Biography

Global IT Director to multinational companies ranging from $ 300M - $14B in revenues. Track record aligning IT departments with corporate goals, delivering maximum IT value for dollars spent. 

• Manager of global enterprise systems projects up to $ 20M with project teams up to 100

• IT Director with budgets from $ 5M - $ 20M

Director of Information Technology, L-3 Communications S&DS

Managing all aspects of IT services for this international company including the design and implementation of a new internal cloud IT network, providing a secure and scalable framework for new business applications:

• Increased security while opening the system up to vendors and customers
• Increased redundancy giving L-3 a 15 minute system recovery time
• Increased capacity allowing engineering to work with ever larger files over diverse locations
• Increased efficiency through the implementation of Siebel CMR and Service

Used an agile development methodology to rapidly deploy new systems and reduce implementation costs.  Refocused the IT organization on service, delivering high quality customer service verified through metrics.

Director of Information Technology, Global Health Council

Led IT strategy, analysis, design and implementation for this global membership organization. Developed a 5 year IT strategy to better service the organization’s mission.  Enabled multi-site collaborative software development through the creation of a virtual private network, and the establishment of system security and source code control.

Director of Information Technology, Powercell Inc., Norwood, MA

Managed all aspects of IT services for this international company including the design and implementation of Oracle R11 (ERP) system. 

• Saved a potential capital outlay of $330,000 and reduced the time to implementation by five months through outsourcing
• Improved operational efficiencies by 20% by optimizing business processes
• Drove global stakeholder communications and collaboration

Director of Information Technology, Europe, Thomas & Betts Europe CV, Belgium

Responsible for all IT services for the European division of this two billion dollar international company.  Architected and led the merger of the information systems of Thomas & Betts, Augat and Reznor to provide one consolidated systems architecture. 

• Reduced Customer service costs by 65% by the consolidation of multiple call centers into one multi-lingual, multi-product call center
• Reduced the accounting close cycle from three weeks to three days through the adoption of managerial and statutory accounts and multi-currency support
• Consolidated 5 IT departments across multiple acquisitions and multiple cultures

Education

Boston University, Boston, MA                                                                                                

MBA: Concentration in Management Information Systems                                         

Certification: American Production and Inventory Control Society, Washington, DC                        
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)                                        

Publications

• “Improving Quality without Six Sigma”,  Enterprise Systems Journal
• “Pros and Cons: Software as a Service”, Enterprise Systems Journal
• “Five Ways to Promote Your IT Department and Gain User Support”, Enterprise Systems Journal
• “A strategy for Implementing Systems”, Production & Inventory Management Review
• “Training Techniques for Implementing Shop Floor Systems”, Quarterly Journal of the American Production and Inventory Control Society