Information Technology Management

DONALD E. WINANT

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WEBSITE: http://www.donwinant.com/

Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donwinant

CIO / VP OF IT / IT DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Propel business performance to generate top line growth while enhancing the

cash engine, front to back Collaborate with all levels of management to

enable small, medium to multi-billion dollar businesses to partner with and

grow through Information Technology. Leverage that technology to create

value in data and use it as a corporate asset and competitive weapon.

Retail industry expertise to expand IT business impact to generate new

revenues, grow profits with rapid returns on IT investment. Published as a

savvy value creator and relentless cost cutter in achieving million-dollar

savings by implementing creative IT solutions and championing new, more

effective business processes in an industry operating with the lowest of

profit margins. Experienced in consolidating departments into a customer

focused team and optimizing processes with no or minimal personnel changes.

A vision builder and creative problem-solver in business transformation and

change management. Proactive, hands-on, and entrepreneurial spirited

leader, with talent at making innovation real. Academic credentials

include an MBA in Finance with an emphasis in IT.

CORE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Business Transformation and Process Re-Design ? Strategic Planning and

Roadmap Execution ? Organizational Optimization ? Global Matrix Management

? Business Intelligence ? IT/Business Convergence ? Raising the bar on ROI

? Forming Strategic Partnerships ? Designing and Employing Enterprise-Wide

Architecture ? IT Policies and Procedures ? Managing Multi-Million Dollar

Budgets ? Security and Risk Management ? Disaster Recovery/Business

Continuity ? Technology Evaluation/Selection/Implementation ? SDLC ? PCI ?

HIPPA ? Supply Chain ? CRM ? DSD ? VoIP ? Custom Systems ? Custom and

Shrink Wrap Integrations

professional EXPERIENCE

L & M Marketing, Sacramento, CA - A multi-faceted marketing and consulting

company providing services to America's cities and public entities.

CIO, Vice-President of IT and Business Efficiency Consulting Services -

January, 2009 - present

Lead IT consulting and business efficiency services for America's most

prominent cities with resident populations ranging from 30,000 to over 5

million. Apply for and channel Federal economic stimulus funds into

communities. Guided the roadmap for municipalities to take their provision

of resident services to the next level - from simple, static information to

sophisticated, next level, online, interactive service and notifications.

. Postulate the business model where residents are customers and advise

the cultural change as needed.

. Introduction of social media and mobile commerce initiatives combined

with a municipal center technology refresh.

. Website enhancements to "put your city at your fingertips" to better

resident interaction and return greater participation in community

events, easier applicant registrations and timely notification for

emergency bulletins and general community broadcasts.

. Reduced personnel overhead costs by making available at-home payment

of taxes, court fines and general fees. Convenient fingertip

information on zoning codes, building permit information and

application, meeting notices and minutes reduced the trips and calls

to city hall.

. Collaborate and partner technology throughout the municipality to

obtain faster and more efficient emergency communication among Police,

Fire, EMS ambulance and surrounding mutual aid.

. Enhancements to internal network and server upgrades, faster LAN/WAN

and ISP connectivity, data security, and disaster recovery and

business continuity implementations.

Donald E. Winant

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Red Apple Group, NY, NY - A multi-billion dollar, 5,000 employee

conglomerate, including multiple corporations, and the 40 store New York

City Supermarket/Pharmacy Chain that operates as Gristedes Supermarkets.

CIO, Vice President of Information Technology, 2001 - January, 2009

Directed Information Technology for all the corporate entities within the

Red Apple Group. Recruited to elevate and improve business processes and

infrastructure. Global matrix management of 7 direct and 48 indirect

reports. Managed a budget of over $3M as well as $5M of additional

oversight throughout the operations, marketing, warehouse distribution and

e-commerce divisions of the multiple companies. Reported to CEO.

. Upgraded business culture to a customer centric mission by introducing e-

commerce and social media incorporated into a unified warehouse/store

operation. Direct customer marketing coupled with the most convenient in-

store or on-line shopping experience available boosted sales by $25

million with an escalating upward trend.

. Reversed company losses by fashioning a forecast model to enable a due

diligence review of retail supermarket operations that led to the closure

of 12 unprofitable stores. Company now operates 40 stores with a

healthier bottom line and positive cash flow.

. Enabled 5% growth inaugurating e-commerce as the first supermarket chain

to offer its entire 45,000 products for online ordering with additional

profit margin growth from shipping income. Customer base increased by

over 13,000 as sales had no geographic boundaries and shut-ins and those

challenged with disabilities could shop and have their orders delivered

very conveniently.

. Produced a state of the art supermarket - pharmacy retailer with cutting

edge business intelligence, analytics, point of sale technologies, data

security, data and voice integration, 24/7 network connectivity with full

disaster recovery / business continuity plans. Led and managed the

supermarket division to be the first ever to offer full product line via

ecommerce on internally developed website and with Amazon.

. Unified IT-to-business alignment that generated immediate savings in

excess of $1,000,000 in the first year and credited with significant cost

avoidance and millions of dollars of productivity savings during the next

five years. Produced working strategy map with a mission and aligned IT

strategy and its objectives, accountability and value to that mission.

