Management Information Technology

Scott H Smith

Executive Consulting Management

Information Technology Leader

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Executive Summary

Scott Smith is a highly seasoned professional IT, infrastructure and business process senior project and program management professional who has been responsible for many complex corporate programs. He works closely with C-level executive leadership, board members employee staff. He has a consistent history of taking responsibility for large global strategic and complex corporate initiatives and driving them to a successful outcome on behalf of his clients and industry partners. Specifically, Scott’s extensive experience is in enterprise shared services, IT Outsourcing, large vendor procurements, PMO, complex ERP implementations, IT transformation, process benchmarking and business process transformation with extensive public and private sector experience. He has been responsible for the state and local public-sector practice for Unisys Corporation in the southeastern United States. He started the first independent Oracle e-Business consultancy in the southeastern United States that he guided through a merger with a venture-capital backed professional services company and then directly supported an IPO on NASDAQ for the combined company. He has sold and managed complex systems and process work for many Fortune 500 clients where he has directly led a large number of Oracle implementations as well as PeopleSoft and SAP implementations. His role in the larger programs was in the execution and ownership of these enterprise initiatives in a leadership program management capacity working side by side with business, functional and IT leadership to plan, implement and manage. Programs ranged from application development and application management to data center migrations and consolidations to cloud migrations to product development programs using AWS technology stack and web services to ERP simplification to large IT/BPO procurements; each requiring the coordination of many complex parallel initiatives across different business units, vendors, and business functions.

Scott possesses 26+ years of Oracle implementation experience across a host of industries and global business models with country specific currency and language requirements. He has a rich history of being responsible for global relationships with commercial software vendors such as Oracle and managing 3rd party systems integrators and offshore developers such as Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, Oracle Consulting, Wipro, HCL and HP. Scott has very strong strategic planning, project management, IT infrastructure, architecture and business applications experience both in building advocacy for related bodies of work and in gaining corporate and executive commitment for funding large scale PMO led projects and programs. Strong ITIL skills related to service delivery, issues/problem management, change management, financial management (including Earned Value Management), project delivery and production support. Deep experience in vendor procurement management and contract management related to enterprise software companies and strategic services partners such as Accenture, Amazon Web Services, Deloitte Consulting, Ernst & Young, IBM, HCL, Oracle, SAP, Unisys Corporation and Wipro. Scott has years of hands on experience in Public Sector, Advertising Technology, Consumer Package Goods, Digital, Distribution, Enterprise Application Software, Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Private Equity, Professional Services, Social Media, Telecom and Utilities.

Experience

S H SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC

S H Smith & Associates, Inc. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 2017 - present Founder and CEO of an Enterprise Risk Management Advisory Services and Technology Consulting business focused on critical infrastructure, healthcare, government, financial services, education, manufacturing and distribution industries. Company has negotiated a domestic sales, marketing and fulfillment go-to-market agreement with Pleasanton, California-based Neo Prime Solutions, Inc. (NPSI). The agreement facilitates the provisioning of Neo Prime’s and S H Smith & Associates, Inc.’s collective abilities to bring complex enterprise management consulting, security products and technology to the Texas marketplace by providing state-of-the-art cyber risk modeling and assessments for commercial and governmental organizations. Key Client Sales & Delivery:

Maricopa County Community Colleges Peoplesoft (Oracle) HCM, Financial Management & Planning & Budgeting Cloud Transformation, Tempe, Arizona – As Program Director, directly responsible for managing the final stages of a 5-year, $77 million program for a 10-school Community College system. The program scope included a complete migration of all business applications and IT infrastructure to Oracle’s Cloud environment, software implementation of PeopleSoft enterprise applications and organizational changes to the classification and compensation system for all classified staff and faculty. SCOTT H SMITH

BRIDGE PARTNERS CONSULTING

Bridge Partners Consulting. Dallas, TX 2016 - 2017 A Practice Director and Senior Program Manager Scott was responsible for the DFW marketplace focused on Information Technology transformation, Enterprise Risk Management, Cyber Security Assessments & Business Vulnerability, Business Process Transformation and growing the DFW client base.

