JOHN D. RANEY

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ST. LOUIS, MO 63130

314-***-**** home; 314-***-**** cell

abg63b@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Express Scripts. April 2007 - Present

Vice President, Corporate Systems and Data Warehouse

. Built management team for organization of 225-300 professionals -

transformed leadership

. Developed business-driven IT strategies for Analytics/Business

Intelligence (Teradata), Siebel Customer Relationship Management and

Financial Systems

. Guided multiple application groups, delivering innovative solutions

. Introduced industry leading analytic application - beacon

. Initiated implement of Oracle eBusiness Suite ERP solution: core

financial systems phase I

. Guided budget, forecast and process improvement: $30MM budget

responsibility

. Implemented offshore development team and transformed organization:

$2.5MM savings

AEG. March 2006-April 2007

. Management consultant offering IT planning and strategy

development as a focus.

o Provided oversight to SAP Project effort; Tulsa electronics

manufacturer

o Developed IT strategy methodology for consulting practice

o Developed near-shore development center in Costa Rica

Anheuser-Busch. 1990-2005

Senior Director, Application Development, A-B Corporation. 2001-2005:

reporting to CIO

. Direct an I.T. organization of 180-200 professionals, 5 direct

reports serving A-B corporate groups as well as A-B Packaging and

Busch Agricultural subsidiaries.

. Introduced business-driven IT strategy methodology; initiated a

series of strategy projects: Busch Agricultural, A-B Procurement,

Sales and Marketing, A-B owned distributors and A-B Packaging

group.

. Develop/communicated strategy for establishment of Teradata

enterprise data warehouse

. Identified and prioritized key data warehouse projects,

including the remediation of sales data, brewery operations/cost

analysis and purchasing analysis.

. Communicated strategy to various business and IT constituencies

to develop buy-in.

. Initiated customer mapping as a technique for improving customer

satisfaction

. Introduced talent management process to improve employee

development and performance

. Guided the continued deployment of SAP throughout A-B:

. Developed a migration strategy for A-B to move from R/3 to

MySAPERP.

. Completed an enterprise implementation of SAP Payroll

. Introduced SAP Business Warehouse (BW) for reporting and

analysis

. Developed SAP HR based employee self-service/manager self

service

. Deploy standard SAP purchasing and plant maintenance solution to

enterprise

. Managing the A-B relationship with SAP

. Managed an IT budget of $28-30MM per year

. Member of A-B Management Development Panel: high potential managers

Anheuser-Busch 1990-Present (continued)

Group Director, Information Technology; A-B Packaging. 1996-2001: $2B

division of A-B

(Division CIO role reporting to A-B Packaging Group Chief Admin

Officer)

. Direct an I.T. organization of 60-80 professionals, 6 direct

reports

. Developed business-driven IT strategies for business units

. Implemented SAP R/3 for broad business use, especially Logistics

and Financials: FI, CO, SD, MM, PP. One of the most extensive SAP

implementations at the time. Started up A-B's new Longhorn glass

and Eagle packaging businesses using SAP.

. Created a shared service IT function: developed an I.T. service

delivery model and organization to serve multiple (5) subsidiaries

of A-B Packaging Group

. Directed the Purchasing department for one year, 8 professionals,

over $500MM spend

. Manage an I.T. budget of about $10MM per year

Director, Information Technology; Metal Container Corporation. 1994-1996:

$1.5B subsidiary - leading manufacturer of aluminum cans and lids for

beverage industry

(Subsidiary CIO role reporting to MCC CFO)

. Directed an I.T. organization of 35-40 professionals, 5 direct

reports

. Developed and implemented I.T. strategies

. Directed development of systems using SAPR/3 for Logistics and

Financials

. Managed an I.T. budget of about $8MM per year

. Provided I.T. executive liaison to business

. Leader in moving I.T. organization toward TQC goals

Senior Manager, Systems Development and Planning; Metal Container Corp.1990-

1994

. Developed enterprise I.T. strategy; successfully executed over

several years.

. Directed development of new systems - manufacturing plant floor

focus

. Managed a staff of 12-16 professionals

. Made decisions in varied technical environment: AS/400, DEC VAX, PC

networks

. Provided leadership in department progress with TQC

Packaging Corporation of America, Division of Tenneco. 1988-1990

Principal Project Leader. 1989-1990

. Managed development and support of manufacturing business systems -

Container plants

. Led a staff of 15 professionals

. Supported 30 manufacturing facilities from 6 AS/400 sites across

the nation

. Guided the IT support for acquisition of an additional 25 container

plants and 2 paper mills from Georgia Pacific

. Focus on factory floor, CAD and plant scheduling systems

. Managed an annual information technology budget of $5MM.

Systems Planning Analyst. 1988-1989

. Developed information technology plan for Paperboard division

. Initiated project to install business systems for the division

. Started project to develop factory production monitoring

Citicorp Mortgage. 1988

Business Analyst

. Supported development and maintenance of national mortgage

statements for all of Citicorp Mortgage.

. Developed functional specifications, coordinated user acceptance

tests, served as liaison in a structured development environment.

Container Corporation of America/Jefferson Smurfit. 1982-1988

Project Leader/Systems Planner. 1987-1988

. Developed systems plan supporting multiple manufacturing divisions

. Managed systems support and development for Mills, Timber and

Logistics

. Focus on efforts to consolidate CCA acquisition by Jefferson

Smurfit

Project Manager. 1986-1987

. Managed systems support and development for the Timber Division

. Coordinated staff of 3 professionals

. Supervised transition of IT to Jefferson Smurfit during initial

acquisition phase

Planning Analyst. 1984-1986; Brewton AL Timber Division - 350M acre forest

holdings

. Supported Brewton Alabama timber group through operations planning

. Developed capital plan and budget, including capital project

justifications

. Financial analyst of key operations: performed cash flow analysis

of business alternatives and proposed initiatives.

. Served as contact for systems development needs

Programmer/Analyst. 1982-1984

. Developed and supported Timber Division systems - Wood Settlement,

Land Management and Harvest Scheduling systems

. Applied structured development techniques in systems development

projects

. Programmed using TRANSACT and query tools for ad hoc report writing

Forester. 1980-1982

. Consulting forester, self employed; timber harvest, forest

management planning, timber stand improvement.

. Contract watershed forester, state of Indiana; landowner assistance

in timber management.

. Forester employed by consulting foresters; timber stand

improvement, timber marking for sales, tree planting.

. Reinspection forester, state of Indiana; landowner assistance and

forest management plan development.

EDUCATION

M.S. Forest Biometrics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

B.S. Forest Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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