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Management Consultant and Enterprise Change Management Expert

Location:
Coral Springs, FL
Posted:
February 08, 2018

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Anthony W. Perrone

**** ** **** ***, ***** Springs, FL 33076 585-***-**** ac4eih@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Director of Talent, Learning and Change

Executive Profile

With a three-decade career in enterprise transformation business consulting, Mr. Perrone, a former Big4 Partner, has helped his clients realize competitive advantage, and drive results close to a billion dollars in annual earnings. With a concentration on business process optimization, enabled through applying enterprise information systems, he has consistently placed value on ensuring that business outcomes are achieved. A highly collaborative manager, his track record belies his keen understanding of the critical importance of organizational change management. He has seen the detrimental impact of under-investment in this area, that often places enormous company program investments in jeopardy of not realizing their intended benefits.

Mr. Perrone is a Subject Matter Expert, currently leveraging his vast experience and coupling it with the latest thinking and research in complex organizational culture change. Mr. Perrone believes that traditional approaches to OCM, or organizational change management have proven less than effective, and that effective organizational engagement and enablement must now be managed as an on-going process, versus an event (tied narrowly to the implementation of a new information system). Given the ever-accelerating rate of change in business and society, organizations must innovate programs to develop tools and techniques to help them embrace enterprise change – and manage it as a data-driven, continuous and core business capability.

Notable Career Achievements & Management Experience

Established several progressive Program Management Offices (PMOs) that integrated Organizational Engagement & Enablement into their scope of responsibility and operating model.

Led and successfully delivered over one dozen large ERP implementations, most of which were complex, and involved significant enterprise transformation and organizational change management. Examples include full functional scope, global rollout, and development of select shared services.

Directed teams of up to 125 professionals, with up to 10 direct reports.

Managed P&L operating budgets to support up to $20 million in annual professional services fees.

Directed Arthur Andersen’s Enterprise Technology Practice for the Northeast Region, provided oversight to all Top Tier ERP Product Practices and provided QC oversight; coordinated industry business development by team of 8 fellow partners. Focus on G1000 businesses.

Delivered Salesforce.com training to global field sales organizations for top 3 pharma companies.

Breadth / Depth of Industry Experience: In over 12 industries including, Hospitality, Energy, Food Service and Retail

My multi-discplinary background enables me to rapidly identify select best practices across disparate industries, and customize and innovatively apply them to specific situations.

Core Competencies

Business and IT Strategy Enterprise Change Management Enterprise Transformation Business Relationship Management Program Management Office Project Management Needs Assessment End-to-end Business Process Optimization Project Portfolio Management Enterprise Technology / ERP Business & IT Leadership M&A: Due Diligence and Post-transaction Operational Integration Professional Staff Development Organizational Assessment LMS / Training Planning & Delivery Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Strategic Planning Public Speaking,Effective Communications Business Development & Solution Selling Software Development Management: Agile & Waterfall

Professional Experience

Synch-Solutions, Inc. March 2017 – December 2017

Vice President of Professional Services, Coral Springs, FL

Joined this “20-year old start-up” consulting firm with objective to help the owner/founder rebuild it after its sharp decline following the 2008 global financial crisis. Serve public sector, energy and education industries. Objectives included assessing market needs, redefining scope of practice, establishing practice management performance metrics and authoring content for revamped website. Also developed staffing plan and led recruiting for practice personnel. Mentored staff.

Responsible for all consulting services delivery. Remediated on-going problem project and managed it to successful completion. Help close sale of “beach-head” project at large target client, and led the delivery of a large application system portffolio refresh, and updated application system roadmap, involving 11 different business units and/or business functions. Initiated two year program to develop and delliver End User Training, and integrate into LMS.

Innovated thought leadership around a concept called “Stakeholder Advocacy” that includes services around a progressie PMO, IT Vendor Management, Organizational Engagement & Enablement and Benefits Realization.

Facilitated working relationship with third party firm which has a product that helps measure and address employee behaviors, thereby helping affect desired culture changes.

AWPerrone & Associates May 2016 – February 2017

Chief Strategist & Managing Director, Rochester, NY

Performed project work for medium-to-large companies in high-impact areas to optimize business result outcomes. Cllient engagements ranged from helping small, early-stage innovation companies develop business and IT strategies / plans, to helping large, multi-billion dollar global conglomerate in managed services businesses develop Project Charters to integrate recent acquisitions into the business.

Consistent attention devoted to understanding and addressing anticipated organizational impact and its efffect on achieving benefits realization of the investment.

ProNexus, LLC, Pittsford, NY May 2014 – April 2016

Vice President, Enterprise Technology Solutions

Objective included initiating and developing new services division focused on IT / Operational Needs Assessments, Enterprise Application Systems and IT Strategy. Developed consulting business and delivered services across industries including: IT Strategy and Assessment, ERP CRM EHS business system selection and implementation, end-to-end business process optimization, fractional IT leadership / CIO advisory; business intelligence.

Led two complex ERP implementations: one for large, global medical device company, and another for small, privately held consumer products company. (SAP and Epicor, respectively)

Developed thought leadership and publishes monthly column for business executives: Straight Talk on IT, on LinkedIn and CIO Magazine. Speaker / author on IT trends (e.g. IoT) and impact on business, society & economics. See LinkedIn profile - representative Presentation: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awperrone/

Tribridge Holdings, LLC, Rochester, NY/Tampa, FL Jul 2013 – Apr 2014

Senior Manager, Enterprise Consulting

Program Manager for planning a large-scale, complex, multiyear global enterprise transformation initiative for industrial manufacturer in commerical transportation industry. Responsible for needs assessment and leading business integration of 36 previously acquired entities into single coordinated business with standard end-to-end business practices and information systems. Effort included implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP plus various third party application software products and UX. Significant elements of organizational change management, shared services, strategic sourcing, standardization of production methods and enhanced customer relationship management.

