·           Strategic Planning and budgeting

·           Infrastructure, ITIL, DRP

·           Mobile, cloud, SaaS Implementation

·           Successfully Execute against plan

·           IT Governance,  PMO

·           Organizational Change Management

·           Application Development (SDLC) Agile

·           SOX, PCI Compliance, COBIT

·           ERP, EDI, CRM and e-commerce

Position

Organization

Industry

Timeframe

Reason for Moving

Sr Mgr/Head of IT

Major Mfg./Distributor

Food & Beverage Mfg./Distr.

2013 – Present

CIO

D&H Distributing

Tech and CPG Distribution

2008 – 2012

Family Issues

VP IT/CIO

D&M Holdings

Electronics Mfg./Distr.

2007 – 2008

Bain Acquisition

Director IT/CIO

Altec Lansing

Electronics Mfg./Distr.

2003 – 2006

Plantronics Acquisition

CIO

Gale and Wentworth

Real Estate/Construction

2000 – 2002

Mack-Cali Acquisition

Director IT

Cendant

Real Estate hospitality

1998 – 2000

IT Outsourced to IBM

Director IT/CIO

Varn International

Process/Industrial Mfg.

1994 – 1998

Day Intl. Acquisition

Pre-1994:  “Big 4” Management Consultant, Materials Management

Industries:

·               Manufacturing – Discrete and Process (CPG, Industrial, Electronics, Chemicals, Food/beverage)

·               Wholesale/Distribution (Technology, Housewares, Sporting goods)

·               Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Construction, Property Management, and Financial Services

·               Retail (CPG, Apparel)

·               Master Franchise, Consumer Services

International:

Mexico, Canada, UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Japan, China

Education:

B.S., Business Administration, Ramapo College.  1988

Double Major in Information Systems and [Business] Operations Management.

Dale Carnegie, PMI, Manager Training, APICS, Microsoft Tools, HR Classes

Affiliations:

·               Active Member Society for Information Management (SIM).

·               Member Oracle’s SIG for Wholesale/Distribution and Channel Revenue

·               Previous JD Edward’s Advisory Group Member. (SIG)

·               Previous customer advisory board member at Emcrit

·               Previous APICS Member

Speaking:

Featured technology speaker and industry roundtable technology discussions. (SIM, NAW, NAR)

Interests:

Boating, Fishing, Skiing, Motorsports, Golf, “Dance Dad”, charity support, church activities

Major Global Food and Beverage Company

$1+ Billion, Young, highly-regulated, high-growth, manufacturing/distribution organization

Head of IT, NJ

2013 to Present

·                       Hired as the organizations first senior IT leader providing leadership and direction to a small IT team, outside services, and multiple businesses.

·                       Led the successful integration of an acquired manufacturing operation, including implementing SAP, Infrastructure integration and consolidation, and implementation of a shared service staffing model.

·                       Implemented an IT governance program to improve project on-time, on-budget delivery. Projects are now evaluated and prioritized based on their business value, and implemented using standard PMI methodology and templates.

·                       Infrastructure reliability issues required me to re-architect the infrastructure to improve scalability and reliability, and bolster DR.  I used a combination of cloud for commodity systems, virtualization for internal servers, and AWS for web hosting leading to lower costs and improved reliability.

·                       Implemented key applications to support specific business needs including Salesforce for CRM, BI to track sales trends and forecasting, and Pricing Optimization to price our products by market based on a number of factors.

·                       Issues around accurately managing chargebacks, rebates and marketing programs in our CPG business led me to implement Vistex integrated with SAP.  This system automates the processes needed to accurately support our CPG program needs.

·                       Led a project to review the order-to-cash processes and implement improvements and automation.

·                       Implemented the organizations first comprehensive, multi-pronged EDI and electronic transmission strategy, incorporating outsourced EDI services, industry portals such as i-trade, and electronic communications with key government agencies.

·                       Implemented a comprehensive electronic document management system, integrated with SAP and a comprehensive DR plan.

