Manager Operations

Dan Schimpf

PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW

Progressive, all-encompassing DIRECTOR OF IT dedicated to leading teams to support worldwide

operations.

Effective communicator and collaborator to internal and external customers; translating complex

technical concepts into business driven, financially sound solutions.

Best-in-class technical background with expertise in project coordination, assessment of scope, budget

and priority.

Collaborator across all business and technical teams driving innovative technology to continuously

improve overall infrastructure.

Effective manager of IT staff; hiring, training, mentoring, and developing strong teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GatewayEDI, 2012– Present

IT Operations Manager - St. Louis, Missouri *Company was sold, transition in Jan. 2013*

Manage strategic and tactical IT operations and architecture to provide stable and reliable systems to meet all

business requirements.

Lead a staff of 23 employees and contractors (network, server, SAN, and telephone engineers) including training,

mentoring, and coaching.

Enhance private Cloud technologies including servers, networks and storage to deliver state of the art solutions.

Collaborate with clients and Application Development among internal and external teams to drive growth.

Deliver IT strategic operational and architectural initiatives to the executive team including opportunities,

proposals and planning of new and enhanced technologies and services.

Create and execute short and long term strategic budgeting including capital, architecture, and operational plans.

Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, 2011– 2012

Director of IT - St. Louis, Missouri

Directed the transition from parent company to standalone IT department; architected, created,

and implemented new enterprise systems. Reported all conversion activity including financial budgets to

the board of directors.

Collaborated with cross-functional executives and teams to deliver operational and

architectural IT strategies, initiatives and updates.

Led and mentored entire IT staff and oversaw all outsourced resources including contractors, service desks and

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Cloud based systems including SAP, Trackwise and Nextdocs.

Meridian Incentive, 2009 – 2011

Director of IT Operations - St. Louis, Missouri

Constructed and implemented Cloud strategy to lower data center costs. Created and presented the architecture,

budget, ROI, and timeline to the executive team.

Created and delivered Payment Card Industry (PCI) project plan, timeline and budget. Certification approved in

less than 6 months and under budget.

Developed and executed all IT Operations strategies, purchases and budgets.

Responsible for all IT architecture and operations including networks, servers, backups, desktops, and phone

systems.

Led a team of network, server, SAN, and telephone engineers.

Identified and developed remediation plans for any obsolete IT hardware/software/processes.

Anheuser-Busch Companies, 2006-2009

Network Architecture Analysis and Planning Group Manager – St. Louis, Missouri, 1997 – 2009

Developed strategic infrastructure plans after the acquisition of the India Brewery.

Participated in long-term strategic discussions to align IT to the business units. This team was hand chosen by

senior management and reported directly to the CIO.

Led and managed the 15 member team of senior architects responsible for our Network, Communications, and

Collaboration service strategies.

Assigned resources and helped coordinate Network Services projects across Operations and Engineering to ensure

successful completion such as VoIP, LAN/WAN Refresh, ITIL, and Video Conferencing.

Implemented and executed an annual $30 million budget including services, training and capital.

Worked with business units to plan, budget, and define service and project requirements.

Led the Operation, Architecture, and Engineering Infrastructure cross-functional management team to align long-

term strategic plans, daily operational work, and coordinate short-term critical work (SWAT/Tiger Teams).

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Siebel Operations Manager, 2005-2006

Created and implemented the architecture design for the tiered Siebel environments.

Created and implemented standards, best practices, and operating polices for our customer relationship

management (CRM) system.

Managed all architectural and operational and budgets of the Siebel environments to provide highly stable and

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reliable systems to meet 24x7 availability requirements.

Coordinated all environment activities that included the Business Units, Unix, Network Services, Desktop

Support, and Windows departments.

Created and executed software release plans to promote a highly available environment.

Managed a staff of 5 employees and contractors including evaluations, mentoring, and coaching.

WebSphere Operations Manager, 2002-2006

SAP Basis Administrator, 1998-2002

UNIX System Administrator, 1997-1998

EDUCATION

B.A., English Literature, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Illinois, 1995

A.S., Computer Sciences, Robert Morris College – Carthage, Illinois, 1987

OTHER INTERESTS

Decorated United States Air Force Veteran

International Traveler

Endurance Cyclist and Runner

United Way Leadership

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