Sustainable Profitability: for Good, Rochester, NY Feb 2009 – Jun 2013

Owner, Founder, President

Boutique Business Consulting firm delivering profit improvement services thru needs assessments, application of sustainability principles, as measured by Triple Bottom Line results (i.e.., People, Planet, Profits)

Developed recommendations to revitalize stalled ERP implementation for $500 million vegetation management company, and improve IT governance and services delivery model.

Led eco software selection for food processing company. Scope included CSR, Sustainable Supply Chain, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Energy & Carbon Management and Enterprise Risk Mgmt.

Assisted food company in establishing sustainability scorecard reporting to satisfy key customer requirements; based on the Walmart Supplier Scorecard approach. Developed plan to automate.

Helped early-stage business intelligence company develop methodology for introducing and socializing sustainable business behaviors across organizations, leveraging BPM techniques & tools.

Trained large-scale global pharmaceutical sales organizations on use of Salesforce.com on iPads

CTG, Inc., Rochester, NY: Dec 2007 – Sept 2008

Publicly traded IT solutions and services, including information management BPO, application software engineering, legacy systems maintenance, data center operations, and SaaS solutions.

Managing Director, IT Solutions, Manufacturing Vertical,

Managed P&L, developed new business, restructured practice scope and organization, key account management and developed new products and services

Initiated operational turn-around of client IT outsourcing contracts: re-structured organization; adjusted compensation structures; developed goals & training plans for all 125 employees, 12 directs across 5 sites

Developed conceptual design for product/service offering for alternative energy industry

Predictive analysis, supply chain collaboration and work flow, information subscription services

Retained $11 million revenue in dispute from two Global 500 anchor clients: one a global food producer the other a major steel company. Re-secured current contracts and added $3 million.

JC Jones & Associates LLC, Pittsford, NY: Aug 2003 – Sept 2007

Boutique firm offering high value management consulting, including performance & profit improvement, IT consulting and risk management.

Principal, IT Services Lead

Co-managed PMO for business/system integration of the acquisition of an international alcoholic beverage producer. Key projects included establishing a common instance of JDEdwards ERP, master data management and end-to-end business process standardization.

Led IT needs assessment and creation of strategic IT plan for $2 billion national Food Service, Retail, Gaming & Hospitality corporation with 500 locations, 50,000 associates serving 500 million guests.

Interim CIO for post-IPO industrial products company ($800M annual sales, 10 country operations)

-Developed framework for global IT operations including governance model, performance metrics, organizational structure and systems development lifecycle methodology

-Developed recommendations to migrate 7 different ERP systems globally to single instance SAP

Led General Computer Controls area of Sarbanes-Oxley, including software development / change control, systems security (network, application, data, spreadsheets, etc.), and data center operations.

Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, Rochester, NY: Jul 1982 – Jul 2002

Leading business and IT integration business, a division of Arthur Andersen LLC, a large-scale global, multi-disciplinary professional services firm.

Global Consulting Partner, 2001 - 2002

Initiated and led Strategic Sourcing Practice for the Northeast Region

-Reduced indirect client spend by up to 80% in select categories: IT products, supplies and services; travel; telecom costs and office equipment. Collective annual savings across clients: $500M.

-Reduced technical infrastructure costs for large investment bank following 5 significant acquisitions: $80 million savings/year within 6 months of completing IT Asset Portfolio analysis

Consulting Partner, 1996 - 2001

Initiated and led Northeast Regional Enterprise Technology / ERP Practice

-Directed 4 ERP implementation projects (SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle and Lawson) for manufacturing (ETO industrial products, alcoholic beverage products and transportation) and regulated natural gas companies

-Directed 3 technical architecture projects for manufacturing companies (chemical, consumer, retail) involving network design and application of middleware solutions

Led Northeast Regional IT Transformation Practice

-Reduced IT budgets (by 15%) and improved service levels, enabling strategic business initiatives and improving critical business performance metrics.

-Focus: business alignment, IT Asset & Project Portfolio Management, integrating IT planning & operations with business; strategic infrastructure; shared services and selective outsourcing.

Director, Business Systems Consulting, 1992 - 1996

Led strategic business and IT planning process for several clients across industries: health care, Medicaid HMO, paper products company, high education institution

Developed information system plan for startup Medicaid HMO and optimized claims processing

Led strategic system plan for large-scale, east coast super-regional shopping mall developer and property management company. Managed subsequent system selection and implementation project.

Accenture, New York, NY: Leading business and systems integration firm.

Senior Manager, National Application Software Group, 1990 - 1992

Assisted Senior Business Developers selling MAC-PAC/400 by leading pre-sales support activities with prospective clients. Performed requirements definition and developed customized product demonstrations.

Facilitated software implementation projects. Developed project plans, mobilized staffing. Provided post-sales support by helping resolve critical design issues and managing client relationship with mid- and senior level management.

Professional Certifications

American Production and Inventory Control Society

CPIM – Certified in Production & Inventory Management

Education

Binghamton University (SUNY), Harpur College

Bachelor in Mathematics

Community Service

Founding Member, VP Membership - Professionally Speaking Toastmasters, Fairport, NY

Executive Coaching - The Entrepreneur Network (TEN), Monroe County, NY

Business Coach - PreSeed Workshops, High Technology of Rochester, NY

Cantor, Choir Member, Liturgy Committee - Church of the Resurrection, Fairport, NY

Choir Member – St. Jude Parish, Boca Raton, FL

Career Mentor - LinkedIn



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