VP of IT / Director of IT Resume

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F150 GLOBAL DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND BUSINESS STRATEGY EXPERTISE Information technology leader with global digital transformation expertise with F150 premier diversified industrial manufacturer and consulting with financial services, oil & gas, consumer, electronics, and public utilities. A unique blend of business and technical acumen with a proven track record of aligning technology initiatives with business goals to improve business performance. Leader in enterprise architecture; enterprise resource planning (SAP) implementations, cyber security and vulnerability remediation, business analytics, application development lifecycle, and infrastructure; cloud, data center, storage, networks, telecommunications, compute, and analytics. Recognized for strong business knowledge and for partnering with business colleagues delivering technology alignment to solve business problems, ensure scalability, quality and security. Excellent at identifying and then delivering future-proof architecture and roadmaps that enable organizations to adapt and thrive in dynamic environments. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Tennant Company, Eden Prairie, MN 2023-2024 $1.2B global manufacturer of industry-leading floor care cleaning machines. (NYSC: TNC) Director of IT, ERP Modernization, Enterprise Architecture, and Data Recruited to be a member of the IT leadership team. This newly created ERP Modernization leader role was responsible for partnering with integrators and solutions providers to define the future state architecture of Application, Integrations, Data, and Risk Management. Additionally, led Tennant’s Architecture Review Board and Business Intelligence Strategy. ● Orchestrated global ERP modernization initiative, consolidating disparate ERPs, and identified a 40eduction in applications portfolio. ● Led the enterprise architecture organization, establishing an Architecture Review Board responsible for providing strategic guidance to the global organization. ● Led comprehensive Business Intelligence Strategy, data initiatives, and driving growth towards an AI-ready data ecosystem. ● Championed strategic planning efforts, integrating emerging technology trends to define a forward-thinking vision and strategy for DevSecOps, CI/CD, Test Automation, and Developer productivity initiatives. ● Partnered with external solution providers and integrators to design the organization's global future state architecture. 3M, St. Paul, MN 2013-2023 $33B global manufacturer of safety, industrial, healthcare, and consumer goods. (NYSE MMM) Leader, Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence Promoted to lead three key initiatives across 3M global: 1. Architecture Review Board key member responsible for defining technical design standards, policies, and principles, as well as evaluating solution designs per best practices and providing recommendations for improved performance and risk reduction. ○ Directed strategic architectural development and guidance to enterprise architects, business architects, data architects, and technology solution architects. ○ Provided strategic guidance on enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, SAP ERP S/4 HANA, digital optimization, and innovation initiatives. 2. Strategize with business unit partners to identify and implement new technologies. ○ Orchestrated global digital transformation initiatives, and led cloud migration efforts for ERP, eCommerce, and business-critical workloads. ○ Pioneered a 5-year user growth roadmap and aligned it to infrastructure needs. Scope included dozens of countries across all business units. This identified business process silos and data explosion probability necessitating the development of a new data archival initiative. ○ Partnered with 3M Safety Business Unit to develop a strategic roadmap to launch a new commercialization and monetization business model with digital eCommerce capabilities in the cloud dramatically shortening the speed to market. ○ Partnered with the Healthcare Business Unit to launch new initiatives that improved the successful commercialization of digital dental products. 3. Identify and evaluate new and disruptive technologies that could improve 3M’s competitive advantage, increase return on investment, and reduce total cost of ownership. Partnered with Gartner, Deloitte, EY, Accenture, and Forrester to identify and assess technology trends such as AI, ML, Digital Twin, DevSecOps, AI Ops, Industry 4.0, Robotics Process Automation, Blockchain, and IIoT. ○ Developed a corporate emerging technology roadmap that was used by senior executives to influence corporate strategic direction. Technology Operations Manager, Infrastructure Center of Excellence Recruited into the global corporate IT organization to lead the standardization and driving of repeatable deployment processes for site readiness and technological deployment. Additionally, led efforts to formalize internal project methodology for delivering operational support efficiency through advancements in technical systems management of 3M’s SAP ecosystem. Led a team of thirty-five information technology experts. ● In advance of launching SAP, developed 3M’s site readiness strategy and then led the site readiness process for dozens of manufacturing and warehouse sites across eleven different countries. ● In parallel, built the global agile capacity planning plan to ensure 3M’s global data center had the hardware and software necessary for a near flawless SAP ERP “go live” experience at each site. ● Led a cross-functional team tasked with reducing the time planned for SAP end-user training. 