Project Manager Sales

MICHAEL BHATT

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Executive Level – IT Management

More than 10 years of driving IT strategy to complement and accelerate core business functions with robust and

capable technologies, which have maximized customer revenue as well as internal efficiencies. Subject matter expert

with ERP implementation and integration either preceding or following company acquisitions or mergers. Customer-

focused driven leader targeting business processes, such as warehouse management, supply chain, and financials,

and aligning these with the broader corporate goals.

• Balance the integration of new technology with a critical cost and benefit analysis to central functions,

ensuring a competitive advantage without overextension.

• Ensure IT delivers its greatest economic benefits by guaranteeing the integrity of data migration and

archiving.

• Transform proprietary or diverse IT systems into a shared and uniform infrastructure.

• Full divisional P&L and budgeting responsibility.

• Hire and mentor a global IT team for start-ups or established businesses focusing on ERP integration, EDI,

and wireless communication.

• Speak clearly and persuasively in small- or large-group settings when presenting to executive

management, the Board, vendors, the core IT team, and support or technical personnel.

• Proficient with global ERP implementation and integration: manufacturing, inventory management,

shipping, receiving, procurement, customer sales order management, financials, customer relationship

management (CRM), supply chain, data warehousing, data recovery/off-site back-up, help desk, web sites,

telephone, video, security, and facilities.

Professional Experience

03/08 – Present Michael Bhatt LLC, Ridgefield Park, NJ

Consultant, ERP Implementation Specialist and Supply Chain Management

Performance Impact: Collaborated with clients Wal-Mart US and Wal-Mart Mexico to generate

more than $1 MM in off-the-shelf sales by establishing ERP supply chain buy-sell business

processes. Ensured the integrity and congruity of data migration and installed system with majority

of “best practices” solutions and built-on custom application extensions where necessary.

• Delivered client ERP strategy to funnel all information ideally into a single database.

• Improved business efficiency by 9% (determined by same-day invoicing) by standardizing

electronic data interchange (EDI) between client and it’s partners.

03/04 – 10/07 Whatman PLC, Florham Park, NJ

A $500 MM company focusing on life science products. Acquired by GE in 2007.

Global IT Director

Performance Impact: Within 18 months, improved the IT department’s overall company

performance from an internal customer score of 72% to 90%. Matched the IT structure to the

company’s current global reach by uniting UK and US databases in a matrix system. This garnered

information from business application and help desk resources throughout the region and developed

one set of shared skills and processes for the following: sales orders processing, internal sales,

distribution of goods, procurement, sales reporting, and inventory control.

• Reduced 17 individual databases into 2 global data centers headquartered in the UK and

Boston. Created a global application fabric, standardized regional communications, and aligned IT

strategies with company sales plans.

• Gained support and Board approval for $6.5 MM operating budget and a $2.1 MM capital

budget by formulating an IT strategy to complement business objectives.

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• In collaboration with QAD, Inc., led the Global ERP system implementation and managed the

process to achieve “the perfect lean market” sharing information in real time.

• Implemented validation systems, documentation, and business effect evaluations.

• Developed same-day billing capabilities to generate invoices in real time as goods or services

were delivered between Whatman China and Whatman US. Utilized the ERP system and EDI as

transport.

• Hired and trained 30 IS and IT managers and employees throughout the US, UK, Germany and

Japan.

01/03 – 02/04 Moblize, Inc., Houston, Texas

A real-time technology company connecting employees to remote assets and enterprise systems

Project Manager, a contract position

Performance Impact: Used global positioning satellite devises and in-house designed wireless-

based recording mechanisms to develop a strategy to collect real-time data from oil well rigs and

other remote, powerless sites to provide a national routing map for trucking services (collections and

deliveries), which reduced 17 regional dispatch centers to four.

• Automated real-time field ticketing, dispatching, invoicing and payroll activities from 56

local dispatch centers and approximately 2,000 vehicles that support oil well drilling and services

via wireless communications architecture.

• Negotiated a 30% component cost reduction from vendor to design new system.

• Developed new remote-site product life cycle modeling for future software projects.

03/00 – 01/03 Crosslink Ventures, Austin, TX

Consultant

Performance Impact: Researched companies seeking capital funding for IT based start-ups,

assessing present and future market demands based on comparative statistical analyses.

03/97 – 01/00 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA

A start-up company which grew to $1+ BB company focusing on secure global data center storage

solutions and services

Director of IT

Performance Impact: Joined company during initial phase of first product ideation and drove IT

development allowing for a transition from a private $0 start-up to its IPO with an ultimate company

value of $1 BB.

• Reduced new product test time by 66% (9 days to 3 days) allowing for faster time to market

often beating out rival, Cisco.

• Recruited and developed a new 8-person IS and IT department staff including: Unix/NT

administrators, network engineer, business analysts, web developers, and Help Desk supporting

16 Solaris, 8 NT, 3 Exchange, and 50 test servers with gigabit Ethernet network (advanced for the

time) for applications at 99% uptime.

• Created an ERP system of accountability within 12 weeks managing company financials,

order entry, inventory, procurement, and rules-based configurator modules.

• Ensured manufacturing lead time of 2 days or less by implementing a sales forecasting

process and planning bills of material.

• Managed deployment of Solaris High Availability, Veritas File System, and Backup/Restore.

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08/94 – 02/97 California Microwave, Inc., Houston, TX

Supplier of wireless telecommunications satellite earth stations and microwave radios

Director of IT

Performance Impact: Stretched and adapted the ERP business application landscape to

accommodate four company mergers within 12 months representing a global product reach.

Blended and upgraded 5 ERP systems incorporating core business applications.

• Managed a 19-person team comprised of analysts, DBAs, network engineers, administrators,

and desktop support for four sites with 6 HP-UX, 13 Solaris, 10 Windows NT, 4 MS Exchange

servers, and corporate network for voice, data and video.

• Designed corporate WAN connecting 17 sites.

• Consolidated a cross-country relocation of 3 business units and manufacturing facilities into

one location.

• Managed a $1.2 MM fiscal budget for IT and telephony infrastructure.

Awards

QAD Rapid Achievement Award for MFG/PRO Implementation (1998)

Department of the Month, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (1998)

Department of Month, California Microwave, Inc. (1996)

Technical Expertise

• Programming/Database Languages: C, SQL, HTML, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, Progress and

dBase

• Business Applications: Oracle Apps, MFG/PRO, eB2, Epicor Vantage, Symix/SiteLine, Agile,

Remedy, Clarify, Minx, and Expandable

• Operating Systems: Solaris, HP-UX, Windows XP and NT, AS400

• Network: LANs, WANs, SANs, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NIS, VPN, Wi-Fi, satellite and microwave

radio media

• Telecomm Systems: Cisco, Nortel Meridian, Octel Overture 2000, and Toshiba

Education and Certifications

Bachelor of Science in E-Business, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

University of Houston, Central Campus, Houston, TX

Cisco Certified Network Associate (2004)

Microsoft Certified Professional for Windows Server 2003 (2004)

ISO 9001 Internal Auditor and ISO 9001 Documentation Certification (1998)

Military Experience

Honorable discharge, The United States Army Service (04/86 to 12/91)

Tour of duty with 101st Airborne Division, South Korea and Germany

Specialization in Infantry and Computer Operations

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