Program host and Moderator for a 2.5-hour Cyber Security Panel Discussion in Fort Worth TX at Colonial Country Club. Panelists included 3 former senior ranking security analysts from the Department of Defense and one Insurance executive whose company specializes in Cyber insurance policies. 130 DFW Executives participated in the interactive audience/panel format. Responsible for all content program format. The event was sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Responsible for providing CIO Advisory Services and Program Management services and ERP Cloud strategies. Currently working with the University of Texas campuses in Tyler and Dallas providing strategic program management and advisory services on a part time basis.

STONEBRIDGE RANCH & ASSOCIATES, INC

Stonebridge Ranch & Associates, Inc. Atlanta, GA & Chicago, IL 2005 - 2015 Founder & CEO for a high-end boutique management and information technology consulting company with a select number of large enterprise clients. Focus on program management, business process improvement, data governance and transparency, data insights, technology integration and cost savings. Focus extends to project life cycle management and delivery. Responsible for all aspects of client sales and delivery. Directly managed multiple Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft ERP implementation and upgrade engagements with heavy business transformation components. Key Client Sales & Delivery:

Flowserve Corporation, Irving Texas – responsible for leading a global share services team consolidating 77 ERP’s down to 25 standardizing on Oracle e-Business. Program included a $12 million budget and a team of approximately 100 IT, 3rd party and business cross-functional and technical resources as well as facing off with three global business units across 52 countries. Program included Chart of account redesign, project manufacturing, sales order management, revenue recognition, SOX compliance, fixed assets, offshore vendor management, multi-currency, multi-language, intercompany accounting including eliminations, legal entity reporting, local tax regulatory reporting requirements for many countries, consolidated reporting, end user training, production support, data conversion, complex systems integration across many business applications and all back- office functions. Managed the negotiation and outsourcing in support of the VP of IT & Infrastructure to a 3rd party firm for end- user services, data center managed services, IT asset management, and network managed services as part of a global cost reduction program

Capital One Auto Finance, Plano Texas – responsible for the initial 6-month transition management and then full operational delivery management for a 7-year IT outsourcing contract with Unisys Corporation which included end user services (1st, 2nd and 3rd level help desk support), data Center management, moving DR location, application management, production support, database management, SLA management, incident management, service request management, configuration management, change management, IT asset management, network managed services, IT project management and stakeholder management. Delivery team consisted of a total of 25 FTE’s both onsite and at Unisys owned and controlled facilities. Worked closely across business unit groups as well as IT functions to implement continuous improvement programs to help drive forecasted benefits. Negotiated the transition of the Capital One Data Center outsourcing agreement from Unisys to IBM as part of a larger Capital One plan to consolidate all global Data Center operations under IBM and all global End -User Services under Unisys Corporation after year-1 of the contract.

Qantas Airlines, Sydney Australia– managed a cross-functional team of approximately 42 people and a $5.9 million budget to stand up a fully integrated end to end digital marketing software platform and consumer market research platform to support a new commercial business unit in Australia and New Zealand. Led design, development and deployment of Salesforce and integration into Oracle general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and the following end to end processes – order to cash, procure to pay, account to financial reporting and employee hiring and on boarding. Responsible for fully integrating business unit into Corporate shared services functions including Accounting, Finance, HR, Information Technology, Legal, Tax and Treasury. Led software engineering team and BI team. Successfully stood up a full functioning operations in six months. Hired 42 people over 11 months to staff the media trading desk and operations roles. Responsible for technology stack both provisioned through internal IT as well through AWS cloud services. SCOTT H SMITH

