Spearheaded IT Portfolio Management
Organized, engaged, and directed 15 Performance Improvement Work Groups using Franklin Covey’s “The Four Disciplines of Execution.” All teams successfully defined and adopted operational changes and met or exceeded their performance improvement targets.
● Mobilized & managed projects, using Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies
● Defined / directed IT governance of project intake
● Promoted effective resource management & capacity planning.

Collaborated with a diverse group of senior executives to develop strategies to productize “Stakeholder Advocacy” including progressive PMOs, IT Vendor Management, Organizational Engagement & Enablement, and Benefits Realization.
● Led the delivery of a large application system portfolio refresh, and updated application system roadmap, involving 11 different business units and business functions. Engaged senior executive sponsors of each application.

Practice director. Managed P&L. Responsible for business development and client services delivery. Work largely oriented around IT management, interim CIO, CIO advisory services, business and IT strategic planning, large-scale selection and deployment of ERP and CRM suites, with significant attention placed on business transformation and organizational change management.

Developed significant thought leadership around system selection and ERP deployment. Well published.

Led business transformation planning effort for $2 billion manufacturer of commercial vehicle components. Focused on establishing common best practices & governance across 38 different business entities / 4 continents. Planned projects to consolidate ERPs onto single global instance, standardize performance metrics and implement both IT and Financial Shared Services. Significant organizational change management.

Provided program management remediation to difficult ERP projects in process..

Launched and managed this management consulting business to help companies drive profitable growth while becoming more sustainable. Responsible for business development, client relationship management, service delivery and sourcing associates to complete client work. Focus areas included: business / sustainability assessments, product lifecycle management, sustainability reporting / GRI, EHS system selections and implementation project management.

Managed P&L, developed new business, restructured practice scope and organization, key account management and developed new products and services
• Initiated operational turn-around of client IT outsourcing contracts: re-structured organization; adjusted compensation structures; developed goals & training plans for all 125 employees, 12 directs across 5 sites
• Developed conceptual design for product/service offering for alternative energy industry
• Predictive analysis, supply chain collabo

Co-managed PMO for post-acquisition ERP integration for international beverage producer. Included establishing common instance of JDEdwards ERP, master data management & business process standardization.
Led IT assessment and creation of strategic IT plan for a $2 billion national Food Service, Retail, Gaming & Hospitality corporation with 500 locations, 50,000 associates serving 500 million guests.
Interim CIO for post-IPO industrial products company.
Led SOX 404 planning & remediation

Led the Northeast Region Practice for Enterprise Technology, which included Cloud
Computing, all ERP solution teams, and middleware/work management solutions (150
fulltime professionals, 12 direct reports, 6 peer partners)
• Managed partnership relationships with all leading ERP vendors and select implementation
partners
• Developed and led CIO Advisory Services solution set for Northeast Region
• Developed and led Strategic Sourcing Practice for Northeast Region