D&H Distributing, PA

$4 Billion High Growth, North American, Wholesale/Distributor and e-commerce provider of Tech and CPG

Chief Information Officer

2008 to 2012

·                       Hired as the organizations first CIO providing leadership and direction to an IT team of 150+ and a $25+ MM budget.  Goal of transforming IT and migrating the organization to current technology.

·                       Successful in improved IT’s reputation by improving our support, on-time delivery, collaboration, and communication.

·                       Improved sales by reinventing a tired e-commerce site and provided customers with improved tools such as inventory availability, multiple shipping options, multi-level filtering/sorting.

·                       Our systems supported 30K to 70K orders every day.

·                       Made a solid business case to replace heavily customized legacy systems in favor of an integrated ERP system, with the goal of decreasing costs, automating business processes, and improving reporting. I led the ERP System selection, the System Implementation partner selection, negotiated the contracts/pricing, and led the successful implementation of Oracle EBS.

·                       I implemented the following organizational and process changes:

o                     Implemented a shared service IT organizational structure across multiple locations to improve support and lessen costs

o                     Added stronger IT governance processes, a PMO team and an IT steering committee, to prioritize projects with the biggest positive impact while also adding a build vs. buy analysis and repeatable project management processes.

o                     Implemented an Agile development methodology and the Serena ALM Solution (Application Lifecycle Management) to support our extensive software development activities, which greatly improved our coding efficiencies and quality.

·                       IT accessed and updated many key business processes for efficiencies and automation throughout the business

o             Improved Warehouse efficiencies in picking and put away.

o             Provided system support for new business opportunities and value add services (3PL, Vendor Managed Inventory)

·                       Business process  and application improvements reduced headcount by over $800k a year, increased revenue by 14% and allowed D&H to venture into new business areas accounting for an additional $10 Million in yearly business.

·                       Worked with major suppliers, retailers and fulfillment partners (such as Amazon, Overstock, TrS etc)  to significantly expand our EDI transaction set and increase the number of electronic transactions to over 78% of the total.

·                       Led the development and testing of the organizations first comprehensive disaster recovery plan.

D&M Holdings, NJ

$1+ Billion global Manufacturer/Distributor of Audio Electronics, Brands included Denon, Marantz, McIntosh, PSS, Boston Acoustics, and Allen and Heath.

Vice President of Information Technology

2007 to 2008

·                       Hired to lead IT for all global business, except Japan.  Managed a global team of 20 professionals and a $15mm Budget.  Goal of integrating acquisitions, and automating business processes.

·                       Developed the comprehensive strategy and plan to integrate 8 acquisitions (IT organizations, standards, applications [JDE ERP], Infrastructure, processes and policy’s) Completed 2 integrations before the company was sold.

·                       Directed the development and Implementation of several custom applications to automate and improve the sales cycle. (Web Order Entry with inventory availability and shipment tracking)

·                       Implemented several systems and processes to automate finance and account processes. These included ACH/Funds Transfer, fixed assets, Sales/Use Tax reporting integrated with JD Edwards, and PCI Complaint credit card processing.

·                       Successfully developed and implemented IT controls across multiple locations to support SOX compliance requirements.

Altec Lansing

International manufacturer/distributor of consumer and professional audio electronics.

Director of Information Technology/CIO

2003 to 2006

·                       Led a team of 18 globally dispersed application and infrastructure professionals.

·                       Replaced a legacy MRP system with a global implementation of Oracle EBS, (Including EDI, financials, Trade Promotions and Supply Chain).  The project was delivered under budget and only 1 month later than originally planned.

·                       Implemented an inventory forecasting system.  The system improved inventory turns and minimized out-of-stocks.

·                       Goal to become best in class EDI trading partner. Always in top 10 “Retailers Score Cards”. My team won the Target and Circuit City best in class award. Increased overall electronic transactions to 72% of total transaction volume.

·                       Developed and implemented a Business Intelligence/Analytics suite for the Sales, Supply Chain and Finance areas utilizing Cognos.  The system improved our ability to analyze and act on key business information allowed us to perform our month end closing more quickly, and helped us understand sales trends, target higher end products, and improve our margins.

