Supply Chain Company

MONTY PICKREN

***** ******** ***** • Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034 • 904-***-**** • ********@***.***

QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE-LEVEL TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Visionary and creative IT professional with over 20 years of experience in progressively responsible positions.

Offers a proven track record of delivering highly effective solutions on time, within budget, and with little or

no disruption to users and customers. Interacts effectively with personnel from all levels of an organization.

Exhibits strong communication skills. Holds a computer science degree, with minors in math and military

science, from Troy State. Adept in:

• Development, implementation and integration of Financial, Medical, BI, CRM, WEB, MRP,WMS and

ERP applications in high transaction volume environments

• Creating and implementing long- and short-term strategic plans in support of company objectives. Driving

efforts to align IT strategy with corporate strategy in a global environment.

• Building IT organizations that are productive and customer oriented. Hiring, mentoring and developing

personnel providing long term stability and continuity within the IT group.

• Managing multi-million dollar projects with many moving components and completing them on time and

within the original budget.

• Developing and managing multi-million dollar budgets and insuring costs are kept under control without

sacrificing system reliability and flexibility.

• Insuring compliance with external governmental requirements such as HIPAA and SOX. Implementing

IT governance practices to allow maximum visibility and input into IT priorities.

• Creating working partnerships with Vendors and negotiating win/win contracts for consulting services,

hardware, software and hosting services.

• Developing and implementing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans with annual practice

scenarios to validate the plan.

• Developing RFP’s and conducting application GAP analysis to insure the selection of the best software to

meet company needs.

• Conducting due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. Segmenting out applications and infrastructure for

purchased companies and creating stand alone systems.

• Moving and consolidating data centers and negotiating hosting agreements with all appropriate Service

Level Agreements (SLA’s)

• Communicating all IT activities to appropriate parties in formal presentation settings and informal memo’s

and discussions.

• Being the catalyst for positive change in very dynamic organizations with aggressive growth plans.

CAREER TRACK

INTEGRATED SUPPLY NETWORK

specializing in distribution and light manufacturing of automotive tools and supplies

Vice President and CIO 2006 to Feb 2009

Company Overview: ISN is a small company with revenues of 170 million that focused on the automotive

market distributing tools through wholesale and retail channels while streamlining the supply chain. ISN also

contracted with auto manufactures to host special websites for their mechanics and to outfit new dealership

maintenance bays.

Specific duties and accomplishments:

• Developed and implemented new procedures and processes for software changes and modifications.

Implemented new IT governance processes allowing users to determine IT priorities and have greater

visibility.

• Maintained and improved financial systems automating invoicing, payment processing, and reconciliation

processes reducing time and resources required for these functions.

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• Developed and implemented new WEB 2.0 retail and wholesale applications and integrated them into

company ERP solutions cutting costs and streamlining orders.

• Implemented new WMS and transportation solutions across multiple sites increasing productivity,

accuracy and better inventory controls.

• Worked with Customers on new business, created and hosted unique WEB sites to support supply chain

visibility and product flow.

• Implemented DR and business continuity plans and moved to offsite hosted data center

• Managed the technology of 3 call centers and implemented changes to streamline functions increasing

customer satisfaction.

• Hired and developed IT staff and built a productive customer oriented department.

• Managed the implementation of new Business intelligence model replacing old antiquated systems

• Certified 7 habits instructor and taught the course throughout the company

• Automated the collection of data from Vendors cutting cost and increasing accuracy

• Managed all communications and telephony (VOIP) with multiple remote locations insuring security of

data increasing reliability while decreasing costs.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

specializing in software development, organizational structure, process and procedure development

Consultant 2005 to 2006

Company Overview: After leaving SourceOne I worked as an independent consultant on several projects

helping to secure business and implement new systems.

Specific duties and accomplishments:

• Developed and implemented new procedures for software selection and implementation for 3PL

companies to improve projection of costs for several projects.

• Worked on behalf of 3PL companies to streamline the supply chain and reduce inventory costs for major

manufacturers such as Andersen Windows and Michelin Tire.

• Managed upgrade of the financial systems and streamlined the reporting functions increasing the accuracy

and availability of data to key personnel.

• Restructured the IT group and acted as CIO for a major warehousing and distribution company.

• Consolidated hardware and software platforms as well as e-mail and phone systems.

• Worked with companies to develop and implement processes and procedures compliant with SOX

requirements.

SOURCEONE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES

leader in the imaging system distribution, implementation and service, annual revenues of $1.5 billion

Vice President and Chief Information Officer 2002 to 2005

Company Overview: SourceOne was created when a private equity company purchased Diagnostic Imaging

(DI) and its primary competitor HCP and consolidated them into a single entity forming a 1.5 billion dollar

company. When this was done I was retained to lead the IT efforts of the new combined company. In 2005

SourceOne was resold to a company in San Diego and the CIO function was moved to the corporate office

there.

