IT Director/Materials Director

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IT Director/Materials Director

Strategic Planning and Implementation Product Development Project Management

Vendor Relations System Migrations and Integrations Revenue Growth and Business Expansion

Qualifications Profile

Results-driven, innovative, and tenured professional with extensive experience in overseeing IT operations and material management

within diverse business settings.

Adept at reengineering unproductive work processes as well as planning and executing various sustainable and cost-effective lean

methodologies to drive continuous improvement of operations. Expert at evaluating business processes, systems, and technology

changes; complemented with effective approach in identifying and resolving complex production and quality issues. Effective at

building relationship and collaborating with team all levels of professionals to support key initiatives and achieve business

targets.

Professional Experience

Confidential York, PA (1995–Present)

Confidential Aug 2005–Present

Provide direct reports to the president regarding enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as well as any communication or

other technologies.

Take charge of production control, purchasing, and lean process improvements.

Develop and implement technological innovations to increase company bottom-line results.

Build and cultivate EDI relationships with both suppliers and customers, while coordinating purchase orders, invoices, remittance

advices, and advanced shipment notification transaction sets with partners.

Manage procurement of all IT-related equipment and handle negotiation of pricing with vendors.

Serve as the company’s system administrator for LAN, NT, UNIX, and PBX systems, while demonstrating comprehensive programming

knowledge in designing InfoFlo system.

Career Highlights:

Significantly decreased errors and optimized operational efficiency by executing various bar code applications.

Steered efforts in instituting multiple system and process enhancements across five different manufacturing plants.

Spearheaded the company acquisition in Watertown, South Dakota, including integration of computer system, establishment of network

infrastructure, and combination of data within three months.

Transitioned the old system into new one to efficiently distribute 200,000 pounds of chain shipment by fixing some key system bugs

in collaboration with the management and workers.

Effectively trained ACCO's sister company, Dominion Chain in Ontario, Canada with two factories in Edmonton and the North of

Toronto on new system and handled conversion of their data and have them ”live” in less than four months.

Succeeded in transforming ACCO into a frame-relay network that minimized network costs by over 50% and consequently converted their

networks into VPN with an additional 40% cost reduction.

Obtained promotion to director of materials position for exceptional work performance.

Director of Information Technology Jul 1995–Aug 2005

Oversaw the entire implementation of computer systems and networks for nine factories and six warehouse locations through team

approach to strategically align systems with the needs of the company.

Established and managed the technical aspects of fully integrated ERP system and communications.

Career Highlights:

Led the successful integration of multiple site company into Epicor Infoflow computer system.

Exemplified excellent leadership skills in boosting company margins by more than 100%, from a struggling company with a ROS of less

than 8% to a thriving business with a ROS % of over 20%.

Earlier Career

Cray Communications Columbia, MD

Manager of MIS

West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX

Programmer Analyst II

Education

Master of Business Administration in Business Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

Professional Development

Lean Six Sigma, In Progress, (Expected Completion Date: February 2018) Villanova University, Villanova, PA

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