. Increased advertising ROI by driving business intelligence to enable

solid marketing and customer buying analytics to guide general,

promotional and targeted sale campaigns.

. Led the full development of systems to offer, fulfill, ship and deliver

products anywhere in the world via total automation within a Windows

Mobile wireless processing center from order, to packing and shipment,

and customer confirmation. Much more product was sold with much less

human intervention.

. Designed and implemented a Direct Store Delivery system. Company

realized over $150,000 in the first six months alone as store personnel

could only receive authorized direct store delivery items and only those

items correctly priced. The system realized another $250,000 annual

savings in reduced paper and manual processing costs. Achieved new

transparency, enhanced audit controls and significant error reductions.

. Upgraded intra-corporate, warehouse and store locations to high speed,

unified voice and data communications saving over $85,000 per year over

prior PBX costs.

. Collaborated with major wholesale vendors to produce EDI similar systems

for speedy and accurate store ordering, receiving goods, inventory

control feeds on delivery, and full electronic invoice reconciliation and

payment processing saving company over $200,000 in manual data entry

costs.

. Designed and implemented a total warehouse distribution system, which

brought the facility online to corporate headquarters and each of the

stores with 24/7 connectivity.

. Provided store intrusion detection and point-of-sale video surveillance

by leveraging existing Carrier HVAC monitoring systems to save over

$75,000 a year in hard costs while substantially reducing shrink.

Insync Outsourcing Corporation, Ridgefield, New Jersey - A complete "one-

stop" technology solutions provider servicing small and medium sized

professional businesses, not-for-profit organizations and schools. Builder

of workstation and server hardware, the company's premise of "making

technology work" allows clients to focus on their core business without

losing any sleep on technology matters.

Vice-President of Information Technology, 1997 - 2001

Led Information Technology for the firm itself as well as all client

outsourcing services. Led 5 direct and 15 indirect reports. Reported to

CEO.

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. Transformed the company from a hardware and software installation and

maintenance firm to a prestigious company offering resources and

provisions for virtually any service within Information Technology.

. Generated 20% revenue growth by leading business initiatives to expand

into a "one-stop" technology solution offering website development,

shared hosting and data backup through disaster recovery.

. Led the business model change to expanded, flexible services and forged

new customer relationships.

. Directed and coordinated the IT talent for project management and IT

solutions - internal and external.

. Established the internal infrastructure and client connectivity to

accommodate business growth in the client provision for on and off site

data storage, backup and recovery as well as full disaster recovery.

Tri-Comm Systems, Inc., Dumont, New Jersey

IBM Business Partner with Business Management Expertise, Freehold, NJ

President and Vice-President of Information Technology and Systems

Development, 1981 - 1997

Founding partner for a start up Information Technology and Business

Consulting firm that became the premier, go to solutions provider for

wholesalers and retailers in the Northeast. Directed client IT operations

for wholesalers and retailers with revenue ranging from $200 million to

over $1 billion distributing produce thru full grocery. Full project

management, systems design and hands-on application development.

. Built this start up from zero revenue, basement operation to the premier,

multi-million dollar boutique solutions provider for wholesalers and

retailers in the Northeast.

. Directed the entire IT and POS consolidation of Victory Markets, Almacs

Supermarkets and Great American Supermarkets into a single, centralized

back office and scan host support for 185 stores.

. Among clients were 10 of some of the largest of the cooperative ShopRite

chains within Wakefern, 4 of the Foodtown chains of Twin County, 3 of the

largest New York wholesalers as well as 3 of the largest New York

retailers.

. Increased clients' sales and profit growth through custom tools to better

productivity, buyers' abilities, and cash flow optimization through

electronic interfaces to vendors, banks, and credit card companies.

Custom systems within accounting, human resources, financial reporting,

inventory, trend projections and accurate POS support enabled top line

growth, reduced costs throughout and increased profit to the bottom line.

NCR Corporation, New York City, Dayton, Ohio

District Manager - 1979-1981

Executive Account Manager - 1978-1979

. Record sales and project management achievements at retail clients

throughout the northeast United States.

EDUCATION

MBA - 1978, Iona College; Major: Financial Management / Management

Information Systems.

BA - 1976, Iona College; Major: Economics. Minor: Financial Management.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS

. April, 2010 - CIO Insight China - Expert Voice - IT to Business Alignment

for Wholesalers and Retailers

. InformationWeek 500 - 2003, 2004 and 2005 most innovative information

technology users.

. Featured front page July, 2007 Mobile Enterprise magazine for my systems

development and deployment of wireless technologies throughout business

operations.

. Authored "The Global Grocer" - July, 2007 issue of Mobile Enterprise.

. Focus of 2007 segment of World Business Review recognizing my initiatives

with double layer network protection, better intrusion prevention and

greater controls over spam and denial of service attacks.

. Published in February, 2008 of Chain Store Age highlighting my PCI

compliance / network security initiatives.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Worldwide Executive CIO Council ? Tri-State CIO Executive Summit -

Governing Body Member

Society for Information Management (SIM) - New York / New Jersey Metro

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