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Specific duties and accomplishments:

• Developed and managed the projects to move the physical offices of both DI and HCP out of the original

parent companies into new facilities in Jacksonville Florida and Mentor Ohio. All wiring, new

communication circuits, and desktop computer hardware were moved and connectivity restored in the new

locations.

• Negotiated new data center hosting agreements and moved all hardware and communications circuits from

the original parent companies into new facilities.

• Developed and managed the projects to segment and move all applications that were a part of the original

parent companies and created new standalone systems for the new company.

• Worked with Vendors to move contracts from the original parent companies to contracts specific to

SourceOne or agreements negotiated by our new parent company.

• Moved the new company to single application platform merging the HCP applications into the original DI

systems reducing software support costs dramatically.

• Developed and managed a budget of over 15 million dollars to support the organization and its aggressive

growth plans.

• Selected and implemented new service software that reduced the amount of time to bill from over 45 days

to 2 days for all service calls.

• Developed and implemented a new strategic vision for IT and communicated that to all the company

insuring everyone knew the roadmap for IT.

• Reduced communication costs for the company by 75% and increased the reliability and responsiveness of

the systems.

• Consolidated all e-mail and phone systems reducing maintenance costs and streamlining customer support

functions.

• Consolidated IT staffs into a single department and reduced overall personnel head count as redundant

functions were consolidated. The IT staff headcount was 135 at the end of this process.

• Insured all HIPAA requirements were addressed and policies and procedures were in place to support

compliance.

• Worked with operations to reduce the number of facilities and rationalize the supply network.

• Created new WEB sites and implemented new EDI processes enabling customers and vendors to view the

supply chain and manage financial transactions more easily.

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

major distributor and service provider of imaging systems to hospitals and health clinics

Vice President and Chief Information Officer 1997 to 2002

Company Overview: Diagnostic Imaging (DI) was a startup division of a large medical company and sought

to dominate the healthcare imaging market by acquiring small independent dealers across the United States. I

was brought in as VP and CIO to develop and implement the IT portion of the strategy and to work with the

rest of the executive staff on acquisitions. DI was sold in 2002 and was merged with one of its competitors to

form the SourceOne entity and I was transitioned to the new corporation as VP and CIO.

Specific duties and accomplishments:

• Developed and implemented a strategic IT vision that provided consistent performance of systems while

insuring scalability and flexibility for the company.

• Lead the RFP process, selection and implementation of new software for the company including

Financials, ERP, BI, scheduling and CRM tools. Negotiated all software agreements with the Vendors.

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• Final decision maker on the selection of hardware platforms to support the companies long term plans and

provide stability.

• Managed the implementation of all infrastructure requirements for data and voice communications within

the company.

• Hired and developed an IT organization from the ground up growing from 1 to over 85 with departments

for Help Desk, QA, Development, and Infrastructure.

• Developed new processes to merge acquired companies into the DI systems which could be completed in

6 weeks reducing the redundant work needed more quickly.

• Worked with the rest of the executive team to grow the company from 3 locations with 20 million in

revenue to 70 locations with over 700 million in revenue in 5 years. This was primarily done through

acquisitions.

• Developed and managed a budget of over 6 million dollars and consistently stayed within budget

TECHSONIC INDUSTRIES

the manufacturer and distributor of the Humminbird brand of fishing products

Director of Information Technology 1995 to 1997

Company Overview: Techsonic, based in Eufuala Alabama designed and manufactured the Humminbird

brand of depth and fish finders. Techsonic had begun a process two years prior to me coming on board to

convert from the S36 MAPICS environment to the S38 and had ran into financial issues causing them to stop

the project midpoint. I was hired to create a new department and manage the selection and implementation of

new software for the company.

• Managed the selection, budgeting, and implementation of a new ERP/manufacturing system, completing

the project on time and under budget.

• Managed the development and implementation of new web sites to support on-line ordering for customers

and visibility into manufacturing schedules for suppliers.

• Selected and implemented new call center software throughout the company.

ABC HOME HEALTH

largest privately held home health care provider in the US with over 110 offices

Development Manager 1986 to 1995

Company Overview: ABC began as a single office provider for health services in the Brunswick Ga area.

Through a very aggressive growth plan based on acquisitions of other companies and internal growth the

company moved from annual revenues of 1 million to over 700 million in 9 years. I began as a software

developer and progressed to the position of development manager with responsibilities for all software

development and implementations.

• Helped select and then was responsible for implementing new financial systems for the company

including GL, AR, AP, Inventory, Payroll and Human resources.

• Managed the development of new scheduling and patient record software for the company working with

IBM as our primary vendor for development.

• Managed and trained a staff of 25 developers

• Developed all billing and remittance reconciliation for Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance

• Developed and implemented IT operational activities and insured adherence to standards and procedures

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Maintenance control and supervisory functions

Job Control Specialist 1980 to 1986

EDUCATION

BS degree in Computer Science from Troy State University 1985

Minor in Math and Military Science from Troy State University 1985

Project Management from IBM 1988

Budgeting and Finance from IBM 1992

Seven Habits certification for instructors 2007

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