·                       Re-architected the infrastructure for improved reliability, scalability, and DR. Lowered overall infrastructure costs by 21%.

Gale & Wentworth

Global Commercial and Residential Real Estate and Financial Services organization (Investment, Leasing, Property/Facility Management, and Construction.

Chief Information Officer

2000 to 2002

·                       Hired to lead a team of 25 infrastructure and applications professionals with a budget exceeding $12 MM. Main goal was to improve service at a lower cost structure.

·                       Developed and implemented Project/Program Management methodology to facilitate delivering projects on time, and within budget, and scope. The new PM methodology increased on-time and on-budget delivery to 98%.

·                       New JD Edwards’s features in the One World product and the ability to automate business processes facilitated the re-implementation of JD Edwards for this organization.  Upfront training and solid PM provided for an easy implementation and huge gains in business process efficiencies.

·                       Lowered IT costs by 18% and improved user satisfaction to 97% by outsourcing user training and first level support functions, implemented a shared service framework, and improved our relationship management processes. 

·                       Saved an additional 21% a year, by sourcing new vendors, renegotiating contracts for data center equipment, software, and Voice/Data circuits.

·                       Managed the development of several custom applications.  The systems included an asset management/lease management system, Intranet, customer work order portal and a charge back system. These systems provided a cost savings of $300K.

Cendant Corporation

$12 Billion, Fortune 300 Consumer Services organization (Brands included Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Move.com, Howard Johnsons, Ramada, Wyndham, Travelodge, Super8, Galileo, and Avis)

Director of Information

1998 to 2000

·                       Led matrixed teams of varying sizes in support of technology projects mostly in the Real Estate businesses. Member of Cendant’s IT senior leadership team overseeing an IT team of 5000.

·                       Worked with an outsourced vendor to develop a branded and saleable CRM product to support the business needs of a technology savvy broker or agent. The product was a huge success.  It had great reviews and sold over 1200 copies in 2 years.

·                       Key team member that led and managed the development of a multi-million dollar internally developed “back office” web and client server application utilizing Microsoft development technology.  The system streamlined the Real Estate transaction process, improved data accuracy, and improved our collection’s day’s outstanding metric, with significant headcount savings.

·                       Directed the development of Century 21’s Internet site, the first to include listings from other brands.  It was a precursor to move.com which was later sold to realtor.com. The site won several awards including a JD Power and a WebAward.

·                       Led the IT due diligence and integration for an M&A target focused on helping customers move, by disconnecting and connecting utilities.  This new offering provided a competitive advantage to Cendant brands and was later copied by other Real Estate organizations.

·                       Cendant’s representative on the Real Estate industry’s Technology standards setting committee.

·                       Chaired the Century 21 Broker “IT governance board”.

Varn International

Mid-sized global specialty chemical and industrial equipment manufacturer/distributor.

Director of IT/CIO

1994 to 1998

·                       Led a global team of infrastructure and application professionals supporting 14 domestic and international locations.

·                       I was hired to complete a stalled global implementation of an Oracle/Datalogix ERP System.  I reorganized the project and implemented 3 US sites within the next 6 months. I implemented the remaining 5 international plants within the next 5 months. The new system provided improved financial consolidation, real-time reporting and more automated business processes.

·                       I architected and implemented the organizations first integrated Windows-based network (LAN/WAN) and desktop environment across all our locations, I also consolidated 3 data centers that provided 18% savings.

·                       A new product idea required a quick launch cycle in order to capture a new market opportunity. I worked with our engineering team to automate the design and manufacturing process using several leading edge CAD/CAM products. (Solidworks, AutoCAD, Pro-e, Wildfire)

·                       The company was selected by SAP to test out a new process manufacturing implementation methodology which specifically focused on the needs of mid-sized organizations.

·                       Managed the internal and external development of several custom applications and ERP enhancements to support unique business needs mostly in the Supply Chain area. 

PwC

Management Consultant for AT&T, Haagen Dazs, Carter Wallace and others

Materials Research Corporation

Supply Chain – Warehouse Manager, Production/Inventory Control and procurement