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Location:
Spring, TX, 77379
Posted:
September 05, 2010

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David G. Brown

Global Technology Executive

832-***-**** home

ablg8k@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Accomplished global leader with a proven ability to penetrate the

underlying causes of complex business issues and use evidentiary data to

arrive at creative, client-focused solutions. Exceptional mentoring and

team-building skills.

Strong business acumen across many cultures and industries. Disciplined

approach with metrics able to see the big picture to drive solid decisions

according to best practices. Skilled at diagnosis, prescribing effective

preventive and corrective action.

Summary of Expertise

. Determined Integrity

. Profitability Improvement

. Leverage technology

. Strategic Planning

. Productivity Enhancement

. Business Development

. Human Resources Management

. Team Leadership and Collaboration

. Process Reengineering and BPO

. Change Management

. Passion for Innovation

. Global Strategic Alliances

. Negotiation and vendor management

. Troubleshooting and Resolution

. Contract Administration - SLA

. Project Management (PMP)

. Budgeting /Cost Containment

. Full Life Cycle Design

. Manufacturing, Distribution, Supply Chain, Energy,

Professional Experience

Saudi Aramco 2005 - present Senior Strategic

Consultant

Birthed the strategic workforce analysis team for Saudi Aramco to interpret

empirical data in order to address workforce trends in the areas of:

retention, promotion, rewards, education, and employee performance.

Created the Internal Labor Market (ILM) analysis tool to evaluate the

impact of new trends of an aging workforce and a younger generation which

responds differently to previously established incentives.

. Pioneered new division for $400 billion energy company - Workforce

Planning and Analytics - to incentivize employees and address hiring,

retention, promotion and HR policies

. Revolutionized SAP enterprise HR to provide unique employee

information by devising a new HR taxonomy, BI and data mining

techniques

. Created Internal Labor Market statistical models and trained team

members in the analytical process for 62,000 employee organization

. Changed static HR online site to web interface with enterprise SAP,

allowing employee self-service

. Designed and led project management team for web portal providing

instruction and critical information for more than 6,500 supervisors

using Web 2.0

. Persuaded senior management of the necessity of measurable strategic

projects greater than $10 million and the application of change

management

Insource Technology 2001 - 2005 Sr. Director

Inspired long-range vision and goals for the senior management team.

Developed strategic implementation plans to satisfy complex and/or multiple

business objectives using most

current technology, ensuring security, contingency recovery and sales

strategy. Designed and implemented infrastructure, architecture, database

and application solutions, CRM, ERP, portals, SMS, XLM and e-commerce.

Mentored highly technical teams, instituting "best practice" business

standards to constantly improve productivity and service to clients.

. Negotiated and delivered contracts with both Fortune 100 and mid-size

companies, in the last 12 months alone gaining 10+ new contracts,

increasing new account business by 75% in a down economy

. Liaise with vendors to create Gold Level partnerships, SLA and teaming

agreements

. Directed P&L, hiring, sales, forecasts and budgets reducing costs by

18%

Red Sky 1999 - 2001 Director Strategic Services

Piloted strategic solution team of 50 client-focused internet design

consultants and graphic artists to create world-class web solutions at a

time when the internet was in its infancy.

. Created radically new e-business solutions to provide online e-catalog

& ordering of parts for companies such as Nike and Cameron oil

services allowing real time order fulfillment tracking and

notification

. Built inventive web video communications for Texaco yielding $20m

partnership

. Designed web portal solutions reducing client costs by $1m/yr

Hitachi Data Systems 1997 - 1998 Senior Technology

Consultant

Directed consulting engagements for web e-biz, infrastructure and storage

assessments of distributed systems. Initiated storage management (SAN),

including backup and recovery of massive business application data, and

implementation of system management tools for distributed computing

systems.

. Formulated and oversaw delivery of $150 million Walmart backup

recovery solution using storage management on UNIX and Windows, saving

$50m in the first year

. $1.2 million e-business strategy development for Lincoln Life

Insurance company

Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group 1995 - 1997 Managing Consultant

Initiated Business Process Reengineering (BPR) assessments and developed

solutions using Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft optimizing client business

workflow. Transitioned Houston office from individual consultant placement

to project management, organizational change, creating marketing

literature, methodology, and education to expand project-based business

optimization

. Shepherded large projects (> $10 million) for oil and gas giants

Conoco and Exxon as well as AIG and Compaq providing solid ROI

. Introduced project management tools PMP, Primavera, Artemis producing

internal and external quality assurance, delivering 100% of projects

on-time and on-budget

. Coordinated regional recruiting, hiring and P&L

Electronic Data Systems 1979 - 1995 Regional Manager

Led both outsourcing engagements and M&A due diligence teams in the

development of technical solutions, costing, and pricing strategies for

complex solution integration deals ranging from $75 - $225 million.

Directed central support groups, including networking, supply chain,

database, and operating systems with $145 million operating budget. As part

of an optimization and consolidation of workload, designed remote

monitoring and control from anywhere in the world.

. Directed US Air Force proposal response staff and P&L for $600 million

solution - selection of 65 software packages to integrate/convert

legacy applications

. Headed General Motors data center migrations with no downtime,

yielding $500 million savings

. CIO for new venture capital entity, consolidated 18 units into one ERP

that allowed the sale of the company increasing price by $110 million

. Managed US Army operation logistics 15 data center integration of five

classified discrete networks, supporting multiple operating systems,

networks and support utilities with $100 million budget

. Recognized for direction setting ideas using open system technologies

such as UNIX, client server, TCP/IP, MVS, OSI, X400, X500, and OOP

Education

Penn State University BS Electrical Engineering

North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering Masters

courses

Japan Language Institute Japanese and cross-cultural

communications

George Washington University Executive Leadership Masters Degree

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