3M had 1,600 global sites to train and the initial training time was scheduled to be one week per site. Using Fiori and other design thinking tools, the team reduced this time to two hours and delivered a 60mprovement in user productivity. ● Led a cross-functional team and developed the strategy and implemented the plan to operationalize the remediation of SAP ERP cybersecurity risk which resulted in an 80eduction in critical vulnerabilities. ERNST & YOUNG, New York City, NY 2011-2013 $36B privately held multinational professional services partnership. Client Engagement Manager Promoted and pivoted to a more strategic leadership role. Delivered sales revenue of $4M per year with the budget, forecasting, planning, P&Ls, and complex pricing model responsibilities. ● Led Finance Transformation Initiative. Phase 1 included an analysis of the current state, identifying pain points, and developing a future state vision with the goal of delivering a 50eduction in technology applications. ● Earned the leadership role for Phase 2 of the project and led the team to develop the Five-Year Roadmap for the Finance and Accounting organization. This included identification of benefits that need to be achieved, KPIs, and synergies within each program; optimizing a $65M annual spend. Senior Associate Hired to build the SAP ERP business in the federally regulated Financial Services industry. Clients included Bank of America, Fannie May, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Fidelity. Select client projects: ● Established technology risk rating with COBIT, a security and risk framework, for over 200 retail bank branch networks identifying an overall bank risk score for regulatory reporting. ● Oversaw regulatory compliance project with Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering regulations which remediated 50K accounts and satisfied regulatory obligations identified in a federally issued cease and desist order. Full-time contract roles in Pittsburgh, PA while earning an MBA at Carnegie Mellon University IDI CONSULTING INC, Pittsburgh, PA 2010 Private, boutique professional services company providing technology consulting and systems integrations for private equity and mid-cap companies. Project Manager – Contract Hired to support a single project for a private equity client. PE firm purchased a company, Pittsburgh Natural Gas, and IDI was hired to disconnect technology from its conglomerate's prior owner and operate as an independent company. Led the project management office vertical for the finance and supply chain organizations. ● Leveraged the best practices built into the technology and created new business processes that required less customization;resulting in a 30eduction in SAP implementation timing and cost. LOGIXtech, Edison, New Jersey 2009 Boutique professional services company providing IT services to commercial and government markets (NASDAQ: TSRI) Senior Consultant – Contract Hired to build an integration strategy for Pittsburgh-based client, Mylan Pharmaceutical. ● Mylan Pharmaceutical. The client acquired companies resulting in the addition of thirty-seven generic drug manufacturing sites globally. LOGIXtech was hired to develop a technology integration strategy that would provide supply chain and planning visibility. Developed a global enterprise IT integration strategy with SAP process integration. ECOM CONSULTING INC., Plano, Texas 2002 - 2009 Private, boutique technology strategy, product development, and management consulting professional services company. Senior Consultant Promoted to senior consultant and transitioned to team leadership for large clients and projects. ● Exxon. The client needed a solution to consolidate orders from retailers (Walmart, Target, company-owned gas stations, etc.). Developed technology and business processes to receive, acknowledge, and ship orders resulting in an 80mprovement in order fulfillment. ● Toshiba. At the time, Toshiba was the preffered provider of laptops to Microsoft and needed to standardize the ordering process to improve order visibility and fulfillment status. Developed the technology and business process standard that resulted in a 90mprovement in customer satisfaction. ● Select Comfort. Full ERP implementation from Oracle to SAP. Consultant Hired as part of a large team responsible for delivering technology solutions. Projects included: ● EDS. Multi-year project moving client data centers to the EDS data center umbrella. MBA, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business - Pittsburgh, PA MS, Computer Science - Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK BS (Bachelor of Engineering), Textile Technology - University of Baroda, India Adjunct Faculty Member, Metro State University, St. Paul, MN Board Member Emeritus, Senior Community Services Board Member Emeritus, Minnesota Organization Development Network