Share Rocket, Dallas Texas – designed all tax and accounting back office processes including investor management and implemented the systems to support. Managed $3.5 million budget focused on software design, development and deployment of a social media SaaS platform focused on local broadcast television markets across top 20 DMA’s. Software engineering team consisted of 8 developers, 3 business analysts and a strategic product development partner out of Austin, Texas. Responsible for all processes related to application development and production support. Negotiated all vendor agreements. Put together investor packages and raised the first tranche of investment money in the Friends & Family round. Responsible for all technology stack and provisioning cloud and technology services from AWS. Commercial Metals, Irving Texas – responsible for the design and implementation of a Service Oriented Architecture solution built on Microsoft .Net framework supporting employee web-based access to their SAP payroll and HR information. Managed a team of 24 cross functional project organization members working with the IT shared services group as well as the Recycling business unit to implement the SAP Maintenance and Repair function across all global sites. Included designing and writing 77 SOP’s and implementing cash management, inventory management and consolidation into SAP back-office accounting solution. Energy Future Holdings, Dallas Texas – responsible for leading a $280 million, 7-year outsourcing RFP, vendor selection and operational transition to selected 3rd parties. Led a RFP team of 15 people. Participating vendors included Accenture, HP, CAP Gemini, HCL, IBM and Wipro. Worked directly with the President of the Shared Services legal entity and the Corporate CIO responsible for Accounting, Call Center, HR and IT support services for three divisions which include nuclear and coal power generation, regulated power distribution across the state of Texas and sales and marketing to consumers and businesses. THE HACKETT GROUP

Hackett Group Company Dallas, TX & Atlanta, GA 1991–2000, 2004-2005

(Formerly - AnswerThink Consulting Group and Relational Technologies, Inc.) Hackett Group is a global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm viewed as a leader in best practice advisory, business bench-marking, and transformation consulting services including strategy and operations, working capital management, and globalization advice.

Hackett Group Company 2004-2005 – Managing Director and Executive Leadership Team member accountable for the Oracle practice, the Oracle/PeopleSoft practice go-to-market model with Accenture as a strategic partner channel and the with Oracle Corporation as a strategic partner channel. Responsible for program management, project delivery management, client cross- functional team management, end to end client accounting and back-office process improvement and client stakeholder relationship management.

Key Projects:

• Williams Energy – managed a cross-functional team of 43 FTE’s implementing best practices relative to Oracle e-Business for all back-office processes/sub-processes including a Chart of account redesign, month-end close, consolidated financial reporting, cash management, trade payables, purchasing, fixed assets, intercompany accounting including eliminations, data conversion, interfaces, extracts, custom reporting and business unit end user training. Hackett Group Company (formerly Relational Technologies, Inc. / AnswerThink Consulting Group (1991 to 2000) Launched first successful independent Oracle-based ERP integration firm in the southeastern US. Provided program management, project management, process re-design for order management, purchasing, payables, month-end close, multi-language, multi- currency, intercompany accounting, application configuration, data conversion, RIE, training, QA, production cutover and production support. Responsible for providing support for the acquisition of a New Jersey based PeopleSoft consulting business and its client based.

Key Client Sales & Delivery:

• 9 Different GE Capital Business Units, Dallas Texas – managed more than $50 million in Finance and Accounting ERP project management and implementations using Oracle e-Business, process transformation (order management, purchasing, payables, receivables, month-end close) and standing up shared services IT and accounting organizations for nine GE Capital business units across US, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Managed average team sizes of 20 cross-functional subject matter experts. Business units included: GE Capital Modular Space & TIP, GE Capital Credit Card Services, GE Capital Technology Management Services, GE Capital Fleet Services, GE Capital Hamilton Technology Services (Canada), GE Capital Avis Rental Car (Belgium), GE Capital TIP (Netherlands), GE Capital de Mexico (Mexico City) SCOTT H SMITH

• Bellsouth Corporation (now AT&T), Atlanta Georgia – This remains one of the largest Oracle and PeopleSoft implementations in the history of the product lines. Scott managed implementation of the general ledger, accounts payable, Intercompany accounting, fixed assets, transaction reporting, financial reporting, month-end close, data conversation and custom integration to 3rd party systems.

