DAVID O. SHURSON

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Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Home: 847-***-**** Cell: 847-***-****

Email: ablty6@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Highly skilled IT procurement and vendor manager with significant

experience and varied responsibilities within Smith Group, a global

technology business, leading to most recent role as the corporation's

Global IT-Commercial Analyst. Complete expertise in Telecommunications and

IT Hardware negotiations, procurement and contract management experience

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SMITHS GROUP, UK

1978-2010

Global IT - Commercial Analyst, Morton Grove, IL (8/08-6/10)

Total responsibility for supporting the IT Commercial Director and

manage the service and financial performance of external IT suppliers

and third party fulfillment with major IT companies, which included:

Hewlett-Packard (HP), Insight, Forsythe Technology, Inc., and CDW

( Monitored spend and licensing compliance against contracts and

the commercial arrangements related to third party IT products,

services, and vendors for all Smiths Group Divisions

( Given full approval authority of spend up to $100,000 for

purchase orders and $400,000 on P-Card purchases

( Performed on-site reviews of various vendors to handle Smiths

Group global asset recovery program for IT related items; solely

responsible for choosing the vendor for this program

( Collaborated on contract negotiations with external suppliers

for new and/or additional IT products, licenses, and services, as well

as oversight for changes and amendments to existing contracts

( Updated and maintained the procurement processes and

procedures, including: specification writing, procurement process,

evaluation process and templates, contract terms and schedules, and

contract and compliance agreements

( Produced reports detailing external suppliers' performance

against external Service Level Agreements (Operating Level

Agreements); preparing OLA reports, monitoring and assessing feedback

on supplier performance against OLA targets

( Ran queries and consolidates financial information, in addition

to analyzing usage and spend data from internal PX-ERP system and

analytic software (note: helped in the development and implementation

of the PX system)

( Gathered and analyzed financial data including, savings and

performance data for reports and business reviews

( Contributed to complex Request for Quote (RFQ) packages

( Assisted in the development of the IT purchasing budget and

participates in helping to give quarterly updates

IT Procurement/Telecommunications Specialist, John Crane, Inc., a

div. of Smiths Group (10/00-8/08)

( Purchased technical and other equipment and supplies, including

computers, laptops, servers, printers, network equipment,

telecommunications equipment, consumable supplies and peripherals

( Worked closely with internal customers to develop and execute

sourcing strategies for the commodities managed

( Negotiated technology related contracts from a business,

technical and contractual perspective, translating functional requests

into contract specifications

( Managed and coordinated multi-disciplinary teams as needed for

large technology sourcing projects

( Utilized company's sourcing tools and methodologies, including

RFIs and RFPs

( Performed in-depth financial analyses of procurement proposals

and develops recommendations presented to senior management

( Developed and nurtured vendor relationships for commodities

managed

( Performed appropriate due diligence on vendors according to the

risk of the transaction and relationship

( Interfaced with many areas throughout the company, including

finance, corporate counsel, account payable, purchasing, business

areas and technical areas

IT Procurement (1/94-10/00)

( Administered a cost-effective purchasing program with process

improvements that show a positive impact to the company's bottom line

( Processed purchasing request forms (PRFs) and created purchase

orders (POs) in accordance with Finance department requirements

( Purchased technical and other equipment and supplies, including

computers, laptops, servers, printers, consumable supplies and

peripherals

( Sourced vendors, negotiated pricing and other terms

( Worked with Contracts Management to assure optimal contractual

terms

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IT Procurement (continued)

( Worked with Finance Department to assure compliance with

internal purchasing policies and controls

( Regularly reviewed sources of equipment and supplies to assure

most favorable pricing and other terms without sacrificing quality,

delivery, service, and availability

( Reported data to senior management to facilitate development of

metrics that tracked cost reduction efforts and process improvement

results

( Carried out supply chain and inventory process management

including collecting and reporting data to senior management and

recommended corrective actions

Computer Services Supervisor (8/89-1/94)

Computer Operations Supervisor (10/87-8/89)

( Responsible for the supervision of IT Services Operations

including personnel scheduling, and production support for Data Entry

and Computer Operations

( Attended and actively participated in meetings that had

operational implications

( Assisted, cooperated and provided support for the user

community

( Maintained detailed documentation of all routine jobs run by IT

operators, including interaction with other IT staff on implementation

of new jobs

Additional corporate experience:

Held numerous role of responsibility with John Crane North America from

entry level into the company as a Mail Clerk (8/78-1/79) through Data

Processing (Clerk to Group Leader 6/79-3/85), leading to Computer

Operations Scheduling Coordinator to Senior Computer Operator (3/85-

10/87)

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

ARMY SECURITY AGENCY (ASA)

1979-

1985

The Army Security Agency (ASA) provided the United States Army with signal

intelligence and security information; the ASA was placed-along with its

navy and air force counterparts-under the Armed Forces Security Agency

(AFSA was the forerunner of the National Security Agency)

Sergeant - Telecommunications Supervisor

Held a TOP SECURITY CLEARANCE

TRAINING & EDUCATION

( 60 credit hours towards Associates Degree, Oakton Community College

( Contracts: Reading, Writing and Negotiating, 11/08

( Legal Aspects of Purchasing, 11/08

( Purchasing and Supply Management, 10/08

( Types of Contracts, 9/08

( Basic / Advanced Microsoft 2003, 7/08

( The Essentials of Budgeting, 5/08

( Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial People, 4/08

( Mastering Microsoft Excel, 2/07

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