Siebel
· Built custom data imports and integrations with other business applications
SENIOR CONSULTANT (CRM) – Atos Origin – Client: Schlumberger
· Developed and supported inventory management system
· Extracted, transformed, and loaded store data for inventory management system
· Streamlined process for bringing on new data stores into custom storage solution
SENIOR CONSULTANT (CRM) – CAP GEMINI ERNST & YOUNG Client:
BMC SOFTWARE
· Developed and led conference room pilot demonstrations in Siebel application
· Responded to RFP requests with existing and potential customers
· Built proof of concept for Siebel partner application and developed the solution.
CRM Application Developer – Shell Oil
2000 – 2003
CRM APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER, SHELL OIL
· Requirements gathering, analysis, testing, and development for several Siebel Call Center & Sales applications.
2003 – 2004
2004 – 2005
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Additional Information
· UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – BS POLITICAL SCIENCE 2000, coursework in MIS, Management, Accounting, &
Economics.
· TRAINING: Salesforce Developer 401, Salesforce.com Admin 201, Siebel Boot Camp, Eloqua, SAP CRM
· Reduced contractor dependency which resulted in savings to company of over 1.2 million a year and improved
customer satisfaction with applications.
· Started the restaurant Oak Leaf Smokehouse in 2013
· Developed, created, and sold beer appreciation business TasteYourBeer.com
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