• Northern Telecom (Nashville TN, Norcross GA, Raleigh NC, Rancho Bernardo CA, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Canada) – responsible for implementing Oracle e-Business supporting General Ledger, statutory/tax/management reporting, intercompany accounting, accounts receivable, cash management, chart of account re-design, fixed assets and employee T&E. Managed cross-functional team of 12 people and 10 IT support staff. Worked for global shared services team. PARTNER, UNISYS CORPORATION

Unisys Corporation Atlanta, GA 2002 -2004

Functioned as the Managing Partner and senior Program Manager in charge of a 10 State public sector systems integration consulting practice. Directly accountable by executive management annual revenue of $65M with standard gross margin of 45% and standard EBITDA of 19%. Responsible for developing net new business, extending existing business, building a world-class delivery organization and utilizing intellectual property and process integration methodology on all engagements. Key Activities:

• Responsible for 245 delivery resources assigned to client contracts over 10 state territory

• Led two procurements and awarded both – Volusia County Florida and Jefferson County Alabama

• Remediated two highly “red” projects to “green” – Jefferson County, AL Tax & Revenue Department and City of Nashville, TN Criminal Justice Information Systems Department

• Assembled and drove RFP response team for a custom case management system with the Florida Department of Children & Family Services. Won rebid for 5 year $35M per year agreement Key Client Turnaround Success:

• Jefferson County Revenue & Licensing, Birmingham Alabama – Responsible for turning around a 7-year turnkey application development and application management program for the Revenue and Licensing department for Jefferson County Alabama that was in a “red” state. Scott took on the PMO leadership role for an 8-month time frame. He was tasked with finding a solution with respect to project remediation, keeping the client relationship intact for Unisys Corporation, finding a middle ground for a revised budget solution, finding a commercial software solution to replace the custom solution offered by Unisys Corporation that would allow Jefferson County to move forward with its system replacement program, and identifying a skilled delivery team that could quickly move the project to a green status. Scott renegotiated the Unisys vendor agreement with the County that would reflected a restructure to the original agreement between the two parties and established a mutual commitment to share evenly in a $2 million revised budget increase and an 8-month remediation plan. Scott was able to negotiate a replacement COTS package with a 3rd party that provided a sub-license through Unisys Corporation and a solution that the County accepted. DIRECTOR - APPLICATIONS CONSULTING GROUP SOUTHEASTERN US, ORACLE Oracle Corporation Atlanta, GA 1989 – 1991

Led sales and delivery support and integration delivery services for all ERP clients in a 12 -region. Oversaw multi-national corporate accounts with revenues over $250M. Held P&L accountability for $25M in revenue with 50 consultants. Directly responsible for working with the project managers and performing risk management and quality assurance analysis on their engagements to determine the overall health of each project. Responsible for helping staff those accounts and assist with any tasks/deliverables that those projects might need support of. SENIOR CONSULTANT, ACCENTURE

Accenture (Formerly Andersen Consulting) Atlanta, GA 1986- 1988 Planned and executed complex software development and integration projects for global clients. Oversaw project plans and tasks. Performed financial management system reconciliation and financial reporting development for three clients including Nynex. SCOTT H SMITH

Technical and Functional Skills

Significant P&L management, C-level executive relationship management, people leadership, global solutions development and delivery and several large outsourcing deal leadership. Significant experience with web based commercial software development using either an accelerated iterative method such as Agile or a more traditional technique such as Waterfall. Extensive use of IT collaboration, portfolio and project management tools including Basecamp, GitHub, HP Service & Portfolio Management, JIRA, Microsoft Project, Planview and Trello.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech College of Management - Atlanta Georgia Master of Science in Management, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, 1984 – 1986 University of EDINBURGH – Edinburgh Scotland

Post Graduate Work and part of Master’s Program – International Finance & Banking, 1986 – 1986 University College london – London England

Post Graduate Work and part of Master’s Program – International Finance & Banking, 1986 – 1986 University of Florida – Gainesville Florida

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Business/Managerial Economics, 1980 – 1984 Boards

Collin County Child Protective Services - Board Member & Treasurer, Plano Texas Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation – Advisory Board Member, Atlanta Georgia Marshall’s Dream – Board Member, McKinney Texas

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