Project Manager Information Technology

JEFFREY C. FUTTERMAN

C: 914-***-**** ** East Cavalry Drive * New City, N.Y. 10956 **********@*********.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Accomplished Global Information Technology Executive with end to end IT experience in the manufacturing, health

care and financial services industries. Adds value by identifying business opportunities that require technical

enhancements through developing a technology strategy roadmap linking corporate goals to strategic IT programs.

Provides a consultative approach to solving difficult business challenges and is an outstanding people leader and

customer focused team player.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CYTEC INDUSTRIES, West Paterson, N.J., June, 1998 - June, 2010.

Global specialty chemical/materials company with revenues of $3.0B, 5,700 employees, operating in 22 countries.

Vice President, Information Technology 2000-present.

Promoted to lead the global IT function for the company managing a budget of $60M and 160 professionals.

Reengineered the IT organization into a well respected “powerhouse”, while reducing overall IT spend by 20% and

developed a global IT strategy linking corporate goals and objectives to strategic IT programs.

Development

• Globalized the systems development and delivery function across the enterprise, resulting in a more agile

organization and saving over $2M in synergies.

• Led all systems-related activities around a large acquisition in 2005 that doubled the company’s size. Replaced

duplicative systems, eliminated transition service agreements & leveraged synergies saving $20M in IT spend.

Business Process Reengineering

• Established a Business Process Improvement team to standardize enterprise-wide processes in supply chain,

manufacturing, corporate, R&D and commercial segments to lower costs & prepare for common ERP platform.

• Developed an enterprise systems strategy to replace current technology (e.g. BPCS, Baan & Infinium) with

leading edge ERP technology such as SAP and Oracle which are now under review.

• Developed and are implementing a common global systems strategy for Human Resources in 2009 - 2011,

utilizing Peoplesoft as the base platform that includes payroll, maintenance, & manager/employee self service.

Data Management

• Designed and resourced an enterprise-wide data management team in 2009 that includes data governance,

data foundation and data operations in order to standardize and centralize entry and maintenance of customer,

vendor and product data, leading to cleaner data and better information for decision making.

• Developed and are implementing a common Master Data Management system (Riversand) to standardize the

entry and maintenance of master data across the enterprise. This will allow master data to be entered or

updated once, and propagated across all company systems.

Operations / Governance

• Developed a comprehensive IT strategy driving common processes and systems, enterprise collaboration,

enterprise architecture, risk and cost optimization. This was accepted by Cytec as a blueprint for growth.

• Migrated data operations and help desk groups from multiple US and European locations to a Shared Services

environment located in Riga, Latvia.

• Developed and implemented a cost-effective strategy to manage Cytec’s personal computer environment that

includes hardware replacement and the management of client software resulting in annual savings of $1.5M.

Director, Application Development, Information Technology, 1998-2000.

Recruited to lead an application development team of 30 professionals with a $15M budget. Implemented a variety

of applications including BPCS, Baan, Cognos, Infinium, WERCS, SAP, Maximo & Portolan.

Development

• Implemented a common systems strategy across Specialty Chemicals and Engineered Materials using BPCS,

Baan and Cognos as key applications. These implementations resulted in approximately $50M in savings.

• Implemented a global enterprise-wide Material Safety Data Sheet system to enable timely product shipments.

• Standardized general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes and systems globally.

• Implemented a global data warehouse to improve timeliness, consistency and accuracy of company reports.

Governance

• Created a global project management office establishing a common methodology/tool set that improved

estimating, risk & issue management, reporting, deliverables creation and change management controls.

• Developed a quality assurance department responsible for testing all applications prior to production promotion

along with a regression testing facility that enhanced the ability to implement systems right the first time.

OXFORD HEALTH PLANS, Norwalk/Trumbull, Ct., 1996-1998.

Director, Information Technology, Continuous Improvement 1997 – 1998

Led a team of 30 professionals with a budget of $10M.

• Developed a Continuous Quality Improvement group which included QA and regression testing.

• Developed and led a Project Management Office responsible for large cross-functional projects. Provided

metrics to key sponsors including project workload, status, service level agreements and operational metrics.

• Created and led the rollout of a new custom Software Development Methodology.

Manager, Medical Delivery Systems, Information Technology Team, 1996-1997

• Led a team of 15 professionals responsible for all development efforts related to Oxford Providers, including

provider maintenance, partnerships, capitation, provider credentials, fees and rosters with a $3.5M budget.

• Acted as the primary liaison between IT and the sales representatives interfacing with the medical community.

ORACLE CORPORATION, New York, New York, 1995-1996.

Project Manager, Information Technology, assigned to Oxford account from day one

Led a 50+ person development effort to convert Oxford’s core information systems used for claims processing from

a Pick environment to Oracle. Outstanding performance in this role led to an offer of employment by Oxford.

SEER TECHNOLOGIES, JV of IBM and Credit Suisse, New York, New York, 1990-1995.

Start-up firm specializing in client server development tools with annual revenue of ~$200m.

Technical Sales Consulting Manager, 1994 – 1995

• Supported the sales function by providing credibility and technical expertise by enhancing proposals and

partnering on customer calls resulting in an annual sales increase of 20%.

Consulting Manager, 1992-1994

• Led consulting efforts at Kidder, Peabody, a $4.7M account that I sold which was the largest ever for Seer.

• Co-led Kidder’s firm inventory & risk management application establishing common development methodology.

• Led the largest consulting team to enable PG&E to build a Customer Information System.

Senior Consultant, 1991-1992

• Co-developed Seer’s systems development methodology: The Seer*Method™.

• Managed the Business Object Analysis phase of a parts-replacement project for IBM Netherlands.

Training Manager, 1990-1991

• Created Seer’s training programs, including development and deployment to employees and customers.

ANDERSEN CONSULTING, New York Metro Practice, 1986-1990.

Senior Consultant/Project Manager

Ran major enterprise wide financial systems projects for key clients such as Dupont, Toshiba and GTE.

• Designed the technical architecture for an Information center for a large industrial products firm that provided

client’s pension fund investment team with a common access to data sources to manage billions in assets.

• Implemented McCormack & Dodge’s general ledger and accounts payable systems for a variety of companies.

• Reviewed Oracle applications for technical viability and fit for a large manufacturing and distribution company.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Chemical Information Technology Association, 2000- 2006

Chairman of the Board, Chemical Information Technology Association, 2002 – 2003

Board of Directors, Chemical Information Technology Association, 2001 – 2003

EDUCATION

B.S., Management Information Systems, Cum Laude, State University of N.Y. at Albany, Albany, N.Y, 1986

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