Management Information Technology

David Kuzanek

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City: Topeka

State: KS

Zip: 66618

Country: USA

Phone: 785-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $150,000

Willing to Relocate

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David L. Kuzanek

Summary

Dave has demonstrated consistent success in diverse technical and managerial Information Technology environments involving: Project, Systems, Database, and Integration Management; Strategic Planning and Executive Leadership; Business Process Engineering; Communications / Network planning and management; Knowledge Engineering; and Application Programming / Systems Analysis.

Dave has over 25 years of complex (multiple projects, customers, stake-holders, and team organization structures) Project Management and System Architecture experience in the Information Technology environment. He is adept at assessing the scope of the overall system / project, identifying components of decomposition / deployment, assessing project team talent strengths and weaknesses, managing global virtual teams, determining primary and secondary critical paths to completion, applying realistic technologies with accurate cost & time estimates, and accounting for the risks involved in large IT/IS endeavors.

Dave is a retired Commander from the U.S. Coast Guard, continuing his career in Information Technology endeavors by applying his expertise and background as a manager and leader in the corporate world. His background ranges from various technical IT experiences, through operational management of 250+ personnel and multi-million dollar budgets, to forging enterprise Information Technology strategy.

Experience

Manager, Research Systems - Hill's Pet Nutrition / Colgate-Palmolive

March 2006 - Present

Dave is currently the Manager of Research Systems at the Hill`s Pet Nutrition Science and Technology Center (a division of Colgate-Palmolive), with responsibility for maintaining the global system integrity of all major research systems and overseeing the architecture and development of new and upgraded systems to conduct the Research and Development mission. Dave, his staff, and an array of global contractors maintain geographically dispersed technology including embedded sensors in animal feeding systems, SAP platforms for Product Lifecycle Management, Lab Management and Animal Health applications, Clinical Trial systems, and a robust Oracle based Datawarehouse / Business Intelligence environment for trend and predictive analysis, data mining, and performance monitoring.

Principal - Kuzanek Associates

August 1996 - February 2006

Dave conducted his own IT consulting business, utilizing his experience of diverse technical and managerial Information Technology experience in: Project, Systems, Database, and Integration Management; Strategic Planning and Executive Leadership; Business Process Engineering; Communications / Network planning and management; Knowledge Engineering; and Application Programming / Systems Analysis.

Executive Director, Systems Management - U.S. Coast Guard

June 1976 - July 1996

Dave is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Commander, with assignments in Polar Operations, Search & Rescue, Port Security, and staff/administration at CG Headquarters in Washington DC. Dave's last assignment was Executive Director, Systems Management at the Pay and Personnel Center, Topeka, Kansas - responsible for the strategic direction of the Coast Guard`s pay, personnel, travel, and training systems - including management oversight of the joint process architecture, uniform procedures, and coordinated functional requirements for Coast Guard wide pay/personnel/training/travel systems.

Skills & Expertise

1. Business Process Re-engineering

2. Expert Systems

3. Business Intelligence

4. Data Warehousing

5. Project Management

6. Offshore Management

7. SAP Product Lifecycle Management

8. IT Management

9. Oracle 9i / 10g / 11g

Education

Capella University 2010 - 2012

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology

University of Maryland College Park 1982 - 1984

Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

U.S. Coast Guard Academy 1972 - 1976

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

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